Festival organizers will have jazz fans groovin’, swingin’ and breezin’. Urban jazz pianist Elisha “Atlas” Parris — playing 9-10:30 p.m. May 24 — joins Najee, Yellowjackets, Poncho Sanchez and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at 2013's Jax Jazz Fest. The jazz piano competition is 7 p.m. May 23 at The Florida Theatre, $10. Festival 5-11 p.m. May 24, 2-11 p.m. May 25 and 2-8 p.m. May 26, The Jacksonville Landing, Hemming Plaza and a stage at Main and Monroe streets in Downtown Jacksonville, free; one-day VIP passes $70-$80, four-day $175-$240, 630-3690, jaxjazzfest.com. Photo: Courtesy Elisha Parris

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A widow escapes her son and daughter-in-law's cramped Houston apartment with a mission of returning home to Bountiful. While enjoying a Broadway revival with Cicely Tyson and Cuba Gooding Jr., Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful” is presented locally by Players by the Sea — Kevin Bodge (pictured, from left), Gayle Featheringill and Olivia Gowan. Ponte Vedra Beach resident Scott McLucas, a producer of Foote’s “The Young Man from Atlanta” on Broadway, attends opening night. 8 p.m. May 24-25 and 30-31, June 1 and 6-8, and 2 p.m. May 26 and June 2, Players by the Sea, 106 N. Sixth St., Jacksonville Beach, $20, 249-0289, playersbythesea.org.