Garbage headlines an alt-rock triple bill, Delray hosts a movie under the stars, and an interactive art exhibition invites you to turn back time. Plus, Brit Floyd and more in your week ahead.
WEDNESDAY
What: Garbage and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Where: iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach
When: 7 p.m.
Cost: $41 and up
Contact: 561/795-8883, westpalmbeachamphitheatre.com
It’s always exciting when one of the most captivating acts in alternative rock graces our presence, and Garbage seems to enjoy the South Florida environs. We last saw the group, fronted by the magnetic Shirley Manson, open for Tears for Fears at this same venue last year, and now they’re back on a co-headlining jaunt to perform their decades of enduring hits (“Stupid Girl,” “Queer,” “Only Happy When It Rains”) as well as their equally compelling newer material from 2021’s socially/politically relevant No Gods No Masters. They share top billing with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, the soaring post-Oasis project from the titular outspoken singer/guitarist, whose appearance in South Florida is a rare one indeed. But this is a strong bill all the way back to its opening band, Canada’s Metric, which has been recording club-heaving electro-pop indie anthems since 2003.
THURSDAY
What: Summer 2023 Outdoor Movie Series
Where: Delray Beach Historical Society, 3 N.E. First St., Delray Beach
When: 8 p.m.
Cost: $12
Contact: delraybeachhistory.org/events
Returning for what we hope becomes a longtime annual tradition, the Historical Society’s second outdoor summer movie series will present three films, over the next three months, that address historical events through the lens of journalism. The series opens Thursday with Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous,” a movie I’ve probably seen more times than I have fingers on my hands; it chronicles a young music reporter’s coming-of-age as he sneaks his way into a Rolling Stone cover story on a fractious rock band. Patrick Fugit leads one of the best casts of the early 2000s, including Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jason Lee. The series continues with “All the President’s Men” on July 20 and “A River Runs Through It” on Aug. 24. Attendees are welcome to bring outside food, and there will be a beer, wine and popcorn bar on site.
THURSDAY AND SATURDAY
What: Grateful Dead Meetup at the Movies
Where: Movies of Delray, 7421 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach
When: 7 p.m.
Cost: $15
Contact: moviesofdelray.com
This 11th-annual tie-dyed tradition welcomes South Florida Deadheads to select theaters to re-experience a single concert from the monumental band’s history in cinema-quality high-definition. This year’s Grateful Dead Meetup features their three-hour-and-10-minute 1991 debut at Chicago’s Soldier Field. The concert was part of an experimental tenure for the Dead, unveiling an unusual double-keyboard lineup of Bruce Hornsby and former Todd Rundgren pianist Vince Welnick to replace the indelible contributions of Brent Mydland, who died in 1990. This lightning-in-a-bottle collaboration wouldn’t last forever, but it made for yet another of the Dead’s iconic tours. On this evening, see the revitalized collective perform cuts such as “Shakedown Street,” “Dark Star,” “Terrapin Station” and “Crazy Fingers” along with covers from Bob Dylan and the Band.
FRIDAY
What: Opening night of “A Journey Through Time at Old School Square”
Where: Old School Square Park, 95 N.E. First Ave., Delray Beach
When: 5 to 6 p.m.
Cost: Free
Contact: downtowndelraybeach.com
Time is an illusion, say the mystics and shamans and woo-woo philosophers. Perhaps Olivier Landreville and Serge Maheu, the creators of LAPS, an interactive art installation premiering in Delray Beach this week, would agree. Visitors are encouraged to interact with this sprawling exhibition of six oversized hourglass modules, turning them forward and backward, watching their contents move inside as vivid lights and sounds further engage the experiencer—a way to symbolically turn back time or leap forward in time as desired. As the artists desire it, “each [participant] is a keeper of their own passage of time.” “A Journey Through Time at Old School Square” is part of the Downtown Development Authority’s months-long “Summer at the Square” programming series, and will be on view, day and night, through July 30.
What: Brit Floyd
Where: Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $55-$95
Contact: 561/393-7890, mizneramp.com
It takes a certain amount of confidence to bill yourself as “the world’s greatest Pink Floyd show,” but the professionals in Brit Floyd have had 12 years to build up their dynamic tribute to one of the most exacting and globally convulsive rock bands in music history. In fact, Brit Floyd has amassed such respect from Pink Floyd’s inner circle that many players from the real McCoy have performed with them onstage, including saxophonist Scott Page and backing vocalists Roberta Freeman and Durga McBroom. On this tour, the 11-piece band will continue its yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s epochal 1973 LP Dark Side of the Moon by playing the heady concept album in its entirety, followed by select compositions from Floyd’s rich and influential history. Expect to be dazzled by the multicolored laser lights and rapturous video projections.
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