A.G. GancarskiApril 16, 2020
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A.G. GancarskiMay 29, 2018
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Jacksonville held another iteration of its yearly jazz festival over Memorial Day weekend, but a number of local politicians critiqued a scheduling decision for the well-attended event. City decision makers did not use the Jacksonville Landing as a location for a festival stage; a move not altogether surprising given the continued legal back and forth between […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2017
3min254
After a recent terror attack after a pop concert in England that took 19 lives and injured dozens more, security is bound to be stepped up throughout the western world. Including in Jacksonville, where jazz fans should expect a little “vetting” from Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officers at the Jazz Festival this weekend. “When we ask to […]
Melissa RossMay 27, 2016
2min203
Music fans who flock to the Jacksonville Jazz Festival this weekend can expect to be asked to sign a petition supported by voting rights activists around Florida. The Florida Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative was an initiated constitutional amendment that fell short of the required signatures needed to make it onto the Florida ballot […]
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 16, 2016
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Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is more identified with his love of commercial rap than jazz, so one might have wondered what his first jazz festival would have held. The Jacksonville Jazz Festival, held on an annual basis since 1981, has featured a wide range of artists, ranging from Dizzy Gillespie in its first year, to a […]