Festival
Miami Beach Pride Runs Its Parade Down Ocean Drive Each April
Featured
A parade with the Atlantic on one side and eighty years of deco on the other. April, free to watch, and one of the biggest weekends of the year here.
News
What's New in South Beach
Openings, closures, festival dates and beach notices for South Beach. Every item is dated, says where the facts came from, and points back at the pages that explain the practical side.
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Seasonal
From 1 March to 31 October, the Brightest Beachfront in Florida Turns Its Lights Away
FeaturedA neon-lit barrier island spends eight months of the year shading, shielding and redirecting its lights so hatchlings go towards the water.
Travel alert
The City Publishes Its March Traffic and Parking Measures Each February
FeaturedOcean Drive access restricted to one entry and one exit, garages on flat rates, towing at double. The details change every year and are published in February.
Seasonal
Orchestral Concerts Are Projected Onto a Wall in Soundscape Park, Free, Most of the Season
FeaturedBring a blanket. A 7,000-square-foot wall, a full orchestra inside, and a lawn full of people who paid nothing for the best seat on the island.
Festival
Art Deco Weekend Closes Ocean Drive Every January, and It Is Free
FeaturedThree days when the street belongs to the buildings again. Free, organised by the people who saved them, and running since the late 1970s.
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Development
Sunset Harbour's Streets Sit Two Feet Above Its Front Doors, on Purpose
Walk west to Sunset Harbour and look at the shopfronts. Several sit visibly below the road. That is not subsidence. The road was lifted around them.
Beach update
Sargassum Arrives on the Sand From Around April, and the Tractors Follow
Harmless in the water, unpleasant once it dries. The busy blocks are mechanically groomed most mornings; the quiet northern blocks are not.
Event
Winter Party Festival Fills South Beach in Early March
A long-running LGBTQ+ benefit festival built around a beach party, and one of about three weeks a year when every room on this island is taken.