The Riviera Beach Jazz Festival was a three-day jazz line-up that enticed crowds from across the nation, according to an article in the local "Westside Gazette" of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The 2007 festival featured musicians Michael McDonald and Ruben Studdard, as well as a Sunday Gospel sing, in Riviera Beach, Florida.
Major sponsors, including Southwest Airlines and South Florida Waste Management, had pledged $200,000 towards the $723,000 festival budget for 2008, but the city said the burden was still too heavy for local shoulders. Officials noted losses of $1.5 million during the eight-year course of the spring festival, according to the "Palm Beach Post."
At least one jazz promoter, Bob Baldwin, came forward to suggest bringing the music back to Riviera Beach with monthly jazz festivals at the city's Bicentennial Park, according to the "Palm Beach Post." As of summer 2010, a replacement jazz festival or music series hadn't been announced.