{"id":2845,"date":"2019-03-04T10:55:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T15:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jazzinthegardens.com\/?p=2845"},"modified":"2019-03-05T10:56:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T15:56:48","slug":"best-of-the-fests-duck-fest-derby-jazz-in-the-gardens-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/2019\/best-of-the-fests-duck-fest-derby-jazz-in-the-gardens-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of the fests: Duck Fest Derby, Jazz in the Gardens this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rubber duckies, clad in their finest sunglasses, will turn Fort Lauderdale\u2019s New River into a bobbing sea of yellow during this weekend\u2019s KID Duck Fest Derby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kids in Distress fundraiser, always a family-friendly crowd-pleaser, will compete with another star-studded spectacle in Miami-Dade County: Jazz in the Gardens at Hard Rock Stadium, headlined this year by throwback R&amp;B and soul names including Lionel Richie and Brandy,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/topic\/entertainment\/music\/bobby-brown-PECLB000698-topic.html\">Bobby Brown<\/a>&nbsp;and the O\u2019Jays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are three reasons to give a quack about this weekend\u2019s festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Miami-Dade<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jazz in the Gardens<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7 p.m. March 8, 4 p.m. Saturday, March 9, and Sunday, March 10, at Hard Rock Stadium, 347 Don Shula Drive, Miami Gardens; $35 for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.ticketmaster.com\/jazz-in-the-gardens-official-opening-night-party\/event\/0D005584C372A545#efeat6916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opening-night concert<\/a>, $72 for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.ticketmaster.com\/jazz-in-the-gardens-saturday-only\/event\/0D00558496AA8A27#efeat6916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saturday<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.ticketmaster.com\/jazz-in-the-gardens-sunday-only\/event\/0D005584A2329256#efeat6916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sunday<\/a>&nbsp;day pass, $99 for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.ticketmaster.com\/jazz-in-the-gardens-2-day\/event\/0D00558484D781AE#efeat6916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">festival pass via Ticketmaster.com<\/a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:561-681-5645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">561-681-5645<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JazzintheGardens.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/entertainment\/music\/fl-et-music-jazz-in-the-gardens-2019-hard-rock-stadium-lionel-richie-20190304-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">R&amp;B legend and \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d judge Lionel Richie<\/a>&nbsp;leads a muscular two-day bill of music, including 1970s soul-stirrers the O\u2019Jays (\u201cBackstabbers\u201d), \u201890s R&amp;B trio En Vogue and controversial singer Bobby Brown. Jazz in the Gardens, hosted by TV comic and personality Rickey Smiley, will kick off with an opening-night concert by old-school rappers the Sugarhill Gang at 7 p.m. Friday. The rest of the weekend\u2019s lineup will include Blackstreet, Brandy, Jagged Edge, Bigg D and Da Band and Fort Lauderdale duo Black Violin. Food and drink vendors will be scattered throughout the stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jazz in the Gardens Music Festival will return March 9-10 to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. (AJ Shorter Photography \/ Courtesy)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SOURCE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rubber duckies, clad in their finest sunglasses, will turn Fort Lauderdale\u2019s New River into a bobbing sea of yellow during this weekend\u2019s KID Duck Fest Derby. The Kids in Distress fundraiser, always a family-friendly crowd-pleaser, will compete with another star-studded spectacle in Miami-Dade County: Jazz&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}