September 2, 2025 – The Mansfield Downtown Partnership is pleased to announce the headliner for its 22nd Annual Celebrate Mansfield Festival will be All Night Boogie Band!
All Night Boogie Band is a blues, rock & roll, and soul-inspired band hailing from the Green Mountains of Burlington, Vermont. Formed in late 2021, the young yet experienced quintet expresses a unique sound full of originality, vigor, and dedication to the resonance of great American music.
All Night Boogie Band won “Vermont Rising Stars” in the 2023 New England Music Awards and were nominated for “Best Blues Artist” in the 2023 Seven Daysies Awards. They were featured as a Relix Magazine “Artist on the Rise” in their July 2022 Edition, won Vermont’s 2023 Blues Challenge, and were Semifinalists at the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee in January 2023.
Seven Days (VT’s Weekly) described their 2022 debut single “A Woman Like I” as “A six-minute-plus blast of blues and soul, the track reveals a shocking amount of authenticity for such a young band. Massive, soulful vocals; big horns; and a powerfully tight rhythm section combine to create a huge blues sound.”
Their 2022 debut album “Taste These Blues” was also reviewed by Seven Days: “The young Burlington band has put out a record brimming with love for the blues, as well as hints of jazz and soul music. Taste These Blues, the band's debut, showcases guitarist Brendan Casey's strong and studious songwriting and lead singer Jessica Leone's powerful, soulful vocals. Over eight tracks, the band showcases impressive instrumental prowess but also hints at a strong live show. It's a compelling debut, full of character and promise.”
Their 2nd LP titled “Angel of the Airwaves”, was released on August 3rd, 2023. Seven Days says, “With their second LP, Angel of the Airwaves, All Night Boogie Band have lived up to the promise of their debut. The group has delivered a versatile record that remains steeped in its blues roots while pursuing new stylistic frontiers with which Taste These Blues merely flirted.”
All Night Boogie Band will perform from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM on the stage of the Jeffrey P. Ossen Family Foundation Pavilion on Betsy Paterson Square.
Visitors are invited to bring a blanket or lawn chair. Refreshments will be available for purchase from the Festival food booths and at Downtown Storrs restaurants.
Please note: Alcohol is prohibited on the Square. Smoking and vaping are also prohibited on the Square.
The Celebrate Mansfield Festival is free and open to everyone.
The Mansfield Downtown Partnership produces the Celebrate Mansfield Festival with the generous support of local sponsors. The 2025 Platinum Sponsors are Gulemo Printers, Inc.; National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM); The Oaks on the Square; Price Chopper; UConn Bookstore; Urban Lodge Brewing Co.; and Wilcox & Reynolds.
The 2025 Gold Sponsors are the Town of Mansfield; University of Connecticut; E. O. Smith High School; Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation; The M&T Charitable Foundation; and WILI.
The 2025 Silver Sponsors are The Adventure Park at Storrs; Casella Waste System Inc; Mansfield Orthodontics; OBGYN and Midwifery of CT; and Renewal by Andersen. The Partnership thanks these businesses and organizations for their support of our community!
For more information, please visit downtownstorrsfestival.org or call the Mansfield Downtown Partnership (860.429.2740).