Beat the Winter Blues & Jazz Festival 2026

Beat the Winter Blues & Jazz Festival
📍 Alexandria, MN | February 6–8, 2026

The 2nd Annual Beat the Winter Blues & Jazz Festival returns with three days of live music, winter warmth, and soulful connection.

Think:

• Jazz, blues, gospel & soul
• Cozy indoor rooms + outdoor fire pits
• Outdoor ice bar by Lake Charlie
• Food vendors, drinks, and spaces to linger

This isn’t a rush-through-your-weekend festival.
It’s winter, done intentionally.

✨ Sunday Highlight
Back by popular demand, Joyann Parker returns for her Gospel Roots Blues Brunch - an uplifting, soulful close to the weekend. This year we’re adding a full brunch option.

🎶 Festival Schedule

Stay tuned as this festival unfolds intentionally - artists and food vendors will be revealed in the coming days.

Friday | February 6 – Gathered Oaks
Indoor & Outdoor Spaces Activated. Ice bar, fire pits, food and drinks available for purchase
Doors 5:00 PM | Seating 5:45 PM | Music 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Saturday | February 7 – Gathered Oaks
Afternoon into evening performances
Indoor & Outdoor Spaces Activated. Ice bar, fire pits, food and drinks available for purchase
Doors 3:30 PM | Seating 3:45 PM | Music 4:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Sunday | February 8 – The Grand Hall at Carlos Creek
🎤 Gospel Roots Blues Brunch with Joyann Parker
Buffet brunch featuring pastries, egg bake, muffins, and fresh fruit
Brunch seating: 10:30 AM
General seating: 11:00 AM
Music: 11:30 AM–1:30 PM

Tickets

• Friday – $40
• Saturday – $45
• Sunday – $25
• Add on: Sunday Buffet Brunch – $21.65 (+tax and service fees)

🎟 Full Weekend Pass – $100 (save 10%. Purchase by Jan 23.)

🔥 EARLY BIRD Full Weekend Pass** – $100 (Save 10% + premium seating closest to the stage)

**Best deal for those who trust the vibe. Ends Friday, Jan 9, 2026.

✨Join us for year two.✨
More music. More warmth. More reasons to embrace winter in Alexandria, MN.

Info: Indoor / Outdoor Pre-show! Dinner, drinks, and snacks will be available for purchase at Gathered Oaks! Stay inside or head to the lovely space outdoors. Grab a drink from the ice bar and gather around a fire, enjoy a winter walk, enjoy the company of those around you.
5:45 Music Seating Begins

Info: Indoor & Outdoor Bars Open. 3:45 Show Seating Begins.

Info: Indoor + Outdoor offerings continue. Dinner, Dessert, drinks, and snacks will be available for purchase at Gathered Oaks! Stay inside or head to the lovely space outdoors. Grab a drink from the ice bar and gather around a fire, enjoy a winter walk, enjoy the company of those around you.

Info: A Moving Gospel and Roots Music Show (Optional Add on: brunch)

A mix of traditional hymns, Southern gospel, blues and mountain music, intertwining story and song to chronicle the evolution of gospel music from its roots in slavery continuing up through the vocal groups of the 1960’s as it transitioned into modern R&B.

Joyann Parker: Guitar, Vocals
Mark Lamoine: Guitar, Vocals

American roots singer-songwriter Joyann Parker is an international touring artist, twice nominated for Tribute Act of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year by the Midwest Country Music Association.

“Joyann Parker knows her way around a song. She climbs inside it, dwells in it, lives with every note and phrase, delivering performances that seize our emotions and capture the ragged despair and heightened joy of life.” –Living Blues Magazine

JoyannParker.com

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Gathered Oaks, 4550 County Road 34 Northwest, Alexandria, United States

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