TD Southside Shuffle: 28 Years of Blues & Jazz on the Lake

60 bands, three stages, and a free street party in Port Credit

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Kim Mitchell opens Friday, Blackberry Smoke headlines Saturday, and a Slowhand tribute to Eric Clapton closes Sunday — 60 bands across three stages at Port Credit Memorial Park, with two free stages and a free Saturday street party alongside the ticketed Main Stage.

🎸 60 bands, 3 stages 🎉 Free street party Sat. 🛍 Artisan market 🍺 Fully licensed park

💡 Two of the three stages are free all weekend — the ticketed Main Stage buys you the headliners, but the World Stage and Snug Cafe Acoustic Stage alone are a full festival’s worth of music at no cost.

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✨ Why Southside Shuffle Has Lasted 28 Years

Port Credit Memorial Park is one of the better festival settings in the GTA — waterfront on Lake Ontario, a proper stage footprint, and a village core just steps away that the festival spills naturally into. That combination is a big part of why Southside Shuffle has grown into an award-winning, non-profit institution now in its 28th year, pulling 60 bands from Canada and beyond onto three stages over a single weekend.

What separates it from a typical ticketed music festival is the free-to-paid ratio. Only the Main Stage — this year presented by Visit Mississauga — requires a ticket. The World Stage and the Snug Cafe Acoustic Stage run all weekend at no cost, and Saturday afternoon adds the LIUNA Local 183 Street Shuffle, a free street party in the village featuring more than 20 local acts. You can genuinely build a full festival weekend here without spending anything on admission, or splurge on Main Stage passes for the headliners you actually want to see.

The 2026 booking leans into that headliner draw hard: Kim Mitchell opening Friday, Southern rock outfit Blackberry Smoke closing out Saturday night, and a Slowhand tribute to Eric Clapton wrapping the weekend on Sunday, with Steve Marriner, Crystal Shawanda, and Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar filling out a lineup that’s earned the festival its reputation among Ontario blues and jazz fans.

🎷 Main Stage Schedule

Main Stage headliners by day — the World Stage and Snug Cafe Acoustic Stage run their own concurrent free lineups throughout the park.

🎪 The Three Stages

📋 Essentials

🚗 Getting There & Parking

Port Credit Memorial Park sits on the Lake Ontario waterfront right at the edge of Port Credit village, with the free stages and Street Shuffle within an easy walk of each other.

By GO Transit: Port Credit GO Station is a short walk from the park, making it one of the easier festival sites in the GTA to reach by train.

By car: On-site park parking is free but limited, especially Saturday evening — nearby municipal lots and street parking in the village fill up quickly on peak days.

💡 A Few Things Worth Knowing Before You Go

🚆 Take the GO train if you can. Port Credit GO Station puts you a short walk from the park and avoids the Saturday parking crunch entirely.

🎫 Buy Main Stage tickets in advance. Saturday’s Blackberry Smoke headline set is the festival’s biggest draw and the day with the highest ticket price for a reason.

🍔 Don’t skip the free stages. The World Stage and Snug Cafe Acoustic Stage run genuinely strong lineups all weekend at zero cost — worth a full afternoon on their own.

🌊 Bring a chair and sun protection. The park is open lakefront with limited shade — a portable chair makes long stretches at the Main Stage much more comfortable.

❓ Common Questions