Rhythm by the River: A Festival Celebrating Black Voices

Some of the most exciting and innovative Black voices in Broward County take center stage for Rhythm by the River 2025 at Esplanade Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale presented by Baptist Health and JM Family Enterprises, Inc. with support from TD Charitable Foundation.

To get things started on the main stage, Dillard High School ’s nationally renowned DCA Jazz Ensemble puts the afternoon in full swing. Next up, inspirational soul songstress La Vie will serenade audiences with smooth sophisticated sounds evocative of her Haitian heritage. Jamaican Roots Reggae trio The Fantells will blend sweet melodies with Caribbean beats. Vincentian Soca singer Kevin Lyttle, best known for his 2003 Billboard single, “Turn Me On,” will close out the afternoon, bringing everyone to their feet with his red-hot dance hits.

Additional festivities include free arts and crafts and interactive games in the Baptist Health Activity Zone as well as food trucks and a variety of free community workshops in music, drumming and dance in the Broward Center’s Mary N. Porter Riverview Ballroom.

Rhythm by the River is proudly supported by radio media sponsor Cox Media Group and will be hosted live by Rodney Baltimore, mornings on Hot 105 and K Foxx of 99 JAMZ.

Rhythm by the River is part of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts’ Arts for Action: Black Voices initiative, co-presented by Baptist Health and JM Family Enterprises, Inc. with support from TD Charitable Foundation. This initiative is designed to elevate the voices of Black artists with a focus on how the arts and artists can be a force for change.