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The Bradenton Blues Festival Weekend will be held at the Bradenton Riverwalk Pavilion at Rossi Park on Friday, Dec. 2 and Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, with an outstanding lineup of talented blues musicians on the big stage. In addition to amazing music, you can purchase local craft beer and wine, delicious food, and cool festival merchandise. The weekend wraps up with a tasty and soulful Bradenton Blues Brunch prepared by award-winning Chef Paul Mattison on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. Come and experience the blues in Bradenton!
COVID 19 protocols will be followed according to local health guidelines at the time of the event.
The Bradenton Blues Festival is produced by REALIZE BRADENTON, a nonprofit organization that brings people together to create a vibrant and prosperous downtown area for residents, visitors, and businesses. The proceeds from the Bradenton Blues Festival support Realize Bradenton’s youth, art, and music programs that are free to the community, including our Blues in the Schools program.
This concert features classics from the Jazz Age songbook
made famous by the likes of Sophie Tucker, Louis Armstrong, Al Jolson, Fats
Waller, Bessie Smith, Helen Morgan, Ruth Etting, and more. Come join Carole as
she travels back to a time when flappers, vamps, and sheiks were shimmying in
gin joints as a whirl of great social and political change happened all around
them.
ABOUT THE JOHN KNOX VILLAGE CULTURAL ARTS PAVILION:
John Knox Village held a grand opening in June 2022 for the newest addition to its 70-acre campus – the $34 million Cultural Arts Pavilion at Westlake. The 27,000-square-foot pavilion is home to two restaurants – Seaglass and The Pearl – as well as Barton’s Nautilus Bar and the 350-plus-seat performance venue.The Pavilion is part of a long-range master plan to expand and update the entire campus of John Knox Village (JKV), located at 651 SW Sixth Street in Pompano Beach. The Cultural Arts Center in the Pavilion has a variety of concerts and entertainment lined up for its first season, which is open to non-residents of JKV. A limited number of seats for all performances will be available to non-residents of JKV through the Eventbrite ticketing website.
“JKV is embarking on a new cultural series that brings local, regional and national talent to the campus of JKV for our residents as well as the greater community,” said Jody Leshinsky, JKV’s Life Enrichment Manager, who books the entertainers. “With the new Cultural Arts Center, we’re raising the bar on the caliber of talent that will be on the stages.”
In addition to the JKV Jazz Series, the South Florida Chamber Ensemble will perform traditional classical music and music from Broadway shows on Nov. 7, and the Fushu Daiko ensemble will perform Japanese taiko drumming on Nov. 9.
The JKV Symphony Pops Series will kick off at the Cultural Arts Center on Oct. 10 with the South Florida Symphony Orchestra and award-winning singer Anthony Nunziata performing classics of the Frank Sinatra era. In the coming months, a JKV Dance Series will make its debut. The schedule of upcoming events and ticket information will be posted on Eventbrite.
Parking for the Cultural Arts Center is located at JKV’s Center for Healthy Living parking lot at 550 SW Third Street (MAP), adjacent to the JKV property. From there, a JKV air-conditioned shuttle bus will provide transportation for the short distance to the Cultural Arts Center. For those who choose to walk from the parking lot to the Cultural Arts Center, security staff will be there to assist.
“JKV is embarking on a new cultural series that brings local, regional and national talent to the campus of JKV for our residents as well as the greater community,” said Jody Leshinsky, JKV’s Life Enrichment Manager, who books the entertainers. “With the new Cultural Arts Center, we’re raising the bar on the caliber of talent that will be on the stages.”
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The Sunshine Jazz Organization's 36th Season Annual Holiday Concert will be a joyful Jazz Jam featuring international Steelpan Legend and South Florida Jazz Hall of Fame Inductee Othello Molineaux. Leading the band is popular jazz vocalist Loye Hawkins who continues to Leading the band is popular jazz vocalist Loye Hawkins who continues to propagate Jazz and monthly Jazz Jams around Miami for many years.
SJO programming is presented with support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
The SOUTH FLORIDA BLUES SOCIETY Regional Blues Challenge was held on Sunday, October 2, 2022 in Pompano Beach. Apostoli won the solo/duo category and will be representing in the premier blues competition in the world, presented by the Blues Foundation. This is the same competition that JP Soars won in 2009 and launched his world-wide success as a blues artist.
Apostoli Floyd is an artist that is coming of age on the Florida scene. His music is based in multi-cultural and personal experiences and he has multiple earlier releases that led up the October 7, 2022 release of his album debut, "Beach Blues." Truly an new artist that moves seamlessly from comtemporary blues based in tradition to a distinctive new blues that he can rightfully call his own. “This album brings a new sound and style to the Blues genre. My mission is to keep the Blues alive. It's all done before, but I'm doing it now." -Apostoli Floyd
The International Blues Challenge represents the worldwide search for blues bands and solo/duo blues performers ready for the international stage, yet just needing that extra big break. The world’s largest gathering of blues musicians will take place on Beale Street, with over 20 clubs hosting the challengers and fans. In addition to featuring these final rounds of the prestigious blues music competition, the IBC event week will offer seminars, showcases, master classes, film screenings, networking events, book signings, and receptions for blues societies, fans, and professionals.
Join us for the first Jazz performance in the Jazzy nights series! Featuring a tremendous group of musicians for an evening of hard swinging acoustic jazz music, including New Orleans great Leroy Jones, legendary tenor saxophonist Lew Del Gatto (Saturday Night Live Band 1975-2006 & Frank Sinatra), the spectacular pianist from NYC Roy Gerson, bassist Brandon Robertson and drummer Tony Vigilante.
Generously underwritten by Alexandra Bremner in loving memory of Eunice Bremner.
GUNHILD CARLING Friday, February 24 2023 6:30pm: Cocktails, 7:30pm: Performance
Gunhild Carling is a Swedish Jazz Star who plays multiple instruments, sings and tap dances. Carling performs all over the world, with over 50 million views in Youtube, facebook and other platforms. Gunhild plays several instruments such as trombone, trumpet, recorder, bagpipe, harmonica, drums and piano and has toured around Europe since a very early age together with her family.
Generously underwritten by Alexandra Bremner in loving memory of Eunice Bremner.
ADRIAN CUNNINGHAM
Quartet Friday, March 11 2023 6:30pm: Cocktails, 7:30pm: Performance
New York based and Australian born Adrian Cunningham is an award winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, and world traveler. With fluent command of the saxophones, clarinet, and flute, he is one of the finest multi-instrumentalists in jazz today. In a career spanning two decades and counting, the “down under sax star” (Wall St Journal) has performed alongside luminaries such as Jon Batiste, Chris Potter and Wynton Marsalis, and has appeared as soloist in some of the world’s great stages including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Blue Note (New York and Toyko), Stravinsky Auditorium (Montreux Jazz Festival) and the Sydney Opera House.
Generously underwritten by Alexandra Bremner in loving memory of Eunice Bremner.
The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, run by Florida Arts, Inc. (a 501c3 organization), is a must-see attraction in downtown Fort Myers with a colorful history. The center is dedicated to bringing world-class art events to the Southwest Florida community. Within our restored, state-of-the-art facility, we present a wide range of events to the public. From concerts to art exhibitions, galas to lectures, and providing educational arts experiences for children and adults alike– we promise excellence!
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