Memorial Day

Memorial Day Weekend 2013 in Miami: Ten Best Concerts Under $10

It's Memorial Day weekend, y'all! And in case you're wondering, here's what that translates to: (a) a three-day weekend; (b) the official start of summer; (c) non-stop parties for the next 72 hours. The best part of it all, you won't have to blow your entire life savings on endless bashes and booz ... More >>

Miami's Five Best Eats and Drinks This Weekend: Memorial Day Edition

It's Memorial Day weekend. The "Official Unofficial" start of the summer. Which, in Miami, doesn't mean all that much since most of our days are filled with beach outings (try surfboarding in Minneapolis in January -- it's not working so well)! But still, we have a three day weekend to look forward ... More >>

Rick Ross, Birdman, Lil Wayne, Sooo Many Girls: The H Album Release at Story Miami

Last night, the double-helix LED columns inside Story for Rick Ross and Birdman's The H: The Lost Album, Vol. 1 release party cycled through a very swank array of trippy colors as a 7-to-1 ratio of tourist women to NFL ballers danced, drank, and partied till 5 in the morning. South Beach bars make ... More >>

Six Best Strip Club Parties for Memorial Day Weekend 2013 in Miami

Each and every year, we here at Crossfade spend Memorial Day honoring those brave men and women who've sacrifices their lives in service and defense of these United States of America. Then the sun goes down. The bricks of dolla dolla bills come out. And we hit up our favorite titty bars (namely Ki ... More >>

Miami Beach Memorial Day Weekend 2013: Prepare For More Traffic Loops, DUI Stops, and License Plate Scans

Memorial Day is here again, Miami, leaving beach residents and visitors alike wondering what the city has planned. According to Miami Beach police chief Ray Martinez, the holiday weekend will look a lot like it did last year: traffic loops, cops scanning license plates along the bridges, and regula ... More >>

Total Wine & More Opens Kendall Superstore: 2,500 Beers; iPad Helpers!

Total Wine & More is less a store and more of a shopping Nirvana for those who like to imbibe every now and again. Who wouldn't get giddy when faced with literally thousands of choices for what to bring home. And the choices are endless: Do we want a sophisticated wine tasting soiree? Do we want a M ... More >>

Memorial Day Weekend 2013: Ten Best Rap Parties in Miami

Pop the Dom. Buss that wallet open. Hit the ATM. Repeat. If you've never done Memorial Day in Miami, here is a warning: It's going to get expensive. The bottles aren't cheap. And neither are the hookups. But if you wanna party (or you know, remember the men and women who died while serving in the U ... More >>

Super-Duper Bikes

No, That Wasn't a Police Drone Patrolling Miami Beach on Memorial Day Weekend

Blogs like Gizmodo erupted this weekend when a YouTube video surfaced showing a hovering, flashing drone flying above the crowds at last month's Memorial Day weekend in South Beach. The video was all the more eyebrow-raising because the Miami-Dade Police Department actually has a drone and is one of ... More >>

Miami Beach to Blacks: Get Out!

Matti Bower Needs To Do More For African-American Tourists

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke says African-Americans may find a new vacation spot unless attitudes change on Miami Beach.Note to African-American tourists ... More >>

Memorial Day 2012: Fifteen Best Rap Parties in Miami and South Beach

See also "Memorial Day 2012: Six Best Electronic Music Parties Around Miami." The Beach is about to get flooded, son. At this very moment, there are 250,000 rappers, DJs, celebs, porn stars, strippers, and regular people packing the Hummer full of champagne, cash money, and 12 changes of clothes. ... More >>

Top 15 Memorial Day Weekend Parties in Miami

Memorial Day 2012: Six Best Electronic Music Parties Around Miami

Memorial Day weekend is upon us. And "Urban Beach Week" has officially begun. From DJ Khaled's party at Cameo to Young Jeezy's bash at King of Diamonds, there're plenty of opportunities to rub elbows with hip-hop heavyweights, primetime strippers, and porn stars this weekend. But we get it, not e ... More >>

Ace Hood Talks Barack Obama, Strip Clubs, and Facebook Stock

See also "Best of the Best 2012: A Five-Part Guide" -- plus "Memorial Day 2012: Fifteen Best Rap Parties in Miami and South Beach." He's socially conscious, believes Mitt Romney doesn't stand a chance against Barack Obama in the general election, and would totally buy Facebook stock despite its sl ... More >>

Runnin’ Riot

Freedom of Laughter

Memorial Day Weekend On Miami Beach Is a Gangsta's Paradise

Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. In this special edition of his column, Luke explains the new security measures for Memorial Day Weekend on Miami Beach.This is a public serv ... More >>

Memorial Day Grilling Tips From Miami's Top Chefs at Edge, Meat Market, Tudor House and More

What's Memorial Day without the barbecue? Millions of us will fire up the charcoal and throw some steaks on the grill, beer in hand, as celebration of the unofficial start of summer (and in remembrance of our troops). But how many of us can successfully navigate our way around the fire pit without r ... More >>

Pitbull Meet-and-Greet at Miami Beach Liquor Store, Costs $121 or Six Bottles of Voli Vodka

See also "Memorial Day 2012: Fifteen Best Parties in Miami and South Beach." His last album, Planet Pit, peaked at the seventh spot on the Billboard 200 and it was certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. But despite his international celebrity, "from the weed to the X, fr ... More >>

Top Ten Unique Barbecue Sauces for Memorial Day: From Bone Sucker to Mango to Mad Moroccan

Memorial Day in Miami is unlike any other. If you're not joining or dodging the swarms of people in town for Urban Beach Week, you're probably firing up the pit, throwing on a slab of meat, sitting back with a cold beer, and relaxing.This year, spice things up up a bit. Try one of our top ten b ... More >>

Reader mail: Rapist cop Michael Ragusa could have been stopped

South Beach Prepares For Memorial Day Weekend: Traffic Loops and DUI Checks on Tap

​Congrats, South Beach residents! You've survived the beer-bonging, glowstick-waving trafficpocalypse of spring break and Miami Music Week. Now enjoy the fresh air and (semi)abundant parking while it lasts, because you're only a few weeks away from the massive crowds of Memorial Day weekend.Even w ... More >>

Reader mail: Ultra fans don't shoot at cops like Memorial Day partygoers do

Ultra Music Festival: Be fair to African-Americans

Treat Memorial Day Weekend the Same as Spring Break and Winter Music Week

Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke wonders when Miami and Miami Beach city officials will crack down on rowdy ravers.The video shows a large crowd gathering ar ... More >>

Urban Beach Weekend: Luke wants the party

Memorial Day Weekend Fiasco Could Have Been Avoided Long Ago

Alex Izaguirre​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times.This week, Luke explains how his efforts to organize Memorial Day Weekend festivities in Miami Beach were thwarted by cit ... More >>

Miami Beach's Jerry Libbin Wants An Urban Beach Weekend Curfew

​Miami Beach Commissioner Jerry Libbin says a curfew imposed for next year's South Beach Memorial Day festivities may be in order.Libbin, in response to two police shootings that left seven injured and one dead early Monday, wrote on his Facebook page that the "mayhem on the streets of Miami Beach ... More >>

Fashion Freakouts on Memorial Day Weekend

​Out on the streets of Miami Beach during this long Memorial Day weekend, there were some innovative, crazy, stupid, and jaw-dropping ensembles. This year, the hipster look was in full effect and preppy getups were peppered in among more revealing garb. Gender-bending hair was all the rave wit ... More >>

Best of the Best 2011 at Bicentennial Park May 28 and 29

Thursday Night's Top Five Memorial Day Weekend Parties

Photo by Ivon David Rojas​Memorial Day weekend is officially here. And you know what that means? More ass on the beach than grains of sand, so much liquor you can't feel your face, and so many parties you can't even decide where to wild out without help from Crossfade.Kick your Thursday night of ... More >>

Crossfade's Guide to Day One at Best of the Best 2011 With Chris Brown, Rick Ross, and Others

Join the Boss and go ball with the best.​It's almost Memorial Day weekend. And as any backyard playa who's ever organized a badass barbecue block party will recognize, you can't honestly call it a holiday blowout unless you hold strong and fast to the following checklist: (1) The guest list should ... More >>

Comedy for Fools

Nightlife Review: Club Play Memorial Day Weekend 2010 Party with Amber Rose, Mario, Cassie, and More, May 28

​Headliner Market Group's Memorial Day Weekend 2010 PartyHosted by Amber Rose, Allen Iverson, Mario, and CassieWith Music by DJ Clue and Stevie J.  Club Play, Miami BeachFriday, May 28, 2010Better Than: Staying at home based on stereotypes about Memorial Day Weekend in South Beach. First ... More >>

Memorial Day Weekend 2010 Friday Parties: Young Money, Diddy, Amber Rose, and More

Photo CC by 2.0, via antonfortunato on FlickrFabolous is scheduled to appear at Dream.​By tonight, the Memorial Day Weekend festivities on South Beach will kick into high gear. If you've got patience, cash to burn, and serious swagger, there's plenty to do tonight. Highlights include a Young Money ... More >>

Memorial Day Weekend 2010 Mix From 10K Islands; ANR and Millionyoung Homecoming Show Tonight at Bar

​Everyone and their mother seems to be offering a free Memorial Day Weekend mixtape, but for something with a little more indie-type flavor and hometown, grassroots pride, check out this offering from 10K Islands. The label and blog is the newest spinoff of Honor Roll Music, with a sharper focus o ... More >>

Man Falls to Death off MacArthur Causeway, Possibly on a Dare

via Claas_D's Flickr​A young man in his 20s visiting Miami for Memorial Day weekend fell to his death off the MacArthur Causeway this morning.Police say he was in a car with two friends driving toward Miami Beach when they pulled over to the shoulder, possibly to take pictures. That's when he deci ... More >>

Memorial Day Weekend 2010 Alternatives: Classixx, Ess & Emm at Cafeina Sunday

Classixx bringing Memorial Day Weekend repose.​Not everyone is going to be digging the hip-hop madness that Memorial Day Weekend bring to South Beach. So for those looking for a regular Miami night, the mainland will be your haven.Take for instance Cafeina, the Wynwood lounge-meets-gallery that wi ... More >>

Check Out Miami New Times' Memorial Day Weekend 2010 Event Listings

CC by 2.0, via xxmisa on FlickrBarbie princess Nicki Minaj is all over Miami during Memorial Day Weekend.​Thousands of people will flock to South Beach on Memorial Day Weekend, and there are a head-spinning number of beach parties, pool parties, club parties, concerts, and a seeming million other ... More >>

Hip-Hop Weekend is an African-American arrest fest

Klutch Your Cannon

Klutch Your Cannon

Miami Beach Price Gouges, Cages Blacks on Memorial Day Weekend

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke explains Miami Beach's plans to price-gouge African-Americans and put them in jail during Memorial Day weekend.​Miami ... More >>

BBQ For You?

Takin’ It Back to the Old School

Rick the Ruler and his legendary friends take over

Fine Art of Relaxin'

Livin' in a Video

The massive police presence might just add to the thrill of play-thuggin' on Miami Beach this Memorial Day