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Jazz at Pinecrest Gardens Opens Its Season With a Big Band Under the Banyans

On Saturday, November 7 at 8 in the evening, the Banyan Bowl at Pinecrest Gardens opens the 17th season of Jazz at Pinecrest Gardens with Allyson Briggs and the Dan Gabel Big Band.

By Nanci Gilbert, PA September 28, 2026
Event · Saturday, November 7, 2026
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Jazz at Pinecrest Gardens opens its 17th season on Saturday, November 7, at 8 in the evening, when Allyson Briggs and the Dan Gabel Big Band take the Banyan Bowl stage at 11000 Red Road. The evening pairs Briggs's vocals with a full big band, playing Great American Songbook standards and swing classics. The Banyan Bowl, an open-air amphitheater tucked under the gardens' oldest banyans, has been the series' home for nearly two decades.

A season opener worth planning for

The Jazz at Pinecrest Gardens series has built a loyal following by pairing polished musicians with an intimate outdoor setting. The November 7 opener is a full evening, with the band's brass and rhythm sections filling the bowl and the subtropical night air carrying the sound. Arriving early matters: the amphitheater's best seats go quickly, and the gardens themselves are worth a walk before the first note.

Evenings that define the villages

A jazz night at Pinecrest Gardens is the kind of event that gives the villages south of Miami their character: cultural, walkable, and a little elegant without being formal. For families and empty nesters deciding where to settle, the quality of the local arts calendar says a lot about a community. Pinecrest has made its gardens a gathering place, and a season of concerts like this one is part of the daily life you would be moving into.

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