Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Fesitival – Activation Information

WHEN TO ARRIVE

Guitar Center Experience

Opens 2 hours before showtime, on the climate-controlled main concourse.
Saturday 9/26 at 3:30 PM • Sunday 9/27 at 2:00 PM

Crossroads Next Gen Stage

First 90 minutes after concourse doors open, east end of the concourse. (Sections 112-114)

Rockwalk Induction (Saturday only)

PRS Guitars founder Paul Reed Smith will be inducted at 2:30pm on the Dell Technologies Plaza.

The Guitar Center Experience

Test drive vintage and new guitars for every skill level, all available for purchase through Guitar Center, Ernie Ball, Fender, Gibson, Martin, PRS, and Shure. It takes over the main concourse both days, and a generous share of every sale supports the Crossroads Centre At Antigua.

The Legend’s Walk

Priceless, Iconic Guitars from Guitar Center’s world-renowned collection, in one place:

• Eric Clapton’s “Blackie” Fender Stratocaster

• The Edge’s 1975 Gibson Les Paul Custom

• Eric Clapton’s “Cream” Cherry Red Gibson ES-335

• Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Lenny” Stratocaster

• George Harrison’s Martin 00-21, gifted to Eric

The 2026 Guitar Collection

Making its debut at the festival, a limited collection built for this moment:

• Martin 000-42 in Brazilian Rosewood, signed by Eric Clapton, limited to five

• Martin 000-42 in figured Ziricote, natural or sunburst

• Martin 000-13E, an accessible model for every player

• Fender Eric Clapton Blind Faith Telecaster

• PRS x John Mayer limited Silver Sky in Incline Blue, with the Crossroads compass on the headstock

• Ernie Ball Eric Clapton String Tin, three sets of his preferred 10-46 Slinkys

The Next Gen Stage

Proof the future of guitar is in exceptional hands. The Crossroads Next Gen Stage on the east end of the concourse fires up the moment doors open and runs 90 minutes each day, featuring young virtuosos Jensen Gering, Isaac Ryan Holmes, and Steph Strings.

Right nearby, grab your Crossroads photo at the Gibson Throne, the best backdrop in the building.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 ONLY

A ROCKWALK INDUCTION

For only the second time ever outside Los Angeles, Guitar Center brings its Rockwalk, the handprints-in-concrete hall of fame, to Moody Center’s exterior Dell Technologies Plaza. Legendary PRS founder Paul Reed Smith will be inducted, with John Mayer doing the honors.

Live music on the Rockwalk stage at 2:00 PM, induction at 2:30 PM.