ACMA Island Hopper Showcase

Name: ACMA Island Hopper Showcase
Start: 2025-09-24T19:00:00-04:00
Location: The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center

Schedule

Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center | Fort Myers, FL

The ACMA & Island Hopper are thrilled to once again showcase some of the finest local songwriters at The Sidney Berne Davis Art Center. All the artists performing are members of the Americana Community Music Association, a Fort Myers-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting original music year-round.
Performing in the round, Roy Schneider, Kim Mayfield, Ray Cerbone , Robert Bidney, & Bill Metts will share their original songs and the stories behind them. Join us for an unforgettable evening of exceptional music in a stunning setting
Advanced tickets $10.00. week of concert $15.00
Box Office Link
https://sbdac.vbotickets.com/event/Island_Hopper_Festival_SingerSongwriter_ACMA_Showcase/162402
Roy Schneider, Founding member of the Americana duo Reckless Saints, Roy Schneider has been performing his original music throughout the United States and abroad for the past two decades. His songs have thrice made him a NewFolk Finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival (TX), a contestant on NBC's The Voice - Season 5 and placed him in the Telluride Acoustic Blues competition (CO). No Depression called him “A songwriter in the grandest tradition of Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Guy Clark and Lyle Lovett, but with a voice, songwriting skill, stagecraft and instrumental talent all his own.” In April Roy and Reckless Saints partner, Kim Mayfield, released a new album titled ‘Blue Twangled Folk’n’ Roll. https://www.recklesssaints.com
Kim Mayfield is also known as half of the Americana duo ‘Reckless Saints,’ (with husband Roy Schneider,) and shared in the songwriting for their first two albums. Mayfield’s song ‘Ring Around the Moon’, described by a reviewer as “haunted by Patsy Cline,” earned a semi-finalist spot in the 2019 International Songwriting Competition. Reckless Saints were finalists in the 2025 Kerrville New Folk competition. https://www.recklesssaints.com
Ray Cerbone, One of the founding members of the Fort Myers ACMA (Americana Community Music Association), Ray began playing guitar during the late 60’s folk scene. With the support and inspiration of fellow local and touring musicians, he began writing and playing in earnest in 2010. Traveling a long road in a short time, his music encompasses many genres, including Americana, Folk, Blues, Ballads, and a little bit of Country. His storyteller style takes the listener to another place in time, his music and lyrics bringing evocative insights into the many sides of life. Ray is also a singer-songwriter’s song-singer. That is, he does interpretive covers of other great originals by little-known but very talented artists using his own creative touch. His inventive fingerstyle guitar is uniquely diverse and easy-on-the-ears.
https://steelonwood.com
Robert Bidney is a singer-songwriter whose messages are as strong as his melodies. Bidney connects with his audiences through his infectious energy and emotion. Three studio albums have now been recorded and a fourth is on the way. “Thank Goodness,” Bidney’s third album, was among the Top 50 most-played albums on Folk Radio upon its release. This album also charted for 8 straight weeks on the Americana Roots Top 50, debuted at #6. Bidney is a winner in the “Music for Humanity” songwriting contest and in the International Acoustic Music Awards. Bidney’s work has been praised by such media notables as Ben Fong-Torres of Rolling Stone, Lee Zimmerman of Goldmine Magazine, Jon Stein of WTBQ 93.5FM in New
Bill Metts. started singing playing guitar during the Country Blues revival of the 1960s and fell in love with the art of finger-style guitar. Shortly after moving to Southwest Florida, he was asked to serve on the board of the nationally known Americana Community Music Association. He began writing songs as a result of being asked to host their weekly Songwriter Circle and for four years did so. He also volunteered for “Hope by Song Inc”, a not-for-profit organization, creating songs from the writings of people dealing with great emotional trauma in order to help them heal through the power inherent in music. He has performed at the prestigious Mississippi John Hurt Blues Festival, the world famous "Ground Zero" in Clarksdale Mississippi, at the Will McLean Festival in Brooksville Florida and in the BMI sponsored Island Hopper Songwriter Festival. www.mettsmusic.com