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Jacksonville, FL
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JANUARY
DECEMBER
A Swamp Radio New’s Year Eve
December 31 – 8pm
Little River Band
SOJA
January 1 – 7pm
American Reggae band SOJA has reached success on the
strength of singles like “Born in Babylon,” and “Strength To
Survive.” Their latest release “Amid the Noise and Haste,”
landed at #20 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Billboard
Reggae chart.
Florida Theatre
128 East Forsyth Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
ACCESSIBILITY: Please inform the ticket office of any special arrangements you may require when purchasing tickets. An assistive listening system for the hearing impaired is
available from the House Manager. Large print programs are available on request. The wheelchair accessible bathroom is located to the right of the Entry Lobby Bar as you face
the bar, to the left of the statue La Vergognosa. The theatre does not have its own parking lot. Disabled permit parking is available on the street.
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Winner need not be present. No purchase necessary. Prize tickets located in the first six rows.
Blues, Brews and BBQ benefits the nonprofit Florida Theatre Performing Arts Center, Inc.
Drawing held on New Year’s Eve.
on October 1, 2015 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm for just $50
Estimated winning value $12,000!
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FLORIDA THEATRE DRAWING!!!
Join us for an evening at the Florida Theatre
featuring our city’s best...
Paul
Reiser
Buddy Guy
$20
Join host Ian Mairs for an evening of songs, stories,
sketches and conversations celebrating Northeast Florida’s
arts and culture scene. Highlights include a hilarious
review of the year’s top stories from resident sketch
comedians the Retreads, predictions and wishes for the
coming year from a host of storytellers and and a variety
of beloved musical guests to keep things rockin’ and rolling
into 2016. Dinner packages available.
Gabriel
Iglesias
Dave Koz
Lavell
Crawford
Community Nutcracker
OCTOBER
| NOVEMBER | DECEMBER
at the Florida Theatre
ALSO COMING
OCTOBER
7
10
19
Lavell Crawford
Bo Burnham
October 9 – 8pm
October 16 – 8pm
He’s one of the hottest actors and comedians
breaking out of the urban scene. Since taking
second place on NBC’s Last Comic Standing
he has appeared in Breaking Bad , It’s
Always Sunny in Philadelphia and made
regular appearances on Chelsea Lately.
Artwalk
Love & Laughs, Code Red Edition
starring Monica with Special Guest,
Comedian Shawty-Shawty
Theatreworks Skippy Jon Jones
This singer-songwriter,
musician, comedian and
actor gained famed through
his YouTube channel, where
videos like “I’m bo yo” have
been watched by more
than 152 million viewers.
NOVEMBER
9
10
14
18
Theatreworks The Lion, The Witch
and The Wardrobe
The Great Russian Ballet’s Nutcracker
Singing for Our Seniors
Alexander and The Terrible No Good,
Very Bad Day
DECEMBER
4
23
Theatreworks Shoemaker
and the Christmas Elves
The District Church Christmas Eve
Eve Service
JANUARY
5
20
21
26
31
The Rocky Horror
Picture Show
10
13
15
18
20
21
23
28
October 24 – 8pm
The cult classic is the perfect
Halloween movie. Wear your costumes,
bring your props (no meat please).
Hosted by Karrissa Wade. Live music
from 8pm-9pm by The Splinters.
Artwalk
Paul Taylor 2
The Temptations and The Four Tops
Theatreworks Seussical
Johnny Mathis
His recent two-night Comedy Central
special Gabriel Iglesias: Aloha Fluffy
premiered to an unprecedented 15 million
veiwers making him one of America’s
most successful stand-up comedians.
November 30 - 8pm
APRIL
6
9
10
15
16
21
23
Celtic Nights
Paula Poundstone
Let It Be: A Musical Tribute to the Beatles
ABBA: The Concert
Bronx Wanderers
A Night With Janis Joplin
Rock the Decade Gala
Dave Koz
and Friends
Christmas
Tour 2015
December 1 – 8pm
Joining smooth Jazz saxophonist
Dave Koz are special guests,
guitarists Jonathan Butler,
saxophonist Candy Dulfer
and vocalist Bill Medley of the
Righteous Brothers. Together
these four musicians will put
fresh spins on holiday classics
as well as other selections
that capture the spirit of
the season.
October 23 – 8pm
The Charlie Daniels Band
October 22 – 7:30pm
These country rockers are celebrated for their
chart topping crossover, “The Devil
Went Down To Georgia,” and the
hit songs “The Legend Of Wooley
Swamp,” “The South’s Gonna
Do It Again,” “In America”
and “Still in Saigon.”
Ray Scott will open the show
Clifford
The Big
Red Dog
Live!
This tour features your favorite performers from the NBC hit
series including comedian Taylor Williamson, singer Emily
West, acrobats the Kristef Brothers and Recycled Percussion.
Mac Miller
December 2 – 8pm
His rap album Blue Slide Park
debuted at #1 on the Billboard
200 chart, and his follow up
album, Watching Movies with the
Sound Off features collaborations
with Rick Ross, Action Bronson,
Earl Sweatshirt and Flying Lotus.
Miller’s MTV2 reality series “Mac
Miller and The Most Dope Family”
is the highest rated debut in the
history of the channel. Earthgang,
Michael Christmas and Choo
Jackson will open the show.
Comedian, writer, actor and producer, Paul
Reiser won multiple Emmy, Golden Globe,
American Comedy Awards and Screen Actors
Guild nominations for his role in the hit NBC
series Mad About You. Last year he starred
alongside JK Simmons in the Academy Award
winning film Whiplash. He has returned to his
stand up comedy roots and is touring the U.S.
Scott Bradlee’s
Postmodern Jukebox
November 28 - 8pm
November 15 –
2pm & 5pm
The beloved literary character
and PBS star comes to life in
this family friendly interactive
Broadway musical.
Blues icon and six-time Grammy
Award winning guitar genius
Buddy Guy’s newest album Born
To Play claimed the #1 spot on
Billboard’s Top Blues charts and
Rolling Stone has ranked him in
the top 25 of its 100 Greatest
Guitarists of All Time.
Bowzer’s Rock N Roll
Holiday Party
with Jay Seigel’s Tokens and
Freddy Boom Boom Cannon
December 17 – 7:30pm
November 7 – 8pm
November 6 – 7:30pm
November 13 – 8pm
Currently the host of “Celebrity Name Game,”
Craig Ferguson has starred with Betty White
and Marie Osmond in the ABC comedy,
“Maybe This Time,” appeared in “The Drew
Carey Show” and earned a Peabody Award
and Emmy nomination for the “Late Late
Show with Craig Ferguson.”
Buddy Guy
Paul Reiser
Gabriel
Iglesias
2Cellos
Artwalk
Southern Soul Assembly - JJ Grey,
Anders Osborne, Marc Broussard
and Luther Dickenson
Alan Parsons Project with
Jacksonville Rock Symphony
Patty Griffin with Sara Watkins
and Anais Mitchell
Wild Kratts Live!
Theatreworks I Have a Dream
Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know Live
Adam Trent: The Futurist
YBASH Florida’s First Coast YMCA
The Australian Bee Gees
Artwalk
II Volo
Herb Alpert
Frank Sinatra Jr. - Sinatra Sings Sinatra
Jeanne Robertson
Get the Led Out
Peking Acrobats
As founding members of Monty
Python, John Cleese and Eric Idle are
unarguably among the godfathers of
modern comedy, helping to pioneer
an irreverent, absurdist sensibility
that is emulated by comics around
the world to this very day.
They have been topping the charts for
40 years with hits like “Reminiscing,” “Lady,”
“Cool Change,” and “Lonesome Loser.” The Little
River Band is presented by the Florida Theatre as
part of Cultural Fusion’s Year of the River.
MARCH
2
3
4
9
12
17
18
October 18 – 7:30pm
November 5 – 8pm
FEBRUARY
2
3
4
Little River Band:
40th Anniversary Tour
John Cleese &
Eric Idle:
Together Again
At Last… For The
Very First Time
Straight No Chaser November 17 – 8pm
Modern pop hits sung a cappella, have earned Straight No Chaser a
massive fan base. Their concerts mix old hits with new artists. Best
known for their “The 12 Days of Christmas” and their unique takes
on Adele, Pharrell Williams, Ray Charles and more.
Reworking pop hits in the styles of
jazz, ragtime and swing, Scott Bradlee’s
Postmodern Jukebox has earned 150
million YouTube views. Fan favorites
include a doo-wop cover of Miley Cyrus’
“We Can’t Stop,” Macklemore’s “Thrift
Shop” with a 20’s jazz accent, Daft Punk’s
“Get Lucky” set to Irish folk music and
Ke$ha’s “Die Young” as a classic
Country tune.
Brian Regan
All Hands on Deck: The Musical
November 8 – 2pm
Celebrating Veteran’s Day and based on
Bob Hope’s 1942 USO tour, this family friendly
Broadway musical salutes the troops with more
than 40 familiar classic American hits including;
“Chattanooga Choo-Choo,” “I’m In The Mood
For Love,” and more.
Former Sha Na Na band member and 1950s
rocker Bowzer returns with his annual holiday
party! This year he will be joined on stage by Jay
Seigel’s Tokens, known for their songs “The Lion
Sleeps Tonight,” and “Portrait of My Love,” and
Freddy Boom Boom Cannon, best known for his
hit songs “Palisades Park,” “Tallahassee Lassie”
and “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans.”
Don’t miss this 1950s Holiday Celebration!
Ronnie Milsap
November 29 7pm
His chart topping countrypop crossover songs
“Smoky Mountain Rain,”
“I Wouldn’t Have Missed
It for the World,” “Any Day
Now” and “Stranger in My
House” have earned him
40 No. 1 country hits,
six Grammy Awards and
eight Country Music
Association Awards.
December 18 – 7pm
KIDZ BOP performs kid-friendly versions of
today’s biggest pop music hits sung by kids, for
kids. This all new holiday tour features favorite
holiday songs performed by Kidz Bop Live
stars Ashlynn, Bredia, Grant and Matt!
December 13 – 7pm
Considered a comedian’s
comedian, Brian Regan
has distinguished
himself as one of the
premier funny men
in the country.
A dorm room favorite,
his CD Brian Regan Live,
has sold more than
150,000 copies, and his
two critically acclaimed
Kansas
Comedy Central Specials
December 6 – 7:30pm
remain fan favorites.
Solid hits like “Carry on Wayward Son,” “Dust in the
Wind, “Hold On” and “Point of Know Return” have
helped Kansas sell more than 30 million records and
made the band a staple on classic rock stations for
more than 40 years.
A John Waters
Christmas
The Community
Nutcracker
December 10 - 7pm
December 11 - 8pm
December 12 - 7:30pm
Every year, The Community Nutcracker
delights audiences of all ages with
this holiday classic. More
than 200 children from
Northeast Florida
audition and perform
in the production.
December 15 - 8pm
Iconic filmmaker and raconteur
John Waters - Pink Flamingos,
Hairspray, A Dirty Shame - rides
into town on his sleigh full of smut,
spreading yuletide cheer with his
critically acclaimed one-man show.
The Ten Tenors
Home for the Holidays
December 22 – 8pm
With soaring versions of “Joy to the World,”
“Sleigh Ride,” “White Christmas,” “ Feliz Navidad”
and more, The Ten Tenors Home for the Holidays
is a magical experience for
the whole family.