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Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival

Songwriters bathed in neon lights and smoke.

A black and white image of a hand strumming a guitar.

A woman singing into a microphone while another man watched holding his guitar.

A crowd of people look onto a stage with songwriters on it.

Join us in historic downtown Dripping Springs for the 7th annual

Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival October 16 - 18, 2020.

You are invited to the heart of the beautiful Texas Hill Country to come and enjoy an exciting weekend of phenomenal singer/songwriter showcases. This FREE 3-day music festival treats music lovers to a wide variety of amazing songs and the people and stories behind the finely crafted tunes.

The songwriting showcases give attendees the opportunity to experience tomorrow’s headliners in small-stage performances at unique venues in historic downtown Dripping Springs. On 6 stages, featuring thirty shows a day, over forty-five songwriters will perform in an “in the round” Nashville-style song-swap format. In its essence, the Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival is all about finely-crafted SONGS, and the talented folks who have written them.

Songwriter Submissions

Interested in performing at the Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival? Application submissions to perform at the Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival open April 1, 2020. The deadline for submissions is July 1, 2020. Songwriters who are interested in applying to be considered to perform at this year’s event should sign up for the DSSF Newsletter – it’s there that we will announce when we will begin taking submissions and how to submit. Also, don’t forget to follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook!

Apply and find out more information: APPLICATION

2020 Festival Lineup

All six of our performance stages are conveniently located within the downtown Dripping Springs Historic District. Enjoy three days worth of amazing musical performances by renowned and up and coming musicians.

Check out the amazing songwriters that will be at this year's festival:
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE & LINEUP

The Venues

Event stages are hosted by Dripping Springs’ most popular live music venues:

The Barber Shop Bar, Mazama Coffee Company, Acopon Brewing Company, The Sidecar Tasting Room, Hudson’s On Mercer and Milton’s Lodging – all located within safe, easy walking distance of each other in historic downtown Dripping Springs.

These performances run all day and all night long and are absolutely FREE for everyone! Complimentary shuttle service between Venues runs throughout the event and is provided by Golf Cars of Austin.

Barber Shop Bar

Acopon Brewing

The garden area of Mazama Coffee Shop where a crowd of people watch the songwriters.

Mazama Coffee Company

The outside of Hudson's n Mercer at dusk.

Hudson's on Mercer

Sidecar Tasting Room

A quaint stone house on Old Fitzhugh Road.

Milton's Lodging

Sponsorship

Here’s your chance to become an official sponsor of the 2020 Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival. We have many levels of involvement – there’s one for every advertising budget – and this IS the music event of the year in the Dripping Springs area! Place your company’s brand on the coolest singer/songwriter music event in Texas!

Interested? Want to learn more? Find information about sponsorship: SPONSORSHIP

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Songwriter submissions for the 7th Annual Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival will open April 1, 2020. Songwriters who are interested in applying to be considered to perform at this year’s event should sign up for the DSSF Newsletter – it’s there that we will announce when we will begin taking submissions and how to submit. Also, don’t forget to follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook!