Porchfest, Surfer Blood and a hip-hop showcase
Each and every week the Jacksonville Music Experience team identifies the best concerts in Northeast Florida.
Here’s what the JME team wants to see and hear this week.
Jam Band
Galactic – Thursday, November 4
Ponte Vedra Concert Hall | Ponte Vedra
A mainstay at music festivals for decades, funky and progressive instrumental ensemble Galactic plays the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall on Thursday. The New Orleans based group is celebrating the release of their first album in three years, the rhythmically inventive Already Already Already. Doors at 7 p.m.
Porchfest
Jacksonville Porchfest – Saturday, November 6
East of Main St. | Historic Springfield
Featuring nearly two dozen artists performing on ad-hoc front-porch stages in historic Springfield, the seventh annual Jacksonville PorchFest is a unique Jax-music experience. Savvy followers of JME will surely recognize a handful of headliners, many of which were culled from the ranks of the city’s best emerging acts, including purveyors of New Orleans jazz Let’s Ride Brass Band, Americana singer-songwriter Folk Is People and Riverside’s mighty Afro-Cuban salsa orchestra LPT. The event kicks off at noon.
This is a free event
Indie Rock
Surfer Blood – Saturday, November 6
The Bier Hall at Intuition Ale Works | DT Jax
Just a hop, skip and a jump from Historic Springfield, Intuition Ale Works’ topnotch concert space, the Bier Hall, is a good bet for those not yet satiated by a full day of music at Porchfest. The Bier Hall hosts Sunshine State indie darlings Surfer Blood on Saturday night. The quartet, who rose to prominence in early 2010’s on the strength of their anthemic indie jingles, has a new record, Carefree Theatre, and just celebrated the tenth anniversary of their seminal work, Astro Coast. Jax Beach indie kids Seagate open the show. Doors at 7 p.m.
Hip-hop
Mal Jones & friends – Sunday, November 7
Wildcrafters | Five Points
A prominent and enduring voice in Duval’s hip-hop scene, Lyricist Live founder Mal Jones kicks off a new variety style, hip-hop-centric showcase at Five Points’ booze-free kava bar Wildcrafters on Sunday. Dubbed The Rap Pack, this week’s showcase features Jones and local performers Devin Way, DJ C-note and others putting their improvisational skills to the test over live drums and vibrant beats.
This is a free event
Nov. 19, 2024
New Flying Lotus, Yussef Dayes & Tom Misch, Plus Black Violin and Local Music from Dylan & Batsauce on The Neighborhood
Nov. 19, 2024
Jacksonville-Based Bonnethead Deliver Shoegaze Goodness on “Dive”
Nov. 19, 2024
‘High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul’ is a Comprehensive Accounting of the Hip-Hop Group’s Influence on Music and the Book’s Author
Nov. 14, 2024
New Music from Tinsley Ellis, Keb’ Mo’ & Heavy Doses of John Mayall, Stevie Ray Vaughan from Blues Horizon
Nov. 09, 2024
The Foreign Exchange, Stro Elliot, Tall Black Guy, Lupe Fiasco and More New Music from the Neighborhood
Nov. 06, 2024
The Loving Arms Race Roll Away the Stone with their Rollicking Debut Release
Nov. 05, 2024
Sunny War Returns to Jacksonville to Play Intuition in November
Nov. 05, 2024
Kale That Raps Drops New Album ‘It’s Personal’ Ahead of Porchfest Set
Nov. 03, 2024
UK Shoegazers Slowdive to Kick Off New Fall Tour at St. Augustine Amphitheatre
Oct. 29, 2024
Song of the Day | “NOID” by Tyler, The Creator
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