GREATER JACKSONVILLE AGRICULTURAL FAIR
HEART SHAPED BOX – A NIRVANA TRIBUTE
plus BEAR & ROBERT, THE JOHN'S TWINS, BRIAN ERNST, LAUREN WOODALL, & much more
Heart Shaped Box(a Nirvana Tribute) is THE most authentic Nirvana tribute in the World. From the Gear to the sound to the songs, HSB provides you all Nirvana all the time. Heart Shaped Box is a three-man Nirvana tribute from Jacksonville, Florida. The band got together in 2009 thanks to guitarist Adam Latiff, and they play all around Florida and make occasional appearances in other southern states. Heart Shaped Box recreates Nirvana’s greatest performances to deliver a powerful nostalgic sound of grunge rock.
BEAR & ROBERT:
His eighth independent release is the most vulnerable record of his 17 year career. It’s a record written in response to the years he spent touring, living and working in Eastern & Southern Africa. It’s an album written about spending a months working at the Moria Refugee Camp in Lesvos, Greece and working with Syrian families fleeing war in Izmir,
Türkiye. It’s an album about holding the line at Standing Rock, becoming a father, touring around the world, and the peaks and valleys along the way. The record was produced in South Africa, by Ben Badenhorst.Ernst filmed a music video for each one of the twelve songs on the album and then edited them together into one 57 minute visual album entitled, “A Film In The Key Of Freedom.” It’s a rockumentary written, filmed, edited, directed and performed entirely by him.
Ernst built his career as a versatile, live looping multi-instrumentalist with a memorable and thought provoking live performance. His music has helped carry he and his family across 50 states and 37 countries, utilizing a grassroots approach that’s helped him sell over 20,000 albums and collect over 1.5 million views on all his videos.
Ernst grew up in a small town in Ohio. He is a proud Citizen of The Lenape Nation, Turtle Clan. In English they’re called the Delaware Tribe of Indians; which is a Sovereign Indigenous Nation that governs in what is commonly known as the United States.
Ernst is a proud Lenape who is very passionate about Native American Studies and Federal Indian Law Reform.Ernst and his wife Katie run an 501c3 non profit organization called Journey4YOUth. Since 2010, they have been ally’s to the Luo Tribe of Rusinga Island, Kenya. Through local leadership and council, Journey4YOUth and it’s supporters have raised over $200,000 for education scholarships and clean water initiatives.
Brian has shared the stage with The Wailers, SOJA, Trevor Hall, MC YOGI, Shakey Graves, Nahko, Tubby Love, Better Than Ezra, Goodluck, and many others. He’s performed at concerts and festivals in South Africa, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Australia and SE Asia and he continues to bring people together with passionate music and storytelling. Widening the circle one song at a time.
LAUREN WOODALL
Lauren Woodall is a Jacksonville, FL-based singer/songwriter who began performing professionally at just 15 years old. She is often characterized by her distinctive emotional sound and stream-of-consciousness lyricism. She graduated Cum Laude with her Bachelors of Arts in Music in 2021 studying with the likes of American Contralto Dina Barone and singer/songwriter Margaret Glaspy.
Lauren released her debut single, Joice St., November 2023, bridging a range of musical styles and genres including alternative country and indie rock. She will be releasing her first full-length album, Desiderium, at the close of 2024.