{"id":530888,"date":"2026-01-20T23:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/530888\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T23:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:22:10","slug":"jacksonville-symphony-to-present-the-empire-strikes-back-in-concert-jan-23-24-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/530888\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Symphony to present \u2018The Empire Strikes Back\u2019 in concert Jan. 23\u201324 \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Symphony will present \u201cStar Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in Concert\u201d on Jan. 23 and 24, featuring renowned guest conductor Matthew Wardell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The concert will take place at the Jacksonville Symphony, located at 300 Water Street, Jacksonville, Fla. It will begin at 7:00 p.m. on both nights, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. to accommodate increased traffic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">After the destruction of the Death Star in \u201cStar Wars: A New Hope,\u201d Imperial forces continue to pursue the Rebels in \u201cThe Empire Strikes Back.\u201d The film follows the Rebellion on the ice planet Hoth and highlights Luke Skywalker\u2019s journey to Dagobah for training with Jedi Master Yoda. Meanwhile, Darth Vader attempts to lure Luke to the dark side in a trap set in the Cloud City of Bespin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">This live performance of the film will feature the Jacksonville Symphony musicians accompanying the movie screening with the score composed by John Williams. Disney Concerts has licensed this performance, ensuring an authentic experience for audiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Concert-goers are encouraged to arrive early, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[SIGN UP: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a><b>] <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Symphony will present \u201cStar Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in Concert\u201d on Jan.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":530889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[7320,5229,7323,3188,723,7324,7310,7327,21262,7325,7326,235375,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,7322,7321],"class_list":{"0":"post-530888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action-news-jax","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-cbs47","11":"tag-fl","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-fox30","14":"tag-jacksonville","15":"tag-jacksonville-fl","16":"tag-jacksonville-symphony","17":"tag-northeast-florida","18":"tag-southeast-georgia","19":"tag-star-wars-the-empire-strikes-back-concert","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa","26":"tag-wfox","27":"tag-wjax"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115930001861817120","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}