ECP Sponsors 2026 Annual 30A Songwriters Festival

FOR MORE INFOR­MA­TION 

Katie Spill­man, PR Counsel 

North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Airport 

(727) 236‑0284 or katies@​themooreagency.​com

17 years of bring­ing togeth­er local artists, great music and deli­cious food

PANA­MA CITY BEACH, Fla. (Jan­u­ary 05, 2026) — North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) is join­ing the 30A Song­writ­ers Fes­ti­val for their 17^th year of fun on Jan­u­ary 16 – 19, 2026 as the fly­ing part­ner once again. The Region will wel­come thou­sands of music fans to enjoy per­for­mances from award-win­ning artists and song­writ­ers right here in South Walton.

“The 30A Song­writ­ers Fes­ti­val is some­thing our trav­el­ers look for­ward to each year and we love wel­com­ing them to Pana­ma City Beach,” said Park­er W. McClel­lan Jr., A.A.E, ECP Air­port Exec­u­tive Direc­tor. ​“Sup­port­ing the mis­sion of the Cul­tur­al Arts Alliance of Wal­ton Coun­ty is a priv­i­lege and we are look­ing for­ward to anoth­er year in partnership.”

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. 

“The 30A Song­writ­ers Fes­ti­val is renowned for its sig­na­ture ​‘in-the-round’ per­for­mances, and hav­ing Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Dono­van, and Sara Watkins — three of my per­son­al favorites — share the stage is a dream line­up,” said Jen­nifer Steele, Pres­i­dent & CEO of the Cul­tur­al Arts Alliance of Wal­ton Coun­ty and Fes­ti­val Co-Pro­duc­er. ​“We are so grate­ful for the con­tin­ued sup­port and con­tri­bu­tions 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. Per­for­mances at Cen­ter Grand Boule­vard Main Stage to rock-n-roll bars, to inti­mate lis­ten­ing rooms. 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 a vari­ety of seat­ing capac­i­ties, with more details on loca­tions here.

ECP is the offi­cial air­port spon­sor for the event and the offi­cial stage spon­sor at Cal­iza at Alys Beachhttps://30asongwritersfestival.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 pro­vides dai­ly and sea­son­al non­stop flights to 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), New York City (LGA), Philadel­phia (PHL), St. Louis (STL) and Wash­ing­ton DC (DCA) with con­nec­tions to cities world­wide. ECP pro­vides North­west Flori­da com­mu­ni­ties 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.