New Orleans Songwriters Festival

The inaugural The inaugural year's event will kick off Friday December 5th, 2008. All shows are free but House of Blues, and those tickets are going fast! Go to their website for more info and tickets.

The purpose of the New Orleans Songwriters Festival is many fold:

• Promote interaction between New Orleans and Louisiana-based writers and writers from around the world.
• Provide exposure for New Orleans and Louisiana-based writers and artists to music center publishers and A&R personnel.
• Promote interaction between New Orleans and Louisiana-based music industry people and businesses to their counterparts in major city music centers.
• Create an event that lends itself to national and international media exposure for New Orleans and Louisiana-based writers and artists.
• Provide a new source of performance opportunities for members of the New Orleans music community.
• Promote awareness of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast's reconstruction progress.
• Donate excess NOSF operating funds to charity to benefit New Orleans and Louisiana-based musicians.