Gold Coast Jazz Society's
34th Anniversary Season
- Monthly Concerts November 2025 through April 2026
The Gold Coast Jazz Society (GCJS) unveils its 34th season with the 2025–2026 concert series, Inspirations in Jazz. The seven-concert series runs November through April at the Broward Center’s Amaturo Theater in Fort Lauderdale. Each concert starts at 7:45 PM.
This season presents New Orleans jazz, straight-ahead, Brazilian and international artists alongside Florida talent. Headliners include: Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Nov 12, 2025), Allan Harris (Dec 3, 2025), Niki Haris with the Shelly Berg Trio (Jan 14, 2026), Diego Figueiredo & Friends (Feb 4, 2026), Karrin Allyson (Mar 11, 2026), Michael Kaeshammer (Mar 25, 2026), and Grace Kelly Quartet (Apr 15, 2026).
“Our new season celebrates the inspiration that jazz brings — joy, creativity, and connection,” said Gold Coast Jazz Society’s Executive Director, Pam Dearden. “Audiences will experience everything from New Orleans funk and Brazilian rhythms to classic swing and fresh contemporary sounds, as we continue to appreciate and celebrate the truly classical art form of jazz.”
Season Details•
Subscriptions: Full Season ($336) or Jazz Trio ($159, choose any 3 concerts). Members receive subscription discounts.
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Single Tickets: $65. Purchase at
goldcoastjazz.org or via Ticketmaster Box Office at
954.462.0222.
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Discounts: Student, teacher, and group rates available.
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Membership: Members receive subscription discounts and support GCJS education programs including the Scholarship Program, in-school JazzSLAM, and First Friday Jazz Jams.
Audiences are invited to participate in either a Full Season Subscription or a Jazz Trio to appreciate the series with fellow jazz enthusiasts once a month. For subscriptions and single tickets, visit www.goldcoastjazz.org.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 7:45 p.m.
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
An Evening of New Orleans Jazz, Funk, & Soul
The year's exciting series kicks off with the return of the popular
Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Direct from New Orleans with 'An Evening of New Orleans Jazz, Funk, and Soul,' will have you dancing in the aisles! Celebrating over 48 years since their founding in 1977, this Grammy-winning New Orleans-based band has taken the traditional foundation of brass band music and incorporated it into a blend of genres, including bebop jazz, funk, and R&B/soul. With their special “musical gumbo,” the Dirty Dozen has toured across five continents and more than thirty countries.
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 | 7:45 p.m.
Allan Harris
Poetry of Jazz
December's concert feature jazz vocalist
Allan Harris in "Poetry of Jazz." The Brooklyn-born, Harlem-based vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and band leader, is a true luminary in the world of music. Revered by the Miami Herald as an artist graced with "the warmth of Tony Bennett, the bite and rhythmic sense of Sinatra, and the sly elegance of Nat ‘King' Cole," Harris stands as an embodiment of moving and magisterial artistry. As Harlem’s own modern-day troubadour, Harris takes classic poetry — from Shakespeare’s sonnets to Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance — and drops it into the deep pocket of jazz. He’ll be joined by his fantastic group of jazz musicians.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 | 7:45 p.m.
Niki Haris with
The Shelly Berg Trio
Jazz, Soul & Blues
Jazz vocalist
Niki Haris opens 2026 alongside The
Shelly Berg Trio. Niki is a multi-talented singer, dancer, actress, choreographer, and daughter of the Grammy® nominated jazz pianist Gene Harris. Her vocal collaborations include a “Who’s Who” of the music business. She has worked with jazz greats from Stanley Turrentine, Joe Sample, and the Jazz Crusaders to recordings with Ray Charles to Mick Jagger, Whitney Houston, Sheryl Crow, and many others. Shelly Berg is a Steinway piano artist and five-time Grammy® nominated arranger, orchestrator, and producer, with numerous recordings to his credit. Not only a performer, he is the Dean of the University of Miami’s prestigious Frost School of Music, host of Generation Next on Sirius XM, music director for The Jazz Cruise, and artistic advisor for the Jazz Roots series at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 | 7:45 p.m.
Diego Figueiredo & Friends
The Jazz Duets
Back by popular demand,
Diego Figueiredo and Friends will return in February with The Jazz Duets. Acclaimed as one of the greatest guitarists in the world, Figueiredo will perform a series of duets with his fantastic jazz friends,
Nestor Torres on flute, pianist
Shelly Berg and percussionist
Sammy Figueroa. An extraordinary star among the world's greatest jazz guitarists, Figueiredo’s superb technique, timing and imagination have made him one of the hottest international names. His unique skills and his concert performances have been a success in more than 60 countries around the world. He has released 28 CDS, three DVDs and a book. “I suggest that anyone who knows or appreciates the greatest jazz guitarists who ever lived check out this Brazilian genius," says Jazz Impresario Todd Barkan.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 | 7:45 p.m.
Karrin Allyson
Karrin's Kaleidoscope
March brings jazz vocalist
Karrin Allyson in her "Karrin’s Kaleidoscope" show to The Amaturo Theater. For her Kaleidoscopeconcerts, Karrin eases through an eclectic array of styles she’s known for, from her 5 Grammy® nominated recordings, to the Great American Songbook; from Classic Pop songs to her own originals from “Some of That Sunshine”; from French chansons to Brazilian classics; from the Blues and Bebop to songs of justice and beyond. Showcasing the material of such artists as Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, James Taylor, The Beatles, Billy Joel, Carmen McRae, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Blossom Dearie, Shirley Horn, Mose Allison, Joao & Astrud Gilberto, Rosa Passos, Djavan, Edith Piaf, and her own material, this show is soulful and heartfelt, and her band is always top-notch.
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | 7:45 p.m.
Michael Kaeshammer
Turn It Up
The March concert will feature the return of the internationally-renowned Canadian pianist and vocalist, Michael Kaeshammer. This show is part of his "Turn it Up" 2024/2025 Tour. The acclaimed Canadian virtuoso pianist and singer, Kaeshammer has earned an international following as a triple threat: a technical master of many different moods, an eloquent singer-songwriter, and a charming and engaging performer. His signature style weaves classical, jazz, blues, boogie-woogie, stride, and pop into a rich and vibrant sonic tapestry. Turn It Up, Kaeshammer’s 15th album, is a dynamic and rollicking collection resistant to a single, catch-all genre.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 | 7:45 p.m.
Grace Kelly Quartet
Grace Kelly 20th Anniversary Tour
Closing the concert series in April will be the jazz phenom, Grace Kelly, with her Quartet for her "Grace Kelly 20th Anniversary Tour." An unequivocal musical prodigy, singer-saxophonist-songwriter-composer and band leader, Kelly has rocked the jazz world with sold-out concerts, acclaimed albums and a resume that includes performing at the Hollywood Bowl and as part of the house band for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” – all before reaching her mid-twenties. Kelly has performed and recorded with renowned artists including Lin Manuel- Miranda, Dave Brubeck, Phil Woods, Huey Lewis, Harry Connick Jr., Gloria Estefan, Questlove, and Wynton Marsalis. Grace is “[A] jazz innovator… Making jazz young” says Billboard Magazine.
All Concerts Held At:
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Amaturo Theater
201 SW 5th Ave.
CONNECT WITH GOLD COAST JAZZ!
The Gold Coast Jazz Society is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of jazz through a mainstage concert series, free community concerts, educational programs, a jazz scholarship program, and services by the Gold Coast Jazz Society Band. Learn more at goldcoastjazz.org.
Funding for this organization is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council. Concert sponsors include American National Bank, Funding Arts Broward, the Helen Ingham Foundation, the Richard Ingham Concert Fund, and the Mary N. Porter Funds/Community Foundation of Broward.
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