Songwriting retreats

Chris Difford Songwriting Retreat, UK

Every year, in the week before the legendary Glastonbury Festival, we host a songwriting retreat at the serene Pennard House, which borders the festival site.

There’s nowhere more inspiring in the UK in the summertime to write music with new friends and make lifelong connections and career-changing contacts. We are proud of the success our songwriters have gone on to achieve after the unique Chris Difford’s Songwriting Retreat experience.

Lubbock, Texas

In 2019, after 5 years of Chris Difford Songwriting Retreats in the UK, we realised Buddy and Maria Elena’s dream of bringing music education to his hometown.

The Buddy Holly Songwriters Retreat attracts musicians from around the world, but we always reserve about half of the places for local songwriters and players. The week features evening performances at venues around the city, like the Cactus Theater and Buddy Holly Center, and culminates in a concert at the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences.

Carr Hall, Whitby

Our songwriting retreats in Whitby, in the north in England, are our most intimate, with typically only 12 to 15 songwriters collaborating in the inspiring setting of a country house set near the Yorkshire Moors.

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The Buddy Holly Educational Foundation is a registered charity in the United States and the United Kingdom, with a mission to extend musical education to new generations regardless of income or ethnicity or learning levels.