Provincetown Songwriters Retreat (JAN 16-19, 2026)
Pay-What-You-Can Registration Fee!**
Or Generously Sponsor a Gift Scholarship for someone else!
**PLUS room + meals* (You must still pay for 30% discounted room. Locals and commuters save even more by not needing a room reservation!)
Extended registration deadline of January 2! Lodging deadline Jan 9
Pamela Means Provincetown Songwriters Retreat
FRI JAN 16 - MON JAN 19, 2026
Stay 3 nights for the full weekend experience!
Arrive Friday, depart Monday (or stay forever!)
Three days and nights of activities and performances! Including two full day, hands-on, intensive workshops on Sat/Sun... Trust that this will be the safest and most supportive creative space imaginable. All hearts on sleeves welcome!
Brasswood Inn
174 Commercial St.
Provincetown MA
Call: 508.487.1526
Text: 508.413.8899
https://www.BrasswoodPtown.com
"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music." ~ Albert Einstein
Pay-What-You-Can Registration Fee!
PLUS room + meals* (continental bkfst included!)*
Registration is valued at $495 per person but does not need to be cost prohibitive
**Bring a second person to share your room! And join retreat activities, for free!
• REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Extended to January 2, 2026
• LODGING RESERVATIONS DEADLINE: Extended to January 9, 2026
• Register by the deadline to secure your spot at this inaugural retreat!
About Brasswood Inn:
This is my absolute favorite place to stay in Provincetown! Besides being a beautiful, and newly renovated inn, it's run by two of the kindest, most delightful human beings: Tom and Brian!
"Our goal is to provide a warm, welcoming, and relaxed atmosphere for long-time and first-time visitors to the town. We also strive to create an inclusive space where underrepresented voices of the LGBTQ+ community can feel safe and comfortable...Everyone will have a place at the Brasswood, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or country of origin. We look forward to welcoming you to our home!"
As inn owners, and being musicians themselves, they, "create an intentionally inclusive space that supports music as well as the artists themselves."
I am thrilled and proud to work with Brasswood Inn as the perfect place for the inaugural (and future!) Pamela Means Provincetown Songwriters Retreat!
Annnd, the term “Brasswood” is a musical reference drawing inspiration from the materials used to create Tom’s and Brian’s primary instruments: the trumpet (brass) and the marimba (wood), respectively.
"If I cannot fly, let me sing." - Stephen Sondheim
ROOMS + SPECIAL RATES FOR THIS RETREAT:
• Room rates range from $120-190/night
(including tax and 30% discount!)
*Continental breakfast provided, lunch and dinner on your own
(restaurant recommendations available)
All rooms also include: Wifi, mini-fridge, parking, private bath
Note, pun intended: All eleven rooms at Brasswood Inn are named after brilliant musicians! Write new songs in the top floor penthouse, the Fitzgerald; or hide away between workshops with a private entrance to the Armstrong, Gershwin, or Strayhorn. Strum in the Sondheim, Holiday or Simone! Impossible not to create in these spaces. Each room has its own special features.
Join us! Give this gift to yourself (or loved one!)
Next steps to register and reserve a room:
Step 1) Register and pay-what-you-can registration fee**
Step 2) Book your 30% discounted room at the Brasswood Inn using a special link sent to you, after you register (you must still pay for your room)
Step 3) Get thee to Provincetown
Step 4) Stare at the ocean
Step 5) Write beautiful songs
**Bring a second person, to share your room, and join full program, for free!
(Commuters and local residents, register, pay-what-you-can, and join us! Save even more by not needing to reserve a room!)
Questions, more info, email: info(at)pamelameans.com
"Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen." ~ Amy Winehouse
ABOUT THE RETREAT:
3 full days and 3 nights of creativity and performances!
Arrive Fri Jan 16 - Depart Mon Jan 19
Join us for the first annual Pamela P-town retreat! Be inspired in one of the most beautiful magical, mellow in the off-season, grounding, ocean viewing wonderlands anywhere!
All levels, All ages, All instruments (or none!)
For songwriters, but all creative writing wanderers of the imagination are welcome
• All day hands-on (song)writing workshop activities: writing, singing, performing, simple music theory for songwriters, etc., led by Pamela Means
• Pamela Means Fri + Sat evening performances
• Sunday Showcase for all participants (optional but strongly encouraged!)
Questions, more info, email: info(at)pamelameans.com
"When you sing, always tell the truth." - Billie Holiday
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
(further updated as we get closer)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2026
3pm: Check-in to your beautiful Brasswood Inn accomodations
(lunch or dinner on your own, restaurant recommendations available)
5pm-7pm: Ice breaker warm up welcome activities, snacks provided
7pm-8pm: Pamela Means, solo acoustic, intimate set @ Brasswood Inn
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2026
10am - 1pm: Hands on (song)writing workshop activites led by Pamela Means
1pm - 3pm: LUNCH (lunch on your own,restaurant recommendations avail)
3pm - 5pm: More hands-on intensive writing workshop led by Pamela Means
5pm - 7pm: DINNER (dinner on your own restaurant recommendations avail)
7pm - 8pm: Pamela Means, solo acoustic, intimate set @ Brasswood Inn
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2026
10am - 1pm: Hands on (song)writing workshop activites led by Pamela Means
1pm - 3pm: LUNCH (lunch on your own, restaurant recommendations avail)
3pm - 6pm: Sunday Student Showcase! All participants are welcome and warmly encouraged to perform short sets
6pm - 8pm: Closing celebration and social hour
MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2026
Check out of your Brasswood Inn room and return home with open hearts, new songs, new friends, new creative tools, and nourished souls!
"Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste."
~ Duke Ellington
For questions, more information, email: info(at)pamelameans.com
Venmo: @PamelaMeansMusic
Paypal: PayPal.me/PamelaMeansMusic