A creative city by the sea There is far more to our city than sand and surf. The Pompano Beach arts scene has grown into one of the most vibrant in South Florida, with galleries, theaters, and cultural centers that keep the calendar full all year. If you have only visited the beach, you are…
April 2026 might go down as the month Pompano Beach finally hit the stride it’s been hinting at for a couple of years. Between the Sapphire 5th anniversary of Jazz Fest, the formal next step on the $2 billion downtown City Hall project, the McNair Park reopening, and a steady drumbeat of cultural and culinary…
Pompano Beach’s music scene is more active than its reputation would suggest. Most people think of the Briny and a handful of bars along Atlantic Boulevard, but the actual live music landscape in April 2026 is broader and more interesting than that shorthand implies. The Pompano Beach Cultural Arts Center hosts ticketed performances throughout the…
If you’ve ever air-guitared in your driveway, this Wednesday’s Pompano Beach Amphitheater show was a religious experience. Two of the most influential instrumental rock guitarists alive — Joe Satriani and Steve Vai — brought their SatchVai Band tour to the Amphitheater on Wednesday, April 22 at 7 PM, treating fans to a two-and-a-half-hour set that…
Pompano Beach Arts hit a milestone this past weekend: five years of Jazz Fest, and the Sapphire-themed 5th anniversary edition lived up to every bit of the build-up. Held Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19 on the sand just south of the iconic Fisher Family Pier, the festival ran from 1 PM to 10…
If you grew up listening to ‘Red Red Wine’ on a college radio station, Friday, April 17 at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater was your night. UB40 featuring Ali Campbell — the touring iteration led by the band’s iconic original lead vocalist — took the stage at 8 PM in front of a sold-out beachside crowd,…
If you’ve been to a Music Under the Stars show at the Great Lawn behind the Pompano Beach Civic Center, you understand what the venue offers — a properly scaled outdoor performance space with good acoustics, ample room for blankets and lawn chairs, and the kind of community atmosphere that makes outdoor concerts feel like…
If you missed Old Town Untapped on Friday, April 3, you missed one of the most danceable nights downtown Pompano has had all year. April’s edition of the city’s monthly craft brew and arts block party drew a packed crowd to NE 1 Street and Flagler Avenue, with Bailey Contemporary Arts as the backdrop and…
While the waterfront gets most of the attention in Pompano Beach, a quieter creative transformation has been taking shape a few blocks to the west. The stretch of downtown Pompano around Old Town has been gradually attracting artists, galleries, and creative businesses — the kind of organic cultural development that cities spend millions trying to…
Sunday afternoon jazz is back in downtown Pompano, and if you haven’t made it out yet this season, this week is a good time to start. The informal outdoor session series that’s been building momentum in the Civic Center area has settled into a reliable weekly rhythm — local musicians, community crowd, cold drinks, and…
