Fernando Gonzalez | Artburst Miami

“Paint your village and you will paint the whole world” is advice attributed to Nobel Prize winner Leo Tolstoy. Few theatrical experiences in recent memory make the point as vividly or successfully as the immersive music-driven production, “¡Viva La Parranda!”

With its eighth edition, the South Beach Jazz Festival presents a stellar lineup and continues its awareness mission.

The big band is to jazz what the symphony orchestra is to classical music and, for a composer, an instrument of unmatched power with a rich palette of sounds to match. But that is only part of what led Arturo O’Farrill lead the 18-piece Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra.

The 23rd edition of the Afro Roots Fest Miami Beach, set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at the North Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave. Presented by the Miami-based nonprofit Community Arts and Culture (CAC), the annual event was virtual last year due to pandemic-related safety concerns and restrictions.