{"id":917,"date":"2016-02-02T17:35:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T17:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jazzinthegardens.com\/?p=917"},"modified":"2016-11-02T17:37:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T17:37:56","slug":"usher-to-headline-11th-annual-jazz-in-the-gardens-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzinthegardens.com\/firstact\/2016\/usher-to-headline-11th-annual-jazz-in-the-gardens-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Usher to Headline 11th Annual Jazz in the Gardens Event"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kimberly WilsonEvery year this event gets bigger and better, and 2016 will be no different. The 11th Annual Jazz in the Gardens<\/strong><\/a> returns where tens of thousands converge for the experience of great music, good food and Miami-style fellowship. The three-day weekend festival in Miami Gardens, Florida, March 18-20, 2016, will feature artists Usher, Kool & the Gang, Brian Culbertson, and more!<\/strong> Comedian and nationally syndicated radio personality Rickey Smiley will host the festival.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The annual Women\u2019s Impact Luncheon and the official Opening Night Party on March 18th will kick-off a weekend filled with music, food, fun, and excitement. March 19th & 20th, Jazz in the Gardens will continue the magic at Sun Life Stadium that will surely surpass last years\u2019 experience.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s Jazz in the Gardens scored a\u00a0record-breaking\u00a078,000 people in attendance, with a top lineup including Maxwell, Toni Braxton and R. Kelly to name a few. The 11th Annual Jazz in the Gardens is expected to surpass attendees\u2019 expectations with additional artist to be announced soon.<\/p>\n

The City of\u00a0Miami Gardens\u00a0was born in 2003, the then City Council sought to create a signature event for the largest predominantly African American municipality in\u00a0Florida, which is also the third largest in\u00a0the United States. In 2006, the City of\u00a0Miami Gardens presented the inaugural Jazz in the Gardens, an intimate jazz-only festival featuring food and music, setting the foundation for the decade-long, signature experience that followed, adding R&B to the lineup.<\/p>\n

For more information about Jazz in the Gardens, click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Usher to Headline 11th Annual Jazz in the Gardens Event<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n