Guitar Bar Archives

CUTTING THE CHORD: Hoboken’s Guitar Bar Jr. to Close as Mile Square Musical Mainstay Consolidates

ABOVE: Chris Capaci photo, 2015 Guitar Bar has been keeping Hoboken in tune since 1996. A decade ago, they opened a location uptown, called Guitar…

ROCKING FOR RIGHTS: Benefit Concert for Transgender Equality to Be Held at Guitar Bar Jr. — SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd

October 29, 2018

story and photo by Jack Silbert Lily Mastrodimos’s band, Long Neck, has received major acclaim from Rolling Stone and the New York Times, but her…

WE’RE WITH THE BAND: Guitar Bar All-Stars Seek World-Record Play-Along — THURSDAY @ Sinatra Park

July 19, 2017

SEEKING: Guitar Players... all of them. The Guitar Bar All-Stars want YOU to join them this Thursday at Sinatra Park for an attempt at the…

FOLLOW, LEAD OR JUST PLAY: Annual Gathering Of Guitar Tribes Convenes On Hoboken Waterfront — TUESDAY

August 27, 2016

(Originally scheduled for Thursday, July 28 but postponed due to bad weather, this event has been rescheduled for Tuesday, August 30.) by Mike Cimicata There…

Fridays Are For Frank: “Full Moon and Empty Arms” (Bob Dylan Cover)

July 24, 2015

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Last night was the third annual Guitar Bar World Record Attempt—and it was awesome. Bob Dylan played Hoboken in back in 2013, which prompted the…

Guitar Bar All-Stars Take Another Crack at World Record Strum-Along — THURSDAY

July 21, 2015

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First attempted in 2013 as an opening act of sorts for Bob Dylan's performance in Hoboken, the Guitar Bar tried to see just how many…

Who’s On First?

April 8, 2015

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story by Diana Schwaeble photos by Gail Job “Location, location, location,” is the mantra in business. In the Mile Square City location means the skyline…