Melrose Pop Festival at the downtown library features big names like Homeboy Sandman and B. Howard

The Melrose Pop Festival, the well-curated annual showcase by the Melrose Center in downtown’s Orlando Public Library, returns this year as a full-weekend extravaganza with two distinct days of music that run a beautiful gamut.

Saturday will be a true rapper’s delight featuring breakout Orlando rhyme slayer E-Turn and a very special appearance by NYC indie-rap hero Homeboy Sandman, one of the most legit stars to ever appear at the Melrose Pop Festival.

Sunday’s big-name headliner will be B. Howard, the acclaimed producer, songwriter and artist famously in the Jackson family orbit. The rest will be a select sampler of native excellence including jazz-soul dynamo Kristen Warren, Latin alt-rocker Leo Aether, soul folkie Jessica Delacruz and synth-funk act Chris LeBrane’s Campaign, who released one of this year’s best local albums (Inauguration). It’s a generous community event that’ll be outstanding, free and all ages.

Saturday-Sunday, June 21-22, Orlando Public Library, free.

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This article appears in Jun 18-24, 2025.