C-Key Tiki Fest presents

Play the Fest

Send us one original song. We play it live, you get feedback and a real reaction on how it fits the festival, and then the crowd votes.

Submit your song Free to submit. One song per artist.

How it works

Four steps, and the first one takes about two minutes.

1

Submit on Nero

Paste a link to the song or upload the file. You will see your spot in the queue right away.

2

We play it live

You get an email when your song is coming up, so you can be there when it happens.

3

You get real feedback

Not just whether we like it. Whether it fits a beach in Cedar Key on the first weekend of May.

4

The crowd votes

Everyone watching gets a say. People already holding festival tickets get a bigger one.

What we are listening for

C-Key Tiki Fest is reggae and tropical rock on the Gulf Coast of Florida.

It has got to have something island going on.

That is a wide door, not a narrow one. Trop rock, roots reggae, ska, coastal soul, surf, island country, whatever you call what you do. A steel drum is not required. A song that makes sense with sand under it is.

The rules

  • One original songYours, or your band’s. No covers.
  • A link or an audio fileSpotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, BandLab, YouTube or Google Drive — or upload the track. Whatever Nero takes, we take.
  • Tell us who you areTwo or three lines on you and your sound, and a link to a live video if you have one. There is one box for all of it on the submission form. The live clip lets us judge the show and not just the recording.
  • You own the rightsAnd you are giving us permission to play the song on a public stream.
  • You are ready to hear it straightWe talk about the song on air, honestly, and viewers vote on it. That is the whole point.

How the voting works

Two groups vote, and they do not count the same.

40%The chat

Everybody watchingVote through the link we drop in the chat during the stream. Open to anyone, no ticket needed.

60%Pass holders

VIP and weekend pass holdersIf you are already coming to Cedar Key, your vote carries more weight. We email a separate link after each stream.

Voting stays open 48 hours after each stream, so nobody loses out for working a Thursday night.

Get in the queue

Stream dates go out here and on our socials. Get your song in and we will tell you when it is coming up.

Submit your song on Nero

C-Key Tiki Fest · April 30 – May 2, 2027 · Cedar Key, Florida