Some of the biggest Latin-music artists will hit South Florida stages this week. Enrique Iglesias, Ozuna, and Bad Bunny will all perform at the American Airlines Arena Saturday, Cuban reggaeton group Gente de Zona will play a hump-day show at the Fillmore Miami Beach, and Colombian ensemble Monsieur Periné will return to the North Beach Bandshell Sunday night. Whether your style is more Latinurbano or alterlatino, expect these artists to keep you dancing.
Can we go outside now? Let’s hope the rain stays away this week just in time for World Oceans Day. This Friday, 1 Hotel South Beach will host a beach cleanup and provide complimentary cocktails for participants. Zest Miami will serve specialty cocktails at a one-night-only Rick and Morty- and Miami Vice-themed crossover pop-up bar, and HistoryMiami will launch its Summer Passport Program for Miami-Dade students and families.
Shania Twain has learned the hard way that she needs to root for herself before the applause comes in.
Stitch Lab will host a pop-up showcase presenting the work of 20 Central and South American designers this Friday during Miami Fashion Week.
The Ultimate Miami Drag Queen competition at Magic City Casino, Ivy Queen at the Fillmore, Surfside’s Summer of Love Picnic, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend.
LGBTQ fans have long played a crucial role in the careers of pop stars, but artists have not always returned the favor. Tour mates Harry Styles and Kacey Musgraves are rewriting the rules about how queer communities and identities should be approached within the mainstream medium of pop music.
Last year, after success on the Billboard Dance and Electronic charts with her first two albums Til Death Do Us Party and After Party, the RuPaul’s Drag Race alum ditched the tousled, multi-colored wigs for long, untamed, pitch-black locks, smeared on some dark lipstick, squeezed her thin frame into some lace-up pants and boots, and released her third album Whatever, a straight up alternative rock record that leans more into Iggy Pop by way of Marilyn Manson than it does toward the disco dance pop of Mama Ru.
The Wynwood Yard and Pérez Art Museum Miami are throwing their own Memorial Day barbecues so you don’t have to. Catch a performance by SunGhosts on the PAMM terrace, and sample beers from South Florida’s top breweries at the Wynwood Yard’s BBQ Carnival on Monday. This Saturday, listen as Miami’s best bands play a soundtrack straight out of 1999 in celebration of New Times writer David Rolland’s novel The End of the Century.
Residual rain from Subtropical Storm Alberto likely derailed or altered your Memorial Day weekend plans, but you have a new week ahead full of concerts to make up for the fun you missed. Proto-pop country superstar and ladies’ anthem singer Shania Twain will come to the BB&T Center this Friday, while Dance Gavin Dance will play two back-to-back shows at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale. Local acts SunGhosts, Keith Johns, and the State Of will also play hometown shows this week.
“The Power of Poison” at Frost Science Museum, Beerfest at Marlins Park, a new monarch exhibit at MOCA, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend.
It’s shaping up to be another wet week in South Florida, so you’ll probably want to prioritize indoor shows. But there’s likely no escaping the rain at the biggest concert of the week: Top Dawg Entertainment’s Championship Tour. The show will offer a stacked lineup of the label’s superstars and rising stars, including…
After a drenched weekend in usually sunny Miami, the rain shows no signs of letting up this week. It’s tempting to stay under the covers all week watching Netflix, but there are too many exciting events happening around town, even as we wait for the first ray of sunshine in days to crack through the clouds this week…
Justin Timberlake, Afrikin Festival 2018, the Redland International Orchid Festival, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend.
Sting and Shaggy will kick off their North American tour at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 15.
HistoryMiami’s new exhibit, “Miami Rocks: The Miami Pop Festival, May 1968,” on display May 18 through September 30, pays homage to the vital role Miami played during a pivotal era in American music history. Michael Lang, the promoter behind Woodstock, also organized the Miami Pop Festival. He would later go on to say that “the seeds of Woodstock were sown” here.
Summer concert season is heating up with not one, but two South Florida shows by Justin Timberlake this week and a Saturday-night performance by Maluma at the American Airlines Arena. Ellen Allien will hit the decks at Floyd with Rex the Dog this Friday night, and New Found Glory will headline a benefit for the victims and survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.
Before summer temperatures arrive in full force, head outdoors this week to get some exercise, catch some rays, and enjoy live music. Locos por Juana will ease your hump-day blues with a free concert in Brickell, the newly opened GeckoParX and Paddletopia will host creative ways to get active, and the Key Largo Original Music Fest will offer four days of some of the nation’s finest independent songwriters.
Rolling Loud, Mother’s Day events, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend.
Miami’s premier hip-hop festival will roll into a new location at Hard Rock Stadium this week after ditching Bayfront Park. Cardi B will no longer headline this year’s Rolling Loud Festival as she awaits the arrival of Baby Bardi, but Offset will hit the stage with his Migos mates, along with headliners J. Cole, Travis Scott, and Future.
This week’s free events are all about reaching out to connect Miami’s diverse communities. A concert at the Wynwood Yard aims to bring together audiences of different backgrounds and genre preferences; panels at Nova and the Miami Workers Center will discuss the threats facing marginalized communities in America; and ongoing Haitian Heritage Month events celebrate the pride and traditions of Miami’s Haitian community.
“Two more spine injections and then I’m free.” That is not a text a writer typically receives before interviewing a musician, but there’s nothing illicit about the message. The man sending it is Dr. Jay Kuchera. He plays guitar for the blues-jam-rock-bluegrass-melding band the String Assassins, which will rock the Ford Stage at SunFest this Saturday, May 5.
Cinco de Mayo celebrations, Fort Lauderdale Air Show, Star Wars Day, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, May 4 through 6.
