Jon Batiste and more of the biggest names in music are coming to Miami thanks to the Switzerland-born Montreux Jazz Festival.
Talk to enough longsighted - prison term Miamians , and you ’ll invariably hear someone waxing nostalgic about the prison term they went to thefirst Ultrawhen it was just 20 the great unwashed and a DJ or the firstArt Basel , which was essentially a couple of artsy common people thread around the beach .
This spring , you may be able-bodied to have the same experience of seeing a gravid - time fete before it swallows the metropolis as theMontreux Jazz Festivalhosts its first Miami variation . One of the largest and most honored medicine fete in the world is coming to Biscayne ’s wondrous shore , posting up at the Hangar in Coconut Grove from March 1 - 3 . The Swiss original is a ecumenical hotshot , but the initial South Florida variation promises to be little and comparatively understated . Which have in mind you ’ll have the chance in 20 years to recount people , “ I remember when this was just a gracious little concert out on Dinner Key . ”
What Is The Montreux Jazz Festival?
For the incognizant , the Montreux Jazz Festival is anannual gatheringof music ’s best on the shores of Switzerland ’s stunning Lake Geneva . fabled producer Quincy Jones once trace it as the “ Rolls Royce of music fete , ” and over more than 50 years it has host everyone from Prince to Led Zeppelin to Kendrick Lamar . Search any of those artists and “ live at Montreux ” and you ’ll get an idea of how exceptional this festival is going to be .
“ It ’s a very different experience to festivals you ordinarily see in the states , ” says Montreux Jazz Festival Miami Co - Founder Adam Fell . “ It ’s a variety of indoor and outdoor venues right on Lake Geneva , bet up at snow - capped mountains . They get 250,000 people , perfect conditions , incredible food , and the good music you ’ve ever seen at a festival . ”
Where Is The Montreux Jazz Festival Miami?
The Miami edition of Montreux barter C. P. Snow - capped mountains for swaying laurel wreath tree , and keeps the magical aura of medicine determine alongside coruscate turquoise water supply . It ’ll be hold at a space that ’s both scenic and historic , The Hangar at Regatta Harbour in Coconut Grove .
The World War 1 - era hanger sits right on on Dinner Key , which euphony history buffs may also commemorate as the site where Jim Morrison was arrested for indecent exposure in 1969 . This concert wo n’t be near as wild , due in tumid part to organizers capping slate sales at 1,500 per Clarence Day .
Who’s Performing at Montreux Jazz Festival Miami?
Fell and his partners have conjoin forces with music megastar Jon Batiste , who ’ll be headlining two nights of the Montreux Jazz Festival Miami . Batiste became a family name as part of Stephen Colbert ’s household banding , but his credits course far beyond that , with an Oscar for his work onSouland five Grammys under his whack .
He ’ll be bring together onstage by six - metre Grammy victor Israel Haughton . Sunday ’s headliner is Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates renown , who ’ll be perform hits like “ Maneater ” and “ You Make My pipe dream Come reliable . ” fan of Brazilian euphony will be especially excited to see “ The Queen of Carnival ” Lia de Itamraca , who makes her US unveiling at the fete . Other notables admit The Wailers , famous for play with Bob Marley , and Afro - Cuban Casimir Funk artist Cimafunk . Each night will conclude with Montreux ’s key signature Jam Session , where artists gather onstage around 11 Prime Minister and jam out with the fete planetary house banding .
What Else Can Attendees Expect at Montreux Jazz Festival Miami?
Fell call what he squall a “ atomic number 78 festival , ” observe the experience upscale and definitely mature - up . So what exactly is making the festival so special ? First , it ’s small , so you wo n’t be craning your neck , lining up 60 minutes ahead of time , or sitting on someone ’s shoulders to see your best-loved acts .
Secondly , some of Miami ’s top restaurants are catering the fishgig , according to Fell . And while the exact spots have n’t been announced yet he promises guest will be impressed . The festival has also place up a sitting VIP area , for those who say clobber like , “ I do n’t go to festivals anymore because I ca n’t digest for that long . ” And Dante ’s Hi - Fi will have a special popup with a vinyl group - spinning DJ during the continuance of the festival .
How to Buy Tickets for Montreux Jazz Festival Miami
just the ticket gross sales have been strong so far , with three - day passes already sold out , as well as Friday nighttime ’s opening show . Single - Clarence Shepard Day Jr. tickets to Saturday and Sunday are stillavailable onlinefor $ 199 per day , and those who want to sit in on the Jam Session can grease one’s palms tickets to that for $ 99 .
“ Miami has a pretty successful chronicle of bringing [ in ] Swiss festivals , ” Fell says with a smirk . “ We do n’t require to be precisely like Basel , but we can take a page out of their book . The opportunity is enormous . ”
Jon Batiste is headlining The Montreux Jazz Festival in Miami|Photo by Ron Adar/Shutterstock
