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Schedule – 2023 Festival

Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023

SATURDAY SONGWRITINGWRK Sponsor Block
WORKSHOPS

Art Center of Corpus Christi
100 N Shoreline Blvd.
Corpus Christi TX 78401

Single-Session Ticket,
VIP or Workshop Pass required
(Tix available at the door & online)

10am – 11am Check-In
11am – 12pm Workshop “A” with Michael O’Connor
Music Theory is a Songwriter’s Friend 
Breaking down basic music theory and 
using it as a songwriting tool.
12:15pm – 1:15pm Workshop “B” with Adam Carroll & Chris Carroll
The Art of the Co-Write
A discussion & exploration of the positives and
pitfalls of the co-writing process.

VIP + SONGWRITER MIXER
BUS [Bar Under the Sun]
702 N Chaparral St, Corpus Christi TX 78401

Exclusive Event for VIP and Festival Performers (VIP Passes available at the door & online)

2pm – 2:45pm Carrie Denniston (Corpus Christi, TX)
3pm – 3:45pm Claude Butch Morgan (Devine, TX) & John Whipple (San Antonio, TX)

SATURDAY SONGSWAPS
BUS [Bar Under the Sun]
702 N Chaparral St, Corpus Christi TX 78401

Single Ticket, VIP or Music Pass required (Tix available at the door & online)

4pm – 5pm Natalie Price (Austin, TX), Hope Cassity (Nashville, TN), &
Shawnee Kilgore (Austin, TX)
5:20pm – 6:30pm George Ensle (Austin, TX), Chris Beall (Austin, TX), &
Daniel Thomas Phipps (Austin, TX)

SATURDAY NIGHT SHOWCASE
Executive Surf Club
306 N Chaparral St, Corpus Christi TX 78401

Single Ticket, VIP or Music Pass required (Tix available at the door & online)

7pm – 7:35pm Grant Ewing (Austin, TX) & Alex Coba (Houston, TX)
7:55pm – 8:30pm Ty Dietz (Corpus Christi, TX), Shayna Sands (Corpus Christi, TX), &
Pake Rossi (TN)
8:40pm – 9:25pm Michael O’Connor (Washington state) & Libby Koch (Houston/Austin, TX)
9:40pm – 10:45pm Adam Carroll & Chris Carroll (San Marcos, TX)

SATURDAY LATE SHOW
Cassidy’s Irish Pub
601 N Water St, Corpus Christi TX 78401

FREE Event! Ticket/Pass not required.

9:30pm – 10:30pm Caleb Navarro (Corpus Christi, TX) & Ireland (Dallas, TX)
10:50pm – 11:50pm Haunted Like Human (Nashville, TN)
12:10am – 1:10am Yosh & Yimmy (Texas)

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Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023

CCSW AWARDS & BRUNCHwebsite_awbrunch spons for sched
Café Calypso [Downtown]
414 Starr St, Corpus Christi TX 78401

Exclusive Event for VIP and Festival Performers
(VIP Passes available at the door & online)

10am – 10:45am VIP & Performer/Songwriter Brunch 
with performance by Sonny Salinas (Corpus Christi, TX)
11am – 11:30am CCSW Awards Ceremony

SUNDAY SONGWRITING WORKSHOPWRK Sponsor Block
Art Center of Corpus Christi
100 N Shoreline Blvd,
Corpus Christi TX 78401

Single-Session Ticket, VIP or Workshop Pass required
(Tix available at the door & online)

11am – 12pm Check-In
12pm – 1pm Workshop “C” with Walt Wilkins     
Uncle Walt’s Number One Rule on Songwriting
The obvious but often overlooked art of
making sure each line of lyrics is directly related to the song.                           

SUNDAY AFTERNOON SONGSWAP
House of Rock
511 Starr St, Corpus Christi TX 78401

Single Ticket, VIP or Music Pass required (Tix available at the door & online)

1:30pm – 2pm Emma James (Corpus Christi, TX), Ireland (Dallas, TX) & 
Kris Schultz (Austin, TX)
2:20pm – 2:50pm Jules Taylor & Kris Redus (Corpus Christi, TX)
3:10pm – 3:40pm

Dylan Tanner Hink (Bandera, TX) &
Jared Putnam of The March Divide (Dallas, TX), & Eric Graham (Corpus Christi, TX)

4pm – 4:30pm Doc Carter (Corpus Christi, TX) &
Garrett Wieland (Corpus Christi, TX)
4:50pm – 5:30pm Claude Butch Morgan (Devine, TX) &
George Ensle (Austin, TX)

SUNDAY HEADLINER SHOWCASE
House of Rock
511 Starr St, Corpus Christi TX 78401

Single Ticket, VIP or Music Pass required (Tix available at the door & online)

6pm – 6:50 pm Claudia Gibson (Austin, TX) & Terry Klein (Austin, TX)
7:10pm – 8pm Shawnee Kilgore (Austin, TX) & Hope Cassity (Nashville, TN)
8:20pm – 9:10pm Michael O’Connor (Washington State), Natalie Price (Austin, TX), &
BettySoo (Austin, TX)
9:30pm – 10:30pm HEADLINER
Walt Wilkins (Wimberley, TX)