Yay!! Miami Big Sound Orchestra ar on stage in a concert at John Knox Village, Tuesday, June 17th at 7pm. Experience Miami-style big band jazz — An evening of Miami-style big band instrumental and vocal music with featured vocalist LeNard Rutledge, as well as the music of our 2023 Latin Grammy Award-winning arranger, Rafael Valencia! Tickets are $34 (including fees) Here: https://johnknoxvillage.com/events/
The Miami Big Sound Orchestra is downtown Miami’s resident professional contemporary Latin Jazz Orchestra, directed by trumpeter Pete Francis, it’s a project formed as a collaboration of musicians from Miami’s jazz and Latin music communities. This 18-piece powerhouse group is composed of Miami-based musicians who have performed and toured with the likes of Celia Cruz, Ray Barretto, Jon Secada, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Chayanne, Ray Ruiz, Tito Nieves, Chaka Khan, and the Funk Brothers among many other artists. Led by trumpeter/flugelhornist Pete Francis and bassist/composer Rafael Valencia, and featuring vocal artist Lourdes Valentin, the band delivers its own blend of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian music, contemporary Jazz, and Soul. This is truly Miami’s Big Sound, don’t miss it!! Plenty of parking in lots. We like masks if you do. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC too at John Knox Village (see instructions below. We like masks if you do. Don’t be intimidated by the instructions, you’ll find it! (Pompano Beach)
DIRECTIONS TO JKV MAIN GATE – 400 SW 3rd Street, Pompano Beach, FL 33060 – Take I-95 to Exit 36 – Atlantic Blvd. When you exit, head east on Atlantic Blvd. to Dixie Highway. Turn right (south) at Dixie Highway and get into your right-hand lane. At SW 3rd Street, turn right (west) and get into your left-hand lane. When you see the Guard Gate, turn left.
Directions from the Main Guard Gate on SW 3rd Street to the Cultural Arts Center
Once you pass through the main guard gate, follow the road (don’t drive faster than 14 MPH!!), go around the traffic circle, and then, at the dead end, make a right. Go past Westlake Towers on your left, and then the Pavilion building will be on your left.
Directions from the Dixie Highway Gate to the Cultural Arts Center
Once you pass through the Dixie Highway Gate, follow the road (SW 6th Street) past the Aquatic Center, past Cassels Tower. Turn right at SE 5th Circle. Follow this road past Gardens’ West, Seaside Cove and at the Fitness Studio turn right. Go past the Fitness Studio and Trustbridge and then The Pavilion will be on your right.
PARKING – Parking is located just west of the Cultural Arts Center which is the building next to the Westlake Towers. Please click on the hyperlink to get exact directions to parking: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5eRxgkoMG4nSbvL59
ENTRANCE – Please click on the hyperlink to get exact directions to the front entrance of the Cultural Arts Center: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jTp1Jh2WmNQfzDTcA