First ever 30A Songwriters Festival coming in January! Tickets now on sale. $40 weekend pass includes special Indigo Girls performance!

Grammy award winning Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are set to co-headline the first annual 30A Songwriters Festival on January 15-17th (MLK weekend) along the resort highway on the Florida panhandle between Destin and Panama City Beach. Over fifty prominent singer songwriters from across the country are confirmed to perform in seven venues in what are considered to be the most beautiful resorts on the Gulf of Mexico.
 
Weekend passes may be purchased online at 30ASongwritersFestival.com for $40, and $20 day passes are also available.  Tickets may be purchased locally in Florida at Central Square Records in Seaside [MAP] and in Blue Mountain Beach at the office of the Cultural Arts Association [MAP], the organization producing the Festival.

• Susanna Hoffs from the Bangles ("Eternal Flame:, "Manic Monday")
• Matthew Sweet ("Girlfriend", "Sick Of Myself")
• Rodney Crowell ( "After All of This Time", Produced "Seven Year Ache" for Rosanne Cash)
• Jeffrey Steele ('When the Lights Go Down" for Faith Hill, "The Cowboy on Me" for Tim McGraw, "What Hurts the Most" for Rascal Flatts)
• Gary Louris of the Jayhawks ("Save It For A Rainy Day", "Blue", "Everybody Knows" for the Dixie Chicks)
• Shawn Mullins ("Lullaby (Rockabye")
• Sam Bush ("Circles Around Me", New Grass Revival founder)
• John Oates ("Sara Smile", "Everytime You Go Away")
• Chely Wright ("Single White Female", Shut Up and Drive")
• and many more will perform in unique venues at Rosemary Beach, Alys Beach, Seaside, Watercolor, Grayton Beach, Santa Rosa Beach and Miramar Beach.

BMI will sponsor a kick off party at the world famous Bud & Alley's bar with a special performance by Sid 'n' Susie, the 60's/70's covers recording project by Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs. Fans will watch the sun set over the Gulf of Mexico and hear classic covers of bands including the Beatles, Neil Young, Linda Ronstadt, Yes, the Beach Boys and Derek & the Dominos.

The 30A Songwriters Festival is three days of non-stop, intimate concerts including solo performances and multi artist "in the round" singing and storytelling sessions.  A ticket/wrist band will allow concert attendees to travel up and down the Beaches of South Walton and freely access all shows in beautiful venues in Alys Beach (Caliza Pool), Rosemary Beach (Town Hall), Seaside (Meeting Hall Theatre), Miramar Beach (Bluz Bar), WaterColor (the Boathouse), Grayton Beach (Shorty's Surfside) and Santa Rosa Beach (Stinky's).

Fans of great music, miles of white beaches, world class restaurants and the ultimate beach bars are invited to enjoy all of this over the three-day holiday weekend.

Tickets and information updates are available at www.30asongwritersfestival.com.