The Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival Returns to Port Credit for 2026

Presented in partnership with the Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Fest.

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. Festivalgoers can also enjoy a fully licensed Memorial Park, food vendors, and an artisan market throughout the weekend.

The Visit Mississauga Main Stage features Canadian music icon Kim Mitchell, Atlanta-based Blackberry Smoke, proudly presented exclusively by Visit Mississauga, and Slowhand: The Music of Eric Clapton, presented by Lance Anderson and featuring Steve Marriner, Matt Weidinger, and Selena Evangeline. The Main Stage lineup also includes Jack de Keyzer, the Jon Hines Band, Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, Suzie Vinnick Band, the Cameo Blues Band featuring special guests Chuck Jackson and Tom Barlow, Steve Marriner and Local Electric, The Weber Brothers, and Cheryl Lescom & The Tucson Choir Boys.

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 over 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. Join us at 12:45 p.m. at the corner of Lakeshore Road and Stavebank Road for the official opening ceremonies and ribbon cutting, 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 happening Sunday on the World Stage is the Mississauga Music Walk of Fame Induction Ceremony, where Don Breithaupt and Brian Murray will be honoured.

Photo credit: Jknox

The Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle wouldn't be possible without the generous support of so many amazing sponsors, grantors, and donors: 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, Brightwater, Lakeview Village and numerous local businesses, along with the hundreds of dedicated volunteers who help make the festival possible each year.

Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle general admission tickets are $30 Friday, $40 Saturday, and $30 Sunday, or $80 for a weekend pass. Visit southsideshuffle.ca for full artist schedules, tickets, volunteer opportunities, vendor applications, and sponsorship information.

Be sure to listen to the 2026 Southside Shuffle Spotify Playlist featuring some of this year's artists, then enter for your chance to WIN festival passes!
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