{"id":3975,"date":"2022-02-16T13:06:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T18:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jazzinthegardens.com\/?p=3975"},"modified":"2022-03-16T13:15:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:15:11","slug":"mary-j-blige-to-headline-15th-annual-jazz-in-the-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/2022\/mary-j-blige-to-headline-15th-annual-jazz-in-the-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary J. Blige to Headline \u201915th Annual Jazz in The Gardens\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Superbowl 2022\u00a0<\/em>enjoyed an electrifying performance by the incomparable<strong>\u00a0Mary J. Blige<\/strong>\u00a0who brought the\u00a0<em>hip hop soul\u00a0<\/em>to a\u00a0<em>star studded, fast paced, powerful halftime show<\/em>, joined by legends<em>\u00a0Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mary<\/em>\u00a0recently released her album \u201c<em>Good Morning Gorgeous<\/em>\u201d to critical acclaim, will reprise her high energy show at the\u00a0<strong>15th Annual Jazz in the Gardens (JITG) Music Festival<\/strong>, which takes place on<em>\u00a0March 12th and 13th, 2022<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>R&amp;B<\/em>\u00a0megastar, who also\u00a0<em>stars\u00a0<\/em>in the riveting\u00a0<em>Starz\u00a0<\/em>series \u201c<em>Power Book II<\/em>\u201c, is the only headline artist to perform\u00a0<em>three\u00a0<\/em>times in the festival\u2019s\u00a0<em>15<\/em>-year history. Affectionally known as \u201c<em>the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul<\/em>\u201c,\u00a0<em>Mary J<\/em>. was invited back after thousands of fans clamored for her return to the country\u2019s fastest growing\u00a0<em>jazz &amp; R&amp;B<\/em>\u00a0festival, presented by the<em>\u00a0City of Miami Gardens<\/em>, the largest\u00a0<em>Black\u00a0<\/em>city in\u00a0<em>Florida<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jazz in the Gardens<\/em>\u00a0full line:\u00a0<strong>Mary J. Blige, H.E.R, Rick Ross, The Isley Brothers, SWV, The Roots<\/strong>\u00a0with special guest<em>\u00a0T-Pain, Stokely, Johnathan McReynolds, Mike Phillips and Mark Allen Felton<\/em>, with\u00a0<em>local\u00a0<\/em>performers still to be\u00a0<em>announced<\/em>.\u00a0<em>Syndicated\u00a0<\/em>radio host and comedian\u00a0<strong>Rickey Smiley\u00a0<\/strong>will return as the host for the<em>\u00a02022 JITG<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<em>2020<\/em>, in the wake of the global pandemic,\u00a0<em>Jazz in the Gardens\u00a0<\/em>was forced to cancel just\u00a0<em>two\u00a0<\/em>days before the gates were slated to\u00a0<em>open<\/em>. This year it returns!<\/p>\n<p><em>Tickets\u00a0<\/em>on-sale now at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazzinthegardens.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0www.jazzinthegardens.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbridgez.com\/2022\/02\/16\/mary-j-blige-to-headline-15th-annual-jazz-in-the-gardens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SOURCE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Superbowl 2022\u00a0enjoyed an electrifying performance by the incomparable\u00a0Mary J. Blige\u00a0who brought the\u00a0hip hop soul\u00a0to a\u00a0star studded, fast paced, powerful halftime show, joined by legends\u00a0Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. Mary\u00a0recently released her album \u201cGood Morning Gorgeous\u201d to critical acclaim, will reprise her high energy show at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3975","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=3975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}