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Air Guitar World Championships

23.–25.8.2023 Oulu, Finland

The first AGWC Awards given

For the first time ever, the AGWC Awards were given at the 25th Jubilee event on Saturday 14th November. The categories featured most excellent nominees and here are the winners: Shiniest Pants Award: Sven Spandex 2018 Best Hair: The WizAIRd of Rockenroll 2019...

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25th Anniversary party in November

Air Guitar World Championships celebrates its 25th Jubilee in Oulu on November 14. The event is not about competing but recollecting great moments from past years and taking a glimpse into the future. The Jubilee will be streamed and can be watched worldwide. If the...

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Air Guitarists accomplished a Guinness World Record

We at AGWC support the core of the splendid movie duo, Bill & Ted (Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter) - be excellent to each other. While saving the world Orion Pictures asked us to help on a special mission: to invite air guitarists from around the world to...

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Air Guitar World Championships to be organized in 2021

The 25th Air Guitar World Championships has been postponed for a year. The next Air Guitar World Champion will be crowned in August 2021. The decision was made after careful consideration. Due to the worldwide coronavirus situation National Championships can't...

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New Air Guitar World Champion crowned in Oulu

New Air Guitar World Champion crowned in Oulu

American champion Rob "The Marquis" Messel put up two magnificently smoopth and Zen-like performances and got the highest points to earn the title in front of audience of 3000 people at the Rotuaari Square in Oulu. It was his third trip to Oulu. Australia´s Alex...

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Running order for the finals!

Order Name 1 Kereel Blumenkrants - Guitarantula (FRA) 2 John J. Healy - Crusher (USA) 3 Will Herndon - The WizAIRd of Rockenroll (USA) 4 Lassi Hurskainen - Trick Master (FIN) 5 Keisuke Nagatsuka - Keisuke the Entertainer (JPN) 6 Valentina Urm - Electric Burrito (RUS)...

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Dark Horses’ results

After a tight Dark Horses qualification round ten Dark Horses advance to the World Final. Australia´s Alex "Jinja Assassin" Roberts took the first place while Japanese Asuko "Sunflower" Tabata was the second. Former World Champion Kereel Blumenkrants, representing...

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