The City of St. Augustine announced today the complete entertainment schedule for Celebrate 450! Street and Music Festival, the culminating event of St. Augustine’s multi-year commemoration of the 450th anniversary of the city’s founding. The Street and Music Festival portion of the commemoration is scheduled for Friday–Sunday, September 4-6. Over 80 separate acts will serve up more than 60 hours of free entertainment over three days, scattered over five stages throughout downtown St. Augustine.
Celebrate 450! Street and Music Festival Schedule
Friday, Saturday, Sunday / September 4, 5, 6
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Bayfront Main Stage
6:00pm People Helping People Gospel Choir
6:45pm Mavis Staples
8:30pm Aaron Neville
Plaza Stage
3:00pm Jim Sloan, bagpiper, performing traditional jigs, reels, and marches
3:15pm “Eli” Grimes, singer/songwriter of “1565” performing his original composition
3:40pm Fort Mose Historical Society with a “Flight to Freedom” presentation
4:25pm West African Drum Circles of St Augustine sharing the beat of drum circles
4:55pm Stanley Alston
5:25pm El Conjunto Tropical
Hypolita Street Stage
3:00pm Ramona Quimby Band
3:50pm The Rubies
4:40pm Sea Floor Explosions
5:30pm Red River Band
7:00pm The Falling Bones
Colonial Quarter Stage
3:00pm T. Martin Band
3:40pm Shea Birney
4:20pm Rob Peck
5:00pm Dewey Via
5:40pm Michael Jordan
6:20pm Emma Moseley Band
7:15pm Trio of Boom
Aviles Street Festival
1:00pm The House Cats
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Bayfront Main Stage
5:30pm Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers
6:30pm Justin Townes Earle
7:45pm JJ Grey & Mofro
9:30pm Emmylou Harris w/ Rodney Crowell
Fireworks Over The Matanzas 450!
Plaza Stage
11:00am St. Johns County Public Schools’ combined school choral performance of “God Bless St. Augustine”
11:40am Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind’s dance troupe
12:20pm Renaissance Band’s pre-1750 instrumental music
12:50pm Greek Orthodox Shrine featuring traditional Greek dancers and musicians
1:30pm Brent Byrd
2:00pm Tejedor
3:00pm Alexandra in Grey
4:00pm The Morrigans
4:50pm Menorcan Cultural Society featuring traditional dancers and singers
Hypolita Street Stage
11:00am Harp of Hope, featuring Diane Schneider, harpist
11:30am The Gatorbone Band
12:20pm Aslyn & the Naysayers
1:10pm Amy Hendrickson
2:00pm Chelsea Saddler
2:50pm Addi & Jacq
3:40pm Billy Buchanan
4:30pm Laurel Lee & the Escapees
5:20pm Sam Pacetti
6:10pm The Springfields
7:00pm Paradox
Colonial Quarter Stage
11:00am Jeffrey Spear, author, “The First Coast Heritage Cookbook,” with a colonial cooking demonstration
11:50am Germaine Veronica
12:40am The Sand Fleas / Hunter Miller
1:30pm Kenny and the Jets
2:20pm Rivernecks
3:10pm The Wild Shiners
4:00pm The WillowWacks
4:50pm Lonesome Bert & the Skinny Lizards
5:40pm The Wobbly Toms
6:30pm Complicated Animals
7:20pm Ancient City Slickers
Aviles Street Festival
11:00am The Three Amigos of Ancient
11:40pm Fuego Flamenco
12:00pm Luis Mario Band
1:00pm Flamenco Dancers of the St. Augustine Dance Company
3:00pm Fiesta de Avilés
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Plaza Stage
12:00pm A1A Blues Band
12:40pm St. Augustine Line Dancers perform dances with a bit of waltz, mambo, tango
1:20pm Island Duet
Hypolita Street Stage
12:00pm Gary Campbell
12:45pm Scott Sweet
1:30pm Colton McKenna
2:15pm Jim Johnston
Colonial Quarter Stage
12:00pm Collapsible B
12:50pm Salt Driven Ride
1:40pm Herd of Watts
2:30pm I-Vibes
3:30pm Love Chunk
Aviles Street Festival
11:00am Elizabeth Roth
11:40am Obscure Brothers
12:20pm Joe Schauer
1:00pm Latin Jazz
1:00pm Sangria Sunday
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT & SUPPORT
In a collaborative effort, the city has worked closely with the St. Johns County Cultural Events Division, a 450th Commemoration Alliance Partner and operator of the St. Augustine Amphitheatre and the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, to secure entertainment and provide logistical support for the festival.
In an overwhelming show of support by the community, each of the five stages and Saturday night’s fireworks show are presented by an array of local businesses whose support is essential for the success of the event.
- Bayfront Main Stage: The Bailey Group, NTE Energy, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, All American Air, Flagler College, Jacksonville Jaguars and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Four Star Association
- Plaza Stage: Florida Power & Light Company
- Hypolita Street Stage: VyStar Credit Union
- Colonial Quarter Stage: The Colonial Quarter
- Aviles Street Festival: St. Augustine Distillery
- Fireworks Over The Matanzas 450!: Meehan’s Irish Pub
Supporters of specific portions of Celebrate 450! include: Bayfront Main Stage presented by The Bailey Group, NTE Energy, St. Augustine Alligator Farm, All American Air, Flagler College, Jacksonville Jaguars and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Four Star Association; Plaza Stage presented by Florida Power & Light Company; Hypolita Street Stage presented by VyStar Credit Union; the Colonial Quarter Stage presented by The Colonial Quarter; Aviles Street Festival presented by St. Augustine Distillery; and Fireworks Over The Matanzas 450! presented by Meehan’s Irish Pub.
Those contributing to the general support of Celebrate 450! are: Ameris Bank, Bayfront Hilton Hotel, Burkhardt Sales & Service, Casa Monica Hotel, Clear Channel Radio, Climate Masters, Coastal Realty Vacation Rentals, Columbia Restaurant, DaVita Healthcare Partners, EU Monthly, Flagler Broadcasting, Harbor Community Bank, Home Depot, Old Town Trolley Tours, Ripley’s Red Trains, St. Augustine Social, St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra & the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau, St. Augustine Record, St. Johns County Tourist Development Council, and St. Johns Cultural Council, WSOS 99.5FM.
Celebrate 450! is a free, five-day celebration of the 450th anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine produced by the City of St. Augustine and the culminating event of St. Augustine’s 450th Commemoration, a series of programs, festivals and exhibitions which, over the past four years has shared with the nation and the world the important role St. Augustine played in the making of America since its founding on September 8, 1565. For more visit www.StAugustine-450.com.
