Whether you’re looking for a night out with your special someone or a girls’ night out with your most beloved friends, Miami has plenty of options for Valentine’s night, and they don’t just involve outrageously expensive dinner plans. Think beyond the chocolate-covered cliches this year. Here are the top ten Valentine’s events in town this week.
Grassroots, it could be said, is a response to and beachside respite from the ills that plague modern-day festivals.
For most performers, a headlining spot during Super Bowl halftime means a shot at attaining or cementing global superstardom. For Justin Timberlake, it meant a chance at redemption.
The International Noise Conference brings the weirdness back to Churchill’s starting Monday, and local favorites battle it out for a chance on the big stage at Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival at 1306 on Thursday. Legendary songwriter Van Morrison plays two back-to-back shows at the James L. Knight Center mid-week, and Snarky Puppy curates and headlines its GroundUp Music Festival at the North Beach Bandshell once again. Nicky Jam and Plan B round out the week at the American Airlines Arena on Saturday.
Are you still recovering from Super Bowl Sunday? Depending upon your bets, you might have either celebrated too hard or needed to drink your sorrows away. If you’re in the latter category, you’re probably not in the mood to spend boatloads of money on booze or expensive outings. Luckily, there are plenty of free events to attend in town as you watch the sting of defeat fade in the rearview mirror.
Super Bowl parties, Wigwood, Fractal Beach, and other can’t-miss events in Miami this weekend February 5 through 7.
Composer Samora Pinderhughes comes from a long lineage of activists and freedom fighters. He was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area by a socially conscious family; his uncle was a Black Panther and his grandmother was one of the first black professors to study genealogy.
“I’m feeling a greater responsibility than before to show as many people as I can the beauty and the artistry and the genius that comes from the Haitian culture and Haiti,” classical pianist Marianne Parker says.
Super Bowl Sunday can be lonely if you don’t care about men questionably ramming their heads into one another for money, bragging rights, and rings.
The song is a harmonic blend of sun-kissed psychedelia, like a breezy day spent tripping on acid at the beach.
It was difficult to guess which brand of hippie or freak you’d find at the survivalist weekend festival Love Burn, Florida’s only official Burning Man event. Was this just another generation of wasted kids like the ones Pete Townshend maligned in the Who’s “Baba O Riley”? Or were they truly looking for deeper connections with art, with one another, and with nature?
Neo-noir chanteuse Lana Del Rey returns to South Florida with newcomer Kali Uchis, and The Voice alum Chris Mann brings Broadway’s most beloved tunes to the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center. If you’re more into guitar gods, Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, and Phil Collen will turn their axes up to 11 in Pompano.
There are five work days standing in between you and Super Bowl weekend, but you don’t have to wait until then to have some fun. And if you’re saving up to throw your own barbecue this Sunday, you don’t have to break the bank, either — Miami has plenty of…
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.
