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Save the date for ShowFest 2024!
January 28-29, Charlotte, NC

-Networking
-Educational Sessions
-Exhibit Hall
-Entertainment Showcase
-Awards Program
-Scholarship Auction
& MORE!

ShowFest Program

2023 Conference Program

2023 Educational Sessions/Schedule

ShowFest 2023 Ed Sessions

Scholarship /Silent Auction Donation Form

2023 Donation Form

2023 Showcase Artists

Tell Me Lies - Fleetwood Mac Experience

presented by brioLIVE

Rev On -The Foreigner Experience

presented by Imagine Music Group

Riggsbee Road

Megan Doss

presented by brioLIVE

Bryan Sanders

presented by Stafford Entertainment & Talent

SIGMON THEATRICAL

presented by Imagine Music Group

John Norris

Throwback Collaboration Band

Autumn Tyde

Kindred

presented by brioLIVE

Bill Stafford

Showcase Emcee

Caleb Sigmon

Excellence Award Emcee
presented by Imagine Music Group

2023 Speakers & Panelists

Keli O'Neill CEO and President of O'Neill Events & Marketing, Keli is the creator and orchestrator of many of Kansas City’s most successful civic, corporate and entertainment events.

Dr. Shelly Hinson Carolina Pine Consulting

Marlise Taylor Director, Tourism Research at Visit NC a unit of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina.

Diane Reed Carolina Pine Consulting

Liz Hynes Owner, 57 Marketing
Liz has worked in the marketing and advertising industry for over 25 years. From sports marketing, to large scale concerts, to radio and TV, to launching brands, to digital and social media, she’s covered quite a bit!

Charlie Fuller Charlie Fuller currently serves as Vice President of Alcohol Management LLC. Charlie recently retired from the NC ABC Commission after 18 years of service. Charlie worked as an Information & Communication Specialist.

Spencer Ingle Eventeny

Theresa Mathis Director-North Carolina Whirligig Festival

Julie Beck President, Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce
Chairperson, North Carolina Pickle Festival
President, North Carolina Festival & Events
Board Member, SouthEast Festival & Events
World Traveler-50 states, 89 countries, 7 continents to be exact!

Stephanie Saintsing Naset Stephanie is the Director of NCAF&E & the Director of the Barbecue Festival in Lexington, NC. Naset received a BA in Economics from ECU. She is currently a proud member of the Nido. R. Qubein School of Communication Dean's Advisory Council at HPU.

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2023 Excellence Awards presented by Eventeny

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Thanks to our 2023 ShowFest Sponsors

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