Performances are scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Jacoby Symphony Hall, with tickets priced between $29 and $84. For more information, visit jaxsymphony.org. Meanwhile, fans of the 1990s will converge on St. Augustine’s Francis Field on Saturday for a daylong festival celebrating the decade’s music, culture, and nostalgia.
The event will feature headlining acts Deana Carter, Paula Cole, 69 Boyz, and Fastball, “as well as local performers Julia Gulia,” Ramona + the Riot… and Chillula. The festival will commence at 1 p.m., with tickets ranging from $30 to $200. For more information… visit asifthe90sfest.com. Information for this article was obtained from The Florida Times-Union.
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ARTS PICKS | May 17-19 – Jacksonville Today
Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend.
Local singer-songwriter, playwright, author and educator Jennifer Chase celebrates the release of her memoir, I Can Smell You From Here: Thirty Years, Seventeen Letters to My Town 1993-2023 . In a feature for the Jacksonville Music Experience, Daniel A. Brown calls the book, which is written as an epistolary, “poignant and hilarious” and “a crucial historical document of a specific milieu and epoch of the Jacksonville arts galaxy.” In conjunction with the book’s release, Chase also produced a new EP of original music that shares the same title as her memoir. A Night with Jennifer Chase is held from 7-8:30 p.m. at Happy Medium Books, 2724 Park St. Tickets ($25) include a copy of the memoir, sangria, and light hors d’oeuvres. More information .
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A boost to independent bookstores | WJCT News 89.9
A local couple teams up to help others who want to get into the book business. The owners of Story and Song Bookstore and Cafe on Amelia Island explain how they turned their own story into a pattern for others to follow.
Plus, the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra features soloist Adelya Nartadjieva in her debut performance of The Lark Ascending .
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