Festival Update June 2026

Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival Returns to Port Credit, Mississauga

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MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO – The 28th Annual Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival returns to Port Credit, Mississauga, September 11 to 13. This year’s festival features an exciting mix of free and ticketed programming throughout Port Credit. Festival-goers can also enjoy a fully licensed Memorial Park, food vendors, and an artisan market throughout the weekend.
 

Friday’s headliner is Canadian music icon Kim Mitchell, with performances by Jack de Keyzer and the Jon Hines Band. 

Saturday’s headliner is Atlanta-based Blackberry Smoke, proudly presented exclusively by Visit Mississauga. The day’s lineup also includes Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, Suzie Vinnick Band, and the Cameo Blues Band featuring special guests Chuck Jackson and Tom Barlow.

Sunday’s headliner is Slowhand: The Music of Eric Clapton, presented by Lance Anderson and featuring Steve Marriner, Matt Weidinger, and Selena Evangeline. Sunday’s Main Stage lineup also features Steve Marriner and Local Electric, The Weber Brothers, and Cheryl Lescom & The Tucson Choir Boys.
 

“We’re really excited about this year’s lineup and proud to be putting on the festival for the 28th year,” said Festival Artistic Director Chuck Jackson. “With world-renowned and award-winning musicians coming from across Canada and the U.S., it’s shaping up to be another great weekend of live music in Port Credit.”
 

With more than 60 live performances across the Visit Mississauga Main Stage, World Stage, Snug Cafe Acoustic Stage, the free LIUNA Local 183 Street Shuffle, and participating clubs and restaurants throughout Port Credit, there’s live music around every corner.
 

The free World Stage features Duende, TUBA4, Samba Squad, Callie Back, Better Than Nothing, Loco Zydeco with Chuck Jackson, Cheryl Lescom and Pat Carey, Jay Douglas and The Allstars, Ken Whiteley’s Sunday Gospel Special, Kunlé, Frankie Foo & The YoYo Smugglers, and Toronto Blues Society Talent Search winner Joe Ray McDonald.
 

The free Snug Cafe Acoustic Stage features Morgan Davis, Harrison Kennedy, Frank Sultana, Alfie Smith, Crossfield Bend, and Bees Knees.
 

The free LIUNA Local 183 Street Shuffle takes place on Lakeshore Road on Saturday from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., featuring Tree Top Poets, Get Real, Dingo, Penny Machine, Latintrain, Lost Patients, Hell Bent Rockers, Raquel’s Riot, Susie Grooves Band, Voodoo Pawn Shop, The Paul Morgan Project, Act 3, Dinny’s Dixieland All-Stars, The Marauders, and Whiskey River Blues Band. The official opening ceremonies and ribbon cutting take place at 12:45 p.m. at the corner of Lakeshore Road and Stavebank Road, followed by the Second Line Parade led by the Top Hat Marching Band to officially kick off the festival.
 

The Rising Star Youth Challenge, supported by Metalworks Studios, SoundsUnite, Long & McQuade, and the Hazel McCallion Foundation, returns to the World Stage during the festival. Also taking place on Sunday on the World Stage is the Mississauga Music Walk of Fame Induction Ceremony, where Don Breithaupt and Brian Murray will be honoured.
 

“The Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of so many outstanding sponsors, grantors, and donors,” said Festival Chair Kristine Kane. “We’re incredibly grateful to partners like Tim Hortons Mississauga, Visit Mississauga, Ontario Creates, Canadian Heritage, the Hazel McCallion Foundation, Port Credit Community Foundation, Port Credit BIA, the City of Mississauga, LIUNA Local 183, Snug Cafe, Mississauga Charitable Gaming Association, Charitable Gaming – Community Good, Rama Gaming House, and numerous local businesses, along with the hundreds of dedicated volunteers who help make the festival possible each year.”
 

General admission tickets for the Visit Mississauga Main Stage are $30 Friday, $40 Saturday, $30 Sunday, or $80 for a weekend pass.
 

For complete festival information, artist schedules, tickets, volunteer opportunities, vendor applications, sponsorship information, and to enter for a chance to win Saturday Visit Mississauga Main Stage tickets, visit southsideshuffle.ca.
 

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For more information:
Kristine Kane, Festival Chair
Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival
mediarelations@southsideshufle.ca
416-770-4374
southsideshuffle.ca