Kerrville Folk Festival
Kerrville · US
Eighteen-day songwriter festival on Quiet Valley Ranch in the Texas Hill Country, running since 1972. Its Grassy Hill New Folk Competition invites 24 emerging songwriters to perform two original songs, with six winners taking cash awards and a house-concert tour; past entrants include Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, Steve Earle and Anaïs Mitchell. Submissions are two MP3s, typically due in early March.
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Playing this festival
Applications usually run from January to March, based on the most recent call.
The next window usually opens in January.
This is the New Folk songwriting competition: 24 emerging songwriters are invited to the festival and six winners are picked. There is an entry fee for each two-song entry.
Artists who've played here
from the festival's published lineup · 53 total