Music & Entertainment

2024 FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT

In 2024, the Friday Night Concert returns. Join us at the stage in north Central Park when the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival presents a tribute to the late Jimmy Buffet starting at 5:45 with the crowd-pleasing band, Landsharks, followed by the jazzy headliner Michael Andrews and Swingerhead starting at 7:30.

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MICHAEL ANDREW AND SWINGERHEAD

he Friday Night Concert returns to the festival in 2024 with nationally acclaimed headliner Michael Andrew and Swingerhead starting at 7:30 pm. For 2 years, Michael Andrew was the headline singer and bandleader at the world-famous Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center in New York City where he entertained audiences nightly and hosted a live Radio Broadcast. He was the band leader and singer at Merv Griffin’s “Coconut Club” in The Beverly Hilton in California. While on “Larry King Live,” Merv Griffin called Michael Andrew “one of the great singers of all time.” Michael performs often as a guest artist with symphonic orchestras across the country and with his own orchestras Swingerhead, The Atonic Big Band and the Gershwin Big Band. He also performs in musical comedies and his last long-term role (as Professor Julius Kelp), led him to star in the world premiere of the new musical, The Nutty Professor, directed by the late Jerry Lewis.

THE LANDSHARKS BAND

As a special tribute to the late Jimmy Buffett, the Friday Night Concert kicks off with an island vibe at 5:30 with the original, premiere tribute band, Gary Roland and The Landsharks. After playing with the Landsharks in Key West, Jimmy Buffett hired The Landsharks to be the house band at the famous Margaritaville Café. “They knew the songs better than I did”, declared Jimmy Buffett. They are high-energy, accomplished musicians and are wildly received by audiences throughout the U.S. and abroad for their fun, interactive and entertaining shows, The Landsharks will delight Winter Park with a show full of Jimmy Buffett’s most beloved songs.