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• SAW Second Saturday Toolbox (online)

  • When
    03/14/2026
  •  
    12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Online
  • Registered
    12 registrants

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  SAW Virtual Toolbox w Christie Chirinos 

  

  
  

  In the tradition of our years of Saturday songwriting toolboxes, join your host, Christie Chirinos, (christiechirinos.com ) for a refreshing, frank and helpful look at where your songs are now and how they might be improved.

  Bring your finished, almost finished and just started songs to a session with other songwriters. You will perform your song for the group from your end and receive a kind but thorough look at how others hear your work. 

  Please have the lyrics of your song ready (in a format that works for a screen share) or submit it beforehand to the moderator (email address will be provided to registrants) so others can follow along.

  Christie and your fellow songwriters will bring you into the community of songwriting and give your process some new perspectives.

  Register to get the Zoom info.

  
  

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• Saturday Songwriters' Toolbox at Rockville Library

  • When
    03/21/2026
  •  
    12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    21 Maryland Avenue Rockville, MD 20850

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  SAW Third Saturday Songwriters' Toolbox at Rockville Library
  

  

  In the tradition of our years of Saturday songwriting toolboxes, kept alive during the pandemic by our virtual toolbox, SAW is offering in person song sharing and critiques that are respectful, frank and helpful. An invaluable aid for looking at where your songs are now and how they might be improved.

  Bring your finished, almost finished and just started songs to a session with other songwriters. You will perform your song for the group from your end and receive a kind but thorough look at how others hear your work. 

  Please have the lyrics of your song ready with multiple copies to distribute so everyone can follow along and comment after.

  SAW president, Jay Keating and your fellow songwriters will bring you into the community of songwriting and give your process some new perspectives.

  Rockville Memorial Library is located close to metro and bus routes with parking nearby. They are the sponsor of these classes, another great service from the Montgomery County Library System.

  
  

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• The Fairfax Folk Festival

  • Start
    04/24/2026
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • End
    04/26/2026
  •  
    11:00 PM
  • Location
    3950 University Dr STE 210, Fairfax, VA 22030

  The Songwriters Association of Washington (SAW.org), in association with Spotlight on the Arts and with grant support from the City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts, will present the first-ever Fairfax Folk Festival on April 24–26 at Fairfax City’s newest music venue, Mackenzie’s Tunes & Tonics. The festival is hosted with the support of venue owner Josh Alexander.

  The three-day event will feature more than 35 of the area’s most gifted performers and award-winning songwriters. The performance schedule will be announced soon and will be available on this website and at SAW’s website.

  The event is free to attend but we are selling special seating privileges to help defray the cost.

  For inquiries, please contact the festival at president@saw.org

  FRIDAY

  6:30 PM – Summer & eric
  7:00 PM – Paul Wolfe
  7:30 PM – Brent Funkhouser
  8:00 PM – Jillian Matundan
  8:30 PM – Andrew McKnight
  9:00 PM – Tim White
  9:30 PM – Michelle Swan
  10:00PM – Valeria Stewart
  10:30 PM – Ken Avis

  SATURDAY
  1:00 PM – Caitlin Schneiderman
  1:30 PM – Robert Gould
  2:00 PM – Teghan Devon
  2:30 PM – Allen Partlow
  3:00 PM – Amoreena
  3:30 PM – Jim Clark
  4:00 PM – Know1Else
  4:30 PM – Dan Kenny
  5:00 PM – Safe Harbor
  5:30 PM – Sunny at Midnight
  6:00 PM – Cletus Kennelly
  6:30 PM – Hassan El-Tayyab
  7:00 PM – Peter Rafle Jr.
  7:30 PM – Mike Ryan
  8:00 PM – Kevin Neidig
  8:30 PM – Selena Raj
  9:00 PM – Marilyn Huceck
  9:30 PM – Eryn McLeod
  10:00 PM – Rebecca Berlin
  10:30 PM – Juels Bland

  SUNDAY

  4:00 PM – Lynn Hollyfield
  4:30 PM – David Weaver
  5:00 PM – Arch Alcantara
  5:30 PM – David Kitchen
  6:00 PM – Scott McKnight
  6:30 PM – Janine Wilson
  7:00 PM – Eric Selby
  7:30 PM – Diana Quinn
  8:00 PM – Rob Hinkal
  8:30 PM – Rowan Corbett.

  
  

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