Miami Beach events in December 2026

PAMM: Basquiat, Figures, Signs, Symbols

Jun 25, 2026 – Jun 6, 2027 · Perez Art Museum Miami · Downtown

Obsession at Faena Theater (cabaret, Thu to Sat)

Oct 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 · Faena Theater · Mid-Beach

Ball and Chain Miami live music and nightlife series (nightly)

Oct 7, 2026 – Dec 31, 2027 · Ball and Chain Miami · Little Havana

Faena Miami Beach recurring hotel nights (Saxony Bar, The Living Room, Los Fuegos Sunday Asado)

Oct 7, 2026 – Dec 31, 2027 · Faena Miami Beach · Mid-Beach

LIV recurring programming: Mentirosa Thursday, LIV on Sunday, unnamed Friday and Saturday nights (Oct 2026 to Feb 2027)

Oct 8, 2026 – Feb 7, 2027 · LIV Miami at Fontainebleau Miami Beach · Mid-Beach

Florida Panthers 2026-27 home games

Oct 10, 2026 – Mar 12, 2027 · Amerant Bank Arena · Sunrise

Miami Dolphins 2026 home games

Oct 11, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027 · Hard Rock Stadium · Miami Gardens

Joe's Stone Crab 2026-27 season reopening

Oct 15, 2026 – May 1, 2027 · Joe's Stone Crab · South Beach

Do Not Sit On The Furniture marquee nights (Khen Oct 18, Viken Arman Oct 29, Shai T NYE Dec 31)

Oct 18, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 · Do Not Sit On The Furniture · South Beach

Miami Heat 2026-27 home games (regular season)

Oct 21, 2026 – Apr 11, 2027 · Kaseya Center · Downtown Miami

Faena Jazz Series, 9th annual (Oct 2026 to Jun 2027)

Oct 21, 2026 – Jun 30, 2027 · Faena Theater · Mid-Beach

The Bass exhibitions (Yuko Mohri; Amalia Pica; Pedro y Juana; Sarah Zapata)

Oct 28, 2026 – May 30, 2027 · The Bass · Collins Park

PAMM: Picasso-Klee-Matisse, Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen

Oct 29, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027 · Perez Art Museum Miami · Downtown / Museum Park

Jackson Health Foundation Holiday of Miracles Toy Drive and Boat Parade 2026

Nov 1, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026 · Biscayne Bay (parade); drop-off sites not verified · Biscayne Bay

Genghis Cohen Miami Beach opening

Nov 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 · Genghis Cohen · Sunset Harbour

The Dean Miami Beach opening (former Gates Hotel)

Nov 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 · The Dean Miami Beach · South Beach

Miami Hurricanes men's basketball 2026-27 home slate

Nov 6, 2026 – Dec 21, 2026 · Watsco Center · Coral Gables

Night Garden at Fairchild (holiday light show, expected)

Nov 7, 2026 – Jan 11, 2027 · Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden · Coral Gables

MLS Cup Playoffs 2026 and MLS Cup

Nov 18, 2026 – Dec 18, 2026 · Nu Stadium at Miami Freedom Park (only if Inter Miami hosts a round)

Call Your Mother opening (Coral Gables)

Nov 26, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 · Call Your Mother · Coral Gables

Miami holiday tree lightings 2026 (Bayfront Park and others, expected)

Nov 27, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Bayfront Park · Downtown Miami

Deering Estate Historic Holidays Decor, Tides and Tidings

Nov 27, 2026 – Jan 6, 2027 · Deering Estate · Palmetto Bay

AfriKin Art Fair 2026 (Miami Art Week kick-off)

Nov 29, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Scott Galvin Community Center

Soul Basel 2026 (Overtown)

Nov 30, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Various venues, Overtown · Overtown

PAMM Miami Art Week Donor Recognition Dinner 2026

Dec 1, 2026 · PAMM third-floor terraces (2025 location) · Downtown

NADA Miami 2026 (24th edition)

Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 5, 2026 · Ice Palace Studios · Edgewater / Wynwood border

A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical (Broadway in Miami)

Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Ziff Ballet Opera House, Adrienne Arsht Center · Arts and Entertainment District

Art Miami 2026

Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Art Miami pavilion at One Herald Plaza · Edgewater / Downtown

CONTEXT Art Miami 2026

Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Art Miami and CONTEXT pavilions at One Herald Plaza · Edgewater / Downtown

Design Miami 2026 (22nd edition)

Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Pride Park (aggregator); official location Convention Center Drive and 19th Street · South Beach / Convention Center area

InScope 2026 (successor to SCOPE Miami Beach)

Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Beachfront site on the sand · South Beach

Miami Art Week 2026 culinary programming (restaurant dinners and chef takeovers)

Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Various Miami and Miami Beach restaurants and hotels

Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2026 (15th Miami Beach edition)

Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Beachfront pavilion on the sand · South Beach

Space Basel 2026 (Club Space Art Week series)

Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 7, 2026 · Club Space · Downtown Miami

Hilton Miami Beach Hotel opening (Art Deco building, Collins Park)

Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 · Hilton Miami Beach Hotel · Collins Park

Liga Contra el Cancer and Coral Gables Community Foundation The Mayor's Ball (expected)

Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 · Loews Coral Gables Hotel (2025 venue) · Coral Gables

The Ritz-Carlton Bal Harbour, Miami reopening

Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 · The Ritz-Carlton Bal Harbour · Bal Harbour

The Bass Miami Art Week Exhibition Opening Reception

Dec 2, 2026 · The Bass · Collins Park

Faena Art Music Series (Art Week: Blond:ish, Jaime xx)

Dec 2, 2026 – Dec 4, 2026 · Faena Theater and Faena Beach · Mid-Beach

The Bass Dialogues (Art Week 2026)

Dec 2, 2026 – Dec 4, 2026 · The Bass · Collins Park

unKommon Art Week 2026 (Little River Studios)

Dec 2, 2026 – Dec 5, 2026 · Little River Studios · Little River

Aqua Art Miami 2026 (20th edition)

Dec 2, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Aqua Hotel and Suites · South Beach / Collins Ave

Art Basel Miami Beach 2026

Dec 2, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Miami Beach Convention Center · South Beach

Art Hearts Fashion Miami Art Week 2026

Dec 2, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 ·

Factory Basel 2026 (Factory Town Art Week series, with Circoloco and elrow)

Dec 2, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Factory Town · Hialeah

House of R&Basel, The Art Basel x R&B Experience (DJ Fresh, Eric Bellinger)

Dec 2, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Clevelander South Beach · South Beach

ICA Miami Art Week exhibitions (Carroll Dunham; Diego Singh; Naudline Pierre stairwell commission)

Dec 2, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami · Design District

James Turrell outdoor commission (Turrell Art Foundation and Art Basel, supported by Pace)

Dec 2, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 ·

Public Art Fund Between Tides in Collins Park

Dec 2, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Collins Park · Cultural Campus, Miami Beach

Red Dot Miami 2026

Dec 2, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Mana Wynwood Convention Center · Wynwood

Spectrum Miami 2026

Dec 2, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Mana Wynwood Convention Center (shared with Red Dot) · Wynwood

Anthony Jeselnik: Wrath of Man at Hard Rock Live

Dec 3, 2026 · Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood · Hollywood (Broward County)

Art Basel Awards Night 2026 (with BOSS Award for Outstanding Achievement)

Dec 3, 2026 · New World Center · South Beach

Art Miami Boulud Sud private dinner

Dec 3, 2026 · Boulud Sud

DJ Khaled's We The Best Foundation x Jordan Golf Classic (4th annual)

Dec 3, 2026 · Miami Beach Golf Club

PAMM Art Bashment 2026

Dec 3, 2026 · Perez Art Museum Miami · Downtown

Hugel presents Make The Girls Dance, On The Beach

Dec 3, 2026 – Dec 4, 2026 · National Hotel Miami Beach · South Beach

III Points Basel (Hialeah Park Casino: Latin Mafia and Friends Dec 3; Michael Bibi One Life Dec 5)

Dec 3, 2026 – Dec 5, 2026 · Hialeah Park Casino · Hialeah

LIV Basel Week (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, plus LIV on Sunday Dec 6)

Dec 3, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · LIV Miami at Fontainebleau Miami Beach · Mid-Beach

Usher and Chris Brown, The R&B Tour (Mario, Eric Bellinger) at Hard Rock Stadium

Dec 3, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Hard Rock Stadium · Miami Gardens

Where Are My Keys, Miami Basel

Dec 3, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · The Pickle

Menudo 50 at Hard Rock Live

Dec 4, 2026 · Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood · Hollywood (Broward County)

Wynwood Art Market: Basel Edition

Dec 4, 2026 · The Wynwood Shop · Wynwood

unKommon Events and Framework present ANOTR and ADRIATIQUE (Watson Island Park)

Dec 4, 2026 – Dec 5, 2026 · Watson Island Park · Watson Island

Art Basel Miami Beach Conversations 2026

Dec 4, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Miami Beach Convention Center (presumed) · South Beach

Miami Nice 2026 All Black Yacht Party

Dec 5, 2026 · Dinner Key Marina · Coconut Grove

Silvestre Dangond, El Baile de Todos at Hard Rock Live

Dec 5, 2026 · Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood · Hollywood (Broward County)

Willy Chirino and Lissette, Navidad en Familia at The Fillmore Miami Beach

Dec 5, 2026 · The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater · South Beach

Rawayana at Kaseya Center

Dec 5, 2026 – Dec 6, 2026 · Kaseya Center · Downtown Miami

Black Coffee at Club Space

Dec 6, 2026 · Club Space · Downtown Miami

Russell Peters at Hard Rock Live

Dec 6, 2026 · Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood · Hollywood (Broward County)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe with Yannick Nezet-Seguin and pianist Beatrice Rana (Brahms)

Dec 8, 2026 · Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts · Downtown Miami

Miami City Ballet Nutcracker Magic (family holiday party and private dress rehearsal)

Dec 10, 2026 ·

Gente de Zona at Kaseya Center

Dec 11, 2026 · Kaseya Center · Downtown Miami

Mistletoe and Martinis, Starfish Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses (9th annual)

Dec 11, 2026 · Deering Estate · Palmetto Bay / South Dade

RMHC South Florida Home for the Holidays 2026

Dec 11, 2026 · Ronald McDonald House · Health District

Godfrey at Miami Improv

Dec 11, 2026 – Dec 13, 2026 · Miami Improv · Doral

Miami City Ballet: George Balanchine's The Nutcracker

Dec 11, 2026 – Dec 27, 2026 · Ziff Ballet Opera House, Adrienne Arsht Center · Downtown Miami

Armour Dance Theatre presents The Nutcracker Ballet at The Fillmore Miami Beach

Dec 12, 2026 · The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater · South Beach

Sonny Fodera at LIV Miami

Dec 12, 2026 · LIV Miami at Fontainebleau Miami Beach · Mid-Beach

AvMed Orange Bowl Beach Run 2026

Dec 13, 2026 · Hard Rock Stadium · Miami Gardens

Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening at Hard Rock Live

Dec 13, 2026 · Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood · Hollywood (Broward County)

John Mulaney: Mister Whatever at the Arsht Center

Dec 13, 2026 · Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts · Downtown Miami

Jodeci, 35th Anniversary Tour of Forever My Lady at The Fillmore Miami Beach

Dec 16, 2026 · The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater · South Beach

American Friends of Magen David Adom Annual Miami Gala 2026

Dec 17, 2026 ·

Chelsea Handler at Hard Rock Live

Dec 17, 2026 · Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood · Hollywood (Broward County)

David Bisbal at James L. Knight Center

Dec 19, 2026 · James L. Knight Center · Downtown Miami

Matisyahu Hanukkah tour at the Miami Beach Bandshell

Dec 19, 2026 · Miami Beach Bandshell · North Beach

Ryan Castro at Kaseya Center

Dec 19, 2026 · Kaseya Center · Downtown Miami

R&B Only Live and R&B Only Fest 2026 at The Fillmore Miami Beach

Dec 19, 2026 – Dec 20, 2026 · The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater · South Beach

The Tenors: Season of Hope Tour at the Arsht Center

Dec 20, 2026 · Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts · Downtown Miami

Winter Wonderland Gala (Doral Hispanic Women Chamber of Commerce)

Dec 20, 2026 · Trump National Doral Miami · Doral

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by the United European Ballet Company at The Fillmore Miami Beach

Dec 22, 2026 · The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater · South Beach

Christmas Eve 2026 luxury dinners (expected, 2025 pattern)

Dec 24, 2026 · Various (2025: L Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Le Jardinier, Stubborn Seed, MIKA, Los Fuegos at Faena, Aguasal at Andaz, AVIV at 1 Hotel, Mareva1939 at The National, Amara at Paraiso)

Danny Tenaglia at Club Space

Dec 27, 2026 · Club Space · Downtown Miami

Maroon 5 at Hard Rock Live

Dec 28, 2026 – Dec 29, 2026 · Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood · Hollywood (Broward County)

LIV New Year's Eve 2026 with Adriatique

Dec 31, 2026 · LIV Miami at Fontainebleau Miami Beach · Mid-Beach

New Year's Eve 2026 luxury dinners (expected, 2025 pattern)

Dec 31, 2026 · Various (2025: Amazonico, CARBONE Miami, Japon at The Setai, Stubborn Seed, Four Seasons Miami NUNA)

New Year's Eve 2026: Bayfront Park Countdown Miami

Dec 31, 2026 · Bayfront Park · Downtown Miami

New Year's Eve 2026: George Harris Dinner at La Scala de Miami

Dec 31, 2026 · La Scala de Miami

New Year's Eve 2026: Great Gatsby Party at the duPont Building

Dec 31, 2026 · duPont Building

New Year's Eve 2026: Miami Night at Giselle Miami (E11EVEN group)

Dec 31, 2026 · Giselle Miami

New Year's Eve 2026: NYE Celebration at M2 Miami

Dec 31, 2026 · M2 Miami

New Year's Eve 2026: Ocean Drive Fireworks (Lummus Park)

Dec 31, 2026 · Ocean Drive / Lummus Park · South Beach

New Year's Eve 2026: Orchestra Miami concert at 21st Street Beach

Dec 31, 2026 · 21st Street Beach, Miami Beach · South Beach

2027 W Hotel Miami New Year's Eve Party (NYELECTRIC)

Dec 31, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027 · W Miami Downtown, 15th Floor Rooftop Lounge · Brickell

Lettuce New Year's run at the Miami Beach Bandshell

Dec 31, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027 · Miami Beach Bandshell · North Beach

New Year's Eve VIP Rooftop Fireworks Viewing at InterContinental Miami

Dec 31, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027 · InterContinental Miami, Seaside Terrace rooftop · Downtown Miami

New Year's Eve fireworks yacht cruises (Sir Winston 1, Pier Pressure, South Beach Lady, Seafair mega yacht)

Dec 31, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027 · Downtown Miami / Miami Riverwalk / Port of Miami / Chopin Plaza · Downtown Miami

The Biltmore New Year's Eve Dessert Soiree and Fireworks

Dec 31, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027 · Biltmore Hotel Miami Coral Gables · Coral Gables