June 27th, 2022 9pm Stage 2
Jesse & Friends
JESSE & FRIENDS IS AN ACOUSTIC SONGWRITER SHOWCASE CREATED BY JESSE THOMAS IN 2014 AS A WAY TO UNITE THE MUSIC COMMUNITY.
AFTER 7 YEARS OF FAILED PROJECTS AND SHITTY DEALS, JESSE FINALLY LANDED A PUBLISHING DEAL WITH WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC IN 2016 WHERE SHE WOULD GO ON TO WRITE SONGS FOR KELLY CLARKSON, MARTIN GARRIX, CHRIS STAPLETON, TROYE SIVAN, PTX, BEN PLATT, INGRID ANDRESS AND MORE, GENERATING OVER 1 BILLION STREAMS AND A GRAMMY NOMINATION. RANDOM SESSIONS TURNED INTO FRIENDSHIPS AND THE HUMBLE COMMUNITY OF JESSE & FRIENDS GREW QUIETLY IN THE BACKGROUND, ONE FRIEND AT A TIME. NOW, IN 2022 WE HAVE OUTGROWN 2 VENUES, ARE SELLING OUT REGULARLY, AND WE'VE EXPANDED INTO NYC AND NASHVILLE. WE’VE WATCHED EARLY PERFORMERS LIKE JP SAXE, WRABEL, CHARLOTTE LAWRENCE, AND ROYAL & THE SERPENT BLOSSOM INTO LEGENDS. WE’VE SEEN SURPRISE PERFORMANCES FROM LAUV, NOAH CYRUS, DAYA, AND GRANDSON. GRAMMY WINNERS, TIKTOK KINGS AND QUEENS, #1 WRITERS. A SONGWRITERS SHOW, FROM A SONGWRITER. THE SINCERITY OF THESE FRIENDSHIPS PERMEATE THE ROOM, AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’VE STUMBLED UPON SOMETHING MAGICAL.