Six Best Parties on South Beach This Week

Uh-oh... Guess what day it is? Hump day! Yeah! And with all the high-energy, bottle-poppin', ass-shakin' parties going down on the flashy streets of SoBe this week, you'll be happier than a camel on a Wednesday. Here are the six best bashes to crash this week. See also: Five Best...

By Laurie Charles

December 11, 2013

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Uh-oh... Guess what day it is?

Hump day! Yeah!

And with all the high-energy, bottle-poppin', ass-shakin' parties going down on the flashy streets of SoBe this week, you'll be happier than a camel on a Wednesday.

Here are the six best bashes to crash this week.

Sunnery James and Ryan Marciano. With Mednas. Thursday, December 12, 11 p.m., LIV, 4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-674-4680; livnightclub.com. Tickets cost $40-$50 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. Claiming to be "the world's most energetic house DJ duo" is a pretty bold statement to make, unless of course, you're Sunnery James and Ryan Marciano. Known for giving "Ultronic" performances "that inspire and awaken the soul," the two have been compared to a Dutch version of the no-longer Swedish House Mafia crew by Axwell himself. Maybe that's why their "DJ sets are becoming the stuff of legend."

Baauer. With Ruen. Friday, December 13, 11 p.m., LIV, 4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-674-4680; livnightclub.com. Tickets cost $40-$60 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. Bring out your gorilla suits and banana man costumes, join los terroristas, and do the "Harlem Shake" with Baauer.

Winter Wonderland. Season launch for Wilhelmina Models with Dave Sol. Friday, December 13, 11 p.m., Story, 136 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-538-2424; storymiami.com. Tickets cost $30-$40 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. Drops of uhntz-uhntz thrown by Story resident Dave Sol and glistening Wilhelmina Models struttin' their stuff across the stage? Sounds like our kind of Winter Wonderland.

Joachim Garraud. With Laurent Simeca. Saturday, December 14, 11 p.m., Mansion, 1235 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-695-8411; mansionmiami.com. Tickets cost $20 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. "Are U Ready" for the French house invasion of veteran DJ Joachim Garraud?

Music On. With Marco Carola and Shaun Reeves. Saturday, December 14, 11 p.m., Story, 136 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-538-2424; storymiami.com. Tickets cost $30-$40 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. Turn the "Music On" and party with Marco Carola and Visionquest's Shaun Reeves as they Play It Loud with their mad techno beats.

Omid 16B. With Christopher James. Saturday, December 14, 11 p.m., Treehouse, 323 23rd St., Miami Beach; 305-614-4478; treehousemiami.com. Tickets cost $15 plus fees via residentadvisor.com. "Escape" into the night and "Enjoy the Silence" that is the intoxicating blend of Omid 16B's fusion of "everything from sublime deep house to dark, yet soulful, emotive techno."

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