The Rocky Mountain Songwriter Festivals Inc. is a non-profit 501 c-3 corporation. We create and produce multi-day festivals that bring the creativity of songwriting to mountain communities in Montana and Wyoming. Our festivals are hosted in the downtown districts of these communities utilizing the existing infrastructure of bars, restaurants, coffee houses and theaters. Our festivals include live performances, songwriting classes and songwriting contests.
Through these festivals we are able to fulfill our mission to promote music education through local public schools, private schools and colleges.
Red Lodge Songwriter Festival now in it’s seventh year is held each June in the mountain community of Red Lodge, Montana.
Whitefish Songwriter Festival now in it’s third year, is held annually in September in Whitefish Montana the gateway to Glacier National Park.
Yellowstone Songwriter Festival now in it’s third year, is held each September in the Rodeo Capital of the World, Cody Wyoming.
Since our inception we have gifted over $90,000 to fulfill this mission.
- 2016 – $5,000
- Operation Second Chance
- 2017 – $8,500
- Red Lodge Public School Music Department
- 2018 – $10,000
- Red Lodge Public School Music Department
- 2019 – $20,000
- Red Lodge Public School Music Department
- MSU-Billings to create scholarship endowment fundfor music majors in the name of David M Kirby.
- 2020 – no gifting since festivals were postponed until 2021 due to Covid-19 concerns.
- 2021 – $15,000
- MSU Billings, music scholarships
- Red Lodge Music Festival
- Wapiti Valley School District, instrument purchases
- Northwest Community College, music scholarships
- North Valley Music School, music scholarships
- Whitefish High School Band Club
- 2022 – $35,000
- Carbon County Relief Fund, flood relief
- MSU-Billings, music scholarships
- Meeteetse School District, instrument purchases
We look forward to seeing you at one of our festivals.
Mike Booth, Executive Director
Rocky Mountain Songwriter Festivals Inc.
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