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. Most shows are free with the exception of some ticketed experiences like our headliner show, songwriter cruise, and dinner. Stay up-to-date on festival news by downloading our festival app or follow us on social media.

Elsten Torres brings his full band and their distinctive Latin fusion sound to the intimate setting of the Moe Auditorium. Torres blends Latin flavors with rock roots to create a genre-defying sound that’s as unique as it is irresistible. Get ready to be swept away by his passion and talent, as he bridges cultures and breaks boundaries through the universal language of music.

Torres, a musical pioneer, has been credited as one of the creators of the Latin Alternative Rock sound in the late 90s in the USA. This eclectic and unconventional musician has cemented his artistic fingerprints in the music industry for over three decades.

Torres is a multicultural, bilingual artist who has performed on stages worldwide. He is an award-winning songwriter with major international hits. Torres has earned two GRAMMY nominations, two BMI songwriting awards, and six Billboard top ten hits. He is often regarded as one of the true songsmiths of his generation for his uncanny ability to write songs that become instant classics in Spanish and English and that appeal to a vast worldwide audience.

https://elsten.info/

Friday, October 13, 2023, 7:30pm Center for Performing Arts, Moe Auditorium & Film Center 10150 Bonita Beach Road Tickets: $35 General Admission

TBA - dates and venues to be announced very soon!!