Six Best Parties on South Beach This Week

Sometimes, you gotta live life on the edge and do something crazy like pull an all nighter club-hopping and fist-pumping on SoBe... And make it to work on time the next morning. Your body may hate you for it for doing it, but inside, you'll feel like a total rebel...

By Laurie Charles

June 12, 2013

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Sometimes, you gotta live life on the edge and do something crazy like pull an all nighter club-hopping and fist-pumping on SoBe... And make it to work on time the next morning.

Your body may hate you for it for doing it, but inside, you'll feel like a total rebel without a cause.

Check the cut for the six best parties going down on South Beach this week.

Umek. Thursday, June 13, 11 p.m., at Mansion, 1235 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-695-8411; mansionmiami.com. Tickets cost $15 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. Get down and dirty and "Freak It Out" with Slovenia's finest

World War Z Release Party. With DJs Konflikt and Ess + Emm. Thursday, June 13, 11 p.m., at SET, 320 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach; 305-531-2800; setmiami.com. Tickets cost $30 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. What would happen if there was a potentially deadly plague among us and only Brad Pitt can save us? We'll have to watch him in his latest venture World War Z to find out, but for now, we'll party as if it were our last night on earth.

Dillon Francis. Friday, June 14, 11 p.m., at Mansion, 1235 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-695-8411; mansionmiami.com. Tickets cost $35 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. You know that music that kinda sounds like an EDM version of reggeaton? It's called moombahton. And you've got Dillon Francis to thank for it -- the 24-year-old is considered one of the pioneers of the movement. They don't call him "Masta Blasta" for nothin'.

Kevin Saunderson. With Ms. Mada and ThunderPony. Friday, June 14, 11 p.m., at Treehouse, 323 23rd St., Miami Beach; 305-614-4478; treehousemiami.com. Tickets cost $10 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. Considered to be one of the "originators of techno" in Detroit, Kevin Saunderson is somewhat of a legend in the uhntz-uhntz business who'll make you wanna punch the air to the beat of the bass.

Cedric Gervais's Birthday Bash. With Mednas. Saturday, June 15, 11 p.m., at LIV, 4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-674-4680; livnightclub.com. Tickets cost $40-$75 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. Yay! Cedric Gervais is turning 34! We're pretty sure he'll be celebrating with a whole lotta "Molly" at LIV.

Bamboo One Year Anniversary. With Showtek. Saturday, June 15, 11 p.m., at Bamboo, 550 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-695-4771; bamboomiamibeach.com. Tickets cost $20-$40 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. Much like the brothers of Showtek who never "Slow Down," Bamboo's party-throwing momentum will only grow as the years go by.

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