Every week or so, songwriters and performers from around the world compete in the songwriting competition at songfight.org, where each competitor writes, performs, records, and submits their song, each based on the same title, all within a strict timeframe which varies from a week to ten days or so. Once a year, they get together and perform these songs live in front of an audience. Past annual events include:
		2025: Song Fight! Five & Twenty Forums Thread Jellyfish Brewing, Georgetown Seattle, WA August 8-9, 2025 Live Fight Title: Stinger Live Fight Winner: Starfinger Spud returned to hosting duties and kept the newly-returned-to-real-life events going, with Song Fight! Live 2025 in Seattle! We toasted to 25 years of Song Fight! and Song Fight! Live, what a milestone! Spud's band The Jaydogs helped out as did fellow local fluffy. Superstar Marcus Kellis jumped in at the last minute and ran sound and MC'ed the second night due to Spud having a minor emergency that sent him to the ER. (Sadly the Jaydogs didn't get to play their set that night, but fortunately Spud was OK, and they were able to play the Octothorpe songs they'd learned at the start of their gig the next night, also at Jellyfish Brewing. Those of us who were still in town enjoyed hearing those songs as well as the whole excellent show by the The Jaydogs.) We had another good turnout, with 18 sets over the two nights, ranging from solo acts with guitar or laptop, duos with guitars or laptop, trios, and even all the members of both Berkeley Social Scene and Lucky Witch and the Righteous Ghost, plus a mellow drummer-less trio set by locals Klownhole. Jellyfish Brewing had a fun outdoor stage, and they were really good to us, big thanks to them. We of course concluded the show with the live fight, as is tradition. This year's title was "Stinger" and the live fight winner was Starfinger, who narrowly beat Jerkatorium. fluffy actually provided a prize for the live fight, so Starfinger went home with a crappy pawn shop toy guitar. Enjoy! (haha) Everyone had a blast, and only Berkeley Social Scene got COVID.
		2024: Song Fight! Mountains & Melodies Forums Thread Buntport Theater Denver, CO July 19-20, 2024 Live Fight Title: Valley Highway Live Fight Winner: Future Boy Charm Offensive rose to the occasion, took the reins, seized the day, grabbed the paddles, etc. and zapped Song Fight! Live back to real life!! With assistance from ADD and various other local folks, she hosted Song Fight! Live IRL No. 20 in Denver, Colorado, where we played two epic nights of music at the excellent Buntport Theater, concluding with the traditional live fight (actually live!). We had a really great turnout of over 20 performers playing 20 sets of music and it was so so delightful to see everyone again. fluffy set up a high quality live stream of both nights which you can find on the Song Fight! YouTube channel. Here's to hoping we do it again next year!
		2023: Song Fight! Online & Ongoing Forums Thread Song Fight! YouTube Channel Everywhere! August 2023 Live Fight Title: None Live Fight Winner: None Ken organized and hosted another online Song Fight! Live on our YouTube channel for 2023! Thanks also to TommyG for compiling everyone's videos together. We had one night full of great music videos and pre-taped live performances. Lots of folks did cool intros for the various sets and videos. This year we skipped the live fight, sadly. In spite of that folks turned out to watch and chat and we had a fun time. Click the link for the recording of the stream, and check the forum thread for more info.
		2022: Song Fight! Streaming & Dreaming Forums Thread Song Fight! YouTube Channel Everywhere! October 2022 Live Fight Title: Friday Fish Fry Live Fight Winner: Rocktronik, Cavedwellers, and Phlub Phlub stepped up to host the 22nd Song Fight! Live! We had the event online again this year and had one night full of great music videos and pretaped live performances, followed by a live fight stream. We had a great turnout and a fun time in the chat. Click the link for a playlist of the recordings of both streams, and check the forum thread for more info.
		2021: Song Fight! Apart & Together Forums Thread Song Fight! YouTube Channel Everywhere! August 2021 Live Fight Title: Behind a Mask Live Fight Winner: Swampy Nethers Charm Offensive, Glenn Case, Spud, and JB teamed up to host the 21st Song Fight! Live! We had the event online again this year and stuck to just two packed nights full of music videos and pretaped live performances, live streamed and hosted with special live guests. It was a blast! Click the link for a playlist of the recordings of all three streams, and check the forum thread for more info.
		2020: Song Fight! Social & Distant Forums Thread Song Fight! YouTube Channel Everywhere! September 2020 Live Fight Title: Better Luck Next Year Live Fight Winner: Swampy Nethers Charm Offensive, Glenn Case, Ken, fluffy, Merisan, Tom Giarrosso, JB, Sober, and Spud teamed up to host the 20th Song Fight! Live, for the 20th anniversary of Song Fight! We streamed Song Fight content every Saturday night in September, plus the live fight on the last Sunday. Click the logo to the left for details, and check the forum thread for more info.
		2019: Song Fight! Curds & Chords Forums Thread The Rigby Pub Madison, WI August 2-3, 2019 Live Fight Title: The Supper Club Live Fight Winner: Micah Sommersmith Grumpy Mike, miscellaneous owl, and Micah Sommersmith hosted two rocking nights at The Rigby pub in downtown Madison featuring performers from all across the globe! The locals took hosting to a new level, including providing the first ever actual prize for the live fight winner.
		2018: Song Fight! Beers & Beards & Bears Forums Thread The Denver Bicycle Cafe Black Shirt Brewing Co. Denver, CO August 10-11, 2018 Live Fight Title: Square States Live Fight Winner: Stuff and Nonsense Charm Offensive hosted a fun night of acoustic music at the Denver Bicycle Cafe and a day of band sets at Black Shirt Brewing Co in Denver for a hairy beary beery Song Fight! Live. Folks played a lot of great sets and we also had time for a new thing we called the "Song Fight! Tribute Band" set, in which we collectively played covers of some old favorite song from various artists in the archive. AND! We had a crowd member who never heard of Song Fight! write a song for the live fight on the spot and sing!
		2017: Song Fight! Foodies & Hoodies Forums Thread The Starry Plough Berkeley, CA September 15-16, 2017 Live Fight Title: The People's Republic Live Fight Winner: The Sheeple's Republic Berkeley Social Scene hosted two nights at Berkeley local music institution The Starry Plough for a rollicking good Song Fight! Live. We had tons of great music over two nights, with some new performers like The Hell Yeahs and some old timers coming back like Brody and Mr. Car from sonofsupercar, and many more. Plus we raised over $700 for charity!
		2016: Song Fight! Touch & Go Forums Thread The Sidewalk Cafe Mise en Place New York, NY July 16-17, 2016 Live Fight Title: Good Luck Charm Live Fight Winner: Lucky Witch and the Righteous Ghost Niveous hosts the return of Song Fight! Live to the Big Apple.
		2015: Song Fight! Wiccans and Chickens Forums Thread Culmination Brewing Mississippi Pizza Portland, OR August 14-15, 2015 Live Fight Title: Don't Come Here To Live Live Fight Winner: Anti-M anti-m and Rabid Garfunkel hosted another Pacific Northwest congregation of far flung fighters, duking it out soaked in microbrews and probably macro buds too...
		2014: Song Fight! Feds 'n' Shreds Forums Thread 7DL Studios Washington, DC August 15-16, 2014 Live Fight Title: The Joke Live Fight Winner: Manhattan Glutton Audio Recordings John Benjamin held caucus in our nation's capital as fighters local, regional, and international laid down the law of rock and roll.
		2013: Song Fight! Weird and Wired Forums Thread Kick Butt Coffee Austin, TX August 9-10, 2013 Live Fight Title: Come and Take It Live Fight Winner: Marcus Kellis (maybe?) Jon Eric hosted the second Austin Song Fight Live where we all got our rock on in the heat and the warm hospitality of Kick Butt Coffee.
		2012: Song Fight! Beer and Coffee Forums Thread Sweet Lou's The Rogue and Peasant Seattle, WA July 13-14, 2012 Live Fight Title: Strictly Speaking Live Fight Winner: Andre Was Here At Midnight (maybe?) Spud (the legendary fight master and Song Fight! Live MC) opened up his home and his home town to a big flock of fighters for a caffeinated weekend of rock.
		2011: Song Fight! Yanks and Banks Forums Thread Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden The Firehouse Space New York, NY June 11-12, 2011 Live Fight Title: Isle Dauphine Live Fight Winner: Bad Boys At Bat Mitzvahs (maybe?) Niveous brought everybody together in the Big Apple for a weekend of fun and fighting, including some celebrity audience members and surprise performers.
		2010: Song Fight! Love and Haight Forums Thread The Abbey Mojito San Francisco, CA July 17-18, 2010 Live Fight Title: Hello My Old Heart Live Fight Winner: Jonathan Mann fluffy, Ken, Lunkhead, Erin and other Bay Area fighers hosted a return to San Francisco for Song Fight's 10th anniversary.
		2009: Song Fight! Rock and Rocker Forums Thread Empyrean Coffee House Spokane, WA July 17-18, 2009 Live Fight Title: They Meet Live Fight Winner: Kasper Glenn and Rachael host another grand shindig in their home town of Spokane at a really great venue.
		2008: Song Fight! Hot & Sweaty Forums Thread The Ritz Theatre Tampa, FL August 16th, 2008 Live Fight Title: Calico Alley Live Fight Winner: Emergency Pizza Party Hoblit invited us all to Tampla for a festival of fun at the Ritz Theatre. Classic and new fighters from near and far filled out the bill for the event, with most battling it out in the cataclysmic live fight.
		2007: Song Fight! Rebels and Trebles Cantina La Casita IPS Records East Atlanta, GA August 16-18, 2007 Live Fight Title: Thank God for Memphis Live Fight Winner: Ken's Super Duper Band 'n Stuff JB, of the JBB invited us all to Atlanta for two nights of fun. Ken's Super Duper Band 'n Stuff, Shaeil (from England!), The John Benjamin Band, The BeWells, and Flvxxvm Florvm were on the bill for night one, with Hoblit, Frankie Big Face, 15-16 Puzzle, Starfinger & Heuristics Inc., Andre was here at Midnight, and ADD Music filling out the bill for the second night, with most returning for a special live fight.
		2006: Song Fight! High and Dry The Cayuga Vault Santa Cruz, CA August 18-19, 2006 Live Fight Title: All Tan Live Fight Winner: The BeWells (maybe?) Audio recordings Jack Shite pulled off two nights at the Vault, emceed by Fightmaster Sr. Spud. Who was there? Who wasn't? Jack, Spud, JB, Ken, Lunkhead, Erin, Plat, Puce, Blue, PFM, Sean, Jefff, Gleen, Rachael, fluffy, bjam, stueym, Ben, Future Boy, moboid, King Arther, Rabid, Albatross, Ken Flagg, dre, Marcus, Evil-E, Hoblit, and those lovable BeWells. I am probably missing some. How do you spell Oi Oi Oi? Caravan Ray came all the way from Australia. What a couple of nights!
		2005: Song Fight! Sox and Rock Sommerville City Club Boston, MA August 12-13, 2005 Live Fight Title: I Know My Rights Live Fight Winner: C Hack (maybe?) Audio Recordings Ben/BZL/Charcoal put together a triple-header, with ADD, Bjam, Stueym, Boltoph, C Hack, Charcoal, fluffy porcupine, Frankie Big Face, Future Boy, Hoblit, The Idiot Kings, The John Benjamin Band, Johnsonic, Ken's Super Duper Band 'n Stuff, The Landfills, Loyalty Day, Lunkhead, Octothorpe, Raised by Wolves, Roymond, The Sober Irishman, Starfinger, Tonetripper, TVIYH, and Jim Tyrrell. The set format from Austin was gain used to minimize stage changes.
		2004: Song Fight! Hot and Bothered Church of the Friendly Ghost Austin, TX June 18-19, 2004 Live Fight Title: Please the Pig Live Fight Winner: Charcoal Audio Recordings Future Boy and Moboid hosted the Austin Show, the first two-night annual event. A record number of performers included Octothorpe, Frankie Big Face, ADD, Hoblit, Ken's Super Duper Band 'n Stuff, 15-16Puzzle, fluffy porcupine, the John Benjamin Band, Dr. Worm, High Density/Future Boy/Moboid, The Marcus Kellis Experience, Abecedarian, Jack Shite, Charcoal, The Voice Inside Your Head, The Sober Irishman, The Landfills, MC Poncho, Brother Machine, Liechty, Wreckdom, and Glenn Case. The evening was organized around band sets, rather than fights.
		2003: Song Fight! Wet and Wild Finn MacCool's Public House Seattle, WA July 26, 2003 Live Fight Title: Unless I Change Mind Live Fight Winner: ??? Audio Recordings Spud (of Octothorpe) pulled together the third annual event, which was attended by Frankie Big Face, 15-16 Puzzle, MC Frontalot, Octothorpe, Klownhole, Hoblit, the Suzies (who had to sit at a special table), Roymond, Pray for Mojo, fluffy porcupine, and Iggy da doot boy. Bands were provided with an opportunity to play one non-songfight song, and there was a live debut of a new fight title.
		2002: Song Fight! Plain and Tall Zoetrope Theater Lancaster, PA June 28, 2002 Live Fight Title: None Live Fight Winner: None Audio Recordings Frankie Big Face stepped up to the plate to host this one. The fight format prevailed, and performances were presented by Brick Pig, Octothorpe, Frankie Big Face, John Benjamin, Hoblit, 15-16 Puzzle, Sparks, Dr. Worm, Prosthetic Johnson, and Raised by Wolves. Jeff Fal attended via submitted video, and we all took a break to watch the fireworks over Lancaster.
		2001: Song Fight! Live West Coast Hot Lunch San Francisco, CA July 7, 2001 Live Fight Title: Hot Lunch Live Fight Winner: ??? Audio Recordings MC Frontalot organized this first gathering of Song Fight! competitors. In addition to the good MC himself, attendees included Duboce Triangle, the Milwaukee Youth Center Choir, Jeff Fall, Frankie Big Face, John Benjamin, Ranch on Suede, Kissing Contest, and Rejected Gift. The evening was organized in a fight-by-fight format, with the audience calling out song titles they wanted to hear.