The 10th annual 30A SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL – set for January 18-21, 2019 – has announced the initial HEADLINERS for the 2019 celebration of singers and songs. The festival, held in venues along 30A will feature main stage performances in Grand Boulevard’s Town Center by esteemed artists, including headliners JASON ISBELL, BRANDI CARLILE AND FELIX CAVALIERE’S RASCALS with his full band and horn section.

Performing throughout the weekend are renowned songwriters including PATTY GRIFFIN, STEVE EARLE, GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV, SUZY BOGGUSS, AMANDA SHIRES, SHAWN MULLINS, LIVINGSTON TAYLOR, JOHN FULLBRIGHT, THE SECRET SISTERS, THE WAR AND TREATY, AARON LEE TASJAN, ROBYN HITCHCOCK, JEFFREY STEELE, CHELY WRIGHT, AND RADNEY FOSTER.

The 30A Songwriters Festival production team transforms amphitheaters, town halls, restaurants, theaters, bars and covered patios into unique music venues ranging in capacity from 75 to 500 seats indoors and 5,000 outdoors.

Additional confirmed performers include: STEVE POLTZ, BOB SCHNEIDER, AMYTHYST KIAH, DAVID RYAN HARRIS, KIM RICHEY, HAYES CARLL, LIZ LONGLEY, DRIVIN N CRYIN, EMERSON HART (TONIC), CHRIS STAMEY AND PETER HOLSAPPLE (THE DB’S), JOHN DRISKELL HOPKINS (ZAC BROWN BAND), GRIFFIN HOUSE, CHARLIE MARS, WILLIE SUGARCAPPS, LAUREN MORROW OF THE WHISKEY GENTRY, THE MULLIGAN BROTHERS, AMY LAVERE AND WILL SEXTON, ROBBY HECHT, TOMMY WOMACK, FAREWELL ANGELINA and many more.
The 30A Songwriters Festival is, as always, a benefit for the non profit Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County, which supports artists and non profit cultural events and businesses throughout the county. 100% of the net proceeds from the event are paid to the CAA to help fund its annual budget. For the 10th annual event, a portion of these net proceeds will be donated to the Hurricane Michael relief efforts organized on behalf of the many who have suffered devastating losses along the Florida panhandle to the east of 30A.

The 30A Songwriters Festival has once again teamed up with NPR’s Folk Alley on the syndicated Folk Alley Radio Show. The Sessions from the 30A Songwriters Festival are archived as well at folkalley.com. ASCAP returns as a sponsor with its popular showcase series at the Lake House in WaterColor. Featured ASCAP songwriters are Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Members CRAIG WISEMAN and ALLEN SHAMBLIN together with JAREN JOHNSON, JEREMY STOVER, RYAN GRIFFIN, SARAH ALLISON TURNER, CLARE DUNN, THE SISTERHOOD (ALYSSA BONAGURA and RUBY STEWART), DAVE BERG, TONY LANE, COREY CROWDER, and JORDAN SCHMIDT.

“This will be our tenth annual 30A Songwriters Festival and we are delighted to welcome back some of our favorite performers from past years, including Jason Isbell, and introduce our audience for the first time to Grammy and Americana award nominee Brandi Carlile,” state Festival producers Russell Carter and Jennifer Steele. “We join with our ticket patrons, sponsors, the board of the Cultural Arts Alliance and RCAM to happily donate a portion of the net profit from the Festival to Hurricane Michael relief efforts in the Florida Panhandle.”

Weekend and VIP Weekend passes can be purchased locally at the office of the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County at 105 Hogtown Bayou Lane, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459 (850) 622-5970, as well as Central Square Records at 89 Central Square 2nd Floor, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459.

For more information on the 2019 30A Songwriters Festival, including live updates on confirmed artists, venues, and ticket purchase information, visit www.30asongwritersfestival.com.

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