Air Guitar Nation

Every August, the Air Guitar World Championships bring thousands of fans all the way to Oulu, Finland to see the world’s best air guitarists battle it out for 60 seconds of mock stardom. For years, the USA was missing in action. Enter the first official US Air Guitar Championships.

What starts as a friendly contest above a New York strip club becomes a battle of naked ambition played out on the national, and, ultimately, world stage. Full of triumph and disappointment, patriotic spirit and political tension—and of course invisible guitars—this fake competition quickly turns very real.