One month ahead of this year’s Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival, organizers have just announced their lineup for the festival’s annual PoWoW, a star-studded jam session tradition since the festival’s inaugural weekend in 2016. This year’s session will be led by Snoop Dogg in collaboration with…
During his childhood in Belize, bassist Al Ovando grew up surrounded by music. His father played guitar and he and his brothers had a family band. Even as a child, Ovando took the reins, setting up equipment and tending to instruments that needed repair. Now, as an adult, he’s the…
Miami has far too unique a nightlife to sit around at the same house parties or in the same clubs week after week. If you’re looking for a new adventure this weekend, the Love Burn at Virginia Key Beach Park promises a psychedelic Burning Man experience all weekend long, right here in South Florida. A brand new monthly Britpop party at Las Rosas and a second installment of Celebrity Deathmatch drag night at the Hangar offer more alternatives to your default weekend routines, and if you’re looking for fun with the family, Coral Gables Art Cinema’s screening of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm or Jungle Island’s visit to the Wynwood Yard might do the trick. Here’s a look at the best events in Miami this weekend.
Twenty years ago, Jose Elias watched A Joyful Noise, a documentary about the life and music of experimental jazz great Sun Ra. The film made a significant impact on Elias at the time, and birthed the labor of love he’d contribute to his community for the next two decades and…
Music legend Elton John announced yesterday in a surprise press conference that he’ll retire from touring after a three-year “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour around the world. John, whose career spans more than half a century and over 30 albums, will take one last victory lap in South Florida with…
Were you crushed that you never took a drunken girls’ trip to see Britney Spears’ show in Las Vegas before it ended? Britney knows. After wrapping up her landscape-shifting Piece of Me residency at Planet Hollywood after four years this past New Year’s Eve, Spears has just announced she’ll take the production on tour in the States and Europe this year, including three shows at the Hard Rock Event Center in Hollywood.
Rock ‘n’ roll is alive and spring-kickin’ in Miami this week as rock stars and indie darlings come to town. The Killers will kick off the Magic City’s concert and festival season at the American Airlines Arena this Tuesday, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and They Might Be Giants will hit Revolution Live Wednesday and Culture Room Friday, respectively…
Glen Gray, lead event organizer at Virginia Key Beach Park’s Love Burn is riding around on a golf cart, greeting old friends and assessing the progress of the park’s transformation. By the end of the week, the park, now just bare bones and building blocks of colorful circus-like tents, will…
The workweek has just begun and you’re already looking forward to next weekend. But there’s no need to wait five days to have fun in a vibrant city like Miami. Even better, there’s no need to spend any money either. From engaging book presentations to public performance art to a new weekly vinyl party and monthly Britpop dance night and even a drag-queen lip-sync battle in a boxing ring, we’ve got you covered with the best free events around town this week. Save your money for the weekend.
The weekend means different things to different people. For some, a hard workweek means that dancing and a few rounds of drinks with friends are in order. Others prefer the hours between Friday afternoon and Sunday night to be a Zen respite from the daily grind. Although Miami is known for the former option, this weekend offers both celebration and relaxation, even at the same event.
“On that type of stage, the majority of artists, to work, they need to pay. That’s a reality I’m not interested in obscuring because for me, my main objective in life is honesty… I didn’t know things worked that way.
New World Symphony’s Pulse: Late Night at the Movies pairs classic movie themes from Star Wars and Space Odyssey, DJ duo Dude Skywalker, and an 80-piece orchestra composition by Sam Hyken.
Start building your 2018 concert list with Jackson Browne, Art Garfunkel, Darlene Love, and Matisyahu hitting venues all over South Florida this week, or check out locally honed talent with Yoli Mayor at Wynwood Yard and New World Symphony’s season-ending Pulse: Late Night at the Movies concert.
A Virginia Key Beach cleanup rewarded with beer from Wynwood Brewing Co., an art exhibition in the Everglades, or a hike through Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park are great outdoors options, and if you’re looking to party with your tribe, check out Counter Corner at 1306 or Concrete-a-Con at Concrete Beach Brewery. Here’s a look at some of the week’s best free events in Miami.
Strap in for a busy weekend and choose wisely, because there simply won’t be enough time to hop around to all the great festivals happening in Miami this weekend. For the film- or cosplay-inclined, there’s the Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival and Paradise City Comic Con, happening all weekend…
Singer and guitarist TJ Cronin has been stepping into Tom Petty’s shoes for five years as the frontman for the nationally touring tribute band the Petty Hearts. But after the longtime leader of the Heartbreakers broke fans’ hearts with his sudden death in early October, Cronin had to take on an even tougher role: consoler.
Alejandra Jimenez has learned that her talent is not in making grandiose statements about life but rather in analyzing the smaller moments in between.
Before Grace Weber was a Grammy-winning artist and collaborator on Chance the Rapper’s Coloring Book, she was a YoungArts scholar.
From a women writers’ residency at the Betsy Hotel to a sci-fi film panel at Books & Books and a panel on reducing plastic use in Miami, there are plenty of options for free events you can attend in Miami this week.
The recent arctic chill and bomb cyclone mean we’re still a long way from summer, but it feels like festival season already in South Florida. For EDM fans, there’s Life in Color, returning to Mana Wynwood this week with Zedd, and for those who still love rock ‘n’ roll, there’s Sunshine Music Festival with Derek Trucks at Mizner Park in Boca.
With low-key events such as screenings of Creature From the Black Lagoon and The Color Purple, laser light shows, free music, and the grand opening of a Miami record store, we’ve got you covered with a rundown of the best things to do in Miami this weekend.
From the Olympia Theater, to Bayfront Park, to the RC Cola Plant, here are some of Miami’s most historic music venues.
