January 2018

Scattered around Palm Beach County are upcoming outdoor concerts to sit back and enjoy.

Concerts in the Court:

Every Friday night, the Downtown at the Gardens hosts its free weekly concert series. The concerts feature regional and local bands playing everything from country, to rock, pop, and everything in between. The concerts are in the Centre Court of the Palm Beach Gardens outdoor shopping mall, and will start at 6 pm until 9 pm.

The first concert is this Friday, January 5th and The Samantha Russel Band will be performing songs from country, Southern Rock, pop tunes, and original hits. If you can’t make this outdoor concert, there will be more throughout the month for you to attend. The outdoor concert series runs every Friday until the end of April.

The Palm Beach Modern & Contemporary Art Fair is presented by Art Miami and the City of West Palm Beach. This second edition fair returns to West Palm on January 11th at 5 p.m. 

The Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society, the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, and the Joe Namath Neurological Research Center. The VIP Preview is from 5 p.m.- 9 p.m. General Fair days are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the 12th -14th from 11 a.m.- 7 p.m. and Monday, January 15th, 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. 

The Modern Art Fair brings together more than 50 premier galleries from Japan, the UK, Portugal, France, Germany, Canada, Venezuela, and the Netherlands. Art connoisseurs will have the chance to acquire these works of art from contemporary to blue chip, to post-war.

The fair

The 31st annual Boca Fest is happening January 13th and 14th at the Boca Town Center. 

This judged event showcases nearly 200 artists from around the country displaying all mediums. Featuring gorgeous sculptures, paintings, jewels, photographs, ceramics and more, the art festival has remained one of the most popular events of the year in Boca Raton. 

Meet the artists and talk about their inspiration and techniques at this fine arts fetival. You can commission a specific piece if it calls to you. The event is otherwise free goes from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. 

6000 Glades rd., Boca Raton, Fl 33431.

The Sunshine Music Festival returns to Florida next week! One of their stops is Boca Raton on Sunday, January 14th. A favorite for folk music lovers, the concert takes place at the Mizner Park Amphitheatre, Boca's grogeous outdoor amphitheatre, colonnade, and concert green.

The lineup features 7 live bands; the duo of Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Mike Gordon from Phish, the boys in Medski Martin & Wood, Galactic, Hot Tuna, The Sufferers, and Foundation of Funk. These bands play all different kinds of music- some jazz, R&B, and funk, others blues and rock and more.

Musicians will play on two stages starting at noon. There will also be wine, beer, and food on site. For more information and tickets, click here. 

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The Maltz Theatre in Jupiter is continuing to draw large crowds for this season line of production musicals.

This month Hairspray the Musical is coming to Jupiter. The musical will run January 9th through January 28th.

Hairspray, the pop musical sensation is about Tracy Turnblad, young girl from Baltimore in the 1960s trying to make a name for herself in the dance world and land herself on one of the hottest dance shows on television, The Corny Collins Show, making her dreams come true.

The winner of 8 Tony Awards, the Broadway Hit and award-winning film features popular songs “Without Love”, “Welcome to the 60s”, “You Can’t Stop The Beat”, “Good Morning Baltimore”, and more.

Grab your friends and family and join the Maltz Theatre in Jupiter for a night of