Already considered a hub for Latin, hip hop and electronic music, Miami is now going country. Country Bay Music Festival is scheduled for Nov. 11 and Nov. 12 at the historic Miami Marine Stadium, just southeast of downtown on Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay.
FILE - Leo Brooks, left, and Andrew Millsaps of Neon Union arrive at the 58th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, May 11, 2023, at the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas. Neon Union will be performing at the Country Bay Music Festival, which is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 11, and Sunday, Nov. 12, at the historic Miami Marine Stadium, just southeast of downtown on Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay, Fla. FILE - Boats move through the water near the Miami Marine Stadium Basin, Jan.
“This is a big thing for me,” Brooks said. “I never would have thought that I would be performing at a country festival as an artist in Miami, being from Miami. I’m going to feel like I’m floating when I perform that day for sure.” “I’m the guy in the background,” Brooks said. “But he kept telling me every day nonstop, ‘You gotta do it.’”
Growing up with country music allowed Brooks to lock into the feel of it, but he can’t ignore the Latin influence of his Miami upbringing, he said.Miami already is considered a hub for Latin, hip hop and electronic music, but Country Bay organizer Nelson Albareda, the CEO of Loud and Live, said South Florida has no shortage of country fans.
Albareda said his company began testing the Country Bay concept in 2017, though plans were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Back on track, Loud and Live is already working on the lineup of performers for next year and Albareda hopes the festival can become a permanent, annual event.
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