- May 14, 2025
After four days of live music, the 2025 Palm Coast Songwriters Festival raised over $35,000 for charitable organizations.
The seventh-annual festival featured over 45 hit-making artists and hundreds attended the event, held at Daytona State College’s Palm Coast Amphitheater, a Songwriter's Festival press release said. The funds raised at the festival were donated to Gold Star Mentors and other local charitable organizations.
Event founder Garry Lubi said the donation reflected the festival's mission "to bring people together through music while giving back to other meaningful nonprofit organizations."
"We’re incredibly proud to bring this level of talent to Flagler County and even prouder of the difference it helps us make year after year. Every ticket purchased and every partnership formed helps create lasting impact,” he said.
The Festival donated $20,000 to Gold Star Mentors, a national nonprofit serving children of fallen military service members, while the remaining funds were divided among local organizations. The Daytona State College Foundation received $6,000, the Flagler County Education Foundation $3,000, Neighbor To Family, Inc., $1,500 and $4,645 was raised for the Early Learning Coalition of Flagler and Volusia in support of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
In an email to the Observer, Lubi wrote that the Songwriter's Festival is already selling four-day pass reserved tickets for the 2026 festival. There are only 75 four-day passes remaining, as of May 10.
Those who wish to purchase tickets to the 2026 event in advance can do so at www.palmcoastsongwritersfestival.com and can use code VIP2026 for $20 off early bird tickets through June 30, the press release said.
