For jam band fans, brothers Gideon and Noah Plotnicki are good folk to follow. Their pedigree boasts a collection of stellar sets from Brooklyn to New Orleans. Drawing on success booking late-night shows at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and serving as talent buyer Brooklyn Comes Alive, in 2021 they brought the inaugural year North Beach Music Festival to a 1960s-era, Art Deco-styled amphitheater steps from the Atlantic, ensconced in palms – and for two nights of jam and funk last December – lit with a laser ceiling and awash in jams. Year two promises to amp it up.
In this recent Sit Down With the Producers, we caught up with the brothers to discuss their history, their philosophy and their plans for North Beach Year II on December 9-11, 2022 in Miami Beach (listen to the discussion here).
With two sets of Moe., Lotus, Lettuce, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Keller Williams, Dopapod, and others queued up, the brothers are taking this unique venue in a market hungry for festivals and delivering the goods and serving up “unbelievable experiences.”
Discover how they’re helping transform the South Florida music scene by booking acts to come south of I-4 corridor to North Beach Amp, as well as working with Rhythm Foundation to stage shows at the Hollywood Bandshell. The result are shows staged in unique venues activated to deliver “that holy shit feeling” for fans, acts and promoter alike in a venue that – while you can’t camp anywhere nearby (trust us, we tried) – the proximity to the tourist town’s abundance of hotels and restaurants make it a convenient can’t-miss event.
The full line-up: MOE. (2 SETS); LOTUS; LETTUCE; KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE; DOPAPOD; ANTIBALAS; TROUBLE NO MORE
KELLER WILLIAMS; DOOM FLAMINGO; BRANDON “TAZ” NIEDERAUER; MELT; NEIGHBOR; LEMON CITY TRIO; SHIRA ELIAS; GUAVATRON; and AFROBETA. Get your tix today at https://northbeachmusicfestival.com/tickets/
See you in Miami Beach this December.