The New York Guitar Show (1986-2000) was a charity event created to sponsor the AIDS Resource Foundation for Children in Newark, New Jersey by Skip Henderson, an ex-social worker and juvenile officer turned vintage guitar dealer (City Lights Music), and founder of the non-profit Mt. Zion Memorial Fund, from New Brunswick, New Jersey. The New York Guitar Show was an annual two-day production scheduled on the third weekend in September held at The Mary Help of Christians Church on E. 12th St.

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  • The New York Guitar Show (1986-2000) was a charity event created to sponsor the AIDS Resource Foundation for Children in Newark, New Jersey by Skip Henderson, an ex-social worker and juvenile officer turned vintage guitar dealer (City Lights Music), and founder of the non-profit Mt. Zion Memorial Fund, from New Brunswick, New Jersey. The New York Guitar Show was an annual two-day production scheduled on the third weekend in September held at The Mary Help of Christians Church on E. 12th St. and Avenue A in New York City. During this period the New York Guitar Show was the only regularly scheduled vintage guitar event dedicated entirely to charity in the United States. The New York Guitar Show was also a venue for a Saturday night performance which over the lifespan of the event featured such diverse performers as Nokie Edwards of the Ventures, guitar maker Semie Moseley,Junior Brown, the Le Roi Brothers, Lonnie Pitchford, Elliot Easton of The Cars, You Tube favorites The Otis Brothers featuring the late Bob Guida (an early financial backer of the event), and numerous others. In 1996 production of the show was transferred to James Pasch (Hoboken Vintage Guitars) with the contractual stipulation that it remain a fund raising event for the AIDS Resource Foundation for Children. Because of its East Village location, the event was known for attracting notable musicians and figures from New York City such as Billy Idol, Allen Ginsburg, Lenny Kravitz, Willy De Ville, and many others.
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  • The New York Guitar Show (1986-2000) was a charity event created to sponsor the AIDS Resource Foundation for Children in Newark, New Jersey by Skip Henderson, an ex-social worker and juvenile officer turned vintage guitar dealer (City Lights Music), and founder of the non-profit Mt. Zion Memorial Fund, from New Brunswick, New Jersey. The New York Guitar Show was an annual two-day production scheduled on the third weekend in September held at The Mary Help of Christians Church on E. 12th St.
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  • New York Guitar Show
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