Jazz in the Gardens announces Music Choice as the presenting festival sponsor Jazz in the Gardens is ‘powered’ by Music Choice

Jazz in the Gardens announces Music Choice as the presenting festival sponsor Jazz in the Gardens is ‘powered’ by Music Choice

Two day festival includes Kelly Rowland, Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J and more

     MIAMI GARDENS, FL –  The City of Miami Gardens’ 9th annual Jazz in the Gardens music festival at Sun Life Stadium is proud to announce Music Choice as the presenting sponsor for the 2014 event.  The sponsorship is a continued celebration of Music Choice’s Black History Month celebration and its partnership with the City of Miami Gardens.

The event takes place March 14-15, 2014 in Miami Gardens and the all-star lineup includes: Grammy Award winners LL Cool J, Jamie Foxx and Anthony Hamilton; R&B artists Trey Songz, and original Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland; bass guitar legend Stanley Clarke; beloved Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly; R&B funk group Mint Condition; six octave vocal songstress Rachelle Farrell; and 2014 Grammy nominee jazz artist Boney James.

     Damon Williams, VP Programming at Music Choice stated: “Music Choice is very excited about our partnership with the City of Miami Gardens. They have done an outstanding job building Jazz in the Gardens into one of the premiere events in the country. Music Choice is going all in to high-light the event across our national network in a big way. Anytime you can feature today’s hottest artists like Jamie Foxx, Trey Songz and Kelly Rowland along with an icon like Frankie Beverly and Maze it just drives our audience to tune-in to our network to learn more about the festival!”

As part of the partnership, Music Choice is creating a Jazz in the Gardens destination on Music Choice on Demand that includes a dedicated Jazz in the Gardens folder and Video Playlist that highlights the performers who will appear at the two day celebration of African American entertainment, culture and community.  The play-list entitled Jazz in the Gardens will feature some of the hottest artists who will appear on stage in Miami Gardens including Kelly Rowland, Trey Songz, Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J and many more! Video playlists will be available for free nationally on Video On Demand starting March 3.

Music Choice will also do several national and local radio promotions, social media engement and a flyaway sweepstakes with its television affiliates Cablevision and Mediacom to promote the event to its national audience.

Tickets are on sale now at www.jazzinthegardens.com, the Sun Life Stadium Box Office, and www.ticketmaster.com. Two day tickets start at $80, single day tickets start at $50 and advance purchase tickets for the Friday night opening party are $45.  Jazz in the Gardens will kick off on Friday, March 14, with the Women’s Impact Conference & Luncheon at Shula’s Hotel & Golf Club. Later that evening, Jazz in the Gardens will host an inaugural Friday night opening party at Calder Casino; the headlining performer will be named at a later date.

For more information about Jazz in the Gardens, visit www.jazzinthegardens.com, “like” us at www.facebook.com/jazzinthegardens, follow twitter.com/jazzgardens and in-stagram.com/jitg9 #JITG9.

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