JOHN PRINE
2020 FESTIVAL HEADLINER
BROTHERS ROBINSON
2022 FESTIVAL HEADLINER
DR. JOHN
2017 FESTIVAL HEADLINER
ANI DEFRANCO
2016 FESTIVAL HEADLINER
JASON ISBELL
2019 FESTIVAL HEADLINER
BRANDI CARLILE
2019 FESTIVAL HEADLINER
EMMYLOU HARRIS
2022 FESTIVAL HEADLINER
ROBERT RANDOLPH
2014 FESTIVAL HEADLINER
A CELEBRATION OF SONGWRITING
Historically, the 30A Songwriters Festival has featured established touring acts in various genres as well as up and coming new singer songwriters emerging on the national stage. Over 175+ artists perform over the four day weekend in 30+ venues, all located along the 30A resort corridor on the Gulf of Mexico in Northwest Florida. Six acts headline the outdoor amphitheater stage on Saturday and Sunday each year of the Festival. The 2025 headline performers will be announced soon. Stay tuned!
PAST FESTIVAL PERFORMERS
Past Festival performers include Mavis Staples, Chris & Rich Robinson (the Black Crowes), Dawes, Jenny Lewis, and Rickie Lee Jones, Jackson Browne, Brandi Carlile, Brian Wilson, Emmylou Harris, Graham Nash, the Bangles, John Prine, Grace Potter, Jason Isbell, Ann Wilson (Heart), Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Indigo Girls, Patty Griffin, Dr. John, Lucinda Williams, the Zombies, Leon Russell, Rodney Crowell, Kristian Bush (Sugarland), Cheap Trick, Robert Randolph, Tanya Tucker, Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek), Shawn Mullins, David Ryan Harris, Matthew Sweet, Shawn Colvin, War & Treaty, Don McLean, Richard Thompson, Loudon Wainwright, III, JD Souther, Ani DiFranco, Jerry Douglas, Lee Ann Womack, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shovels & Rope, Joan Osbourne, North Mississippi Allstars, Suzanne Vega, Carlene Carter, Dar Williams, Gregory Alan Isakov, Amythyst Kiah, Robyn Hitchcock, the Rascals, Adia Victoria, Herman’s Hermits, Ruthie Foster and Fastball, just to name a few of the thousands of artists who have played in the past 13 years.
THE CULTURAL ARTS ALLIANCE
Since its inception in 2010, the 30A Songwriters Festival has become the premier songwriters festival in the United States and has won many national accolades with sell-out crowds every year. The Festival is co-produced by Russell Carter Artist Management and the Cultural Arts Alliance (CAA) of Walton County and is a major fundraiser for the CAA.
As the creative core of our community for three decades, the Cultural Arts Alliance is a Local Arts Agency that fosters creativity in Walton County, Florida through the inclusive and collaborative advancement of the Arts. Through advocacy efforts, support for the creative sector, and production of arts and educational programing, the CAA provides opportunities for residents and visitors to experience diverse forms of art and learning, connecting them to a broader view, critical exploration and answers only the Arts have the power to provide.
ADVANCING THE ARTS THROUGH YOUR SUPPORT
100% of the Festival’s net proceeds support the not-for-profit organization’s mission to foster creativity in Walton County through the inclusive and collaborative advancement of the Arts. Thank you to the 30A Songwriters Festival partners, ticket buyers, volunteers and musicians for their support of the CAA’s mission to be the driving force for the arts in Walton County!
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The premier songwriters festival in the country celebrates 16 years of musical excellence January 16 - 20, 2025.
