Guitars not Guns Fundraiser at #BounceFarm

SAVE THE DATE - AUGUST 25, 2018

SATURDAY - JULY 28, 2018 TWO SEPARATE FUNDRAISERS!

WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE
TWO SEPARATE BENEFITS
FOR GUITARS NOT GUNS
 SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2018

First Up:  SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2018
from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m.  

COME AND ENJOY SOME FAMILY FUN!  #BounceFarm in Martinez is hosting a Summer Concert Series.  Our Contra Costa County Chapter of Guitars not Guns will be hosting a beer and wine booth, with all 100% of the proceeds to benefit our program.  A BIG Thank you to Markstein Sales Company for the wonderful donation of beer!  It will be a fun summer day, and in addition, we are SUPER EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that some of our Kids from our Martinez Class (which will graduate our 8 week program on July 31, 2018) will be performing a song that they learned in our class!  

We appreciate all of the support from our Community!  

NEXT UP!  SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 28, 2018
9:00 P.M. TO 11:30 P.M.
Red Hat Bar - 1860 Monument Blvd, Concord, CA 94520

Raymond Anthony Blessed and Cursed Album Release
- 50/50 raffle for Guitars not Guns!  The Breedloves (Barbara Gorin, President of our Contra Costa County Chapter and Jay Kirkland, VP Of Special Projects) will open the show with an acoustic set at 9:00 p.m. 

Please join us for Raymond Anthony’s Blessed and Cursed Album Release and Melody Hour unveiling. Raymond will be joined, on stage, by his brothers and amazing musicians David White, Billy Schaub and Jeff Hanson for an evening of what will prove to be a night to remember. The RA Melody Hour will start with set by The Breedloves, and a Guitars Not Guns Contra Costa County charity raffle. You won’t want to miss this night of passion and intrigue with Raymond! 

Details: 
$10 entry includes the new release and new memories (21+)

Doors at 8pm
The Breedloves at 9PM
Raymond Anthony Melody Hour 10PM
at Red Hat

NEW GUITARS NOT GUNS SESSION TO BEGIN SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 ANTIOCH LIBRARY!  

WE NEED MORE GUITAR INSTRUCTORS!  PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD! 

JUNE 23, 2018 - #bouncefarm BENEFIT CONCERT FOR GUITARS NOT GUNS

Details

Mama Foxxy and the Whiskey Gypsy Rebels kick off our Summer Concert Series with The Breedloves!

Join us for a Family Friendly summer concert! Admission is $7.50 per person (under 1 free). Music starts at 5:00 p.m. and goes until 8:00 p.m. Bring your socks for bouncing because ALL 4 of our bouncies will be up!

We have Signature Smoke BBQ cooking up delicious BBQ, Viva - Face Paint * Glitter Tattoo Artist * YoYo Balloons providing face painting for the kids!

We will be serving Mountain Grounds coffee and Guitars Not Guns Contra Costa County will be hosting our first ever Beer & Wine booth!

BABSCON 2018 SPECTACULAR - Burlingame, CA

 

ON BEHALF OF NATIONAL, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND ALAMEDA COUNTY CAHPTERS OF GUITARS NOT GUNS - WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AT BABSCON FOR MAKING THIS EVENT EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL!  THANK YOU! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guitars not Guns is excited to announce that we have been selected to be one of the charities for this fundraiser.  This is a super fun and exiting event, you don't want to miss.  Please check this out and hope to see you there! 

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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

A message from Barbara Anne Gorin:  As President of our Contra Costs County Chapter, I want to personally wish everyone a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year!  To all of our amazing volunteers - each one of you have amazing talents, Big hearts, ❤️love 💕, dedication and patience!  The support I have from each of you make all of this possible!

To our awesome sponsors and the community, thank you for continuing to help our Chapter grow and continue to help make us possible to share the beautiful gift of Music 🎶 with children.  We cannot do this without all of your amazing support!! We look forward to even more classes in 2018!!   Each of these children in these photos loved coming to our classes and learning guitar.  The smiles are priceless.  (Some faces are blurred out for privacy concerns at one of our locations).  We look forward to growing and getting more volunteers to help us.  Thank you! 😘❤️🎶😀🎸🎼 #guitarsnotguns #kidsandmusic #love #fosterkidsneedlove #atriskyouthneedlove #acousticguitar  #volunteersrock #helpnonprofits #Daddario #stageninja #ernieball #monocreators #jimidunlop #pikcards #pickworld #keepingmusicalive #steveclayton #hotpicks #peacepicks #gibson #fender #musicandmore #lmstraps#lmproducts #Aceproducts #Aceskaces #avid #daddariofoundation #breezyinstruments #johnpearcestrings #korg #shure #kmcmusiccorp #marloplastics #musiclink #strumstick #wilmingtonfiber

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Thank you to everyone that helped up make our annual Fundraiser a big success!

 

Thank you to all of our sponsors, and bands who performed and Bruce Johnson Sound Services for providing awesome sound and to all of our volunteers who helped out all night!  We had a big success and a packed house!  We raised over $2,000.00 and are excited for 2018!  You all rock!

 

SAVE THE DATE - NOVEMBER 25, 2017 - GUITARS NOT GUNS ANNUAL FUNDRAISER - VINNIE'S BAR & GRILL