The Creekside Festival has been celebrating the best blues and jazz in Ohio for 26 years! Come join us in the celebration!
7:30P - 9:00P On Blues Stage
Join The Groove as they perform some of Central Ohio's Best Classic Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Funk and Soul Music around! In 2025, The Groove is celebrating 13 years and 350+ shows! They are winners of the 2022 QFM96 House Band Contest.
9:00P - 10:30P On Jazz Stage
Jessy J is an incredibly gifted saxophone player, performer & writer from California.
9:15P - 10:45P On Community Stage
Donald Payne - Artist Manager, Recording Artist AKA Thumpdaddy!! Donald Payne was signed to a major recording label in Detroit MI in 1977 with a Columbus OH group called The Crowd Pleasers.
3:15P - 4:45P On Community Stage
The Groove City Big Band is a 19-piece jazz orchestra established in 2023 in Grove City, Ohio, comprised of music educators, composers, arrangers, professional musicians, and Marching 110 alumni.
9:00P - 10:30P On Jazz Stage
Soprano saxophonist, Marion Meadows will be performing with the Urban Jazz Coalition at the 2025 Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival.
9:20P - 10:50P On Blues Stage
Hoodoo Soul Band began as a side project for several seasoned veterans of the Columbus music scene who wanted an outlet to play Funk and Rhythm and Blues with a horn section.
1:40P - 3:10P On Blues Stage
Joe Waters is a multitalented musician out of Dayton Ohio who plays Blues, Funk, Folk, and Americana music.
3:30P - 5:00P On Jazz Stage
Such Sweet Thunder features some of the Midwest’s finest jazz musicians paying loving tribute to the music of Duke Ellington and his musical partner Billy Strayhorn.