FESTIVAL APPEARANCES
Saturday: 12:30 PM on the Charles Neville Main Stage.
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Suadela Love Experience

With local hero Christina Colón

The Suadela Love Experience is an improvisational music ritual created by Christina Colón, rooted in the desire to express raw creativity, reflect on social issues, and resist today’s hyper-perfect media culture. Suadela—named after an ancient Roman goddess of persuasion and sensual energy—embodies connection, self-exploration, and transformation through voice, flute, and storytelling.
Christina is joined by fellow Western Mass native Benny Woodard, a drummer and climate activist whose work fuses rhythm and resistance, and Marco Grispo, an Argentinian guitarist and producer based in Brooklyn. Marco runs his own production studio and has produced multiple tracks on Suadela’s upcoming debut album.
Together, they don’t just perform—they channel. Their improvisations emerge in real time, inspired by the audience, space, and energy of the moment.

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The Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival takes place on July 10 - 11th, 2026 at Court Square.

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This festival is produced by Blues To Green, a nonprofit organization that harnesses music and the arts to celebrate community and culture, build shared purpose, and catalyze social and environmental change.
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