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ECP Spon­sors 2025 Annu­al 30A Song­writ­ers Festival 

16 years of 125+ artists, deli­cious foods and great music 

PANA­MA CITY BEACH, Fla. (Jan­u­ary 10, 2025) — North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) is the proud fly­ing part­ner once again for the annu­al 30A Song­writ­ers Fes­ti­val set for Jan­u­ary 16 – 20, 2025. Thou­sands of music fans descend upon the beach­es of South Wal­ton to enjoy per­for­mances from award-win­ning artists and songwriters. 

“We enjoy see­ing music fans trav­el through ECP and join our Region to attend the 30A Song­writ­ers Fes­ti­val,” said Park­er W. McClel­lan Jr., A.A.E, ECP Air­port Exec­u­tive Direc­tor. ​“Our spon­sor­ship of this event year after year is impor­tant to us as we con­tin­ue sup­port­ing the mis­sion of the Cul­tur­al Arts Alliance of Wal­ton County.” 

The 30A Song­writ­ers Fes­ti­val is known as the biggest and most pres­ti­gious song­writ­ers’ fes­ti­val in the south­east for a rea­son as it con­tin­ues to receive awards nation­al­ly for bring­ing togeth­er artists, the local com­mu­ni­ty, music fans, and more. Fans of the fes­ti­val, song­writ­ing and local foods con­tin­ue to sell out the event every sin­gle year. 

“When it comes to advanc­ing the arts in our coun­ty, part­ner­ships with brands like the North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port are impor­tant to us. Our mis­sion is to offer res­i­dents, as well as vis­i­tors, diverse artis­tic expe­ri­ences,” said CAA Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Jen­nifer Steele. ​“We appre­ci­ate and con­tin­ue to depend on con­tri­bu­tions and sup­port from orga­ni­za­tions like ECP.” 

More than 125 artists are sched­uled to make their way to North­west Flori­da for the five-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 Melis­sa Etheridge, Amos Lee, the Jay­hawks, The Devon All­man Project, Secret Sis­ters and Mag­gie Rose. 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://30asongwritersfestival….

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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.