COSMIC
SONGWRITER
FESTIVAL

4 VENUES • 4 NIGHTS
Listening Room Environment
Bloomington, Indiana
May 15-18, 2024

Oliver Wood • Carrie Newcomer • Emily Nenni • Gabe Lee

Tré Burt • Melissa Carper • Kassi Valazza • Jeremy Pinnell

Austin Lucas • Chicago Farmer • Hank Ruff • Blue Cactus • Spectator Bird

Caleb Stine • Chris Dollar • The Hammer & The Hatchet • Dandelioness

Chris Sutton • Rodeola • Kay Krull • Derrick Weidner & Olivia Doyle • TV Mike • The Monon Troubadours • Oso Blues

PERFORMERS

Oliver Wood

Buskirk-Chumley • May 18
Oliver Wood is a mainstay of modern-day American roots music. The frontman of the Wood Brothers since 2004...
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Carrie Newcomer

Buskirk-Chumley • May 18
Carrie Newcomer is a songwriter, recording artist, performer, educator and activist. She has been...
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Emily Nenni

The Bluebird • May 16
The sun sets over the ranch, a can of beer cracks, and an acoustic guitar wrangles the day’s thoughts and memories...
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Gabe Lee

The Bluebird • May 16
Equal parts classic songwriter and modern-day storyteller, Gabe Lee has built his own bridge between country, folk...
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Tré Burt

Blockhouse • May 17
Tré Burt was standing on a stage in Philadelphia in early 2023 when the latest bit of bad news arrived: His grandfather...
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Melissa Carper

Blockhouse • May 17
After the success of her critically-acclaimed 2021 release Daddy' s Country Gold, Melissa Carper, dubbed...
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Kassi Valazza

Buskirk-Chumley • May 18
There is a cult-like fascination growing around Kassi Valazza following the self-release of her 2019 debut album ...
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Jeremy Pinnell

The Bluebird • May 16
When Jeremy Pinnell released OH/KY in the summer of 2015 to stunned acclaim, it felt like an entire career compressed ...
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Austin Lucas

The Bluebird • May 16
Over the last two decades, the name Austin Lucas has become synonymous with emotionally impactful, intellectual...
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Chicago Farmer

Blockhouse • May 17
The son of a small town farming community, Cody Diekhoff logged plenty of highway and stage time under the name...
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Hank Ruff

The Bluebird • May 16
As a recent graduate from Indiana University, Hank Ruff has been building a name for himself throughout the state...
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Blue Cactus

Buskirk-Chumley • May 18
Blue Cactus, the North Carolina duo of Steph Stewart and Mario Arnez, make Dream Country: a blend of grit, glitz, groove...
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Spectator Bird

Orbit Room • May 15
Sisters, Rachel and Lindsey FitzGerald, make their home in the mountains of Virginia, where they also host the...
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Caleb Stine

Orbit Room • May 15
Caleb Stine is a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and visual artist. His songs seek to uncover the mysteries of our shared...
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Chris Dollar

Orbit Room • May 15
Since 2008, the multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter has been touring the country playing bluegrass...
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The Hammer &
The Hatchet

Blockhouse • May 17
John Bowyer and Jayme Hood are born and raised Hoosiers...
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Dandelioness

The Bluebird • May 16
The first thing you notice about Chloe Grace Caemmerer’s work as Dandelioness is her radioactive falsetto, followed...
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Chris Sutton

Orbit Room • May 15
Bio Coming Soon
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Rodeola

Orbit Room • May 15
Bio Coming Soon
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Kay Krull

Orbit Room • May 15
Kay Krull makes beautiful slow burn jams on half broken equipment out of Bloomington, Indiana...
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Derrick Weidner
& Olivia Doyle

Blockhouse • May 17
The singers/songwriter's duo, Derrick Weidner and Olivia Doyle, bring you a powerhouse of youthful talent delivering...
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TV Mike

Blockhouse • May 17
TV Mike hails from the West Coast via Indiana. His songs follow the aesthetic of the Great American Songbook. The core of the group moved to...
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