30A Songwriters Festival is a multi-day South Walton event staged in mid-January, with more than 250 performances spread across intimate listening rooms and outdoor amphitheaters. The coastal setting includes white-sand beaches, turquoise water, and distinctive architecture, but the practical reality is a network of rooms rather than one fixed-capacity venue. The festival welcomes all ages, all genres, and all song types, and its booking statement explicitly considers international, national, regional, local, established, and undiscovered artists. A complete talent-buyer record provides telephone, email, and an online booking route, though QuickPitch is not available for this listing. The sound system, room assignment, capacity, compensation, hospitality, travel support, lodging, set length, ticketing, and merchandise terms are not specified in the supplied record. There are also no performer comments or audience reviews, so promotional grandeur should not be mistaken for evidence about backstage operations or settlement. 30A Songwriters Festival can place a songwriter before serious listeners in a striking setting; submit through the listed route, then confirm the exact room and full deal before packing for the coast.
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Athens Theatre is historic independent community theater in downtown DeLand presenting live concerts, theatrical productions and professional events with a fully specified stage and sound system.. The listed capacity is 453 seated — 245 downstairs + 208 balcony; 4 wheelchair positions, which gives performers a useful sense of the audience scale. Established stage or production infrastructure is part of the venue setup, reducing the amount a performer may need to build from scratch. Musically, Concerts, theater, tribute acts, musicals, mixed performing arts fit naturally with the programming here. For musicians, the theater setting puts more attention on musicianship, pacing, stagecraft, and a complete show. A seated audience also rewards detail and a deliberate presentation. Athens Theatre is best suited to performers that understand the room, adapt their dynamics to the audience, and approach the date as a specific venue fit rather than a generic booking. Overall, it offers musicians a distinct performance setting where the live show can become a meaningful part of the audience experience.
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- 453
- Age policy
- 21+
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- All Genres
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- Address
- 124 N Florida Ave, DeLand, FL 32720, United States
- Venue phone
- 386-736-1500
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