Moving to Miami: How to Live Here Without a Car

If you want to live in a city with robust mass transit, there’s always New York. Metro areas like San Francisco and D.C. make ditching car ownership easy. Hell, even Los Angeles has been working on expanding its rail service by using a mix of heavy- and light-rail lines, and…

Okeechobee Music Festival 2020 Tickets Go on Sale August 23

Whether it was through public records or a brief by Lake Okeechobee News, it was clear Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival was set to return in 2020. It was also clear that Insomniac, the event promotion company behind Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC), was behind the festival’s return.

Rakastella 2019 Lineup: Jayda G, Ben UFO, KiNK, and Others

There’s a dance party happening at the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park — and no, it’s not Ultra. Rakastella, Life and Death and Innervisions’ Miami Art Week party, returns this December. Tickets went on sale in May, but the event has finally given everybody a clue on who’s performing this…

Rakastella Returns in December for Miami Art Week

Every December, the art world descends on Miami to participate in Art Basel Miami Beach and the events surrounding it. The people who tend to flock the city for it like to think they’re better than the hoi polloi, saying they’re here for the art when in actuality they’re using Miami Art…

Inaugural Miami Beach Pop Festival Coming in November

Last year, a group of music festival veterans announced plans to stage a three-day event on the sands of South Beach. Originally scheduled for 2018, the festival was delayed due to concerns from residents and city officials. That seems to have been sorted out, because…

Miss Toto’s Best of Miami 2019 Picks

Every summer, New Times picks the best restaurants, bars, shops, and more that make Miami the bizarrely fascinating city it is. While you’ll have to wait until June 13 to find out the winners, several local tastemakers have chimed in with their own Best of Miami picks. This…

Sweat Records Announces Move From Its Longtime Little Haiti Home

In its 14 years of existence, Sweat Records has endured everything from hurricanes to break-ins. However, it’s no match for Miami’s latest disaster: gentrification, which is quickly sucking the city dry of any unique characteristics. According to Sweat cofounder Lauren “Lolo” Reskin, the landlord has given the record store until this…

Ultra Music Festival 2019 Winners and Losers

The 21st edition of Ultra Music Festival is over. Will it return to Virginia Key next year? Who knows. Rest assured there will be plenty of discussion from city officials, residents, and environmentalists about whether the festival belongs there.

Ultra Music Festival 2019 Live Stream Schedule

Did the task of figuring out how to get on and off Virginia Key this weekend seem like too much? Don’t worry — Ultra Music Festival isn’t going to leave the dance-music fans who decided to stay home hanging. The much beloved Ultra Live stream returns this year, so fire…