The US Air Guitar Championships returns to The Independent in SF for the 2^nd straight year. This is the 3^rd year the Nationals have been held in SF, a city where the competition has SOLD OUT every time, was  name checked by the Mayor and has seen SF Giants mascot Lou Seal compete against USAG mascot Air Bear.

The National Finals are the Super Bowl of competitive air guitar. A cross between American Idol, professional wrestling and Marina Abramović, the Finals pit city champions from across the country and the defending National Champ against one another, in two-rounds of anything-but-guitars-goes mayhem — with bragging rights, 15 minutes of fame and a trip to represent the United States in Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland. (Not for nothing, as the USA is the winningest nation in the history of global competitive air guitar.)