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2024 Schedule

Below is the schedule for the Corpus Christi Songwriters Festival, Feb. 16-18,2024.

(Advance-Sale VIP & Music Passes now for sale HERE)

(* = local songwriters)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024

OPENING NIGHT VIP DINNER, MIXER, & FRIDAY EVENING SHOWCASE

LOCATION: FRIDA’S (414 Starr St, Corpus Christi, TX 78401)
6-7pm: Friday Night VIP Dinner & Mixer (tix only)

FRIDAY EVENING SHOWCASE (TIX ONLY):

LOCATION: FRIDA’S (414 Starr St, Corpus Christi, TX 78401)
7:30pm-8:10pm: John Whipple (San Antonio, TX), & Claude Butch Morgan (Devine, TX)

8:30pm-9:10pm: Libby Koch (Austin, TX) & Michael O’Connor (Washington State)

9:30pm-10pm: George Ensle (Austin, TX)

FRIDAY LATE-NIGHT IN THE ROUNDS (FREE)

LOCATON: BUS [BAR UNDER THE SUN] (702 N Chaparral St, Corpus Christi, TX 78401)

10:30pm-1am: Friday Late-Night Songwriter Open Mic – Hosted by Rick Hoefel*

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2024

SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOPS (TIX ONLY)

LOCATION: CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN’S CENTER (1501 N Mesquite St, Corpus Christi, TX 78401)

10am-10:30am: Check In

10:30am-12pm: Inside the Music Industry with Fastball lead singer and Festival headliner Tony Scalzo

12-1pm: Integrating a Looper Pedal with Josh Glenn; San Antonio, TX

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SONGSWAPS (FREE):

LOCATION: EXECUTIVE SURF CLUB (314 N Chaparral St, Corpus Christi, TX 78401)

2pm-2:40pm: Emma James*, Carrie Denniston*, & Jenna Ivey (El Paso, TX)

3pm-3:40pm: Jules Taylor*, Stefan Prigmore (Forth Worth, TX) & Brian Wolff (Austin, TX)

4pm-4:40pm: Dylan Tanner Hink (Bandera, TX), Hollin McKay (Bandera, TX), & Terry Klein (Austin, TX)

5pm-6pm: Mattman*, Louie Mandel*, & Daniel Navarro*

SATURDAY NIGHT SHOWCASE (TIX ONLY):

LOCATION: EXECUTIVE SURF CLUB (314 N Chaparral St, Corpus Christi, TX 78401)

6:30pm-7:10pm: Yosh & Yimmy (Josh Glenn (San Antonio, TX) and Jimmy Willden*)

7:30pm-8:10pm: Jana Pochop (Albuquerque, NM) & Chris Beall (Austin, TX)

8:30pm-9:10pm: Bonnie Whitmore (Austin, TX) & Ali Holder (Austin, TX)

9:30pm-10:30pm: Tony Scalzo of Fastball (Austin, TX)

SATURDAY LATE-NIGHT IN THE ROUNDS (FREE)

LOCATION: THE EXCHANGE – CORPUS CHRISTI (224 N Mesquite St, Corpus Christi, TX 78401)

11pm-1am: Saturday Late-Night Songwriter Open Mic – Hosted by Tom Whitehurst*

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2024

SUNDAY VIP BRUNCH & AWARDS CEREMONY (VIP ONLY):

LOCATION: HOUSE OF ROCK (511 Starr St, Corpus Christi, TX 78401)

10am-10:45am: Sunday VIP Brunch w/ Sonny Salinas*

11am-11:30: CCSW Awards Ceremony

SUNDAY MORNING WORKSHOPS (TIX ONLY):

LOCATION: THE ART CENTER OF CORPUS CHRISTI (100 N Shoreline Blvd, Corpus Christi, TX 78401)

12pm-1pm: Turning the Movie in Your Head Into a Song with Michael McNevin; Niles, CA

1:15pm-2:15pm: The Shape of Words in a Song with George Ensle; San Marcos, TX

SUNDAY AFTERNOON SONGSWAPS (TIX ONLY):

LOCATION: HOUSE OF ROCK (511 Starr St, Corpus Christi, TX 78401)

3pm-3:40pm: Shawnee Kilgore (Austin, TX) & Stephanie Sammons (Dallas, TX)

4:00pm-4:40pm: Poet Hawkins (Austin, TX) & Taylor Kron (Austin, TX)

5:00-5:40pm: Michael Waid (San Antonio, TX) & Brian Kalinec (Houston, TX)

6:00pm-7pm: Doc Carter* & Garrett Wieland*

SUNDAY NIGHT SHOWCASE (TIX ONLY):

LOCATION: HOUSE OF ROCK (511 Starr St, Corpus Christi, TX 78401)

7:30pm-8:10: Shayna Sands (Austin, TX), Daniel Brodhag*, & Ty Dietz*

8:30pm-9:10pm: Hope Cassity (Nashville, TN), Tom Meny (Buda, TX), & Natalie Price (Austin, TX)

9:30pm-10:30pm: Michael McNevin (Niles District, California) & Buddy Mondlock (Nashville, TN)