2017 Safety Harbor SongFest Adds More Than Just Music

SAFETY HARBOR, FL – Spring is in the air, and that means music can be heard around the Tampa Bay area. Safety Harbor is no different, with its annual SongFest set to kick off this weekend.

The two-day event is set to take place on Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 2 at Safety Harbor Waterfront Park, 110 veterans Memorial Lane in Safety Harbor. This year, aside from 20 national touring artists performing on two stages, Safety Harbor SongFest will also feature food trucks, a wine/art lounge, craft beer, circus performers, hoola hoop and bubble ball interactive fun, henna tattoos, face painting, live art demonstrations, interactive poetry with Bluebird bus, kite demonstrations and the Nomad Art Bus that invites attendees to paint it.

SongFest was created by the Safety Harbor Music and Art Center, whose mission is to promote education in fine art, visual arts and performing arts.

“We’re thrilled to once again celebrate music, as well as poetry, and performing and visual arts with this festival,” said Kiaralinda, the co-founder of SHAMc and the festival’s organizer. “Our goal is for people to be immersed in all types of art and music throughout the weekend.”

Yoga on the Waterfront will kick off both days of the event at 10 a.m. and run for an hour at the TransAmerica Marina Stage. Festival music and other activities will begin at 11 a.m. each day. The music schedule for the 2017 Saftey Harbor SongFest is:

Saturday, April 1

• 11 a.m. – Chasing Lovely (Waterfront Stage)
• 11:15 a.m. – Songwriters in the Round: Emily Kopp, Daphne Willis, Davin McCoy (TransAmerica Marina Stage)
• Noon – Trevor Green (WS)
• 12:45 p.m. – Emily Kopp (TMS)
• 1:15 p.m. – The Accidentals (WS)
• 2 p.m. – Arouna Diarra (TMS)
• 2:30 p.m. – Birds of Chicago (WS)
• 3:15 p.m. – Kristin Diable (TMS)
• 4 p.m. – Kina Grannis (WS)
• 4:30 p.m. – Charlie Mars (TMS)
• 5:45 p.m. – Fantastic Negrito (WS)
• 5:45 p.m. – Victor & Penny (TMS)
• 7 p.m. – Urban Gypsies of Florida (TMS)
• 7:30 p.m. – The Wood Brothers (WS)

Sunday, April 2

• 11 a.m. – Joe Craven (WS)
• 11:15 a.m. – Songwriters in the Round: Tim Hutchinson, Joshua Reilly, Alex Wald (TMS)
• 12:30 p.m. – Shane Koyczan (WS)
• 1 p.m. – Davin McCoy (TMS)
• 2 p.m. – The Mulligan Brothers (WS)
• 2:15 p.m. – Dan Rodriguez (TMS)
• 3:30 p.m. – Daphne Willis (TMS)
• 3:45 p.m. – Rising Appalachia (WS)
• 5 p.m. – Fuzz & Carrie of Caravan of Thieves (TMS)
• 5:30 p.m. – Magic Giant (WS)

Aside from performing at the Safety Harbor SongFest venue, participating musicians will also perform at local venues in downtown Safety Harbor throughout the weekend.

Tickets for the 2017 Safety Harbor SongFest are $40 for the advance two-day weekend pass, $50 plus fees for the two-day weekend pass at the gate, $30 for advance single day tickets and $35 for a single-day ticket at the gate. Proceeds from Safety Harbor SongFest support the Safety Harbor Arts and Music Center.

To purchase advance tickets or for more information, visit http://www.safetyharborsongfest.com/.

Images courtesy of Safety Harbor Arts and Music Center