{"id":396461,"date":"2026-09-11T02:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T02:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396461\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T02:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T02:30:18","slug":"patio-jams-moves-to-every-other-thursday-sparking-mixed-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396461\/","title":{"rendered":"Patio Jams moves to every other Thursday, sparking mixed reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A student band performing at Patio Jams last year, contributed by Marissa Levinson.<\/p>\n

Students walking through the University of Miami\u2019s campus this fall may notice Lake Osceola is a little quieter than normal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The live music of Hurricane Productions\u2019 Patio Jams is now set to be held every other week, a change that has received mixed reactions among students and performers. The popular music series will still take place, just not every Thursday.<\/p>\n

Hurricane Productions, HP, the University\u2019s largest student programming board, recently underwent a restructuring process and now features four programs: HP Collective, HP at the Rat, HP at Nite and HP Live. The restructuring is intended to give each program a more specific focus while allowing HP to offer a wider range of events for students.<\/p>\n

HP Live oversees the organization\u2019s musical programming, including Patio Jams, the Homecoming Concert, Battle of the Bands, listening parties and the newly introduced Music @ Mahoney series.<\/a><\/p>\n

Trinity Vodovoz, this year\u2019s HP Live Lead, says the Fall 2026 Patio Jams lineup has already been released, excluding the headliner. Discussions surrounding additional performance opportunities are ongoing.<\/p>\n

HP Live hosted its first Patio Jams of the semester on Aug. 27, drawing more than 250 student attendees, according to HP Live executive board members.<\/p>\n

Vodovoz said the new schedule will allow HP to offer additional benefits to students at each event.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on feedback from the student body, we are now able to provide free food or giveaways at each Patio Jams, whereas we were unable to do so for the weekly series,\u201d said Vodovoz.<\/p>\n

However, some students involved in the Frost School of Music are concerned that holding the event less frequently could mean fewer opportunities for performers.<\/p>\n

Alec Windmiller, a sophomore music business major, said he was disappointed when he heard about the schedule change.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really nice to hear live music when I\u2019m out walking at least once a week, and now I\u2019ll just kind of have to miss that every Thursday routine,\u201d Windmiller said.<\/p>\n

Beyond the experience of attending the events, Windmiller said he worries about what the change could mean for students hoping to perform.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really hard to get booked for Patio Jams alone because they have a lot of people applying, but this might create even fewer opportunities for our school\u2019s musicians to be shown off the way they would\u2019ve with the previous schedule,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

With fewer events throughout the semester, Windmiller believes the change could limit the variety of performers and music genres.<\/p>\n

\u201cWeekly Patio Jams meant there could be a huge variety of performances within the course of just one semester, but with that being halved, I do think that it does place a pretty strong limit on being able to show everything that we have to offer at Frost,\u201d Windmiller said.<\/p>\n

Another student performer, Kayla Nguyen, a sophomore at UM in the Frost School of Music, expressed similar concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved seeing my peers perform, and it\u2019s sad that there are fewer opportunities to do that now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Nguyen also said the reduced schedule could make performing at the event more competitive.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t necessarily think the experience of Patio Jams itself will change. I just think it will become more competitive because of the fewer spots available.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite concerns about fewer performance opportunities, both emphasized the importance of Patio Jams to the UM community.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Patio Jams are an excellent way to connect the school music to everybody else on our campus by providing a free space to be able to show off music,\u201d Windmiller said.<\/p>\n

Nguyen agreed, describing the events as an opportunity for students to express themselves and experience a wide variety of music.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never seen two Patio Jams that are the same,\u201d she said. \u201cThey provide creative outlets for students to perform and to come together as a community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vodovoz said HP continues to value student feedback as the semester progresses.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, we want to create events that students are excited to attend and enjoy,\u201d said Vodovoz.<\/p>\n

Regardless of disappointment from the reduced schedule, Patio Jams remains an adamant event on campus that brings together students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just glad that we\u2019re still able to offer Patio Jams,\u201d Windmiller said. \u201cI will definitely still be going to every single one.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, students can expect to hear Patio Jams around Lake Osceola every other Thursday, with HP hoping the changes make each event bigger and better for student attendees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A student band performing at Patio Jams last year, contributed by Marissa Levinson. Students walking through the University…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-396461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}