The Tritone Expo is Tomko and Anderson’s attempt to “take the modern trade show experience and mix it with technology. You go and you see the ecosystem, and you’re able to interact with all of that. It’s not like you’re just walking from booth to booth.”

Tomko is also the organizer behind An Under Cover Weekend; Anderson owns Tritone Guitars, a St. Louis repair shop.

The expo will be as interactive as possible, Tomko says: “We’ll let you touch it, play with it, check it out.”

Though he says guitar shows aren’t typically geared to the whole family, the Tritone Expo wants everyone to show up.

“We’re trying to be as holistic as possible and break the stigma of the male guitar show,” Tomko says. “This is a place where the family can spend the whole day and see things they’ve never seen before and get a well-rounded experience.”

One wing of the expo will be dedicated to education.

Recording workshops and beat-making stations will be presented by ex’Treme Institute by Nelly. Live performances, instrument petting zoos and on-the-spot bands of attendees will be presented by School of Rock. Group music instruction and folk-instrument petting zoos will be presented by Folk School of KDHX and Prestige Performers.