Celebrate Nashville's songwriters with the enormous Tin Pan South Songwriter's Festival in Nashville. Hundreds of songwriters will be featured at venues throughout the city, including 3rd and Lindsley,
Bluebird Cafe, Caffeine, Douglas Corner Cafe, Drink, Mercy Lounge, Radio Cafe, The Basement and The Trap. Other special events include the Tin Pan South Songwriters Golf Classic Invitational and the NSAI's Songwriter Symposium.
Some prominent songwriters that performed in the 2005 festival included Dierks Bentley, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Stephany Delray, Eric Heatherly, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Jimmy Wayne, Lari White and Billy Yates, among literally dozens and dozens of other top Nashville songwriters!