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2026 headline acts

• The Head and The Heart is the Saturday, March 28, headliner.

• Max McNown headlines on Sunday, March 29.

• Soul Asylum joins the Saturday lineup, while Natasha Bedingfield performs on Sunday.

• Additional performers will be announced soon — please check back or subscribe to our newsletter for updates.

• See below for info on the headliners!

More about The Head and The Heart

Photo courtesy of The Head and The Heart, via city of Brookhaven press release.

Last year, The Head and The Heart released their Verve Forecast album, Aperture. The album brings the band back to a DIY approach as it’s the first record self-produced by the band since their self-titled debut album in 2011.

The band went on to appear and perform on ABC News, CBS Saturday, The TODAY Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and The Kelly Clarkson Show. Over the years, The Head and The Heart have established their status as a touring powerhouse, having landed prime time mainstage slots at Coachella, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits.

Following the release of the album, this past year saw the band tour North America, and in addition to various festival performances and headline dates, The Head and The Heart will join 11x Grammy Award-winner Brandi Carlile on the road this winter.

More about Max McNown

Max McNown is a singer-songwriter from Bend, Oregon, who creates the kind of songs that perfectly soundtrack our most intimate moments: times of intense heartache and tremendous loss, immense upheaval and life-changing revelation.

Within just a year of teaching himself to play guitar, the Oregon-bred, Nashville-based musician turned out three EPs spotlighting his emotionally potent yet nuanced lyrics—an element beautifully displayed on his breakout single “A Lot More Free,” a track that landed on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart and greatly expanded his grassroots following.

Anchored in the charmingly warm vocal presence he partly honed by busking at the beach in Southern California, McNown’s debut album Wandering brings an even deeper sense of purpose to his songwriting—and, in turn, reveals his extraordinary capacity to ease the mind and strengthen the soul.

Image courtesy of Max McNown, via City of Brookhaven press release

More about Soul Asylum

Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum selling rock band Soul Asylum started as Minneapolis’ punk younger brothers to the Replacements and Husker Dü.

Their 1992 breakthrough album, Grave Dancers Union, featured the international hits “Runaway Train”, “Black Gold” and “Somebody to Shove.”

“Runaway Train” won a Grammy, and its groundbreaking music video brought nearly two dozen missing and exploited children and teens around the world home to their families.

Soul Asylum has released 13 original albums – including their most recent, 2024’s Slowly But Shirley – with multiple live albums and assorted Greatest Hits collections.

Their famous 1993 MTV Unplugged performance was released for the first time on vinyl as a coveted Record Store Day exclusive, and November 2025 also saw the 30-year-anniversary reissue of their Let Your Dim Light Shine album.

More about Natasha Bedingfield

Natasha Bedingfield released her debut studio album, Unwritten, in 2004, which enjoyed international success with more than 2.3 million copies sold worldwide.

Bedingfield received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the title track “Unwritten”, and at the 2005 and 2006 Brit Awards, she was nominated for Best British Female Artist.

Bedingfield has sold over 10 million albums and 10 million singles worldwide, totalling over 20 million records worldwide. In 2012, VH1 ranked Bedingfield number 66 on the list of 100 Greatest Women in Music.

Festival details: know before you go…

The festival takes place rain or shine!
This is a pet-friendly event as long as pets remain on a leash at all times.

You may not bring outside food or beverage into the festival. Alcohol will only be sold to those with a valid 21+ ID.

No coolers, umbrellas, or chairs will be allowed.
If you have a special need for a chair, exceptions will be made for you.
But please plan on bringing blankets only for the concerts.

Plan to do a lot of walking. Blackburn Park is a linear park that stretches out for about a half mile.

There is no parking on site — see the shuttle info below.

For more information, see the festival’s website.
The musical performance schedule is listed just below.

Art market

Over 100 vendors!
Hours are 10 to 6 on Saturday, and 11 to 6 on Sunday.
This year’s art market will wind through the park, featuring handmade items that include:

jewelry
pottery
glass
metal
paintings
folk art
mixed media
photography
soaps and lotions
candles
wooden items
yard art
living plant arrangements

You can view a complete listing of participating art vendors here

Classic Car Show

The car show is a one-day event, taking place on Saturday morning. It will feature 50+ classic cars, with their owners hanging out nearby to answer questions — and most are happy to let you take you take a selfie with their vehicle.

This is volunteer-driven event that is produced and managed independently of the festival.
View more information here

Kidz Zone

There are so many activities here!
Note that in past years, some activities here came with an extra charge.

Pet World

The Brookhaven Cherry Blossom has special activities centered around animals, in the Pet World area.
In the past, this has included:

Dahlonega Action Dogs
Border collies perform agility and disc demonstrations.

Lure chasing
For $10, your high-energy dog can chase a mechanically operated “ferret” lure in a closed course. The second run is only $5. All funds collected at the festival will be donated to Angels Among Us animal rescue. This event is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.

Free concerts at the 2025 Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival

We will update this section soon, as soon as the 2025 full music lineup is finalized!

The Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival is quickly becoming well known for the quality musical acts it books each year.

Here is the line-up for 2024.

Saturday, March 23, 2024

12:15 p.m. — Takiva Mason
1:30 p.m. — Sister Hazel
3 p.m. — Moon Taxi
4:30 p.m. — +Live+ (headline act)

Sunday, March 24, 2024

12:15 p.m. — Koyal
1:30 p.m. — Crash Test Dummies
3 p.m. — Lisa Loeb
4:30 p.m. — Barenaked Ladies (headline act)

See more concert information on the festival website

Getting there, parking, and shuttle service info

Everyone is encouraged to leave the car at home and use a ride service or MARTA!

If you want to bike to the festival, there will be extra bike racks available.

The closest MARTA train station is Brookhaven/Oglethorpe Station on the Gold Line. Just exit the station and look for signs pointing you to the FREE shuttle that runs from the station to Blackburn Park.

The shuttle begins running from MARTA at 9:30 a.m., and the last shuttle leaving Blackburn Park is at 7:30 p.m.

PLEASE refrain from using residential and retail parking areas in the Blackburn Park area. The city of Brookhaven will be enforcing parking regulations strictly, to avoid any inconvenience to neighborhood residents.

If you’re using rideshare service, the dropoff/pickup point is 2036 Johnson Ferry Rd, Brookhaven, GA 30319.
This is the Cambridge Square parking lot across from Blackburn Park.

Parking with NO SHUTTLES will be available from the following addresses:

Murphey Candler Park (Baseball Side- 1.2 Mile Walk One Way)
1551 Nancy Creek Drive NE
Brookhaven, GA 30319

Murphey Candler Softball (Football Side- 1.4 Mile Walk One Way)
1665 Nancy Creek Trail
Brookhaven, GA 30319

Chamblee MARTA Station (1.8 Mile Walk One Way)
5200 New Peachtree Rd
Chamblee, GA 30341

Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival announces 2026 headliner acts (all concerts are free!)

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