With a lineup that included two bona fide New Orleans acts, plus several others steeped in Crescent City musical history, the sixth annual Sunshine Music Festival stop at Mizner Park Ampitheater in Boca Raton on Jan. 14 was expected to be more funky than its previous installments of blues, rock, and roots music performers. Yet what couldn’t have been expected was how easy … [Read more...]
Sunshine Fest at Mizner will have a New Orleans feel
As always, the sixth annual installment of the Sunshine Music Festival will be headlined by the Tedeschi Trucks Band, the powerful, 12-piece roots music juggernaut led by husband-and-wife festival co-founders Derek Trucks (guitar) and Susan Tedeschi (vocals/guitar). But the ever-impressive supporting acts take on a decidedly more jazzy, funky, and New Orleans-themed vibe in … [Read more...]
The January Scene: Notable events for the month
Here is a quick overview of some of the notable events on tap for January, some of which will be explored in more detail in future ArtsPaper stories: Shakespeare in the Park Festival (Mizner Park, Jan. 6-8) Shakespeare Miami is teaming with the city of Boca Raton to present three free mountings of The Merchant of Venice at Mizner Park in the first week of the new … [Read more...]