MV Songwriters Festival 2026 Photos
← All galleries 14 plates · photographed on Martha’s Vineyard
The Martha's Vineyard Songwriters Festival at the Strand Theatre in Oak Bluffs, September 2026: the auditorium before a show, the lobby under its green light, Martin and Kelly on stage, and the Rising Stars round on Saturday night, September 19.
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Plate 01 The Strand auditorium filling up before a show: blue seats, the film posters still on the walls -
Plate 02 The Strand lobby under its green light, the box office window on the right -
Plate 03 The first round on Saturday, September 19: Austin G, Morgan Johnston, Fuller and Stacey Kelleher -
Plate 04 Morgan Johnston, smiling across the stage between lines; raised on a Cape Cod farm, in Nashville since 2016 -
Plate 05 Fuller, straw cowboy hat and paisley shirt, on a Taylor; Nashville country-rock by way of electronic music -
Plate 06 Austin G, head down over an orange acoustic; a Hopkinsville, Kentucky writer who toured with Brantley Gilbert and Walker Hayes -
Plate 07 Stacey Kelleher between songs, an arm resting on her guitar; Nashville alt-country, first full-length due fall 2026 -
Plate 08 Alee, eyes closed, on a Martin acoustic; Canadian-born, more than 15 million streams of her own songs -
Plate 09 Garrett Owens at the microphone, one hand off the guitar; a former pro football player whose debut single came out in spring 2024 -
Plate 10 Presley Tennant, arms folded over a black guitar, listening to the next writer; Norco, California, and The Voice at 16 -
Plate 11 Martin and Kelly on the Strand stage, two acoustic guitars -
Plate 12 The whole stage from down at the front: the duo at center, a keyboard on the left -
Plate 13 The Rising Stars poster on its easel outside the Strand, Saturday September 19 -
Plate 14 The first round from the back of the Strand
