So You Think You Can Shred

Overview

If movies about sports, music and anything else either competitive or creative have taught us anything, it's this: everyone has a special skill, and everyone gets their time to shine. If your particular talent is shredding, then the next six weeks might just give you your moment in the spotlight.

So You Think You Can Shred is exactly what it sounds like, aka a contest of dexterity and artistic integrity of the rockin' kind. Picking up a guitar is actually the easy part. Unleashing the full might of your inner music god, well, that's hard.

With the comp a winner-takes-all type of situation, the virtuoso crowned the city's best over the course of the contest will receive $1000 cash, a new guitar and guitar set-up, a private keg party and more. And even if you can't play, we still recommend heading along. Where else are you going to hear these kind of intricate, extended, fret-busting sounds?