From weekend events to in-depth reporting on the region’s cultural life, Jacksonville Today highlights the arts and entertainment that define Northeast Florida. Our coverage includes What to Do guides, artist spotlights, event previews, and stories about music, theater, visual arts, and local traditions. Whether you are looking for something fun this weekend or insight into Jacksonville’s creative community, you will find it here.
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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
February 22, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Feb. 24-26

The Dandy Warhols headline a free fest; a new Cummer Museum exhibit opens; and a piano quartet kicks off the…

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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
February 15, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Feb. 17-19

Visual art at the Beaches, jazz and blues in St. Augustine and hip hop in Downtown Jacksonville are this week’s…

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Headliners for this year's Discover Fort Mose Jazz and Blues Series (clockwise from left) Christian McBride's New Jawn, Mavis Staples, Rhiannon Giddens, Christone Ingram, Gladys Knight, Valerie June | Courtesy of the artists
February 8, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Feb. 9-12

Live jazz and blues, a local painter’s solo show and the Jax Symphony’s pipes are this weekend’s Arts Picks.…

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Seattle's the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio visits the Ritz Theatre this weekend | Credit: Courtesy of the artist
February 1, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Feb. 3-5

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend.…

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MOCA Studio View. | Credit: Photo by Casey Van Dyke
January 25, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Jan. 27-29

Piano performance, a solo art show and a bike tour of Downtown are this week’s Art Picks.…

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Credit: Michael Rakim, cropped, courtesy of the artist
January 19, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Jan. 20-22

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday and…

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Press photograph of bass prodigy Michael Feinberg | Credit; Courtesy of the artists
January 12, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Jan. 13-15

Two chances to appreciate jazz and a bit of Disney magic are on tap this weekend in Jacksonville.…

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As evidenced by the streaming numbers for his music, Beaches-based singer-songwriter Corey Kilgannon is one of the most popular independent artists working in Jacksonville today. He plays Blue Jay Listening Room on Sunday. Credit: Jacob Cummings, courtesy of the artist
January 5, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Jan. 6-8

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend.…

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Credit: Courtesy of the Jacksonville Symphony
December 14, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Dec. 16-18

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday Print…

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More than 40 gingerbread and icing creations, from local landmarks to Christmas fantasy scenes, decorate the interior of the Old St. Andrew's Church during the 20th annual Gingerbread Extravaganza. | Dan Scanlan
December 7, 2022

20th annual Jacksonville Gingerbread Extravaganza brings builders from far and wide

The aroma of gingerbread fills the air inside the historic sanctuary of Old St. Andrews Church as Paisley Engram looks…

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December 7, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Dec. 9-11

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday Milagros:…

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December 1, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Dec. 1-4

Every Friday, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Thursday-Friday…

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Credit: Courtesy of CoRK Arts District
November 17, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Nov. 18-20

Every Friday, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday…

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Credit: Courtesy of Jacksonville Dance Theatre
November 10, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Nov. 11-13

Every week, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday…

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November 2, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Nov. 4-6

Every week, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday…

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Don’t Blame it on ZEN: The Way of John Cage & Friends, Installation view. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, Curated by Jade Dellinger, Director of the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at FSW September 2021-January 2022.
October 27, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Oct. 28-30

Every Friday, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Tonight…

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October 21, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Oct. 21-23

Every Friday, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the…

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October 18, 2022

2022 State of the River Report

Join Dr. Gretchen Bielmeyer-Fraser and a panel of experts as they present the 2022 State of the River Report for…

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July 13, 2022

Northeast Florida Regional Conservation Efforts

This is the fourth webinar of the “Let’s Talk About Resilience” webinar series presented in partnership with the GTM Research…

June 3, 2022

Undercurrents: Cultures of Climate Change

On June 2nd, ADAPT partnered with Flagler College and the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum for “Undercurrents: Cultures of Climate Change,” an…

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April 11, 2022

Capturing the magic of Black motherhood despite the maternal mortality crisis

It’s one thing to know something. It’s an entirely different experience to be immersed in your knowledge, feel it with…

April 4, 2022

The Northeast Florida Focus Area of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ South Atlantic Coastal Study

This is the third webinar of the “Let’s Talk About Resilience” webinar series presented in partnership with the GTM Research…

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February 15, 2022

Building Flood Resilience Into Urban Systems

This is the second installment of the “Let’s Talk About Resilience” webinar series presented in partnership with the GTM Research…

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"Reliquario De Santi Cosmos (Medici, 1691)," 2020 by Richard Heipp courtesy of the artist
January 26, 2022

Painter Richard Heipp forces us to see the world, and his art, anew

In Wes Anderson’s new film, The French Dispatch, Julian Cadazio (a huckster of substantial means played by Adrien Brody) is…