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Bluebird Cafe Concert Series

In collaboration with Nashville’s esteemed Bluebird Cafe, our cherished Bluebird Cafe Concert Series has illuminated the vibrant songwriting community for over two decades. Complementing this tradition is Bluebird Bands, a plugged-in concert experience.

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Bluebird Bands: William Beckmann

Sundance Resort is proud to present Bluebird Bands: A Plugged In Concert Experience. Now in its third year, Bluebird Bands showcases songs by one songwriter, accompanied by a live band.

August 28, 2025

Ticket Pricing:
Prime Plus: $100
Prime Bench: $90
Bench: $80
Lawn: $60
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Summer Bluebird Cafe Concert Series
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In our beautiful outdoor amphitheater, three talented artists share both their music and the compelling stories that inspired their songwriting journey.

Ticket Pricing:
Prime Plus: $120
Prime Bench: $100
Bench: $85
Lawn: $65
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Artist Lineups and Biographies

June 20 & 21

Billy Montana
In 1989, shortly after his recording contract with Warner Bros. Records expired, Billy Montana moved to Nashville from Upstate New York. He made songwriting his primary focus from that time forward, and as a songwriter, Billy’s written five #1 singles for country music recording artists Garth Brooks(“More Than a Memory”), Lee Brice (“Hard to Love” and “Memory I Don’t Mess With”, Sara Evans (“Suds in the Bucket”, and Jo Dee Messina (“Bring on the Rain”). The Garth Brooks single “More Than a Memory” is the only song in country music history to debut at #1. Montana also scored a top 5 with Jon Pardi’s “Night Shift.” Other artists who have recorded Billy’s songs include Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Martina McBride, Jason Aldean, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Lee Ann Womack, Kenny Rogers, Sister Hazel and many more.

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Randy Montana
Nashville native, singer-songwriter Randy Montana has been described as a standout among his “I’m more country than you peers.” His songs are pure, honest, & gritty but still manage to be from the heart. His style clings to the rough edges of country’s musical highway with clear hints of his childhood musical influences intertwined throughout.
Randy has penned songs recorded by Jon Pardi, Luke Combs, Justin Moore, Riley Green, Jimmie Allen, Drake White, David Nail, Cody Johnson, Luke Bryan, & George Strait, and wrote “What If I Was Willing” which was featured on the hit TV show NASHVILLE. In 2020, Randy was named Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year at the MusicRow Awards.
He currently writes for Warner Chappell Music and lives with his wife, Montgomery, and their three kids in Nashville, TN.

Erik Dylan
A frequent collaborator to Luke Combs and Riley Green, Dylan contributed to Combs’ record-breaking album What You See Is What You Get , Growing Up & Getting Old and penned “Remember Him That Way” on Combs’ current album, Fathers & Sons. Erik co-wrote 25 Riley Green releases, including singles “There Was This Girl” , “If It Wasn’t For Trucks” & “Damn Good Day to Leave”. The Kansas native has songs recorded by Parker McCollum, Brantley Gilbert, Elvie Shane, Ashland Craft, Warren Zeiders, Eric Paslay, Kip Moore, Trisha Yearwood, Dustin Lynch, Justin Moore, Eli Young Band, Gavin Adcock, Josh Abbott Band, Zach Brown Band, Brent Cobb, Cody Johnson and more.
Erik is currently on tour with Riley Green on his Damn Country Music 2025 tour.
Instagram: @theflatlandboy

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June 27 & 28

JT Harding
JT Harding is a hit songwriter whose songs have been streamed over 1 billion times. J.T. was born in Nashville and raised in Detroit rock city. He has written number one songs for Blake Shelton, Jake Owen, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley, and the worldwide hit song “Smile” with Uncle Kracker. J.T. is a published author his wild memoir “Party Like A Rockstar” is a best seller on Amazon. It is available everywhere books are sold.

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Ryan Larkins
Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Ryan Larkins caught the music city bug as a pre-teen, starting his songwriting journey at 12-years-old. He began to forge his distinctive baritone sound singing and playing guitar weekly at his home church. Those early performances eventually got him noticed by the Nashville music industry community and soon led to a publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing. Ryan’s sonic roots in traditional country music coupled with his love for gospel, pop and even R&B has crafted an original, incomparable sound sought after by some of the most talented names in the industry. He’s since written with musical legends like Tony Lane, Tom Douglas, Lee Miller, Craig Wiseman, Tim Nichols, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip and Country Music Hall of Fame member Bill Anderson. Bill earned his first Grammy nomination for “Someday It’ll All Make Sense,” a duet with Dolly Parton, that Larkins co-wrote. A gifted songwriter, Ryan has also landed cuts by award-winning artists like Tim McGraw and Cody Johnson, landing his first #1 song with “The Painter,” which also earned him his debut ACM nomination for Song of the Year and CMA nomination for Song of the Year. After launching his first Nashville Country release, Meet Ryan Larkins, on Jay DeMarcus’ Red Street Records, Ryan has garnered fans around the country opening for acts like Willie Nelson, Ian Munsick and Priscilla Block as the direct support on her 2024 headlining Hey Jack Tour. In 2025, he hit the road with the legendary Clint Black.

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Makayla Lynn
Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as a “New Artist You Need To Know”, Canadian born Makayla Lynn is a fresh face in Nashville making a name for herself on both sides of the border.
Spending time at #1 on CMT’s 12-Pack Countdown, two-time East Coast Music Award-winner in Canada and sharing her music through an unforgettable live show, Lynn’s growth as a songwriter through her teens has allowed her artistry to find its place in the world of Country/Americana
storytellers much like her influences.
A prolific songwriter whose lyrical depth runs deep beyond her years, Lynn can be found writing with the impressive likes of Trisha Yearwood, Lori McKenna, Luke Laird, Brandy Clark, Jay Knowles, Gordie Sampson, Marcus Hummon, Leslie Satcher, Matraca Berg, Ashley Monroe, Ronnie Bowman, Carter Faith, Jillian Jaqueline and many more.
As both a songwriter and an artist, Lynn is trailblazing a fierce path for herself in Nashville. Gifted with the ability to storytell deeply and profoundly paired with vocals that never seem to miss a note, Lynn is an artist/writer who is here to stay.

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July 11 & 12

Adam James

Rocky Block
Born and raised in Music City, Rocky Block grew up steeped in the sounds of Nashville. The son of legendary radio host and alt-country promoter Billy Block—an early advocate for the independent roots movement that became known as Americana—Rocky inherited not only a deep love for music, but also a rare ability to spot what resonates beyond the mainstream.
Bringing his own unique artistic voice to the craft, Block has quickly become one of the most exciting emerging songwriters in Nashville. His work connects across genres, earning him a reputation for both versatility and authenticity.
In 2024, Block was named AIMP Nashville’s Rising Songwriter of the Year, recognized as a Variety Hitmaker, and received his first CMA Triple Play Award for writing three #1 country radio hits in a single year:
· “Man Made A Bar” – Morgan Wallen feat. Eric Church
· “Cowgirls” – Morgan Wallen feat. Ernest
· “Pour Me A Drink” – Post Malone feat. Blake Shelton
He also co-wrote four songs on Teddy Swims’ latest album, including the fan favorite “Bad Dreams.”
Block’s writing credits include a wide range of artists across country, hip-hop, and pop, with songs recorded by Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Thomas Rhett, Young Thug, Lauren Alaina & Lainey Wilson, Cole Swindell, Nelly & Kane Brown, Jordan Davis, Jake Owen, and many others. He also celebrated a #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Chart with Lil Durk & Morgan Wallen’s genre-blending hit, “Broadway Girls.”
Whether in a writing room or behind the scenes, Rocky Block continues to shape the sound of today’s music—one hit at a time.

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Allison Veltz Cruz
Born in Alabama into a musical family, Allison Veltz Cruz grew up moving around frequently. However, the one constant in her life was music. “My biggest musical inspiration is the FM radio,” she says. Her passion for songs ultimately led her to Music City in 2011, where she quickly notched her first #1 platinum song “Mr. Taxi” recorded by K-pop group, Girls’ Generation.
Since then, she’s topped the Billboard Country charts with Matt Stell’s platinum, two-week no. 1 “Prayed For You” and Tenille Arts’ platinum hit “Somebody Like That,” which made country music history as the first country no. 1 to be written, performed and produced by all females. Additional cuts include Jason Aldean, Maddie and Tae, Lady A, Carly Pearce, High Valley, Megan Patrick, Michael Ray, Sacha, Drake White, Tanner Adell, and many more.
Allison’s impressive catalog has earned her national recognition, including the 2020 AIMP (Association of Independent Music Publishers) Rising Songwriter of the Year Award. Most recently, she signed with Universal Music Publishing Group for an exclusive global publishing deal.

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August 22nd & 23rd
Josh Osborne
Natalie Hemby
Barry Dean

Josh Osborne
After years of honing his craft, Grammy, ACM, and CMA award winning songwriter Josh Osborne has become one of the go-to songwriters on the Nashville music scene. After scoring his first #1 song in 2012 with Kenny Chesney’s “Come Over”, Osborne has been on quite an amazing roll, scoring a total of 30 #1 songs so far, in addition to winning 43 ASCAP awards for most performed songs as well as three ASCAP Song of the Year awards for his hits “Leave The Night On”, “Body Like A Back Road” and “One Man Band”. In 2014 Osborne was awarded the coveted Grammy award for Best Country Song for “Merry Go ‘Round” recorded by Kacey Musgraves, and won his second Grammy award for Best Country Song in 2025 for “The Architect”, also recorded by Musgraves. He has been nominated 4 more times for Best Country Song at the Grammy awards. Also in 2014 Josh was honored by having his name added to the prestigious Country Music Highway which runs through the state of Kentucky and near his hometown of Virgie. Josh is the 2021 ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year, 2019 NSAI Songwriter Of The Year, 2016, 2021 and 2022 Music Row Magazine Songwriter of the Year, an 8-time nominee for ACM Songwriter Of The Year, 2 time
ACM Song of the Year winner for his songs “One Man Band” and “Next Thing You Know”, a multiple CMA award nominee and multiple CMA Triple Play Award Winner.

Natalie Hemby
Since signing her first publishing deal at 19, Nashville’s Natalie Hemby has become one of most successful and sought after songwriters in music, with countless hit songs recorded by artists such as Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris, Sheryl Crow, Miranda Lambert, Lady Gaga, Yola, Dierks Bentley, Rag’n’Bone Man, Lady A, Kelly Clarkson, Little Big Town, Ed Sheeran, and Labrinth, to name a few.

Hemby has accumulated eight No. 1 Billboard singles during her career. Hemby’s cuts include “White Liar”, Automatic”, and “Bluebird” by Miranda Lambert, “Pontoon” and “Tornado ” by Little Big Town, “Downtown” by Lady A, “You Look Like I Need a Drink” by Justin Moore, and “Heartache Medication” by Jon Pardi.

On January 13, 2017, Hemby released her first studio album, “Puxico”, named after the Missouri town where her grandfather lived, via the label GetWrucke Productions which she runs with her husband, music producer Mike Wrucke. On October 8, 2021, she released her second album, Pins and Needles, also produced by Mike Wrucke.

Hemby became a member of the group known as The Highwomen, along with Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires. They released their critically acclaimed self-titled album in 2019. As a result, Hemby earned a Country Song of the Year GRAMMY, following her first GRAMMY, win for Best Song Written for Visual Media for Lady Gaga’s “I’ll Never Love Again,” from A Star Is Born, among five career nominations.

Hemby won an ACM Award for her song “Automatic” by Miranda Lambert, and has also been recognized by the CMA, CMT and NSAI Awards for her prodigious and versatile contributions to songwriting.

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Illustrated poster for Sundance Mountain Resort's "Bluebird Cafe Winter Concert Series." Features a large guitar with a bird perched on it. Catch the performances on February 21 & 22, March 21 & 22, 2025. Visit sundanceresort.com for more info.

WINTER Bluebird Cafe Concert Series

Bluebird Cafe Concert Series features Nashville’s finest singer-songwriters and musicians, brought to Sundance Mountain Resort in partnership with the renowned Bluebird Cafe. Each show features three artists, who sing and tell the stories behind their songs.

The winter concert series takes place in an intimate setting inside the Rehearsal Hall. Doors open at 7:30 pm, performances begin at 8:00 pm.

Kat Higgins

From Vancouver, Canada, Kat Higgins grew up singing Irish folk music with her siblings at local fairs and St Patrick’s Day parties. Throughout her teen years, the family band toured full-time and had success at Canadian country radio. Kat’s love of songwriting drew her to Nashville and after the band broke up, she began writing for other artists. Kat has written songs recorded by Kenny Chesney, Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood, Carly Peirce, The Lone Bellow and more. The BMG published songwriter celebrated her first number one song at country radio with Kenny Chesney’s “Knowing You” and her second number one with Cody Johnson’s “The Painter”. Both songs were nominated for ACM song of the year and “The Painter” was nominated for CMA song of the year. “The Painter” went on to win NSAI’s song of the year award in 2024. Apart from writing full time for other artists, she has been working on her own album, produced by Kenny Chesney and Buddy Cannon and expected to release in 2025.

Artist Website

Gordie Sampson

A brilliant songwriter and innovative producer, Gordie Sampson is no stranger to the music scene. Raised in the community of Big Pond (pop. 47), near the rugged, edge-of-the-world coastlines of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Sampson’s songwriting has taken him across the globe. But besides the island he hails from, there might be no place in his story more important than Nashville, Tennessee, where he lives now with his family. He moved to Music City in 2005, and in less than a year Carrie Underwood had recorded his own “Jesus, Take The Wheel,” which wound up at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for six weeks in a row and won Gordie a Grammy for Best Country Song of the Year. Since then, Sampson’s songs have been cut by a long list of established artists that includes Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Rascal Flatts, Hunter Hayes and Scott Helman and by young up-and-comers like Carly Pearce,Caylee Hammack and Tenille Townes.

Artist Website

Tennile Townes

For Tenille Townes, writing songs is a way of reaching out to anyone longing to make sense of a wildly confusing world. In the last five years alone, the Canada-born artist’s full-hearted and soul-searching songwriting has led to such milestones as touring with legends like Stevie Nicks, Miranda Lambert and Shania Twain and taking home two JUNO Awards —all while building up a globe-spanning fanbase irresistibly drawn to her intensely honest storytelling. With her many accolades also including 17 Canadian Country Music Association Awards and two Academy Of Country Music Awards, the Nashville-based rising star now begins a bold new chapter with her most fully realized work to date: a gorgeously sculpted batch of songs that bring a moodier and more unfettered sound to her compassionate lyrical outpouring.

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Bluebird Cafe Concert Series

William Beckmann

Lineups are subject to change. All sales are final.

Lineups are subject to change. All sales are final.

Lineups are subject to change. All sales are final.

Lineups are subject to change. All sales are final.

Lineups are subject to change. All sales are final.

Lineups are subject to change. All sales are final.