Largest Songwriters Festival in the World – 16th Year in Key West

Key West turns into a music mecca from April 27 – May 1. The Songwriters Festival is a local Key West favorite, as well as an event attracting thousands of tourists from around the world. The fun revolves around five days of lineups, featuring more than 100 top songwriters. The festival is a unique opportunity to meet the writers, hear their hits, preview their new music and learn the stories behind the songs.

The free kick-off concert at Ocean Key Pier features Howard Livingston & The Mile Marker 24 Band. I can testify that this group will instantly put you in a Key West party mood! They are an all-original, crowd-pleasing tropical island band which was voted “Florida Keys Band of the Year” in both 2009 and 2010. In the same years, Howard was named “Entertainer of the Year.” Take a break now, and enjoy a preview: Mile Marker 24 Band. I hope you can join us to hear the group in person on April 27 from 6:00 – 8:00pm.

There's something for everyone at the Key West Song Writers Festival. Besides more than a dozen concert offerings at some of our favorite waterfront locales, restaurants, and bars, you can check out two stages of music, an artist demonstration area, a youth art competition and exhibition, a canine disc dog contest, and, of course delicious food.

A Key West resident, Charlie Bauer, who owns the Hogs Breath Saloon, started the Songwriters Festival in 1995. He says that the first year was small, but memorable. The next year, Broadcast Music, Inc. got involved with the festival, and it quickly grew to a world-famous event, with hundreds of songwriters performing more than 30 shows around Key West.

Proceeds from the festival will benefit the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation. This foundation, started in 1998 by the world’s largest business music provider, has a mission to redefine and expand the scope of music education. They provide new and exciting ways to help students realize their dreams in the music business.

The Songwriters Festival is an event you won’t want to miss. Put it on your calendar for April 27 – May 1, and come to the “music mecca.” Of course, Key West is a mecca for many things in my book, including beautiful homes. I’m prepared to show you many outstanding Key West properties that could be your next “mecca.” Give me a call today. Margarita Villoch: 305-304-8505.