- The 2026 Jazz in the Gardens Fest in Miami Gardens, Florida, has become an annual reunion for music lovers worldwide, providing festival-goers with personal connections to their favorite artists and hits that resonate like therapy.
Music continues to be the universal language intended to stand the test of time, and the sentiment was on full display during the 2026 Jazz in the Gardens (JITG) Fest in Miami Gardens, Florida.
What once started in a parking lot has become an annual reunion for music lovers, local, domestic and worldwide. During an event like JITG, festival-goers get a chance to leave their worries at home through personal connections with their favorite artists and hits that stick like grits.
On music being the soundtrack for folks’ lives
“It feels good,” R&B singer Donell Jones told Blavity when asked how it feels to know that his music has become the soundtrack to people’s lives since he first hit the scene in the early ’90s.
“When I wrote my songs, most of my songs were based on personal experiences, things that I’ve been through, so I didn’t write them thinking that it was going to really help somebody else. I wrote them as therapy for me,” he continued. “But, you know, I guess in life, we all go through the same type of thing. No matter what it is, we’re all connected in some kind of way. So it touched some hearts, and I appreciate that.”…