Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival

Songwriters bathed in neon lights and smoke.

Join us in historic downtown Dripping Springs for the

Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival

October 20-22, 2023

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 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 "listening room" performances at unique venues in historic downtown Dripping Springs. On 8 stages, featuring 70 shows, 45+ 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. All shows downtown are FREE.

Parking is plentiful, food and drinks will be available at each venue.

DSSF 2022 from Pilot Moon Films on Vimeo.

The Venues

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

The Pilot Moon Films Stage at The Barber Shop Bar, 6 String Ranch Stage at Mazama Coffee Co., the Community Impact Stage at Dog 'N' Bone and the Estes Audiology Stage at Sidecar Tasting Room, Peak Beverage at Haus of Jayne and the Destination Dripping Springs Stage at the Courtyard at the Warehouse District are all outdoors. There will be tents in place in case of inclement weather.

The Destination Dripping Springs stage at Acopon Brewing as well as the Bucker Creek Ranch Stage at Hudson's on Mercer Street are both indoors.

All are located within safe, easy walking distance of each other in historic downtown Dripping Springs and all are FREE admission.

Performances run continuously on Friday and Saturday from afternoon to evening, and on Sunday, the festivities include a spirited Gospel Brunch Showcase at Hudson’s on Mercer Street, followed by the ever-popular Festival Wrap-Party on Mercer Street. Parking is plentiful, and food and drinks will be available at each venue.