Whitefish
Songwriter Festival
Friday, October 2 • Whitefish, Montana
Whitefish Grind.
Four Nashville songwriters, one stage, and the songs you already know by heart — played by the people who actually wrote them. One night only at The Second Story.
Oct 2, 2026The date
Show 7:00Mountain time
at 101 CentralWhitefish, MT
One night, four writers
You know the songs.
You've never heard the stories.
Between them, these four have written cuts for Lainey Wilson, Luke Bryan, Jelly Roll, Ella Langley, Cody Johnson, Lee Brice, Dylan Scott, Brothers Osborne and Chris Young. In Nashville they play rooms like this every week. In Montana, once.
No band, no set list, no separation between the stage and the room. Just the writers, the songs, and what was actually going on the week each one got written.
The round
Four writers.
A hundred songs you've heard.
Every name below has cuts on the radio. Every one of them will be close enough to talk to.
Paul Sikes
Songs recorded by
Lainey Wilson • Cody Johnson • Brothers Osborne • Matt Stell • Jimmie Allen • Joe Nichols • Lorrie Morgan
Mark Addison Chandler
Songs recorded by
Ella Langley • Luke Bryan • Lee Brice • Braxton Keith • Kashus Culpepper • Randall King
Nate Kenyon
Songs recorded by
Dylan Scott • Jelly Roll • Luke Bryan • Parmalee • LOCASH • Lee Brice • Chris Young
Davis Corley
Songs recorded by
Luke Bryan • Ella Langley • Braxton Keith • Randall King • Kalsey Kulyk • Cooper Alan • Trey Lewis
Tickets
The room is small.
That's the whole idea.
All tickets are sold through Eventgroove. Every price below is per person and does not include the ticketing fee. General admission seating is first come, first served — a VIP table is the only way to know where you'll be sitting.
Getting there
The Second Story
at 101 Central.
101 Central Avenue, Whitefish, Montana 59937 — upstairs, right in the middle of downtown.
Doors open at 6:30 PM and the round starts at 7:00. Come early if you want the seats down front.
Presented by
Whitefish
Songwriter Festival
Grindhouse Nashville has been putting songwriters on stage in Nashville since 2017. The Whitefish Songwriter Festival brings the writers behind the hits to Montana every September — its 2026 edition runs September 18–20. The Whitefish Grind is the two of us together, one night in October.