Saint Augustine's Romanza Festivale of Music and the Arts

St. Augustine’s Romanza Festivale of MUSIC and The Arts returns in 2024 with two weeks of daily events

featuring dozens of concerts, shows, exhibits and much more at locations throughout the city. 

Showcasing productions by dozens of St. Augustine’s talented Arts and Cultural nonprofit organizations.

Most events are FREE!

Schedule:

12:00pm - 1:00pm - Chamber Music Series: Tenor John Daugherty

John Daugherty continues a busy schedule of opera, song recitals and oratorio, performing repertoire drawn from a wide array of genres and styles. Recent stage roles include Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Joseph de Rocher in Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, The King in Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King, and Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette. In the concert hall, he has had appearances with the Albany Symphony, for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and for Michigan Opera Theater.

A proponent of new music, John created the leading role of John Thomas in the world premier of Jules Pegram’s award winning opera Higher Ground. Previously, John had performed as the baritone vocalist with the Tulsa Camerata in the world premier of Michael Daugherty’s This Land Sings, a role which he then recorded for the Naxos Records label.

Location: Memorial Presbyterian Church, 32 Sevilla Street

7:30pm - 9:00pm - Mama Blue on the Markland Porch

Returning to Romanza is like coming home for Mama Blue! The Jacksonville native has planted seeds in St. Augustine, and the musical fruit is sweet! Choosing to take “a road less traveled,” by keeping close to her roots and community, she has blazed a “Heartfelt Highway”, with original music, emboldened by sharing her vulnerabilities and ours.

Mama Blue was voted Best of the Beaches Female Vocalist in 2020 and is one of Romanza’s perennial favorites!

Location: Markland House Lawn, 102 King Street

Date: May 3-19, 2024