{"id":3478,"date":"2020-02-06T13:52:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T18:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jazzinthegardens.com\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2020-03-19T14:07:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T18:07:30","slug":"mary-j-blige-h-e-r-and-jill-scott-to-headline-jazz-in-the-gardens-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/2020\/mary-j-blige-h-e-r-and-jill-scott-to-headline-jazz-in-the-gardens-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary J. Blige, H.E.R. and Jill Scott to headline Jazz In The Gardens Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"eLpwpN\">As anticipation for the upcoming festival season grows, Bonnaroo,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/news\/2020\/2\/5\/21124035\/rolling-loud-portugal-lineup\">Rolling Loud<\/a>\u00a0and more have announced their start-studded lineups. The latest festival to reveal its featured acts is Miami\u2019s own Jazz In The Gardens Festival, which will return to the Hard Rock Stadium this March.<\/p>\n<p id=\"asu5cc\">The 15th annual jazz and R&amp;B fest will feature headlining acts Mary J. Blige,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/2020\/1\/9\/21059098\/skip-marley-shares-sultry-visual-for-slow-down-alongside-h-e-r\">H.E.R.<\/a>\u00a0and Jill Scott. Other performers will include The Roots with Bilal, Kirk Franklin, Charlie Wilson, SWV and Stokley. Radio host and comedian Rickey Smiley will emcee the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJazz In The Gardens celebrates its 15th Anniversary in 2020 and we are very excited,\u201d Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert relayed in a press statement. \u201cThis year\u2019s festival has a stellar lineup of Grammy Award-winning artists. It is not only the city\u2019s signature event, but it\u2019s also how we say hello to the world as we draw thousands of people from all over to party with us. We look forward to seeing you on March 14th and 15th.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"szBTON\">While H.E.R. did not take home any trophies at the 2020 Grammys, she was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/news\/2019\/11\/20\/20974004\/grammy-nominations-2020\">nominated<\/a>\u00a0for Best R&amp;B Performance, Best R&amp;B Song, Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year. Her collaboration with Daniel Caesar, \u201cBest Part,\u201d also landed her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/news\/2019\/12\/29\/21041769\/barack-obama-lists-favorite-films-tv-shows-2019\">Barack Obama\u2019s summer favorites playlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ZiSQzy\">Acting kept MJB busy last year, with her recently announced role in the forthcoming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/2019\/10\/20\/20923362\/mary-j-blige-cast-aretha-franklin-biopic\">Aretha Franklin biopic,\u00a0<em>Respect<\/em><\/a>. Blige will play 1950\u2019s \u201cQueen of Blues\u201d Dinah Washington, while Jennifer Hudson will star as Franklin. Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Marc Maron, Audra McDonald, Tituss Burgess and Tate Donovan will also act in the MGM Studios film, which is expected to hit theaters on Aug. 14.<\/p>\n<p id=\"s98dkb\">The 15th Annual Jazz In The Gardens Festival will take place over the weekend of March 14 and 15. Tickets are currently available on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazzinthegardens.com\/tickets\/\">festival\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As anticipation for the upcoming festival season grows, Bonnaroo,\u00a0Rolling Loud\u00a0and more have announced their start-studded lineups. The latest festival to reveal its featured acts is Miami\u2019s own Jazz In The Gardens Festival, which will return to the Hard Rock Stadium this March. 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