Florida's the Place To Be This Weekend -- fests in Fort Myers, Boca, St. Pete, and the Panhandle

Lucky us -- this weekend there's music fests all over our sunny state.

The excellent 30A Songwriters Festival happens in and around Seaside, Florida, along Scenic Highway 30A in the Panhandle county of Walton Jan. 18. This features some of the finest songwriters working today.  It's not a camping festival -- hit the link above for my previous post on this event.

This year's performers include Nanci Griffith (pictured above), Lucinda Williams, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Jeffrey Steele,  Suzanne Vega, Tift Merritt, Randall Bramblett, and Grayson Capps. You can see my videos of past 30A Songwriters performances at the festgrrl You Tube channel. And you can hear cuts by some of the artists on a special 30A Festival Internet radio station, gigdog.

And the kick-ass traveling Sunshine Blues Festival, headlined by the Tedeschi-Trucks Band, happens in Friday, Jan. 18 in Fort Myers, Saturday, Jan. 19 in Boca Raton and Sunday, Jan. 20 in St. Petersburg.Again, see the link above for details on this most excellent lineup of uber-talented musicians.