Acoustic

Layla Brisbois is a young singer and songwriter that lives in West Orange, Florida.  She has just released her first official music video, “Finally Me” and is Winter Garden’s favorite sweetheart!  She plays her guitar and sings her anthems frequently at the Winter Garden Farmers Market and Crooked Can Brewery.

Location: Farmers Market Pavilion

Latin/Lounge/Jazz

Tres Longwell is a self-taught instrumental musician based in Orlando. “I love the pure minimalistic synergy that occurs between the acoustic guitar and the flute or sax.” He scours all genres for melodies beautiful and strong enough to stand alone and will play renditions of his favorites, each of which is a reverential homage to a timeless tune, embellished with uninhibited improvisation.

Location: Heritage Museum

Blues

Mud Rooster is a central Florida-based blues band consisting of 3 of the area’s best musicians. Specializing in eras from Robert Johnson to Howlin’ Wolf to Stevie Ray Vaughn, Mud Rooster energizes venues wherever they perform.

Location: Gazebo

Acoustic/Singer/Songwriter

Nicole Equerme has been a professional musician and audio specialist for over a decade. Her musical career began as a euphonium player at the age of ten. A year later, she switched to the French horn and played that throughout high school, adding trumpet along the way so she could participate in jazz band. She brought her first album of all-original music to fruition, which was completed with the help of Joe Idzal (Paula Cole, Anna Nalick, Howie Day), Gary Paczosa (Dolly Parton, Allison Krauss, Nickel Creek), and Eric Boulanger (Colbie Caillat, Kate Bush, Sarah Jarosz).

She continues to actively perform around the Central Florida area.

Location: Heritage Museum

Theater

“The Little Drummer Boy” is presented by Pinocchio’s Marionette Theater.
Pinocchio’s Marionette Theatre is back in Winter Garden with an all-time classic.

During Winter Garden Music Fest, the troupe will offer Beauty and Beast with three showings at 1, 4 and 6 pm. This is a 45-minute show, which uses string puppets to depict this beautiful classic on a stage that resembles our own Garden Theatre.

Location: Parking Garage Plaza

by the Winter Garden Art Association

Location: Parking Garage Plaza

Latin Jazz

This trio delivers an authentic, soulful flamenco guitar sound with a touch of Latin Jazz and a hint of Bossa Nova.

Location: Gazebo

Bluegrass

Location: Heritage Museum

African Folklore

Orisirisi, one of the world’s most preeminent performing arts company, was created in 1986 with the expressed purpose of sharing both the beauty and poignancy of African life and culture.  Co-produced, directed, and performed by a husband and wife team comprised of Nigerian born fol…k-artist Adetutu Harrell and Don Harrell a music scholar and performing artist, who is a life-long veteran of stage and screen, Orisirisi (a Yoruba word pronounced o-re-she-re-she) utilizes varied artistic forms to impart folk-knowledge and experiences to and for their audiences.

Location: Heritage Museum

Piano

Please join Katie Pinder Brown for a full-fledged street piano party! Have you ever gathered around the piano to sing along with your friends? If not, here is your chance to join in and sing along!

Location: Heritage Museum

Singer/Songwriter

Evan Taylor Jones is an eclectic soul-rock artist and singer/songwriter from Orlando, Florida. He’s the youngest of three boys born out of Inglewood, Ca. Jones had to contend with the passing of his Mother when he was only 13 years old. Gaining a Guardian Angel, Jones went on, beginning at age 18, to pursue a career in music and to this day sees no slowing down. From humble beginnings, playing in a makeshift three-man band with his two brothers, Jones moved and grew through a couple bands in his hometown until he could sustain himself as a full-time musician.

Location: Gazebo

Comedy

Maksat “Maks” Annaev is a comedy performer whose skills vary from juggling, magic, visual, and physical comedy in his variety acts and shows. Shows include interactivity and audience participation. Maks provides entertainment for children and adults. His artistic career begin in 1991 in the Russian State Circus Company, “Soyzgoscirk”. Maks has performed all over the globe, including Europe, Asia, South America, and in the United States.

Location: Parking Garage Plaza

Theater

Called “One of the most unique theater troupes in the country” by Good Day Altanta, Phantasmagoria hails from right here in Central Florida! This critically acclaimed Victorian Circus Troupe will bring their “Phantasticaly Phantabulous Sideshow Extravaganza!” to Downtown Winter Garden featuring magic, sword swallowing, fire performance, juggling and more!

Location: Heritage Museum

The Garden Music Chamber Trio consists of Olesya Pankiv on piano and flute, Jessica Yun on violin and Oksana Pankiv on Cello.  All three of these lovely ladies has an extensive musical background and education; Oksana and Olesya having attended the  National Music Academy of Ukraine.  All three musicians are instructors at Winter Garden’s very own Garden Music School.  The trio covers powerful and beautiful renditions of everything from Beethoven to the Beatles, and most things in between.

Location: Gazebo

Singer/Songwriter

Davis is a 23-year-old singer/songwriter, born and raised in Orlando. Already a veteran of more than 800 live shows, he’s been a full time working musician since turning 18. Davis has been featured as a solo artist in over 40 Central Florida venues, including hundreds of bookings directly with Disney to perform at Downtown Disney, Disney Springs, and several other Disney venues. Playing with his full band, Davis has appeared at notable downtown Orlando live music venues as The Social, Will’s Pub and Wall Street Plaza, and he has been a regular performer at Hard Rock Tampa. Davis has also performed on specialty music cruises for both Norwegian Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean. On the music cruises, Davis joined headliners Kenny Loggins, Three Dog Night and America, and former members of Journey, Boston, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Location: Gazebo