Coeur d'Alene Songwriters Festival presents two days of music and stories by country music's most successful songwriters. Don't miss this first annual weekend event at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.

Performers at the festival include iconic writers Even Stevens ("When You're In Love with a Beautiful Woman" by Dr. Hook, "Drivin' My Life Away" and "I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbit, and "Love Will Turn You Around" by Kenny Rogers); two-time Grammy Award¬–winner Paul Overstreet ("Forever and Ever, Amen" by Randy Travis, "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" by Kenny Chesney, and "Some Beach" by Blake Shelton); Emmy Award–winner Hugh Prestwood ("The Song Remembers When" by Trisha Yearwood and "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" by Randy Travis); highly respected songwriter Kostas ("Timber, I'm Falling in Love" by Patty Loveless and "Ain't That Lonely Yet" by Dwight Yoakam); contemporary country hit-maker Leslie Satcher ("When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues" by Martina McBride and "Politically Uncorrect" by Merle Haggard and Gretchen Wilson); and exciting up-and-comer Dustin Lynch ("Cowboys and Angels").

In addition to the extraordinary songwriters scheduled to perform, each night of the festival will feature open mike nights on stages throughout The Coeur d'Alene Resort, as well as a concert in the new Garden Amphitheater at The Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course, a guitar pull featuring emerging country artists, presented by The Big 99.9 Coyote Country, and a Songwriter Sunset Cruise on the lake.