Art and Jazz hits the beach in Delray, a country-rock phenom tours Boca, and Michelangelo’s masterpiece is reborn in Fort Lauderdale. Plus, Duane Betts and more in your week ahead.
WEDNESDAY
What: Art and Jazz
When: 6 to 9:30 p.m.
Where: Beachside, East Atlantic Avenue east of the Intracoastal Bridge, Delray Beach
Cost: Free
Contact: downtowndelraybeach.com
Wednesday marks the year’s only beachside iteration of Art and Jazz, a perfectly opportunity to explore Delray’s signature shoreline during peak sunset hour and beyond. Live music runs all night, first with the blues, funk, and soul fire of the Cedrick Talton Experience from 6 to 7:30 p.m., followed by Wonderama, a local septet focusing on Billboard 100 hits through the decades. Talented mural artists will be creating art all night at the event’s open-air gallery curated by Glayson Leroy of Galera Collective, this time featuring street artists Ripes, of West Palm Beach, and Buns, straight from Miami’s Wynwood Walls. Local vendors and beachside dining complement this community-driven celebration of Delray’s arts and culture ethos.
THURSDAY
What: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition
When: Times available from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: The Galleria, 2414 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
Cost: $21.25-$34
Contact: chapelsistine.com
Visiting the real Sistine Chapel at The Vatican may be a cherished bucket-list experience for anyone with even a passing interest in art, but it can also be as crowded as Disney World in peak season, with no photography permitted, and Michelangelo’s famed ceiling out of reach. But this temporary exhibition in Fort Lauderdale’s Galleria mall reproduces the chapel’s masterpieces with state-of-the-art digital technology, allowing for an immersive experience in all directions. All 34 of Michelangelo’s frescoes, including The Last Judgment, are offered with pinpoint accuracy and an up-close-and-personal immediacy. Each painting is presented with historical text, and an audio tour is available to each ticketholder to dive even deeper into the inspiration for the works. Needless to say, don’t forget to look up. “Sistine Chapel” opened in March, and it winds down its South Florida run on June 7.
FRIDAY
What: Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Broward Center, 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale
Cost: $37-$59
Contact: 954/462-0222, browardcenter.org
As the son of Allman Brothers Band founder Dickey Betts, Duane Betts was born into southern rock royalty—and the annals of Florida music, more specifically. A native of Sarasota, the guitarist has followed in Dad’s footsteps, appearing first with the Allmans in 1994 (at age 16) and going on to play in Backbone69, Whitestarr, Dawes, and other bands that find harmony in melding rootsy genres. After a few years with his Allman Betts Band, in 2023 Duane struck out on his own with his debut solo LP Wild & Precious Life, an album that nods to his storied musical past while also looking ahead. Three years later, Betts returns with his second album, Isle of Hope, which drops in June. Expect to hear cuts from the new album, including lead single “Heartache,” with its cosmic pedal steel guitar, alongside favorites from the Allman Brothers Band and maybe a Neil Young classic.
SATURDAY
What: Speaker Series: “Restoring America’s Promise: The Fight for Justice”
When: 1 p.m.
Where: Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach
Cost: Included with museum admission
Contact: 561/495-0233, morikami.org
At the height of the Second World War, some 120,000 people of Japanese descent in the United States were rounded up and divided among 10 concentration camps between 1942 and 1946, under the false pretense of a security risk they were believed to pose. It took a Supreme Court decision and, decades later, pressure from redress organizations and a law signed by President Reagan in 1988 for the historical record to be corrected—and for victims of this racist policy decision to be paid reparations. In this illuminating presentation, Dr. Mitch Maki, a scholar of this subject and the author of Achieving the Impossible Dream: How Japanese Americans Obtained Redress, will explore the Japanese American World War II experience and the subsequent, decadeslong effort to overturn this miscarriage of justice. Combining historical facts with personal anecdotes and audience participation, Maki will explore how the ramifications of the internment of, in many cases, American citizens continues to reverberate into present-day battles over civil rights.
SUNDAY
What: Marcus King Band
When: 8 p.m.
Where: Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton
Cost: $44.99-$178.88
Contact: 561/393-7890, ticketmaster.com
American singer, songwriter, and guitarist Marcus King grew up surrounding by the blues, playing as a sideman for his father, South Carolina blues guitarist Marvin King, by the age of 8. As a teenager, King juggled school and club gigs, already hybridizing genres into a stew he termed soul-influenced psychedelic southern rock. In 2014, King released his debut album, and within two years he had signed to Fantasy Records, the estimable label that had signed roots-rock royalty Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ry Cooder, and Tedeschi Trucks Band. Like these artists, King borrows from whatever stylistic language best fits the stories he tells, from bluegrass to rock and southern-fried soul. This range is particularly explored on his latest release Darling Blue, which The Tennessean named one of Nashville’s “Best Albums of 2025.” Its name nods to the Blue Ridge Mountains, whose natural splendor is referenced in his lyrics, which also address King’s courtship and marriage to his wife Briley. Up-and-coming Atlanta band Penelope Road, whose influences range from Paramore to Marvin Gaye, will open the show.
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