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ECP Proud­ly Spon­sors 15th Annu­al 30A Song­writ­ers Festival

The largest gath­er­ing of nation­al­ly rec­og­nized song­writ­ers on the Flori­da coast

PANA­MA CITY BEACH, Fla. (Jan­u­ary 9, 2024) — North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) is proud to be the offi­cial Air­port spon­sor for the 15th Annu­al 30A Song­writ­ers Fes­ti­val set for Jan­u­ary 12 – 15, 2024. For fif­teen years, the fes­ti­val has attract­ed thou­sands of music fans to enjoy per­for­mances by orig­i­nal song­writ­ers along High­way 30A in South Walton.

“We are always eager to wel­come renowned artists, musi­cians, and fes­ti­val atten­dees to ECP as they fly into our Region for the 30A Song­writ­ers Fes­ti­val,” said Park­er W. McClel­lan Jr., A.A.E, ECP Air­port Exec­u­tive Direc­tor. ​“We are proud to spon­sor this event each year, sup­port­ing the mis­sion of the Cul­tur­al Arts Alliance of Wal­ton Coun­ty and all they do to cham­pi­on arts and fos­ter cre­ativ­i­ty in our area.”

Since its incep­tion, the 30A Song­writ­ers Fes­ti­val has received nation­al acco­lades and is con­sis­tent­ly sold-out year after year. As the biggest and most pres­ti­gious song­writ­ers’ fes­ti­val in the south­east, the week­end event brings togeth­er artists, local neigh­bor­hoods, venues and resorts, and music fans to cel­e­brate the art of songwriting.

“Part­ner­ships with brands like the North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port are essen­tial to sus­tain­ing our cru­cial mis­sion of offer­ing res­i­dents and vis­i­tors diverse artis­tic expe­ri­ences,” said CAA Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Jen­nifer Steele. ​“The advance­ment of the arts in our coun­ty relies on the gen­eros­i­ty and sup­port of con­trib­u­tors like ECP.” 

More than 175 artists are sched­uled to make a land­ing in North­west Flori­da for the four-day event. Audi­ences will expe­ri­ence musi­cians of diverse music gen­res, rang­ing from jazz, rock, blues, Amer­i­cana, coun­try, and folk. Head­line per­for­mances at Grand Boulevard’s Town Cen­ter in Mira­mar Beach will fea­ture Jeff Tweedy, Elvis Costel­lo & the Imposters, Rosanne Cash, Grace Pot­ter, Rod­ney Crow­ell and KT Tun­stall. Con­firmed artists includ­ing estab­lished song­writ­ing leg­ends and up-and-com­ing new song­writ­ers can be found here. 

In con­tin­u­a­tion of the pre­vi­ous 30A Song­writ­ers Fes­ti­vals, all net pro­ceeds will ben­e­fit the non­prof­it Cul­tur­al Arts Alliance of Wal­ton Coun­ty (CAA), which sup­ports region­al artists, cul­tur­al events, and businesses.

Beach resort towns along High­way 30A pro­vide 30 venue spaces for artists with a pic­turesque nat­ur­al back­drop. Amphithe­aters, town halls, restau­rants, bars, the­aters, and cov­ered patios are trans­formed into music venues by the 30A Song­writ­ers Fes­ti­val pro­duc­tion team. The venues will offer advanced sound sys­tems and seat­ing capac­i­ty from 75 to 750 seats indoors to 6,000 outdoors.

ECP is the offi­cial air­port spon­sor for the event and the offi­cial stage spon­sor at Alys Beach’s stun­ning Cal­iza venue. For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it https://​30a​song​writ​ers​fes​ti​val​.com/.

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About North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Airport 

Northwest Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) is locat­ed less than 30 min­utes from Pana­ma City Beach, Pana­ma City, and the beach­es of South Wal­ton. Today, with ser­vice from Amer­i­can Air­lines, Delta Air Lines, South­west Air­lines, and Unit­ed Air­lines, ECP’s air­line part­ners pro­vide dai­ly flights to world­wide des­ti­na­tions, includ­ing year-round and sea­son­al non­stop flights between ECP and Atlanta (ATL), Austin (AUS) Bal­ti­more (BWI), Char­lotte (CLT), Chica­go (MDW/ORD), Dal­las (DAL/DFW), Den­ver (DEN), Hous­ton (HOU/IAH), Indi­anapo­lis (IND), Kansas City (MCI), Nashville (BNA), St. Louis (STL), Wash­ing­ton DC (DCA), and more. ECP pro­vides North­west Flori­da 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.