Tennessee Songwriters Week
Plan Your VisitKingsport QualifieR
The 2023 Tennessee Songwriters Week Qualifying Round in downtown Kingsport, TN will be held Tuesday, Feb. 7 at Model City Tap House. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the show starts at 6 p.m.
Join us for a night of original music from twenty songwriters. The winners of the Qualifying Round will go to the Showcase rounds at venues across Tennessee. The Showcase winners will get their chance to play at the legendary Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, TN.

The Event will be live streamed on the visit kingsport facebook page tuesday, feb. 7 at 6 p.m.
To be added to the songwriter waitlist, please email cketron@visitkingsport.com
2023 Kingsport Qualifying Round Lineup
- Dallas Danger, Johnson City, TN – Cardinal Park
- Mickie Banyas, Kingsport, TN – Later the Bloom, Sweeter the Blossom
- Jace Smith, Fall Branch, TN – Lie to Me
- Gary Hensley, Church Hill, TN – Wright’s Corner
- Toby Gibson, Sneedville, TN – Lily of the Valley
- Sarah Beth Lovell, Kingsport, TN – The Stories That You’ll Tell
- Solo Sixstring, Warren, OH – One Hit Wonder
- Adam Brown, Kingsport, TN – Something Borrowed
- Cody Fair, Elizabethton, TN – Playin’ Her Part
- Amanda Robinette, Blountville, TN – Songbook
- Jon Petry, Kingsport, TN – In a Song
- Jeff Lane, Kingsport, TN – Awful Good
- Trevor Meade, Gate City, VA – Quitting Time
- Kacey Buchanan, Bristol, VA – All Alone
- Luke Brogden, Kingsport, TN – Honest With YOu
- Joel Kirk, Bristol, VA – L.O.V.E (Savin’ Me)
- Justin Branham, Jenkins, KY – The Smell of Summer
- Clayton Potter, Bristol, TN – Poison in Me