Are you looking for some exciting entertainment? Want to see some old familiar movies? Miss
some of the crooners that you’ve heard long ago? Well, you need look no longer. February at the Florida Theatre promises to
fulfill your entertainment hunger. There’s
always something exciting to do in JAX. Don’t
wait too long before you order your tickets for the following:
February 2018 schedule:
1- Tanya
Tucker
2- Adam
Ant The Anthems Tour
6- Civic Cinema Do The Right Thing
7- Diana Krall
8- Cody Jinks
9- TESLA
10- Little River Band with Pablo Cruise
11- Blues Traveler
13- The
Hot Sardines
15- Paula
Poundstone
17- Daniel O’Donell
18- Gordon
Lightfoot
21- Rodriguez
22- Jamey
Johnson
23- Air
Supply
23- Mindi Abair and the Boneshakers, at the Ritz Theatre
24- C.S. Lewis 3 & 8pm
27- Michael
McDonald
February 1 - 8pm — Tanya Tucker. Country music legend Tanya Tucker's 40-year career has provided some of
the biggest country music hits of each decade, including, “Blood Red and Goin’ Down,” “Would you Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone),”
“What’s Your Mama’s Name,” and “Texas
(When I Die).”
February 2 - 7:30pm — Adam Ant: The Anthems Tour. Pop
icon Adam Ant is known for his massive hits: "Goody Two Shoes," "Stand and Deliver" and
"Wonderful." He will
perform his landmark Kings Of The Wild Frontier album in its entirety
followed by a greatest hits set. *Show rescheduled from September.
February 6 - 7pm — Civic Cinema Do The Right Thing.
February 7 - 8pm — Diana Krall. Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and
singer, Diana Krall is the only artist to have eight albums debut at the top of
the Billboard Jazz Album chart. She is touring in support of her latest release
Turn Up The Quiet.
February 8 - 8pm — Cody Jinks. Country
music singer and songwriter Cody Jinks' album I'm Not The Devil broke into
the Top 5 On Billboard Country Chart and features the songs "Chase That Song," "The Way I
Am," and "No Words."
Ward Davis and Sunny Sweeney will open.
Feburay 9 - 8pm — TESLA. Hard
rock quintet TESLA debut album, Mechanical Resonance, yielded the
signature anthems "Little
Suzi," "Modern Day Cowboy," "Cumin’ Atcha Live," and
"Gettin’ Better." They are
also well known for their hit single "Signs."
February 10 - 8pm — Little River Band with special guest Pablo Cruise. Little
River Band top charts with the hits: “Reminiscing,”
“Cool Change,” “Lonesome Loser,” “The Night Owls,” “Take It Easy On Me,”
and “Help Is on Its Way.” Special Guest Pablo Cruise is known for his
hits: “Whatcha Gonna Do?” “Love Will Find
a Way,” “A Place In The Sun,” “Cool Love,” “I Want You Tonight,” and “I Go To Rio.”
February 11 - 7pm — Blues Traveler. Jam band Blues Traveler
celebrates their 30th Anniversary with a stop at the Florida Theatre! Over
their 30 -year career, Blues Traveler has released 20 albums and their hits “Run Around,” “But Anyway,” and “Hook,” are radio staples.
February 13 - 8pm — The Hot Sardines. Eight-member jazz ensemble, The Hot Sardines, play 1920s and 30s music
influenced by swing and blues. Their
songs: “Gramercy Sunset,” “Sweet Pea,” and
“Some of These Days” highlight the
band’s brassy horn arrangements, piano melodies and sultry vocals.
February 16 - 8pm — Paula Poundstone. Considered one of
the country's foremost standup comedians, she is a regular panelist on NPR's #1
weekly news quiz show, Wait...Wait Don't Tell Me! She has recorded two comedy HBO comedy
specials, Cats, Cops and Stuff and Paula Poundstone Goes To
Harvard.
February 17 - 7:30pm — Daniel O’Donnell. One of Ireland’s best loved singers, Daniel O’Donnell has gained fame in
the United States with his first PBS special – The Daniel O’Donnell Show. His many hits include "The Magic is
There," "Stand Beside Me," "Give a Little Love,"
"The Way Dreams Are," and "I Just Wanna Dance with You."
February 18 - 8pm — Gordon Lightfoot. Considered one of the greatest
singer/songwriters of all time, Grammy nominated Gordon Lightfoot’s vast
musical catalogue includes the hit songs: “Sundown,”
“Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald,” “Rainy Day People,” “If You Could Read My
Mind” and many more.
February 21 - 8pm — Rodriguez. Rodriguez, the legendary self-taught
singer-songwriter, and star of the Oscar-winning documentary, Searching for
Sugarman, will perform songs from his albums Cold Fact and Coming
From Reality, both of which have recently been re-released.
February 22 - 8pm — Jamey Johnson. Grammy-nominated country artist Jamey Johnson
has co-written some of the biggest country hits for artists like Trace Adkins,
George Strait and Willie Nelson. His
album, That Lonesome Song, was certified platinum for 1 million in
sales, and his 2010 ambitious double album, The Guitar Song, received a
gold certification.
February 23 - 8pm — Air Supply. This Hall of Fame pop rock duo topped the charts worldwide with a string
of hits like: "Making Love Out of
Nothing At All," "All Out of Love," "Every Woman In the
World," "The One You Love" and "Here I Am."
February 23 - 8pm — Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers (at the Ritz). Two-time
Grammy Nominated Mindi Abair brings blues rock saxophone and vocals back to
mainstream music with her band, The Boneshakers.
February 24 - 3 & 8pm — C.S. Lewis. Max McLean brings to life one of the most
engaging personalities of our age and takes audiences on C.S. Lewis’
fascinating theatrical journey from vigorous debunker of faith to the most
vibrant and influential Christian intellectual of the 20th Century. Suitable for adults and children 13 and up.
Children under 4 will not be admitted.
February 27 - 8pm — Michael McDonald. This former Dobie
Brothers’ singer has solo hits
including: “I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time
You’re Near),” “Sweet Freedom,” “On My Own” (with Patti LaBelle) and the
Grammy-winning James Ingram duet “Yah Mo
B There,” have made him one of music’s most enduring performers.
“Florida Theatre February 2018 events”
LOCATION: Florida
Theatre
128 E. Forsyth St.
Jacksonville, FL 32202
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is proud to present “In the Garden,” on view February 2
through April 22, 2018. The exhibition features
more than 100 photographs from the George Eastman Museum collection that
explore how humans cultivate the
landscapes that surround them, and the ways in which photography has
recorded, interpreted, or staged the cultivated landscape in its many shapes
and forms. From famous locations to the simplest home vegetable garden, from
worlds imagined by artists to food production recorded by journalists, these
images broaden our understanding of how photography has been used to record
gardens.
Spanning the history of photography and photographic processes from the 19th-century
daguerreotype to inkjet prints, the exhibition looks at how photography has
been key in documenting humans’ relationship to nature. Some of the first photographs were photograms
of plant materials — direct records of the structures of botanical specimens. However, 19th-century photographers also
called upon the artistic tradition of still life paintings, capturing
compositions of floral bouquets or objects in a garden. As photography quickly became accepted as a
method for recording the world, photographs became stand-ins for landscapes
that most people could not visit — a visual access to cultures and gardens
around the world.
This exhibition is even more relevant in the context of Arthur and Ninah
Cummer and their experience of creating and utilizing their gardens and other
garden spaces in their family, social, and civic lives. In particular, Ninah’s
love for the cultivated landscape, and for outdoor spaces that promoted
gatherings, contemplation, and respite, still impacts the Jacksonville community.
It comes as no surprise
that, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma’s fury, the Jacksonville community
longed to see the Cummer Gardens and other cultivated public spaces return to
their previous beauty and purpose. Although
In the Garden had been planned for a
while, an exhibition about the beauty of gardens and nature, seen through the
lens of a camera, could not be more relevant. “As we are still in the reconstructive phase of our historical gardens,
it is very timely that we present an exhibition about photographers who
celebrate the beauty, uniqueness, and significance of these cultivated spaces,” said Associate Curator Nelda Damiano.
Members of the community, and lovers of art and nature, may continue to donate
directly to the Garden Reconstruction Fund at www.cummermuseum.org/garden-reconstruction,
as they visit the beauty of the museum.
Cummer Museum of
Art & Gardens
829 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32204
(904) 356-6857
Hours of Operation & Admission
Pop music icon Barry
Manilow hopes others will follow his philanthropic lead as he brings his
Manilow Music Project to John E. Ford PK-8 School in Jacksonville, FL. The legendary singer/songwriter plans to
donate a Yamaha keyboard to launch a local music instrument drive. Anyone who donates a new or gently used
musical instrument will receive 2 free tickets (valid for pre-selected seat
locations on a first come first serve basis) for Manilow’s February 18th
concert at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts in Jacksonville.
The Manilow Music
Project has conducted music instrument drives all over the country to
assist local schools with their music programs. “I’m thrilled to once again
bring the gift of music to these kids,” added Manilow. The Public
Can Trade a New or Gently Used Musical Instrument for Free Tickets to Manilow’s
February 18th concert in Jacksonville, FL.
The box office at the Times-Union Center for the Performing
Arts will be the drop off point for the instrument drive now through February
18th. Hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. -
4 p.m.
“If we do not inspire a love of the arts
in our children, there will be no more arts for our children to love,” said
Staci Kelly Pendry, General Music Teacher.
“The Manilow Music project helps to give all students access to that
inspiration through their love of music and generosity. We are honored to accept this thoughtful gift
on behalf of the John E. Ford PK-8 community.”
The Manilow Music Project (MMP) is part of The Manilow Fund for Health and
Hope. It was formed as a grass roots
organization to assist local charities and programs. Its primary focus is to provide musical
instruments to high schools and middle schools and to provide music
scholarships at universities throughout the US, Canada, and the UK.
Tickets are available online at Manilow.com, in person at the Moran Theater Box Office or
by phone at 800-745-3000.
With worldwide record sales exceeding 85 million, Barry Manilow's unparalleled
career encompasses virtually every arena of entertainment, including
performing, writing, composing, arranging, and producing. A Songwriters Hall of
Fame inductee, Manilow has produced, arranged, and released more than 40 albums
during the course of his career. He has
also written and produced songs for Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Dionne
Warwick, and many more. He has been
honored with a Grammy, two Emmys, a Tony Award, an Oscar nomination, and a top
selling autobiography.
SMG Jacksonville manages seven
sports, entertainment, and convention venues on behalf of the City of
Jacksonville. Their venues include: EverBank Field, home of the Jacksonville
Jaguars, Florida-Georgia, the TaxSlayer Bowl and Monster Jam. Daily’s Place, a 5,500 seat amphitheater with
concert programming year-round and an indoor practice facility for the
Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jacksonville
Veterans Memorial Arena, showplace of such entertainment greats as Kenny
Chesney and Jimmy Buffett and home to the Arena Bowl XXIV Champions
Jacksonville Sharks, the ABA Jacksonville Giants and the Jacksonville IceMen. The Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, home of
the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp and Florida vs FSU Baseball. The Times-Union Center for the Performing
Arts, stage to Broadway and music elite like Wicked, James Taylor and Diana
Ross; and home of the FSCJ Artist Series of and the Jacksonville Symphony
Orchestra. The Prime F. Osborn III
Convention Center, a historic renovated train station providing a unique venue
for meetings, social events and conventions.
The Ritz Theatre and Museum, located in Jacksonville’s historic African
American community of La Villa, celebrating the artistic culture of African
American life in Northeast Florida and the African Diaspora with museum
exhibits, concerts, films, lectures, dance and dramatic arts.
“Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome” any
way you want to say it, “Cabaret” is coming to the Thrasher-Horne main stage with
its revival tour for one night only and they want you in the audience! Based on Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony
Award (r)-winning production, Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American Beauty) and Rob
Marshall's (Into the Woods and Chicago, the films) show is part of the
2017-2018 Broadway Orange Park Season sponsored by Garber Automall.
Welcome to the infamous Kit Kat Klub, where the Emcee, Sally Bowles and a
raucous ensemble take the stage nightly to tantalize the crowd - and to leave
their troubles outside. But as life in pre-WWII Germany grows more and more
uncertain, will the decadent allure of Berlin nightlife be enough to get them
through their dangerous times? Come hear some of the most memorable songs in
theatre history, including "Cabaret," "Willkommen," and
"Maybe This Time." Leave your
troubles outside - life is beautiful at Cabaret- John Kander, Fred Ebb and Joe
Masteroff's Tony-winning musical about following your heart while the world
loses its way.
As an homage to the Broadway revival production, true "cabaret"
tables will be available for audience members within the orchestra pit area
near the stage for a more immersive viewing experience. Tables seat four and include: complimentary
champagne service with a dedicated server.
***Cabaret contains suggestive sexual content and dialogue and is not
recommended for ages 12 and under***
“Cabaret”
DATE: Thurs. Feb. 1,
2018 TIME: 7:30 p.m.
LOCATION: The
Thrasher-Horne Ctr.
St. Johns River State College
283 College Drive
Orange Park, FL 32065
TICKETS: range from $49– $83 with all fees included, and
may be purchased in person, online at THcenter, or by calling (904) 276-6815 between 10 a.m. – 3
p.m., Monday – Friday. The
Thrasher-Horne Center encourages all guests to research a show's content before
purchasing. It is a performing arts
venue and conference center owned and operated by St. Johns River State
College. The venue is located on the
Orange Park campus.
Have you missed some
of the shows from the Florida Theatre?
Well, it’s time to get back to some really great talent, lots of music,
featured shows and the best entertainment that Jacksonville Florida has to
offer. Take a look, clear your schedule
and book your tickets today.
January 2018 schedule:
24 Musical Thrones
28 Tiffany Haddish
30 Take Me To the River
31 G3
January 24 - 8 p.m. — Musical
Thrones: A Parody. Musical Thrones: A Parody brings
to life the characters of the Emmy-Award winning HBO series Games of Thrones.
Sing and dance along with Daenerys and
her dragons, Tyrion, Joffrey and all the jolly members of the Lannister and
Stark families in this fun musical.
January 28 - 8 p.m. — Tiffany
Haddish. Comedian Tiffany Haddish’s break-
out- performance in the hit movie Girls Trip and one of the 2018 Oscar Nominations announcers, made
her Variety Magazine's "Top 2017 Comedians to Watch." Her first one-hour comedy special, She
Ready! From The Hood to Hollywood! premiered
on Showtime in August. Later this year she will star in the upcoming TBS sitcom
The Real O.G. alongside Tracy Morgan.
January 30 - 8 p.m. — Take Me to the River. Backed by an all-star Memphis band, Take
Me To The River includes performances by the Hi-Rhythm Section (“On The
Loose,” “Save All My Love,” and “Since You’ve Been Gone”), Frayser Boy (“Gone
On That Bay,” “Big Money”) Al Kapone (“Whoop That Trick,” and “Get Crunk,
Get Buck”) and The Stax Academy Alumi Band under the musical direction of
Boo Mitchell, who is best known for his work with Al Greene, 8 Ball, John
Mayer, Rod Stewart and Lamont Dozier.
January 31 - 7 p.m. — G3 2018 featuring Joe Satriani, John Petrucci (of
Dream Theater) and Phil Collen (of Def Leppard). Guitar superstar Joe
Satriani welcomes Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci and Def Leppard
guitarist Phil Collen to his annual tour.
“Florida Theatre January 2018
events”
LOCATION: Florida
Theatre
128 E. Forsyth St.
Jacksonville, FL 32202
TICKETS: Vary with each show and seat preference. Order online or call the box office (904) 355-2787, Monday —
Friday from 9 a.m. –5 p.m.
