An axial magnetic field with a maximum strength of 2.2 kG was used to confine and guide a laser produced carbon plasma around a 30 deg bend. The plasma was produced by a 25 ns KrF laser pulse at a peak intensity of1×109 W cm−2.An array of Faraday cups positioned at the exit of the guide field was used to determine that approximately 20&percent; of the original plasma was confined by the magnetic field and guided along a 15 cm trajectory to a 5 cm2area. ©1997 American Institute of Physics.