The Tennessee Legislature passed legislation creating a specialty license plate to support Singing For Change, Jimmy Buffett’s lifelong philanthropy. The Margaritaville specialty license plate will be available once Singing for Change presells 1,000 plates to meet the state requirement. Once that is met, the plates will be printed and made available to the public.
You can pre order your Margaritaville license plate on the Singing For Change website now. The cost of the specialty plate will be $35 and you will be able to order directly on the SFC website. www.buffettnews.com/2026/02/01/32918/... See MoreSee Less
This March, GRAMMY Museum Mississippi is turning 10, and we’re celebrating in a BIG way! As part of our anniversary festivities, we’re thrilled to bring Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band to Cleveland, Mississippi for a special benefit concert hosted at Delta State University's Bologna Performing Arts Center!
🗓 Saturday, March 7⏰ 7:30 PM📍 Bologna Performing Arts Center🎟 Tickets on sale February 2 - Available at grammymuseumms.org or bolognapac.com/
From the Zac Brown Band: Time to take this show on the road! Love & Fear Tour presented by Margaritaville at Sea is coming to a city near you this year. We’re so excited to keep playing these new songs along with your favorite hits for one big party every night. We’ve got some incredible artists joining us along the way to kick things off. Presale access is now open. Visit zacbrownband.com to register. General on sale begins this Friday. www.buffettnews.com/2026/01/27/32909/... See MoreSee Less
From KeysWeekly: IN PICTURES: JIMMY BUFFETT’S CORAL REEFER BAND KEEPS THE PARTY GOING. When Jimmy Buffett passed away in 2023, his instructions were clear: “Keep the party going.” His fans and his band are doing exactly that. Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band packed the Coffee Butler Amphitheater in Key West on Jan. 16, singing along with treasured summer songs while sipping margaritas and more. ... See MoreSee Less
From Keys News: Musicians group looks to preserve historic Jimmy Buffett studio. A new proposal could lead to an encore for Jimmy Buffett’s former recording studio, Shrimpboat Sound. This week, the Key West Musicians Collective added another option to the still-unresolved debate over the future of the studio where Jimmy Buffett, George Strait, Alan Jackson, James Slater, Zack Brown, Kenny Chesney, Old Dominion, and Mac McAnally all recorded albums. Their proposal joins at least two others already under consideration by the Key West Bight Management District Board. www.buffettnews.com/2026/01/17/32893/... See MoreSee Less
Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers, a feature documentary that is about Jimmy Buffett’s original band is set to premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 9th, with a second screening on February 13th. The documentary is narrated by Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges.
The documentary features commentary from Kenny Chesney, Mac McAnally, songwriter Keith Sykes as well as many original Coral Reefer band members and touring crew. The First Coral Reefers were a group of talented, often unruly characters whose creative energy and personal chemistry helped define Buffett’s most iconic early work. Occupational Hazard is directed by John H. Cunningham, who has a deep and close connection to several members of the first Coral Reefers as well as to a lifelong affinity to Jimmy Buffett, as their paths crossed many times, beginning in the Florida Keys in the 1970s. www.buffettnews.com/2026/01/15/32888/... See MoreSee Less
From the Wall Street Journal: The Battle Over Jimmy Buffett’s Old Recording Studio in Key West
On a curvy dockside stretch in Key West, Fla., called Lazy Way Lane is a worn out white bunker building with no windows.
Beaten by sun and weather and plastered with stickers, the old shrimp icehouse is a piece of Florida and music history: Jimmy Buffett recorded dozens of albums there, hosting musicians including Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, the Smashing Pumpkins and the late Alan Jackson.
But since his death in 2023, the main thing it’s been creating is trouble. And not the kind Buffett memorialized in songs like “Margaritaville” and “Why Don’t We Get Drunk.”
Shrimpboat Sound Studio was emptied and its lease with the city canceled last year. The building is in disrepair and Key West is considering what to do with the property. The city has asked the public for proposals. www.buffettnews.com/2026/01/08/32885/... See MoreSee Less
From Holler Country: The Emotional Conversation that Inspired Zac Brown Band and Mac McAnally's Heartfelt Jimmy Buffett Tribute, ‘Pirates & Parrots’
As Parrotheads around the world celebrated what would've been Jimmy Buffett's 79th birthday on Christmas Day, we have no doubt that - alongside a tinsel-tinged array of festive classics - Zac Brown Band and Mac McAnally's moving 2023 tribute to Jimmy, ‘Pirates & Parrots’, will have also been ringing out in many households.
It's a bittersweet yet joyful reflection on grief, with Zac and Mac trading lines as they imagine the shimmering blue waters and pristine white sand Jimmy is enjoying in Heaven.
Speaking to Holler, Mac explains how that touching ode to their good friend came about, with the long-time member of Jimmy's Coral Reefer Band sharing that it originated from a heartfelt conversation he had with Zac shortly after Jimmy had died. www.buffettnews.com/2026/01/02/32882/... See MoreSee Less
The Tennessee Legislature passed legislation creating a specialty license plate to support Singing For Change, Jimmy Buffett’s lifelong philanthropy. The Margaritaville specialty license plate will be available once Singing for Change presells 1,000 plates to meet the state requirement. Once that is met, the plates will be printed and made available to the public.
You can pre order your Margaritaville license plate on the Singing For Change website now. The cost of the specialty plate will be $35 and you will be able to order directly on the SFC website.
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This March, GRAMMY Museum Mississippi is turning 10, and we’re celebrating in a BIG way! As part of our anniversary festivities, we’re thrilled to bring Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band to Cleveland, Mississippi for a special benefit concert hosted at Delta State University's Bologna Performing Arts Center!
🗓 Saturday, March 7⏰ 7:30 PM📍 Bologna Performing Arts Center🎟 Tickets on sale February 2 - Available at grammymuseumms.org or bolognapac.com/
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From the Zac Brown Band: Time to take this show on the road! Love & Fear Tour presented by Margaritaville at Sea is coming to a city near you this year. We’re so excited to keep playing these new songs along with your favorite hits for one big party every night. We’ve got some incredible artists joining us along the way to kick things off. Presale access is now open. Visit zacbrownband.com to register. General on sale begins this Friday.
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From KeysWeekly: IN PICTURES: JIMMY BUFFETT’S CORAL REEFER BAND KEEPS THE PARTY GOING. When Jimmy Buffett passed away in 2023, his instructions were clear: “Keep the party going.” His fans and his band are doing exactly that. Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band packed the Coffee Butler Amphitheater in Key West on Jan. 16, singing along with treasured summer songs while sipping margaritas and more. ... See MoreSee Less
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From Keys News: Musicians group looks to preserve historic Jimmy Buffett studio. A new proposal could lead to an encore for Jimmy Buffett’s former recording studio, Shrimpboat Sound. This week, the Key West Musicians Collective added another option to the still-unresolved debate over the future of the studio where Jimmy Buffett, George Strait, Alan Jackson, James Slater, Zack Brown, Kenny Chesney, Old Dominion, and Mac McAnally all recorded albums. Their proposal joins at least two others already under consideration by the Key West Bight Management District Board.
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Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers, a feature documentary that is about Jimmy Buffett’s original band is set to premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 9th, with a second screening on February 13th. The documentary is narrated by Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges.
The documentary features commentary from Kenny Chesney, Mac McAnally, songwriter Keith Sykes as well as many original Coral Reefer band members and touring crew. The First Coral Reefers were a group of talented, often unruly characters whose creative energy and personal chemistry helped define Buffett’s most iconic early work. Occupational Hazard is directed by John H. Cunningham, who has a deep and close connection to several members of the first Coral Reefers as well as to a lifelong affinity to Jimmy Buffett, as their paths crossed many times, beginning in the Florida Keys in the 1970s.
www.buffettnews.com/2026/01/15/32888/ ... See MoreSee Less
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From the Wall Street Journal: The Battle Over Jimmy Buffett’s Old Recording Studio in Key West
On a curvy dockside stretch in Key West, Fla., called Lazy Way Lane is a worn out white bunker building with no windows.
Beaten by sun and weather and plastered with stickers, the old shrimp icehouse is a piece of Florida and music history: Jimmy Buffett recorded dozens of albums there, hosting musicians including Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, the Smashing Pumpkins and the late Alan Jackson.
But since his death in 2023, the main thing it’s been creating is trouble. And not the kind Buffett memorialized in songs like “Margaritaville” and “Why Don’t We Get Drunk.”
Shrimpboat Sound Studio was emptied and its lease with the city canceled last year. The building is in disrepair and Key West is considering what to do with the property. The city has asked the public for proposals.
www.buffettnews.com/2026/01/08/32885/ ... See MoreSee Less
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From Holler Country: The Emotional Conversation that Inspired Zac Brown Band and Mac McAnally's Heartfelt Jimmy Buffett Tribute, ‘Pirates & Parrots’
As Parrotheads around the world celebrated what would've been Jimmy Buffett's 79th birthday on Christmas Day, we have no doubt that - alongside a tinsel-tinged array of festive classics - Zac Brown Band and Mac McAnally's moving 2023 tribute to Jimmy, ‘Pirates & Parrots’, will have also been ringing out in many households.
It's a bittersweet yet joyful reflection on grief, with Zac and Mac trading lines as they imagine the shimmering blue waters and pristine white sand Jimmy is enjoying in Heaven.
Speaking to Holler, Mac explains how that touching ode to their good friend came about, with the long-time member of Jimmy's Coral Reefer Band sharing that it originated from a heartfelt conversation he had with Zac shortly after Jimmy had died.
www.buffettnews.com/2026/01/02/32882/ ... See MoreSee Less
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