Less Than Jake headlines Spring Jam at Seabreeze Amphitheater

When I was wee lad growing up in the late 90s, the coolest band this side of the Mississip was Gainesville’s own Less Than Jake (LTJ). The upbeat ska band came out with two-minute song after two-minute song, burning my Discman to the ground. I probably saw this damn band 15 times; luckily West Palm and Ft. Lauderdale sit conveniently along the I-95/Fla Turnpike corridor; shit, they kick-started my love affair with PEZ Candy. Sixteen years later (for me; LTJ is celebrating their 20th birthday this year), LTJ is still scratching those same static ska chords and blowing them horns—wonder how the old dude, Howie J. Reynolds, is doing?


They may be a bit wider, a tad slower, and relying on some ‘classics’ but LTJ is back in SoFlo headlining Spring Jam, put on by Music Jam Productions, over at the coolest damn concert venue in this whole damn town, the Seabreeze Amphitheater at Carlin Park. From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Seabreeze is celebrating the, ahem, warmer months with 12 hours of tunes, eats, booze and, err, art. Plenty of local acts are getting in on the good times, including perhaps the freshest local band The Kinected; surf bums William Kimball and Hit Show; PBC reggae mainstays The Resolvers—boo-yah-ka-sha; the rocksteady/reggae fellas from PSL, RustiCo Drop; and a slew of others (South Side Dub, Honey Henny Lime, Spred the Dub, Bryan Matthew and the L.O.C., Crazy Fingers, We Kill Giants, All The Pretty Cars, Saltwater Grass and Scalawag).


Tix for this 12-hour music fest cost $20 before March 1 at Music Jam Productions website—hit this link—and a bevy of brick and mortars (below). Tickets are $30 a pop come March 1 and at the gate. Get the tix early folks; though the venue is outdoors, there is a capacity.

(Tickets available at the following: Jupiter: Corners Ocean Bar & Grill, Blueline Stand Up Paddle Surf, Local Surf Shop, Wolfe Guitars, Jupiter Music; Wylder’s in Tequesta; Florida Paddleboards in Juno Beach; Maraist Law Firm in North Palm Beach; Stuart: Morning Glory Café, Surf Central, Surf Ratz, Earthtones; Ohana Surf on Hutchinson Island; and Nomad Surf Shop in Boynton Beach)

Courtesy of Music Jam Productions

Seabreeze Amphitheater
750 S. A1A
Jupiter, FL  33477