2026 Port Windsor Music & Arts Festival

Over 100 performers! Canada’s top artists plus special Detroit guests!
Produced by the nonprofit Windsor Jazz Concert Series Inc. in partnership with Sandwich Town BIA Funded by local business and community organization sponsors
LIVE! ALL FREE! ALL DAY!
Jazz, dance, classical, roots, theatre, blues, opera, poetry, folk, songwriters, country, gospel, visual art and artists plus the Sandwich Town Market in the Park with food, arts and crafts vendors from Noon-6PM …all family friendly!
* Windsor’s top jazz bands with Detroit guests in the park all afternoon and at Sandwich Town pub patios in the evening. Headline bands: The Detroit/Windsor Jazz Festivals Friendship All-Stars
and The University of Windsor SOCA Jazz Faculty Combo
* Award-winning HNM Dance Company
* Windsor Symphony classical soloists accompanied by Mike Karloff
* Roots and blues with Kelly Hoppe featuring Tom Hogarth
* Abridged Opera with Erin Armstrong, Amelia Daigle and children performers
* Theatre with Korda Artistic Productions
* Country folk, originals and ragtime guitar with Max Marshall
* Poetry with Peter Hrastovec, Leslie McCurdy and community poets
* Gospel choir at Sandwich First Baptist Church
* Visual art and artists in the Common Ground Gallery
* St. Clair College music theatre student performers
* Jazz pop-up at the new Mill Street Pier
* festival opening with HMCS Hunter colour guard
live music
12pm HMCS Hunter colour guard & marching band HMCS Hunter to GAZEBO
12:15pm Sandwich First Baptist Church Gospel Choir GAZEBO
12:30pm WSO soloists w/Mike Karloff Machall MACHALL
1pm Kelly Hoppe & tom Hogarth Quintet GAZEBO
2pm UWindsor SOCA Jazz Faculty Quintet w/Shahida Nurullah Machall MACHALL
2pm Max Marshall GAZEBO
2:30pm Marcus Belgrave ‘Detroit jazz legend’ tribute w/Kasan Belgrave Quintet GAZEBO
3:30pm Opera w/Erin Armstrong & Amelia Daigle Machall MACHALL
3:30pm Max Marshall GAZEBO
4pm OrchestrAction Big Band w/Christine Chemello GAZEBO
5pm Austin DiPietro Borderland Ensemble LIVE album release Machall MACHALL
5pm Max Marshall GAZEBO
5:30pm Russ Macklem & Kevin Grenier Quartet GAZEBO
6pm Coffee House Combo Bezhigoyaak Pier (Mill St.)
6:30pm Ian Smith Trio Dominion House
6:30pm Ray Bower Quartet Sandwich Brewing Co.
6:30pm Ron Leary Jake’s Olde Towne Tavern
6:30pm Max Marshall Olde Towne Bake Shoppe
6:30pm Ryan Fontaine Quartet Walkerville Brewery
dance
1:30-5pm HNM Dance Co. main gallery @ MACHALL
poetry
1:30-5pm Peter Hrastovec, Leslie McCurdy, Lana Talbot & community poets entrance patio @ MACHALL
visual art
12-5pm ‘Art Inspires Art’ W/9 local artists Common Ground Gallery @ MACHALL
theatre
6:30pm Korda Artistic Productions @ MACHALL
locations
*Gazebo is located in Mary E. Bibb Park at 3261 Sandwich St.
*Machall is Mackenzie Hall, located at 3277 Sandwich St.
*Bezhigoyaak Pier is located at MIll St. at the Detroit River
*Dominion House is Located at 3140 Sandwich St.
*Sandwich Brewing Co. is located at 3232 Sandwich St.
*Jake’s Olde Towne Tavern is located at 3206 Sandwich St.
*Olde Towne Bake Shoppe is located at 3118 Sandwich St.
*Walkerville Brewery is located (6.5km e) at 525 Argyle Rd.