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ARTS PICKS | Aug. 18-20

Published on August 17, 2023 at 9:59 am
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Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend.

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Friday

Blue Jay’s Six-Year Anniversary

Blue Jay Listening Room | Jacksonville Beach 

Intimate and beloved Jacksonville Beach music club Blue Jay Listening Room has much to celebrate. Not only did the fun-sized venue weather the storm of pandemic lockdowns and touring halts, the venue is thriving as a locus for standouts from the local jazz scene, emerging regional singer-songwriters and one-of-a-kind storytellers of the nationally touring variety. On Friday, Blue Jay celebrates six years in the biz, removing those comfy leather chairs and sturdy bistro tables to welcome Duval honky-tonk act Dean Winter & The Heat for a special standing-room-only show. Music starts at 8 p.m. Tickets and more info

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Friday, Saturday & Sunday 

Murder Ballad 

Players by the Sea | Jacksonville Beach 

Local nonprofit All Beaches Experimental Theatre brings the critically acclaimed rock-opera Murder Ballad to the stage of Players by the Sea theater in Jax Beach. With music and lyrics by Juliana Nash and book by Julia Jordan, Murder Ballad tells a modern story of passion, betrayal, and, yes, murder, that’s sure to intrigue the true-crime-obsessed (see: seemingly anyone and everyone). ABET performs Murder Ballad three times this weekend: Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets and more info.


Saturday

Phoenix Flea For All Outdoor Market 

Phoenix Arts & Innovation District | Springfield 

If you haven’t yet had a chance to see the progress being made in the Phoenix Arts & Innovation District, Saturday’s Phoenix Flea For All outdoor market on Saturday evening is a great opportunity to see the vision for a hub of creativity and ingenuity in north Springfield. An all-local lineup of small business owners and makers will be set up among the many vibrant murals in the district’s greenway, with food trucks, beverages and DJ Enerji spinning until 9 p.m. Market opens at 5 p.m. It’s free to attend. More info.


author image Arts & Culture Editor email Matthew Shaw is a writer, editor and musician. His writing has appeared in Folio Weekly, Edible Northeast Florida, The Surfer's Journal, and SURFER Magazine, and he's reported on national stories for The New York Times. He was previously editor in chief of the Void Magazine.

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