Event Type: Dance

The inaugural Music Tour will celebrate Riverside
& Avondale’s rich musical history. This fall event
will feature performances across eight unique
stages, each narrating a different story of musical
moments and people that have shaped our
community including memorabilia.

The event focuses on individuals from our community, locally written music with global significance, and the influence of musicians in the past on music today. Jacksonville and Riverside offer well-known and untold stories of music worth sharing! Similar to Home Tour and Garden Tour, the event includes:⁠

• Mini concerts throughout the tour⁠ w/ local bands⁠
• Pop-up exhibits and memorabilia⁠
• Headliner performance from The Curt Towne Band
• Silent Disco with Hush Hush Headphones

The Music Tour will share our community’s music history at multiple distinct locations throughout Riverside including homes, yards, parks, and businesses. Unlike a typical music festival with centralized stages, the Music Tour will offer a program and walkable route to unassuming stages and locations throughout the district, limited to 1,000 people!

Bands and Performers to look forward to are:

Curt Towne Band, Dyer Davis Group, Ebonique, 1 Black Frend, Willie B. Evans, Cosmic Link/Stono Echo, Grant Nielsen, Hush Hush Headphones, Michael Fitzgerald – Author, Tamatha Cain – Author, Tim Gilmore – Author, Darren Ronan, Mike Bernos with AmpleAngst, The Kimballs, Duval County Line, Idle Acres, Siichaq, Tabeersco and more!

All ticket purchasers will receive a program and map, a wristband for entry at each stage, headphones for Hush Hush Jax Silent Disco, and a custom Spotify Playlist! This totally walkable event is focused on the area surrounding Willowbranch Park. Addresses for each stage will be kept private until closer to the event to protect homeowners’ privacy, but ticket purchasers will receive a code for the Art Bikes Jax app that will provide walking instructions, narration, audio cues, and more available on October 12 and after.

At only $20 per ticket, this event will sell out fast.

Get ready to experience the mesmerizing fusion of gothic elegance and classical ballet as The Florida Ballet transports you into the haunting world of Bram Stocker’s 1879 masterpiece, “Dracula”. On Tuesday October 15th, 2024, The Florida Ballet will bring Roberto Forleo’s rendition of “Dracula” to The Florida Theatre. This is a Halloween treat you don’t want to miss, join us for one night of breathtaking artistry that will leave you spellbound!”

The original national PBS show Christmas with The Celts aired on over 200 PBS channels across the U.S., Canada and on the BBC in Ireland for three years. This successful TV show was the initial spark, which created a huge demand for the production bringing them into Performing Arts Centers, Theaters, and large casinos every year.

The high-stepping spirited musical selections have audiences clapping along from the first lively renditions of popular contemporary Christmas classics. The show presents a perfect combination of modern Christmas hits, lively ancient Irish Carols, hilarious spontaneous humor, thrilling Irish dancing, a children’s choir and meaningful Christmas ballads with lush string arrangements giving audiences a most memorable interactive Christmas experience.

Join us for an unforgettable evening of live music and dance, as we celebrate the sights and sounds of Christmas!

Inspired by the Radio City Rockettes, our 7th annual Christmas Spectacular features 90 dancers from the Dance Companies of Wehner’s School Of The Arts, accompanied by the professional musicians of Wehner Weddings. This is a family event for all ages.