Twenty-one shows, 47 acts; it’s time to look back at the year in concert in Northeast Florida.

Coolest performer: Tony Bennett, Feb. 22, Times-Union Center

Never mind that the guy is 90 or that he released his first album 65 years ago. Bennett performed his entire show in a suit and tie, doing songs no one else even has the nerve to try. When he put down his microphone for "Fly Me to the Moon," you could hear his unamplified voice as clear as a bell.

Biggest disappointment: Stevie Nicks and the Pretenders, March 23, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

This was an impressive double bill, with two Rock and Roll Hall of Famers in the same show. Unfortunately, Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde got sick and was unable to perform. Fans were greeted at the gate with the option of getting a refund or seeing just Nicks.

Hardest worker: Faith Hill, Sept. 16, Arena

Hill performed with her husband, Tim McGraw. They did some songs together and each did a set of their own. She sounded great but really put in a lot of effort, prowling around the massive stage — in heels — and flipping her long hair like a heavy metal headbanger.

Best wardrobe: Diana Ross, June 28, Daily’s Place

It’s tempting to give this one to Carlos Santana, who played his whole show in a Jaguars jersey with his name on the back but, come on, it’s Diana Ross. There was a teal gown, then a red one, then a sparkly silver-and-white number and, finally, a silver gown she donned during the solo on "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough."

Best opening act: Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Nov. 11, Arena

If Chris Stapleton hadn’t been named Country Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year two days earlier, you might have questioned the wisdom of booking the powerhouse Stuart as an opener. Stuart’s show was just a blast, with a genuinely fabulous band playing rockabilly. Stuart is doing a headlining show Jan. 25 at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall.

Weirdest opening act: Babymetal, April 24, Arena

Seven musicians, all dressed in ankle-length robes and wearing masks, playing heavy metal music and fronted by three young women wearing matching frilly party dresses, doing choreographed dance moves and singing in Japanese. Bizarre in the extreme, but never dull.

Best bargain: Eric Church, May 5, Arena

Church played a hit-filled 80-minute set, took a break, then came out and played another one. Then he topped it off with four encores. That’s 36 songs and better than three hours on stage.

Best earworm: "Play That Song," Train, May 28, Daily’s Place

Anybody who’s ever taken piano lessons knows "Heart and Soul." The San Francisco rockers copped the melody from that song — Hoagy Carmichael is actually listed as a co-writer — to create a new tune that will stick in your head for weeks.

Best crowd: Widespread Panic, Sept. 15-17, St. Augustine Amphitheatre

Panic fans are always fun — the band has hundreds of songs and fans know every one of them — but these shows were special, coming a week or so after Hurricane Irma swept through the area.

Best impromptu moment: Luke Bryan, Feb. 25, Arena

Early in his show, Bryan spotted a "Will You Marry Me?" sign in the crowd. Apparently he gets this a lot, so he turned down the offer and moved on with his show before discovering it wasn’t intended for him. With 12,000 or so people watching, a guy in the crowd dropped to one knee and proposed. Bryan serenaded the couple with a snatch of "That’s Amore."

Most emotional show: Tedeschi Trucks Band, May 27, Daily’s Place

Jacksonville-based TTB was a great choice to open the new amphitheater. But a few hours before showtime, they learned that Gregg Allman (who had played in the Allman Brothers Band with TTB guitarist Derek Trucks for more than a decade) had died. People were weeping during the opening number, the Allman’s "Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More." Singer Susan Tedeschi talked about all the friends they had lost during ‘17. "It’s been a rough year," she said. "It’s getting really difficult to deal with." When Trucks’ long solo during "Statesboro Blues" morphed into "Amazing Grace," the tears flowed again.

Best rock show by a "country" act: Zac Brown Band, Sept. 21, Daily’s Place

ZBB is nominally a country band, but they played all or part of songs by the Eagles, the Allman Brothers Band, Kings of Leon, Queen, AC/DC, Van Halen, Metallica and Guns n’ Roses.

Best substitution: "Tusk," Lindsay Buckingham and Christine McVie, Nov. 12, Times-Union Center

The original version of this Fleetwood Mac features the University of Southern California marching band. They weren’t available, so McVie did a credible job playing the horn line on an accordion.

Best "sit-in": Eric Church, May 5, Arena

Lots of acts brought friends onstage — Derek Trucks with Santana, Brett Eldredge with Luke Bryan, Rhonda Ross with her mother, Diana. But Church gets the award for bringing a couple dozen fully robed members of the Atlantic Coast High School onstage to open his show.

Best crowd participation: O.A.R., May 28, Daily’s Place

During "That Was a Crazy Game of Poker," fans broke out decks of playing cards and flung them in the air. I still have a king of diamonds from that show.

Most low-key stage effect: Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, May 30, Daily’s Place

The duo played the first sold-out show at Daily’s Place and it was a simple stage setup — two stools, a couple of pianos and that’s about it. Midway through the show, Matthews noticed a piece of confetti on the stage, presumably left over from the Train show a few nights earlier. He tossed it into the air, calling it "a little celebration."

Best reimagining of a beloved song: "Mrs. Robinson," Paul Simon, June 1, St. Augustine Amphitheatre

Simon changed the arrangements on a lot of his songs but this one worked best, redone as a rockabilly number and paired with the old Elvis song, "Mystery Train."