Jimmy Buffett 2016 Year in Review

Another year is nearly in the books and for parrotheads it saw another busy tour from Jimmy, multiple Margaritaville restaurant and resort openings, a new Christmas album, and a special birthday milestone. Relive 2016 with our annual Year in Review:

January

• Several tour dates had already been announced by mid-January with tickets going on sale later in the month
• In an email to the Miami Herald, Jimmy shared a remembrance of his good friend Glenn Frey, who died in January

February

• It was announced in early February that the Escape to Margaritaville musical will debut in San Diego in 2017
• Jimmy made a surprise appearance at The Ryman in Nashville, teaming up with Jenny Lewis on a cover of “Handle With Care”
• By mid-month, nearly every spring and summer show had been announced
• Jimmy went for a demo ride in the new Icon A5 amphibious airplane

March

• Jimmy and his wife Jane were spotted at the Vanity Fair Oscars after party
• President Obama made a trip to Cuba in March and Jimmy also went along where he attended a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National team.

Jimmy Buffett talks with fans at US Cuba baseball game. @BBCNewsUS pic.twitter.com/GhNISUAcsJ

— Regan Morris (@reganmorris1) March 22, 2016

April

• Our annual April Fools Joke, that Jimmy endorsed Donald Trump for president, hooked many BuffettWorld visitors. Later in the year, Buffett campaigned for Hillary Clinton

• Jimmy played a private show at The Masters golf tournament
• After North Carolina passed the controversial “bathroom bill,” Jimmy released a statement where he referred to it as a “stupid law” but said he’d still play his two planned shows in the state
• Buffett played his first show of 2016 in Virginia Beach, VA. The show was considered a continuation of 2015’s Workin’ ‘N Playin’ Tour
• Jimmy also played shows in Birmingham, Raleigh, and Charlotte
• The governor of Mississippi signed into law a bill naming a stretch of Pascagoula beach after Jimmy

May

• Jimmy kicked off the 2016 I Don’t Know Tour in Austin, Texas with a performance at Austin City Limits Live
• Buffett implemented the “Door Number Three” contest where fans could vote on rare songs for Jimmy and the band to play each night
• Alan Jackson joined Jimmy on stage at his show in Nashville where they sang “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” together
• Shows were also played in Frisco, TX and Orange Beach, AL

June

• Jimmy played shows in Atlanta, Houston, Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and a second Chicago show at the House of Blues
• “Margaritaville” is inducted into Grammy’s Hall of Fame 2016
• The Margaritaville Biloxi Resort opened

July

• Jimmy opened his first Margaritaville in Texas with a location in San Antonio
• Buffett attended the US premiere of the latest “Jason Bourne” film that his friend Frank Marshall produced
• At the end of the month, Jimmy performed on The Today Show as part of their summer concert series

August

• Jimmy caused a little bit of a stir in TV land when he said in an interview that Hawaii Five-O would be ending after the next season
• Buffett played on the beach in Atlantic City to as estimated 20,000 parrotheads
• Shows were also played at Boston’s House of Blues, Bangor, Mansfield MA, Pittsburgh, Wantagh NY, and Camden, NJ
• At the Wyndham Championship golf tournament, Jimmy played at the temporary Margaritaville bar
• The Margaritaville Casino in Tulsa opened its doors
• Jimmy performed with Bon Jovi and Paul McCartney at a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in the Hamptons

September

• The St Louis Cardinals hosted a Jimmy Buffett Night at Busch Stadium
• A Margaritaville restaurant opens in the Mall of America in Minneapolis
• Buffett played shows in Omaha, East Troy WI, and two gigs in Paris

October

• Jimmy released “Tis The SeaSon,” his second holiday album, at the end of October
• Buffett played shows at Red Rocks in Denver, Las Vegas, San Diego, Sacramento, and Irvine CA
• After some west coast shows in October, Jimmy flew his jet north to Alaska and then on to Japan where he played a couple shows for service members stationed there

Surfing Okinawa!? That was cool

A photo posted by Jimmy Buffett (@jimmybuffett) on Oct 27, 2016 at 8:25pm PDT

November

• On his way back from Japan, Buffett filmed some Hawaii Five-O scenes, reprising his role as helicopter pilot Frank Bama
• Buffett performed at a Get Out The Vote Rally featuring vice president Joe Biden in St Petersburg, Florida the day before the election

December

• Jimmy performed music from his new holiday album “Tis The SeaSon” on The Today Show
• Buffett joined James Taylor and Sarah MacLachlan for a show in Brooklyn
• On Christmas Day, Jimmy turned 70 years old

We hope you had a wonderful 2016! Thanks for visiting BuffettWorld and we’ll see you in the new year!