A celebration of hip-hop and all its elements -- graffiti, DJ'ing, emceeing and (seen here) breakdancing -- is the main thrust of this weekend's Summer in the City held in James Weldon Johnson park | Photo by Toni Smailagic, courtesy of Cre8Jax

Grammy-winning drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. (center) leads a trio of topflight jazz artists at Wildcrafters on Sunday | Photo by Toni Smailagic

Summer at the Cummer returns to Riverside's revered cultural institution this week with the first of 10 free Friday evenings of programming taking place across the museum's grounds | Photo by Toni Smailagic, courtesy of Cre8Jax

Popular Jacksonville-based country band Dean Winter and the Heat present Heat Fest at Intuition Ale Works this weekend, in celebration of the vinyl release of their debut full-length record | Jesse Brantman, courtesy of the artist

Jacksonville artists (clockwise from bottom left) Daddy, Bebe Deluxe and Bad Madonna are among the artists performing at the Walrus on Sunday for Duval County Queer Pride | Press photos courtesy of the artists (cropped)

Jazz great, the saxophonist and composer Dayna Stephens, performs at a special event honoring James Weldon Johnson's birthday, on Sunday. | Credit: Courtesy of the artist

The inclusive dance party Duval Folx returns to the Cummer Gardens on Friday in celebration of Pride | Photo courtesy of Toni Smailagic, Cre8Jax

Miami surf-rock band Haute Tension headlines the Summer Crush Series at the Walrus, put on by St. Augustine BIPOC- and queer-focussed music and arts organization Underwire Collective | Credit: Courtesy of the artist

Thin Veil, 2021, by Bo Bartlett (American, b. 1955). Oil on linen, 82 x 100 inches. © Image courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY

Flalgler College's Crisp-Ellert Art Museum hosts the second annual exploration of experimental film and art, the Finger Mullet Film Festival, this weekend. | Credit: Courtesy of CEAM

San Marco's Yesterday and Today Records is one of several Jacksonville independent music retailers participating in Record Store Day on Saturday. Photo: Cole LoCurto, courtesy of the Jacksonville Music Experience

Experimental rock band Earth headlines Sunday night's programming at Sun Ray Cinema's four-day arts and music celebration, Sleeping Giant | Press photo courtesy of the artist

Jon Bon Jovi in Jamaica, circa 1986, photographed by Mark Weiss. An exhibtion of Weiss's rock and roll photography is on view at Gallery 725 beginning Friday, March 17 | Courtesy of Gallery 725

Or those of us who live at the shoreline (ghost forest), 2021 Digital video, silent 00:03:18, Courtesy of the artist

Image from Franklin Park Conservatory's presentation

Winterland V headliners (clockwise from bottom left) Jacuzzi Boys, Sudan Archives, The Dandy Warhols, The Nude Party, Gustaf and Os Mutantes perform in Downtown Jacksonville this weekend, alongside nearly two dozen local and regional artists | Credit: Press photos courtesy of the artists

Duval singer and rapper, and member of local hip-hop collective L.O.V.E. Culture, Ché performing at last year's JWJ Hip Hop Festival. Ché hosts this year's fest, which honors the late Paten Locke | Credit: Courtesy of JWJ Park