

RaeLynn performs at the 3rd & Lindsley early show. Photo: Cooper Smith
Night two of the 26th Annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival Presented by Regions Bank featured nine Nashville music venues hosting writers rounds. Fans were delighted to see their favorite country stars performing all over town including Dustin Lynch, Lindsay Ell, Love & Theft, Eric Paslay, Cassadee Pope, Carly Pearce, RaeLynn and more.
Creative Nation took over The Listening Room Cafe stage sponsored by Nashville Music City, with Luke Laird, Steve Moakler, Kassi Ashton and Alec Bailey entertaining a packed house during the early show and the late show featuring Barry Dean, Natalie Hemby, Lori McKenna and Tyler Johnson.
The Tree Vibez Music round, billed with Corey Crowder, Jordan Schmidt, Daniel Ross and RaeLynn, were joined by new artists Mitchell Tenpenny and Cale Dodds and new mentor on The Voice Cassadee Pope.
The 2017 NSAI Song Contest Presented by CMT winner John Gurney opened the 3rd & Lindsley late show, which featured Dustin Lynch, Lee Thomas Miller, Neil Thrasher and Wendell Mobley. Gurney performed the winning song, “Fairytale Dress,” which he co-wrote with Erin Ashley O’Keefe.
Produced by Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), the 26th Annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival Presented by Regions Bank runs through Saturday, April 7.

Pictured: The entire Creative Nation group at The Listening Room Cafe stage sponsored by Nashville Music City. Photo: Libby Oellerich

Pictured (L-R): Creative Nation’s Tyler Johnson, Lori McKenna, Barry Dean and Natalie Hemby at The Listening Room Cafe stage sponsored by Nashville Music City. Photo: Libby Oellerich

Kassi Ashton performs at The Listening Room Cafe stage sponsored by Nashville Music City. Photo: Libby Oellerich

Pictured (L-R): Lori McKenna and Barry Dean perform at The Listening Room Cafe stage sponsored by Nashville Music City. Photo: Libby Oellerich

Corey Crowder performs at the 3rd & Lindsley early show. Photo: Cooper Smith

New Warner Music Nashville artist Cale Dodds performs at the 3rd & Lindsley early show. Photo: Cooper Smith

Pictured (L-R) – Waterloo Revival, Scotty Emerick, Lance Carpenter and Crystal Keith entertain at The Station Inn – Sponsored by D’Addario. Photo: Craig Campbell

Pictured (L-R): Mitch Rossell and Regions Bank’s Leigha Burdick prior to the early Bluebird Cafe show. Photo: Lisa Harless

Early show at the Bluebird Cafe with Dave Turnbull, Wynn Varble, Bryan Kennedy and Mitch Rossell. Photo: Lisa Harless

Pictured (L-R): Lisa Harless of Regions Bank with Dave Turnbull at the Bluebird Cafe early show.

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