ARTS PICKS | Sept. 13-15

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend.

Friday & Saturday

Parrots & Palms with the Jacksonville Symphony

Jacoby Hall | Downtown Jacksonville

Sym-Fin-y to the left! Sym-Fin-y to the right! Over its 74 years, the Jacksonville Symphony has tackled a wide range of genres, from works by masters of the Western canon to arena rock. But Gulf & Western? On Friday and Saturday, the symphony will take on the music of late, oft-barefooted singer-songwriter (and entrepreneur) Jimmy Buffett, as well as other coastal classics by the Beach Boys, Van Morrison and more. Both performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets (see: license to chill) and more infor .

Friday & Saturday

Florida Fin Fest

Seawalk Pavilion | Jacksonville Beach

The annual two-day Florida Fin Fest returns with a lineup that would perk ears even if it weren’t a free event. Wildly popular North Florida indie troupe Flipturn (Friday at 8:30 p.m. ) and the Alabama-bred soul group St. Paul & The Broken Bones (Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ) get top billing in a lineup that also includes Stop Light Observation, Paco Versailles, DJ Vincent Antone, Prizilla, Speakeasy, Faze Wave, Brave Baby and Madison Hughes. The festival includes partnerships with like-minded businesses and organizations to offer a family-friendly event that includes an educational village and speaker panels on ocean conservation. Again, it’s free to attend. Full schedule and more info .

All weekend

A Century of Contemporary, Jacksonville Stacked Stars, Fill My Heart with Hope

MOCA | Downtown Jacksonville

As MOCA celebrates its 100-year-anniversary, the Downtown museum is stacked with new exhibitions. MOCA’s special 100th anniversary exhibit, A Century of Contemporary , traces the history of the institution, while the late Frank Stella’s large-scale sculpture installation, Jacksonville Stacked Stars still fills Project Atrium. New York based artist Emil Alzamora’s multidisciplinary exhibit, Starship Abundance , remains on view too. And an exhibition of more than 100 works – many of which by less-heralded artists hailing from the Deep South – called Fill My Heart With Hope: Works From The Gordon W. Bailey Collection , fills two floors of the museum. MOCA is open from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is always free on Saturdays. More info .

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