Get ready for a hoot and a holler at the Girl Guitar Showcase! Hosted at Antone's, this is a party you don't want to miss. We'll have a full line up of LIVE music, plus unbeatable raffle prizes. It's always an afternoon full of laughs, music and community. If you've been curious about Girl Guitar, this is a great chance to see exactly what we're all about!

All welcome!

$10 at the door or online

Thank you to our sponsors WildGins Co, Rambler and Lady Bird Sodas! Plus, our incredible raffle prize sponsors The Long Time, Jazzercise Austin, and Austin Band Camp.

Some songs take years to finish, some songs fall out in 20 minutes, some come to you in a dream. There's no wrong way to get a song, but it's nice to have tools to jumpstart inspiration rather than waiting around for it to strike. This workshop will guide you through some writing exercises to come up with at least a great first draft of a song lyric in about an hour! Plus we'll have time to share, give and receive feedback and learn from how others experienced the process. You're welcome to bring instruments to set your lyric to music if you're so inclined! Good for beginners as well as experienced songwriters who have a bit of writer's block!

Taught by Heather Miller

For women 21+

Start From Zero is a welcoming, low-pressure workshop designed for women who have always wanted to play guitar but didn’t know where to begin — or thought they missed their chance. In this 90-minute group experience, you’ll learn the fundamentals in a supportive, judgment-free environment where questions are encouraged and perfection is not required. Guitars are available to borrow, no prior experience is necessary, and you’ll make music on day one. More than a class, this workshop is an invitation into Girl Guitar — Austin’s home for women in music — where confidence, creativity, and community matter just as much as chords.

This workshop is for women 21+.

Perfect rhyme, family rhyme, slant rhyme, additive and subtractive rhyme - there’s all sorts of rhymes we can use in songs that can provide a lot more freedom to say what we mean, rather than feeling trapped in perfect rhyme, or twisting a sentence into an archaic form to force a rhyme.

In the first part of this workshop, we’ll focus on different rhyme schemes and how they can strengthen our songs, including an exercise to help you generate raw material for a new song by looking for rhyme pairs first!

The second part of the workshop will be open to song sharing and feedback. Bring copies of your lyrics and your instrument if you’d like to share. Whether you share a song or not, by listening and responding in the group, you’ll learn a lot about songwriting that you can take back to your own songs!

Taught by Heather Miller

Start From Zero is a welcoming, low-pressure workshop designed for women who have always wanted to play guitar but didn’t know where to begin — or thought they missed their chance. In this 90-minute group experience, you’ll learn the fundamentals in a supportive, judgment-free environment where questions are encouraged and perfection is not required. Guitars are available to borrow, no prior experience is necessary, and you’ll make music on day one. More than a class, this workshop is an invitation into Girl Guitar — Austin’s home for women in music — where confidence, creativity, and community matter just as much as chords.

This workshop is for women 21+.