Welcome to the 2026 Orange Blossom Jazz Festival!
Click the above graphic to check out our 2026 lineup of bands! Gonna be a swingin’ good time!
Our 3rd annual Orange Blossom Jazz Festival is ready to swing Friday & Saturday, April 10th and 11th, 2026! The schedule is set and we are ready to celebrate jazz, each of our participating band families, and all that they have accomplished this year!
The Apopka Amphitheater located at 3710 Jason Dwelley Parkway Apopka, Florida 32712. The Apopka Amphitheater/Northwest Recreation Complex is a premier performance facility in both Central Florida and the southeastern United States. Through the Orange Blossom Jazz Festival setting, coupled with our top-tier performance venue and partners, we are excited to bring an experience that will become and annual tradition for many of our area jazz programs!
The Orange Blossom Jazz Festival, now entering it’s 3rd year, has quickly become a fan favorite for the jazz enthusiast throughout Florida. At our event you will find the finest middle school, high school, collegiate, and community jazz ensembles that come together to celebrate America’s only art form, Jazz! Though this setting jazz ensembles are able to perform, receive an in-person clinic from our esteemed adjudication panel, and also enjoy an entire day of fantastic jazz performances from all of our ensembles as they begin to wrap what has been an incredible performance year. This event is designed to serve as a capstone moment to both showcase the talent and growth of each group as well as provide a space to show appreciate to all performers as we continue the beauty of jazz within our community!
All performances are FREE ADMISSION to the general public! In an effort to help us meet our goals of supporting our band members and the scholarship fund opportunity, we ask that you patronize our concessions and merchandise areas all day long! We are also honored to receive any donations that you may offer to help us send our kiddos to summer music camps to continue their growth and development as performers! Thank you for your continued support of the Blue Darter Band and our second annual ORANGE BLOSSOM JAZZ FESTIVAL!
We offer a huge shoutout of gratitude to the City Of Apopka for your dedication and support of our efforts and the students of Apopka High! Your commitment to help us in providing this space is essential to our development of the opportunity to bring such a diverse and skilled body of performers together to celebrate jazz! We are most grateful for your support and generosity to help us bring this to life! Your dedication and commitment to our community is on full display through helping us bring it to life! Thank you for your support of the Performing Arts, Apopka High, and Celebrating Jazz ~ America’s Only True Art Form! We look forward to many years ahead of collaboration and continuing to make this a spectacular event for our city!
We also want to give a huge shout out to our partner: Full Sail University, for all of your support and efforts to make this a world-class event for our participants! They provide professional sound engineering, video, and all technical aspects of our event to help us celebrate the multitude of bands that will share their artistry with us during the festival! THANK YOU for your commitment to our students through this incredible collaboration!
To our Parents and Supporters of the Blue Darter Band: this is not possible WITHOUT YOU! We thank each and every volunteer that helps make this possible! You are a cherished part of our band family and we cannot thank you enough for your support to help make this event and tremendous success that it is each and every year!
Adjudicators For The 2025 Orange Blossom Jazz Festival!
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Apopka High School Band 