Known for award-winning wines, sweet onions, its historic downtown and gourmet restaurants, Walla Walla has another great tourist attraction — great music! With that in mind, you are invited to attend the 15th Annual Walla Walla Guitar festival, on March 13, 14, and 15, 2026.
This year’s festival will feature more than 30 acts known for rock, blues, funk, jazz and country music, playing in Downtown Walla Walla and surrounding locations — the Marcus Whitman Ballroom, the Red Monkey, Seven Hills Winery, Walla Walla Eagles Lodge, Henry Earl, Plumb Cellars, House of Smith, Walla Walla Beer Parlor, Kontos Cellars, Mercer Winery, Tucannon Tavern, Walla Walla Vintners, and Eternal Wines.
Artists this year include headliners Sugaray Rayford and Hamilton Loomis along with Re-Wired!, Coyote Kings with Tiphony Dames, Billy Stoops & The Dirt Angels, Diego Romero, The Stacy Jones Band, Taylor Newville & the Riders, Mark Hurwitz & Gin Creek, Alison Joy Williams, Kosta la Vista, Friends of the Devil, The Wasteland Kings, Real Deal Gospel, Side Hustle, Shank’s Pony, The Vaughn Jensen Experience, Stereo Bird, Michael Agidius, Mike Mendoza, Cody Bartels, Dusty Rust, Pamela Thomas-Martin, Denny Sedam, Campbell Davis, Connor Hubin, JoJo Mohrland, Terry Lamont and Shelby Dole.
Music All Over Downtown
Featured shows include Shaman’s Pre-fest Jam on Thursday. On Friday, enjoy the WWGF Opening Concert and the Friday WWGF Kick-off Party. On Saturday it’s The Acoustic Showcase, The LARGE Show, The Guitar Crawl, and the Tarwater All-Star Jam. And finally, on Sunday you can attend The Gospel Brunch, Jazz at The Fest, and the T-Post Closing Jam.
Added to that, there are shows all weekend in multiple venues all over town!
Tickets
The cost for the Friday sessions is $60 and the Saturday admission to all venues is $95 — or you can buy a Friday-Saturday ticket for $140 or an all-weekend pass that is good for all three days for $175. Hotel/Fest packages (two people/two nights plus weekend passes for two) at the Best Western Plus are $649, and $699 at the historic Marcus Whitman. If you’d rather shop ala carte, individual concerts and shows can also be purchased separately. Please check the website for options.
The Walla Walla Guitar Festival is brought to you by the Walla Walla Guitar Festival Association with help from the City of Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, the Port of Walla Walla, the Washington Blues Society, the Inland Empire Blues Society, the Marc Restaurant, Locati Cellars, Jacobs Engineering and the Walla Walla Union Bulletin.
Tickets, packages and information are available online now at wallawallaguitarfestival.com.