This August is already set to be a big one for fans of stringed instruments, with the Sydney Guitar Festival bringing out some of the finest musos to ever play the six-string, but it’s about to get a whole lot better with news that event organisers want you to be involved in the breaking of a musical world record.

Yes, this year’s Sydney Guitar Festival is set to feature some of the instrument’s finest musicians, with appearances by Kaki King, Tommy Emmanuel, and Albert Lee, just to name a few. However, the festival is also giving you a chance to be a part of history as organisers attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest guitar ensemble.

The Sydney Guitar Festival hopes to feature 500 guitarists and bassists turning up to The Concourse in Chatswood on August 12th to simultaneously perform a version of AC/DC’s rock classic ‘Highway To Hell’.

Led by Aussie rockers The Choirboys, this mammoth musical assembly will also be raising money for charity in the process, with all profits from the day going to the Australian Children’s Music Foundation (ACMF)

“We encourage all guitar fans to come down and join in this monumental world record attempt,” stated event founder Alex Zotov. “As some extra incentive, our guitar friends at the Ealing Blues Fest in the UK are attempting the same world record in July, so we would obviously love to ensure the record is kept here in Australian!”

If you’re interested in helping break this record, be sure to head along to the ReadyFundGo page to register for the attempt. Registration costs $45, but you’ll also be receiving a Marshall MS2 battery powered amp (RRP $55) in the process, which will not only help your be heard in the crowd on the day, but will also serve as a pretty sweet souvenir of the time you (hopefully) broke a world record.

For more information, be sure to head along to the Sydney Guitar Festival website, and check out the Facebook event page as well. It all kicks off on August 12th, so be sure to register, tell all your friends, turn up in droves, and who knows, the next time we see your name, it could just be in the record books!

Check out AC/DC’s air-guitar classic, ‘Highway To Hell’:

Sydney Guitar Festival Guinness World Record Attempt

Sunday, August 12th, 2pm

The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW

More info: Sydney Guitar Festival