Aymée Nuviola performs Thursday, Jan. 6, in a pre-festival event at the Faena Theater.
The sixth year for the South Beach Jazz Festival gets underway Thursday, Jan. 6 with a pre-festival event and then the big weekend of music kicks off with sounds of Jazz throughout the city of Miami Beach from Jan. 7 through 9.
From living legends of Gospel music to Jazz masters, the South Beach Jazz Festival has pulled together local, regional and global talent in an all-star line-up for the 2022 event.
No doubt the highlight of the weekend of jazz is the Friday night appearance by multi-Grammy award-winning legends The Blind Boys of Alabama.
The performance will be at the North Beach Bandshell in Miami Beach.
Donald Harrison, National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master 2022, will perform in the double bill with his quartet direct from New Orleans.
A pre-festival event Thursday, Jan. 6, is at the Faena Theater with the two-time Grammy® award and Latin Grammy® award winner Gonzalo Rubalcaba will be making his Miami debut as a duo with Latin Grammy® award winner Aymee Nuviola together as “An Evening with Aymee and Gonzalo.”
The Blind Boys of Alabama are the headliners Friday night at the North Beach Bandshell. (Photo by Jim Herrington).
David New, Founder, President and Artistic Director of Power Access and The South Beach Jazz Festival said: “The 6th Annual South Beach Jazz Festival is the realization of a dream, an inclusive music festival, of the highest caliber, in the city I love, Miami Beach.”
The festival will continue throughout the weekend with free performances on Lincoln Road.
The festival also proudly serves as a showcase for the next generation of Jazz talent at the Jazz for Tomorrow Student Stage on Saturday, Jan. 8. The program features The Miami Lighthouse Youth Band, the Jazz Educators Community Coalition Ensemble (JECC), The University of Miami Jazz Quintet featuring Kaleen Barton, and the exciting Florida Memorial University (FMU) Jazz Royalty Ensemble, a twenty-person Big Band experience.
The schedule of events
Donald Harrison and his quarter perform on the same bill with The Blind Boys of Alabama at the South Beach Jazz Festival kick off on Friday, Jan. 7 at 8 p.m.
Friday, January 7, 2022, 8 pm
“SoBe at NoBe” The Official Opening Night of the South Beach Jazz Festival
The Blind Boys of Alabama with the Donald Harrison Quartet
North Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL
Tickets: $35 - $75
The Jazz Educator Community Coalition Ensemble performs on the Jazz for Tomorrow Student Stage in a free show Saturday, Jan. 8.
Saturday, January 8, 2022, 10 am - 4 pm
“Live on Lincoln”
Jazz for Tomorrow Student Stage
Euclid Oval, Lincoln Road and Euclid Ave, Miami Beach, Fl
10;00 am - All About The Hammond B3 in Jazz: a Tribute to Dr. Lonnie Smith.
A Masterclass presented by Derek Fairholm
11:00 am - The Lighthouse Youth Band
12:20 pm - Jazz Educator Community Coalition Ensemble (JECC)
1:40 pm - University of Miami Jazz Quintet featuring Kaleen Barton
3:00 pm - Florida Memorial University (FMU) Jazz Royalty Ensemble
Tickets: free and open to the public
Munir Hossn & Elas perform at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 9 at 1111 Lincoln Road Plaza in a free show.
Saturday, January 8, 2022, 4 pm - 6 pm
“Live on Lincoln”
Power Access Main Stage
1111 Lincoln Road Plaza, Miami Beach, Fl
4:00 pm - Live Orchestra Performance
4:30 pm - The Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida with Orchestra
Tickets: Free and open to the public
Nicole Yarling performs at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 9, in a free show on the stage on Lincoln Road.
Sunday, January 9, 2022, 11 am - 7 pm
“Live on Lincoln”
Power Access Main Stage
1111 Lincoln Road Plaza, Miami Beach, Fl
11:00 am - Russ Spiegel Organ Group
12:30 pm - Nicole Yarling Quintet
2:00 pm - Negroni Trio
3:45 pm - The French Horn Collective
5:30 pm - Munir Hossn & Elas
Tickets: Free and open to the public
The South Beach Jazz Festival is produced by Power Access, a 501(c)3 non-profit humanitarian organization, in association with The Rhythm Foundation.
Visit SobeJazzFestival.com, for tickets and information.
