The Carrboro Songwriters Festival (free, Oct 16–18)

The Carrboro Songwriters Festival returns October 16–18, 2026: three days of Nashville-style songwriter rounds, 33 songwriters a day, at Speakeasy Theatre (100 E Main St), Steel String Brewery (106A S Greensboro St) and more in downtown Carrboro. FREE.

October 16th: 4 – 8pm

October 17th: 12 – 8pm

October 18th: 12 – 8pm

33 songwriters and acts across three days at Speakeasy Theatre, Lanza’s Cafe and Steel String Brewery.

Panel: Tall Tales & Cheap Ales, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Speakeasy Theatre: Ted Johnson, The King Teen, John Pardue and Matthew Amy, moderated by Bridget Dean. (Kate Bopp moved to Friday’s panel, and Dr. Scott can no longer attend.)

Full schedule and lineup: carrborosongs.com