2024 Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival

Celebrating the Writers and Stories Behind Their Songs

MORE THAN 100 SONGWRITERS SET FOR THE 2024 PENSACOLA BEACH SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL

If music provides the soundtrack of our lives, then songwriters deserve a lot of credit. It’s not easy to eloquently string together lyrics that touch hearts and souls deeply enough to earn such esteem. More than 100 of such songwriters are scheduled to perform and share stories at the 2024 Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival.

Some musicians pen their own songs, while others use lyrics written by outside writers. Plenty of both are expected to participate in the upcoming 2024 Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival, scheduled for Oct. 1-6 at various locations around Pensacola Beach and the downtown area.

Songwriters from across the globe will perform and tell stories about their songs at 19 venues. There will also be lots of tropic-driven special events. Most performances will be free to the public. Some performances and events will require tickets. Either way, you’re sure to enjoy the lineup!

SAMPLING OF SONGWRITERS PERFORMING AT THE 2024 PENSACOLA BEACH SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL

A few examples of songwriters planning to perform at this year’s Pensacola Songwriters Festival include award-winning Don Sampson, Keith Burns, and Jamie O’Neal.

Keith Burns, founding member of the Grammy-nominated ACM & AMA award-winning, platinum-selling group Trick Pony. He has had three Top 10 songs for such artists as Trick Pony and Joe Diffie and has also written several Top 40 songs with such artists as Hootie & The Blowfish, Sammy Kershaw, Burns & Poe, Mo Bandy. 

Don Sampons songwriting credits include the #1 singles Brad Paisley’s “Waitin’ On A Woman,” Gary Allan’s “Tough Little Boys,” Alan Jackson’s “Midnight in Montgomery,” and Bryan White’s “Rebecca Lynn.” “Waitin’ On A Woman” also received the NSAI Song Of The Year honor in 2009.

Jamie O’Neal is a Platinum-selling country singer and songwriter with a long list of successes, including in 2001 recording back-to-back hits “There Is No Arizona” and “When I Think About Angels”. She has written hits for Reba McEntire, Martina McBridge and Leanne Rimes, to name a few. And she is in the soundtracks of major movies, including “Bridget Jones’s Diary” in which she sang the song “All by Myself”.

2024 PENSACOLA BEACH SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE & SPECIAL EVENT VENUES:

PENSACOLA

From The Ground Up Community Garden
The District Steakhouse
Oyster Bay Boutique
Hilton Garden Inn
The Courtyard by Marriott

PENSACOLA BEACH

Bamboo Willies
Pensacola Beach Church- Randall Hall
Casino Beach Bar & Grille
Flounders
The Sandbar – Frisky Dolphin
Hampton Inn Pensacola Beach
Holiday Inn Resort
Hilton Pensacola Beach
Paradise Bar and Grill
Red Fish Blue Fish
Sandshaker
The Pensacola Beach Resort- Salty Rose

2024 PENSACOLA BEACH SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL SPECIAL EVENTS:

Concert of Light/Night with the Veterans

Celtic Collaboration

Mermaids & Music

Oyster Bay Event

Garden Party

Ministry of Music

From The Ground Up

Songwriting Creative Entrepreneurship Workshop

Unplugged

Studio Amped

Bluegrass Beach Bash

Visit Pensacola Beach Songwriter’s Festival (pensacolabeachsongwritersfestival.com) for more information.

And visit Pensacola Beach vacation rentals (beachguide.com) if you need a place to stay while you attend the festival, or call one of our friendly vacation planners at 1-888-698-1488.

Whether you’re a songwriter, musician, music lover, or all three, this event is sure to be one you’ll enjoy and learn from!