Atlantic Beach has its lineup for the 2026 Music Festival, and the free, all-ages concert is set for Saturday, November 21, with gates opening at Jack Russell Park at 4 p.m. The evening runs from 5 to 10 p.m. and brings three acts to the city's 12-acre recreational hub.
The City of Atlantic Beach's official website lists the festival lineup: StellaSoul opens from 5 to 6 p.m., Sun Catcher follows from 6:30 to 8 p.m., and Trash Panda closes the night from 8:30 to 10 p.m.
Who's Playing This Year
StellaSoul is a six-piece Northeast Florida “Soul Fusion” ensemble blending soul, funk, jazz, and rock, and has a Dog Days album release show listed. Sun Catcher, an indie pop and alternative rock act based in Tallahassee, is also on the festival bill.
Headliner Trash Panda is an indie and neopsychedelic rock band that formed in Atlanta in 2015 under founder Patrick Taylor before re-establishing itself in Jacksonville in 2021, as reported by The Festival Voice. Hoodline previously noted the band as a headliner at the Blue Jay Listening Room's seventh-anniversary celebration in Jacksonville Beach.
Food and Drinks
Beverage offerings at the free festival will include craft beer from Mayport's Reve Brewing and specialty pours from the Mayport Garden Club, alongside local food truck vendors, per the city's event page. An event at Johansen Park featured performers LPT and Kalani Rose.
Venue Details and Safety Measures
Jack Russell Park, located at 800 Seminole Road, spans 12 acres and includes six tennis courts, two racquetball courts, two playgrounds, athletic fields, and the Oceanside Rotary Skate Park, according to the city's park listing. The venue also carries a severe-weather safeguard: a Thor Guard atmospheric lightning prediction system installed in September 2025 that sounds horn blasts and flashes white strobes 8 to 20 minutes ahead of potential lightning strikes, as Hoodline reported in its earlier coverage of the park's safety upgrade.
The festival is the latest addition to a busy stretch of local development news, with Hoodline recently covering AB Kitchen's upcoming closure and the groundbreaking of Spliff's Gastropub along Mayport Road. Presenting sponsor Magnolia Lane Builders, an Atlantic Beach-based custom home design and construction firm, operates in local beach communities, according to its own website.
