Bring out your mallets and boots for several rounds of chukkas on the beach. No, we’re not talking about another molly poppin’ EDM festival on the shores of South Beach. We’re talking the La Martina Miami Beach Polo World Cup IX. For four days, the sandy grounds of SoBe (between…
Giant swans, purple dragons, and inflatable monkeys are just some of the floats that crowded the shores of South Beach on Saturday for the mega float event of the year, Floatopia. Hundreds of people glided through the piercing blue waters of South Pointe in pink and yellow neon colored tubes,…
It’s the weekend y’all! If the thought alone of these next two days doesn’t want to make you get up, shred your papers, and do a victory dance, then maybe we should remind you of a few things. The Miami Heat made it to the playoffs (no shocker there), the…
Miami is getting its green on. No, it’s not some late St. Paddy’s Day celebration; it’s Sustainatopia, the annual eco-friendly festival that celebrates sustainability. With more than 40 art exhibits, films, food, parties, and conferences taking place, the entire city transforms into a hub of environmental friendliness. The multiday event…
Latin Billboard Music Conference and Awards 2013, April 22 to 25
“Everybody’s working’ for the weekend.” Oh, Loverboy, you may have been wrong about a lot of things, but you were sooo right about that. The weekend is finally here and you can’t let it go to waste. Because before you know it, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will disappear as quickly…
When Taylor Swift fanatics heard the news that Tay-Tay was coming to the Magic City … OMG, they screamed uncontrollably. Then they immediately started planning out their concert outfits. Some decided to show support by wearing Taylor’s Red Tour t-shirts. Others decided to get a bit more creative with red…
Taylor Swift may get trashed for writing songs about almost every single one of her ex-boyfriends. But man, can she put on a show.
Whenever two or more Latinos get together, you know it’s gonna be a party. So when hundreds of Latin musicians from all across the globe haul culo into the Magic City, get ready for una tremenda pachanga! Especially when you’re talking about the Billboard Latin Music Conference, a four-day fiesta…
In an American Express commercial, Aziz Ansari is shown in full kayaking gear at a sporting-goods store. Paddle in hand, he shuffles his feet from side to side, mimicking he’s trekking through rough waters on a kayak. A sales associate asks, “You do a lot of kayaking?” — the joke…
April Fool’s Day may have past, but it’s no joke that you’re still broke. Now that the weekend is here, you wish you would have spared all that cash you spent on trying to fool your significant other into thinking you had a sex change – it was a horrible…
Some bands try to snag some buzz with a catchy name. Others become legends with their music alone. But when your band’s name is Kinky and you have been nominated for several Latin Grammys, you’ve definitely made it. We here at Crossfade caught up with guitarist Carlos Chairez just in…
Cafeteria Films Releases Safe Miami Mini-Documentary
Bars in Miami come and go as quickly as the EDM madness that is Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week. So when a Wynwood hangout celebrates three years of beats and booze, it’s a serious accomplishment. Especially when the fete consists of the grand opening of…
Ten days of nonstop uhntz-uhntz madness that is Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week may have left a huge hole in your pocket. But just because you may have blown all your money on a slew of beat-freaking parties, that doesn’t mean you can’t party like…
James Bond runs down a labyrinth of stairs backstage at the Bregenz Open Air Theatre in Austria during a performance of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca. As he’s chased by suit-clad men who are after his head, the music crescendos with the gunfight that’s about to ensue. Barely breaking a sweat, Bond…
Let’s get Kinky. We’re not talking about whips, fuzzy handcuffs, or hot body oil. Just the best current alternative rock crew from south of the border. “With bands, it’s a really interesting thing with names,” Kinky guitarist Carlos Chairez tells Crossfade. “We were developing our sounds for the first album…
The promoters and DJs of SAFE Miami have been providing the soundtrack for the drunken shenanigans that go down at the Electric Pickle and other 305 clubs since 2007. Having played a pivotal role in Miami’s music scene for nearly six years, SAFE is the subject of a new mini-documentary…
It’s Friday and come 5 p.m., you’ll want to run out of the office as if you were escaping the zombie apocalypse. You rush home with the intention to get ready for one of the last parties of WMC, but then realize that you blew all your money on all…
Anything goes in the wild. Especially when beer is involved. An unlimited supply of more than 100 domestic, international, and microbrew beers, to be exact. And live appearances by Miami’s own booty pioneer and a Grammy-winning hip-hop group. At least that is what will go down in the wild of…
It sucks to be broke. Especially when Ultra Music Festival, only the best EDM festival on Planet Earth, is going down, and your friends, who were lucky enough to score tickets, are constantly reminding you of all the missed fun by posting pictures of Tiësto, Calvin Harris, and Swedish House…
When one club closes, another one opens. Well, at least that’s the how it goes in Miami. Wedged between clubs that have been bringing drunken shenanigans to NE 11th Street for years (including Space) is the strip’s latest addition, Therapy Miami. The new party spot will be launching tonight. And…
