Miami's Five Best Concerts This Week

The Holidays are over. The New Year has begun. And it's Monday. Sure, you might be feeling pretty bummed out now. But there is a remedy for those post-Holiday blues -- music. But not just any regular tuneage. We're talking about SoFla's five best concerts. Check 'em out, from the...

By Laurie Charles

January 5, 2015

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The Holidays are over. The New Year has begun. And it's Monday.

Sure, you might be feeling pretty bummed out now. But there is a remedy for those post-Holiday blues -- music.

But not just any regular tuneage. We're talking about SoFla's five best concerts.

Check 'em out, from the Miami Beach Jazz Festival at the New World Center to the Beach Boys at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts to Nipsey Hussle at The Stage.

The Grey 8s. With San Gabriel. Wednesday, January 7, 10 p.m., Bardot, 3456 N. Miami Ave., Miami; 305-576-7750; bardotmiami.com. Bring out your gorilla suit and get weird with the Grey 8s as the "psychedelic/garage/blues" trio rocks the night away at Bardot.

The Beach Boys. Fifty Years Of "Fun, Fun, Fun." Thursday, January 8, 8 p.m., Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 561-832-7469; kravis.org. Tickets start at $30 plus fees via kravis.org. Celebrate half a century of "Fun, Fun, Fun" with the Beach Boys and their "Good Vibrations" at the Kravis Center.

An Evening With Arturo Sandoval and Friends. With Willy Chirino, Amaury Gutierrez, the Frost School of Music Henry Mancini Institute Big Band, and others. Friday, January 9, 8 p.m., Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-949-6722; arshtcenter.org. Tickets cost $75 to $150 plus fees via arshtcenter.org. Spend the night bailando with Arturo Sandoval, Willy Chirino, and more of Miami's Latin music giants at the Arsht Center.

Miami Beach Jazz Festival. With Bucky Pizzarelli, Monty Alexander, Federico Britos, Rufus Reid, Giacomo Gates, Aria Hendricks, and others. Saturday, January 10, 6 p.m. New World Center, 500 17th St., Miami Beach; 305-673-3331; newworldcenter.com. Tickets cost $46.50 to $176.50 plus fees via newworldcenter.com. Experience the musical perfection that is Bucky Pizzarelli, Monty Alexander, and the rest of the Miami Beach Jazz Fest's Living Legends of Jazz.

Nipsey Hussle. Saturday, January 10, 9 p.m. The Stage, 170 NE 38th St., Miami; 305-576-9577; thestagemiami.com. Tickets cost $30 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 18 and up. Get low with Crenshaw, Los Angeles-bred rapper Nipsey Hussle at the Design District's best club. Bring some pocket money. And he'll bring the Mailbox Money.

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