2025 Island Hopper Songwriter Fest – LOCASH at the Westin Cape Coral Resort
Island Hopper Songwriter Fest is a 10-day music festival in Southwest Florida featuring performances by the greatest BMI singer-songwriters from Nashville and nationwide. The festival is broken up into four locations with the first weekend kicking off on Captiva Island, then moving to Cape Coral and downtown Fort Myers during the week, and ends with a weekend on Fort Myers Beach. The majority of the shows are free with the exception of some ticketed experiences like our headliner show at the Pink Shell Beach Resort, along with other specialty shows. Stay up-to-date on festival news by joining our email list, downloading our official festival app or following us on social media.
Join the Songwriter Fest at the Westin Cape Coral Resort, with platinum-selling duo LOCASH, who makes feel-good country music with a small-town spirit and big-time impact. Out now, Bet The Farm serves as the brand-new album from singer/songwriters Preston Brust and Chris Lucas and features fan favorites like “Isn’t She Country” and “Buzzin” alongside “When I’m Older.” These add to a hit-stacked catalog that already includes their 2015 platinum breakout “I Love This Life,” gold #1s “One Big Country Song” and “I Know Somebody,” eight chart-climbing singles, and over one billion global streams.
In a bright start to the new year, the Nashville duo appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America in January and performed their two-week #1 Country radio single “Hometown Home,” a carefree anthem that marked the first release from their very own Galaxy Label Group. Launched last year and distributed by BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville, the one-of-a-kind record label allows Brust and Lucas to maintain complete creative control over their music while mentoring a whole new generation of like-minded stars.
LOCASH’s bold and soulful brand of country has garnered nominations from the genre’s biggest award shows and earned raves from the likes of American Songwriter (who praised the duo for “hitting homers and serving up first-class songs”). After wrapping up a jam-packed 2024 — whose highlights included teaming up with Monster Jam to create their own limited-edition die-cast truck and playing stadiums all over the country as support for Kane Brown’s IN THE AIR TOUR — LOCASH are now gearing up for a nonstop year of in-demand headline shows and major festival appearances, including our very own Westin Cape Coral Resort on September 22nd!
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