Gypsy Jazz Guitar Workshop Sunday 22nd March 2026 Margate Kent | Gypsy Jazz Guitar Lessons In Kent | Learn Django reinhardt Style Gypsy Jazz Guitar With Jonny Hepbir One-To-One Or Online
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GYPSY JAZZ GUITAR WORKSHOP with Jonny Hepbir.
Sunday 22nd March 2026 2-6pm
Two one hour tutoring sessions (with break) and a one hour jam session.
Tickets are £30.
Booking advised.
The venue is the popular Rosslyn Court in Margate, Kent.
GYPSY JAZZ GUITAR WORKSHOP
An acoustic guitar workshop for players of all ages and abilities in the style of Django Reinhardt from the 1930's & 1940’s.
Django Reinhardt (1910-1953). Despite suffering terrible injuries after a fire at the age of 18, this Belgium born guitarist went on to develop a unique way of playing that even today is revered and copied all over the world.
Although the music Django played had origins in early jazz, the guitar techniques he used can be applied to all types of guitar playing where a plectrum is used.
This workshop will focus on the two main principles of Django-style, rhythm accompaniment and melody/solo playing.
No theory or reading is necessary as the 'folk' tradition of this style is very much aural.
The emphasis will be on playing and having fun through learning.
There will be lots of cool tips and tricks to take away and apply to your playing even if you've had no experience of this style before.
Workshop Requirements – An acoustic guitar & plectrum.
Workshop is from 2-6pm but attendees are asked to arrive at 1.45pm for tea/coffee and introduction chat.
Jonny Hepbir
In the UK, Jonny is one of the long-standing, professional players on the British Gypsy jazz scene. His background has seen years of experience playing amongst some of the top Django-style guitarists in the world including Bireli Lagrene, Lulu Reinhardt, Stochelo Rosenberg, Paulus Schafer, Feigeli Prisor and jazz guitarists Mundel Lowe, Martin Taylor and John Etheridge amongst others.
In 2004, GUITAR magazine referred to Jonny as '..the English virtuoso' .
Over the last 30 years Jonny has played throughout the UK and abroad, including private performances for Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Terence Conran, Paul Merton and Kool & The Gang.
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Here's part of a video that surfaced recently from the legendary Samoreau campsite during the 2013 Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois sur Seine, France.
This was an awesome year, I'd been attending for over 15 years and it was at this one that I was invited to play on the very first Luthier's Stage event at the original Festival site on the island in Samois. Sadly the Festival was relocated to Fontainbleau Park
I'm playing 'Limehouse Blues' with my old friend and rhythm player to the stars, Mathieu Chatelain. Always a great pleasure to hang out and play with Mathieu, lots of fun as you can tell from the video.
GYPSY JAZZ GUITAR LESSONS
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