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Court­ney Cox, PR Counsel

North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Airport

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30A SONG­WRIT­ERS FES­TI­VAL BRINGS MUSIC TO THE AIRPORT

PANA­MA CITY, FL (Decem­ber 15, 2016) –Trav­el­ers at North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port have expe­ri­enced the sounds of the 30A Song­writ­ers Fes­ti­val as a result of the unique part­ner­ship between the Cul­tur­al Arts Alliance of Wal­ton Coun­ty and the air­port. Music from song­writ­ers attend­ing upcom­ing and past 30A Song­writ­ers Fes­ti­vals have been fea­tured as the air­ports music selection.

“Spon­sor­ing this event is a nat­ur­al fit for the air­port with more than 50 per­cent of fes­ti­val atten­dees trav­el­ing here from out of state with many of them arriv­ing at ECP,” said Park­er McClel­lan, exec­u­tive direc­tor of the air­port. ​“We look for­ward to wel­com­ing attendee’s and artists to our com­mu­ni­ty for anoth­er great year at the 30A Song­writ­ers Festival.”

Fes­ti­val line­up includes over 200 con­certs fea­tur­ing 150 song­writ­ers in 25 venues along High­way 30A. Head­lin­ers for the 2016 Fes­ti­val include John Prine, Cheap Trick, Dr. John & the Nite Trip­pers, Shawn Colvin, and many more. Week­end pass­es for the Jan­u­ary 13 – 16 fes­ti­val are avail­able for $265 and can be pur­chased at www​.30a​song​writ​ers​fes​ti​val​.com.

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About North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Airport

North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) offers some of the region’s low­est aver­age air­fares and is locat­ed less than 30 min­utes from Pana­ma City Beach, Pana­ma City and the beach­es of South Wal­ton. Today, with ser­vice from Delta, South­west, and Unit­ed Air­lines, ECP pro­vides dai­ly flights to world­wide des­ti­na­tions, includ­ing non­stop flights to Atlanta, Bal­ti­more, Hous­ton, Nashville, St. Louis, and Dal­las. The first inter­na­tion­al air­port to be built in more than a decade, ECP pro­vides North­west Flori­da com­mu­ni­ties with first-class facil­i­ties and was strate­gi­cal­ly devel­oped for major eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties. ECP is THE gate­way to vis­i­tors seek­ing North­west Florida’s famous beaches.

About the Cul­tur­al Arts Alliance of Wal­ton County

The Cul­tur­al Arts Alliance of Wal­ton Coun­ty, Inc. is the offi­cial­ly des­ig­nat­ed local arts agency that serves as an umbrel­la orga­ni­za­tion and sup­ports the arts through lead­er­ship, advo­ca­cy, fund­ing, pro­grams and edu­ca­tion. The vision of the CAA is to be the cat­a­lyst for Wal­ton County’s growth as a cen­ter for artis­tic and cul­tur­al excel­lence through which lives are enriched, econ­o­my is stim­u­lat­ed and com­mu­ni­ty is strengthened.