Maitland Jazz and Blues Festival

The 2026 Maitland Jazz and Blue Festival will feature 12 amazing local and touring musicians, great food, kids entertainment and more April 10-11 in Independence Square.

Headlining two stages of big entertainment will be award-winning soul, blues, and R&B vocalist Curtis Delgado, contemporary jazz saxophonist Jessy J, blues rock guitarist Sean Chambers and blues singer Billy Price.

Other artists on the blues stage include Chris O’Leary, Josh Rowand and Will Patrick. The jazz stage will include Alex Harris, Ella and the Bossa Beat, Hannah Stokes, the Winter Park High School Jazz Band and the Maitland Stage Band.

Enjoy two days of live music in Maitland’s Independence Square along with food, drinks, vendors and a kids play area. Bring chairs and blankets for seating in front of the stages. Parking is available around the event site. Admission is free.

Singer and harmonica player Curtis Salgado racked up 13 Blues Music Awards across nearly a dozen albums. He also was blues mentor to comedian John Belushi, inspiring the creation of the iconic Blues Brothers.

Saxophonist Jessy J started playing music at the age of four and was heavily influenced by artists like Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Grover Washington, Jr. She has recorded or performed live with Michael Buble, Jessica Simpson, the Temptations, Anita Baker, Robin Thicke and Michael Bolton.

Guitarist and Florida Music Hall of Fame inductee Sean Chambers has eight albums influenced by Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He has worked with Hubert Sumlin, Derek Trucks, Gregg Allman, Jeff Healey, Pat Travers and Robert Cray.

Billy Price, with 20 albums and DVDs, is an award-winning vocalist with 11 total nominations to the Blues Music Awards.

For more information and VIP tickets to the Maitland Jazz and Blues festival, visit www.maitlandjazzandblues.com.

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