Month: August 2023

Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival set for Sept 23 & 24 in Franklin, TN

Two days of outdoor music and entertainment

By Preshias Harris

Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival is gearing up for another two-day event in late September.  The annual Festival returns to The Park at Harlinsdale Farm in Franklin, TN, on September 23 & 24, 2023.

The music alone would be a good enough reason to attend.  However, the event is a celebration of arts and culture featuring dozens of diverse musical acts performing across multiple stages as well as local artisans, chefs and brewers offering food, drinks, shopping and more.

The Lumineers and The Black Crowes will headline the festival on Saturday while Zach Bryan and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats top the bill on Sunday.

The Saturday lineup also features The Head and the Heart, Yola, Hailey Whitters, Michael Rix, Better Than Ezra, Peter One, Boy Named Banjo, James Bay, Butch Walker, The Watson Twins, Bones Owens, Tash Neal and People on the Porch. See the full lineup here.

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It’s Songwriter Contest time again!

NSAI’s 24th Song Contest launches August 1st

by Preshias Harris

The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) along with presenting sponsors The Bluebird Cafe and CMT have announced additional details for the 24th annual NSAI Song Contest. (Scroll down to see how to enter.) 

Launching August 1 at 12:00pm Central, this year’s contest will award over $20,000 worth of prizes including: two cash prizes ($5,000 and $2,500), $1,500 towards a Guitar Center purchase, two 417e guitars from Taylor Guitar, a mentor session with either Ingrid Andress or David Hodges, a one-year single-song publishing contract with Anthem Entertainment, a tour of the CMT Headquarters and 2 pairs of tickets to 2024 CMT Music Awards, an experience at The Bluebird Cafe and more.

Songwriters of all genres are invited to submit their songs and/or lyrics here www.nsaisongcontest.com to be evaluated by industry professionals for valuable feedback and for their chance to win big. Up to 22 entries will place in the contest after several phases of judging, including a live final judging where the Lyric Category winner will be announced and the Song Category Top 10 finalists will be judged once more before revealing the Grand Prize Song Category Winner. Judging will take place no later than January 2024. 

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