St. Augustine Songwriters Festival

The St. Augustine Distillery
112 Riberia St, St. Augustine, FL 32084

The St. Augustine Songwriters Festival offers music lovers an intimate look into the creative processes and inspiring stories behind the hits penned by some of the music industry's leading songwriters.

Doors at 6:30pm

7:00pm – 8:30pm

• Steven Dale Jones
• Mark Irwin
• Dylan Altman

In addition to the FREE concerts at Colonial Oak Music Park, fans have requested a more intimate listening experience. That’s why we are now offering this special show in a quieter setting, where songwriters can share personal stories that inspired their songs. While this event has an admission fee, it helps cover sound expenses and creates a one-on-one atmosphere between artist and fan.

So come and hear these hit songwriters in the round as they tell the stories behind their songs.

Matt Dragstrem has written No. 1 hits such as “I’ll Name The Dogs” (Blake Shelton), “One Margarita” (Luke Bryan), “What My World Spins Around (Jordan Davis), “You Look Like I Need A Drink” (Justin Moore), “Sippin’ On Fire” (Florida Georgia Line), and “Be A Light” (Thomas Rhett ft. Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin and Keith Urban) as well as landed cuts by artists Maren Morris, David Guetta, Jake Owen, Jason Aldean, Dan + Shay, G- Eazy, Charlie Puth, Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, and more. He also has nearly a dozen songwriting and producer credits on Rhett’s Country Again: Side A and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album.

Steven Dale Jones is best known for writing hits such as ''One More Day'' by Diamond Rio, ''Singles You Up'' by Jordan Davis, ''10,000 Angels'' by Mindy Mccready, ''He Gets That From Me'' by Reba McEntire, ''That's A Man'' by Jack Ingram, ''She Wants To Be Wanted Again'' by Ty Herndon and ''Little Things'' by Tanya Tucker.

Mark Irwin co-wrote Alan Jackson’s first number-one hit “Here In The Real World”, a two-time CMA Song of the Year nominee, ACM Song of the Year nominee, and winner of the Music City News Award for Song of the Year 1990. He also co-wrote the Tyler Farr number one single “Redneck Crazy” and the Tim McGraw number one hit song “Highway Don’t Care”, featuring Taylor Swift on guest vocals and Keith Urban on guitar…as well as Blake Shelton’s recent number one hit single, “Neon Light”. Mark also co-wrote the Tim McGraw’s single “Looking For That Girl” and Chris Janson’s “Power of Positive Drinking”. Along with having songs on Alan Jackson’s “DRIVE” album and Garth Brooks’ “THE LOST SESSIONS”, Mark also co-wrote the singles, “Bama Breeze” for Jimmy Buffet and “That’s How They Do It In Dixie” for Hank Williams Jr.