{"id":1878,"date":"2019-05-06T18:59:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T18:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2019-05-07T12:01:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T12:01:05","slug":"opelika-songwriters-festival-adds-shawn-mullins-as-headliner-for-the-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/opelika-songwriters-festival-adds-shawn-mullins-as-headliner-for-the-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Opelika Songwriters Festival adds Shawn Mullins as headliner for the event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>\nMay 6, 2019<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><strong>Opelika Songwriters Festival adds Shawn Mullins\u00a0as headliner for the event<\/p>\n<p>Festival to be co-produced by The Sound Wall\u00a0and Russell Carter Artist Management<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><br \/>\nOver 40 singer-songwriters to entertain\u00a0music fans over Memorial Day Weekend<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Opelika Songwriters Festival, a new annual event based in Opelika, Alabama, has added Shawn Mullins as the headliner for the festival, which will entertain music fans at its inaugural celebration over Memorial Day Weekend (May 24-26, 2019) at multiple venues in the town\u2019s historic downtown. Opelika recording studio\/event center The Sound Wall and Russell Carter Artist Management out of Atlanta (producer of the 30A Songwriters Festival in Florida) are co-producing the event in conjunction with The Arts Association of East Alabama. Confirmed sponsors include the City of Opelika, Auburn Opelika Tourism, Opelika Observer, W. James Samford Jr Foundation, United Johnson Brothers of Alabama, Wings 94.3FM, ESPN 106.7FM, WANI 98.7FM, WLEE 96.3FM, Autosport Bodyworks, Auburn Bank, and Sundilla Concert Series. A portion of the net proceeds from the festival go to benefit The Arts Association of East Alabama. Attendees from across the Southeast and further afield are expected to gather for this very special event.<\/p>\n<p>More than 40 singer-songwriters will make up the roster of performers, from local acts to internationally touring artists, including headliner Shawn Mullins, Grammy Award-winner Dan Navarro, Kim Richey, Harpeth Rising, Martha\u2019s Trouble, Tony Lucca, Grayson Capps, Kate Campbell, Korby Lenker, Adam Hood, Pat Wictor, David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach, Jack Barksdale, Ryanhood, Kipyn Martin, Noah Zacharin, Chris Rosser, Louise Mosrie, Wyatt Edmondson, Jordana Greenberg, Rock Killough, Tony Brook, Wilder Adkins, Jacob Blount, B.B. Palmer, Chuck McDowell, Jenna McClelland, Daniel Lee Webster, Katie Martin, Dave Potts, Ted McVay, Scott Singer, Sam Pointer, Mitch Emmons, Mutt Cooper, Pam Bedwell, Rick Edwards, and more. The festival will take place in Downtown Opelika at more than seven venues, including John Emerald Distillery, Sneak &amp; Dawdle, Irish Bred Pub, Resting Pulse Brewery, Ma Fia&#8217;s Outdoor Patio, Chirpwood Gallery, and Studio 319 &#8211; Festival Merch Hub.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect the Opelika Songwriters Festival to be a destination event for fans of singer-songwriters,\u201d says co-founder Rob Slocumb of The Sound Wall. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to showcase this amazing array of talent and to shine a light on our wonderful hometown of Opelika,\u201d says co-founder Jen Slocumb.\u00a0 Even the town\u2019s mayor, Gary Fuller, is excited about music gathering, saying, \u201cIt sounds like another big event for Historic Downtown Opelika!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available now:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshtix.com\/events\/opelika-songwriters-festival\" data-type=\"url\" data-name=\"https:\/\/www.freshtix.com\/events\/opelika-songwriters-festival\">https:\/\/www.freshtix.com\/events\/opelika-songwriters-festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opelikasongwritersfestival.com\/\" data-type=\"url\">www.opelikasongwritersfestival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2019 Opelika Songwriters Festival adds Shawn Mullins\u00a0as headliner for the event Festival to be co-produced by The Sound Wall\u00a0and Russell Carter Artist Management \u00a0 Over 40 singer-songwriters to entertain\u00a0music fans over Memorial Day Weekend The Opelika Songwriters Festival, a new annual event based in Opelika, Alabama, has added Shawn Mullins &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/opelika-songwriters-festival-adds-shawn-mullins-as-headliner-for-the-event\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Opelika Songwriters Festival adds Shawn Mullins as headliner for the event&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-1878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1879,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions\/1879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}