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Herbie Hancock, Patti LaBelle, Stephanie Mills and Kem are among the big names playing Memorial Day weekend at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival.

The African American Cultural Society is located in Palm Coast at 4422 N. U.S. Highway 1. The luau featured Robs Jazz Express with Rob Whiting on Guitar, Ray Callender on Trumpet and Melvin Smith on saxophone. Colorful Hawaiian clothes were worn, and tropical drinks were served.  Blanche Valentine, cultural center administrator for the African American Cultural Society said the organization considered doing a virtual concert at the beginning.  “But people were being bombarded with Zoom m...