MIGUEL MONTALBAN — UP CLOSE & PERSONAL

A Giant of Rock Comes to Barnoldswick

There are guitarists who impress you with technique. There are guitarists who make you wonder how on earth they are physically playing what you're hearing. And then there are those rare players who can do all of that while somehow making the instrument sing.

Miguel Montalban belongs firmly in that last category.

This December, the extraordinary Chilean-born guitarist, composer and songwriter returns to Barnoldswick Music & Arts Centre for something rather different. No enormous festival stage. No barrier between musician and audience. Instead, on Sunday 27th December 2026, Miguel steps into our tiny listening room for UP CLOSE & PERSONAL — an intimate evening where one of contemporary rock's most remarkable guitar players will be just a few feet away. Doors are at 7pm.

And what a journey has brought him here.