Saturday, October 14, 2023
10am – 9pm
Hilton Garden Inn at Wailua Bay | 3-5920 Kuhio Hwy, Kapaʻa, HI 96746
Workshops 10am – 3:30pm
Workshop Tickets $60 (includes all workshops and a concert ticket)
Concert 5:30pm – 9pm (Doors open at 5pm)
Concert Ticket $30 in advance, $35 at the door
Arts Kaua‘i presents the Kaua‘i Songwriters Music Festival : Saturday, October 14, 2023, at the Hilton Garden Inn at Wailua Bay. The Kaua‘i Songwriters Music Festival is a celebration of the art of songwriting. This year’s festival includes workshops for songwriters, followed by an evening concert. Hawai‘i State Poet Laureate Kealoha will serve as the emcee, performer, and presenter. Songwriter Ken Emerson and special guests will be featured. Ken Emerson is one of the world’s most highly regarded traditional Hawaiian slack key & steel guitarists living today. Emerson won the prestigious Kāhili Award for perpetuating Hawaiian culture and was a featured artist and composer on the first-ever National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Grammy Award-winning Best Hawaiian Album. Jason Blume is the author of 6 Steps to Songwriting Success, This Business of Songwriting, and Inside Songwriting (Billboard Books). His songs have been recorded by Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, the Oak Ridge Boys and many others, selling more than 50,000,000 copies. Rock Hendricks is a world-renowned saxophonist, producer, and recording engineer. Rock has recorded over 30 songs with Paul Hardcastle and has had nine Billboard #1 smooth jazz hits.
Photos provided by the Kauai Songwriters Music Festival
