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Concert Information highlights Jupiter’s
Each year, the Jubilee

unique character, history,
Monthly concert series and Legends tribute bands are Food and beverage vendors will be available, or you can community and natural
free and do not require tickets. Concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. always visit one of the many restaurants in Downtown Abacoa. treasures. In the spirit of
and end at 10 p.m. Some seating is available and is first- Free parking is available in any of the three parking conservation, the Jubilee is
come, first-served. Chairs, coolers, blankets and friendly garages, as well as on Main Street and University Boulevard. a Green event, and vendors,
dogs are welcome. The Abacoa APOA is not responsible Please note: Parking in resident spots could result in your exhibits and attendees are
for lost or stolen items. vehicle being towed at your expense. encouraged to recycle, re-
Ticket To The Moon use, and conserve.
To ensure a safe and fun event for everyone, this year’s

Jupiter Jubilee will include several precautionary measures.
Ticket to The Moon will take you on a flight through The event is being held completely outdoors, allowing for
the music of Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra (ELO.) more room to space out tables, games and displays. Hand
Incorporating an exciting mix of elements into rock and roll, sanitizing and washing stations will be located throughout the
including disco rhythms and electronic studio wizardry, this event. While masks are not mandatory at the event, guests are
incredible group pays tribute to the music that helped shape a encouraged to wear them if it makes them more comfortable.
generation. Ticket to The Moon delivers a one-of-a-kind show, Access to certain activities may be limited to small groups to
both sonically and visually, which will make any fan feel like allow for distancing.
they’re at an actual ELO concert. Lead singer and founder, • Kids’ fun zone, food trucks, local vendors, Jupiter police
Reggie Fecteau, has assembled a ‘dream team’ of musicians and K-9 demonstrations … and much more!
whose training and performance history is second to none. • Free bike valet – Ride your bike or scooter and enjoy
A Little Bit About Clay Walker the complimentary bike valet.
• Water fill station – Bring your water bottle to fill up and

enjoy Jupiter’s award-winning water.
Ernest Clayton Walker Jr. (Aug. 19, 1969), also known as There’s more to the • Civic fair – Learn more about community organizations
Clay Walker, is an American country music artist. He is from duality of Clay Walker’s serving Jupiter.
Vidor, Texas. Walker got his first guitar when he was 9 years debut Show Dog Nashville • Live music – Listen to the music from hot local bands
old as a gift from his father. He began to enter talent-based album Texas To Tennessee and keep the fun rollin’ with D.J. Jammin’ Jim.
competitions at 15 and began touring as a musician when he than the title. Certainly,
was 19. He performed at local clubs, which eventually brought the realities of place are as
him to a bar in Beaumont named “Neon Armadillo,” where he central as this comeback
worked as a house singer. album’s name implies:
Many of the country fans behind the almost 20 million Nashville busily working
on-demand and video streams for his latest single Need A Bar toward the next fresh
Sometimes – who may also be among his 750,000 TikTok hit; Texas moving at its
followers – are wholly unaware of Walker’s history. Discovered inimitable and familiar pace. There’s also a mix of songwriting
in that Beaumont area bar by noted producer and head of Giant and production approaches, evident and more nuanced
Records James Stroud (Toby Keith, Tracy Lawrence, Tim relationships between the songs themselves, and the overarching
McGraw, Kenny Rogers), Walker was in his early 20s when he presence of a naturally gifted vocalist who relentlessly pursues
started rattling off a string of smash hits. Walker made his debut his own development as a singer. But don’t mistake those
in 1993, releasing a single named What’s It to You. This hit No. dualities for dichotomy – and certainly not polarity. In a storied
1 on the charts of Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks. He career dotted with smash singles, platinum albums and countless
has released 11 albums in total that include a Christmas music honors and acclaim, maybe the connection between country’s
package. Four of his tour studio albums were platinum certified timeless themes and music-of-the-moment timeliness has
in the United States with the fifth being gold-certified. Some of been there all along. Among them, Live Until I Die, Dreaming
his singles that charted on Hot Country Songs and reached No. 1 With My Eyes Open, This Woman And This Man, Hypnotize
are Dreaming with My Eyes Open, This Woman and This Man, If The Moon, Rumor Has It, Then What, I Can’t Sleep and She
I Could Make a Living, and Rumor Has It. Notable studio albums Won’t Be Lonely Long. His self-titled debut album Need a Bar
by Walker include Hypnotize the Moon, A Few Questions Fall, Sometimes rocketed to platinum status, the first of four to cross
Christmas, Live, Laugh, Love, and a few more. Clay Walker was the million-sold mark.
a winner in Country Song Roundup for Best New Male Vocalist No refund event. Rain or shine event. No outside chairs
and Radio & Records for Best New Male Artist in 1993. He was or coolers are permitted. Blankets are welcome. No re-entry
also nominated for TNN/Music City News, Academy of Country without VIP wristband. VIP reserved seated and pit access, VIP
Music, and American Music Awards. wristband allows re-entry into amphitheater.

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