While the rest of America freezes under the December chill, Miami Beach is still hot, hot, hot, and welcomes the North Beach Music Festival at the North Beach Bandshell & Park, Friday & Saturday, December 10th & 11th:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10th
Bandshell Stage |
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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM Catch the Baltimore funk of Pigeons Playing Ping Pong (QRO photos at a festival), road warriors who do something like 200 shows a year, as they come to North Beach (QRO photos at 2021 festival), behind last year’s Presto. |
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The Motet, 6:45 PM – 8:00 PM The sprawling Motet (QRO photos at a festival) crisscrosses genres as they crisscross the country (QRO photos at a festival), behind 2019’s Death Or Devotion. And for North Beach, they’ll feature Jennifer Hartswick, Shira Elias & Jason Hamm. |
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TAUK, 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM Montauk’s TAUK (QRO photos) are another set of road warriors to play North Beach Music Festival (QRO photos at a festival), coming to south Florida (QRO photos at a 2021 festival) behind a trilogy of Real Tauk live albums. |
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The Heavy Pets, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Fort Lauderdale’s own The Heavy Pets mix R&B, jazz-funk, reggae fusion, and rock ‘n’ roll. |
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Park Stage |
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Karina Rykman, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Electric Kif, 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM Tand, 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM |
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11th
Bandshell Stage |
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Spafford & Friends, 9:45 PM – 11:00 PM Spafford: All Improv, 8:00 PM – 8:45 PM To close out North Beach ’21, the festival welcomes two special sets from Arizona jam rock greats Spafford. First, there is an ‘All Improv’ performance, so who knows what will happen. Then comes ‘Spafford & Friends’, with fellow North Beach performers Eric Krasno & Marco Benevento, Nate Werth, Alric ‘AC’ Carter, and Brandon ‘Taz’ Niederauer. |
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Marco Benevento, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM New York experimental rock & jazz artist Marco Benevento (QRO photos) has found a second home on the jam band circuit (QRO photos at a festival), and comes down to Florida behind 2019’s Let It Slide. |
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Also: Ghost-Note, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Holly Bowling, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM |
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Park Stage |
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Eric Krasno & The Assembly, 8:45 PM – 9:45 PM Soulive’s Eric Krasno brings his funk & jazz to North Beach with The Assembly. |
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Aqueous, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Indie-jam Aqueous (QRO live review) slide into North Beach. |
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Also: Brandon ‘Taz’ Niederauer, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Brendan Bayliss & Jennifer Hartswick, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Juke, 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM |