Fri 17
Summer is generally slow for food happenings except at the Wynwood Yard. Every Friday through fall, the outdoor market and event space let’s you create a custom tasting experience. Grab a ticket and eat your way through the yard’s food trucks, sampling dishes like tacos, empanadas and more. Arrive at 5pm and take advantage of free admission to the incredible Rubell Family Collection across the street.
Sat 18
Saturday in the Park with Gass & Vine and Cazadores Tequila
Glass & Vine’s outstanding Saturday brunch turns up with help from—what else?—tequila. Cazadores takes over the Coconut Grove restaurant with a live band, lawn games and flowing tequila cocktails. RSVP online and receive a free welcome drink. Cheers to that!
The best of Miami’s drag scene collides with everyone’s favorite underground pop star Charli XCX at what’s sure to be a very wild party and concert. Femmebot Fantasy is happening at Downtown’s 1306, so you can bet this is going to be an intimate sweaty affair.
The last weekend of summer before school starts is bittersweet, especially for families who can’t afford the new loot—sneakers, pencils, backpacks—that makes kids excited to start the whole learning routine all over again. Thankfully, every year, fashion nonprofit Style Saves steps in and helps thousands of local families gear up for the school year. Join them, DJ Irie and others for a day of fun and giving back, featuring activations for children of all ages, complimentary beauty services, arts and crafts, and more.
Wynwood’s first Latin brewery turns one this weekend and you’re invited to celebrate over cervezas. The daylong pachanga features plenty of beer, music from Jacuzzi Boys resident DJ Mr. Pauer with live percussion and Uma Galera.
In a world of lies (and, these days, alternative facts), the only thing we can rely on is Shakira’s hips. Watch them shake with precision when the Colombian superstar returns to Miami on her sixth world tour, El Dorado.
The old Taylor is dead and the new Taylor is... filling mega venues with harmless, shiny pop songs, just like the old Taylor. No matter your thoughts on Reputation, it’s tough to argue with the singer’s growing back catalog of undeniably catchy hits that have made converts of pop skeptics and indie rags alike.
Sun 19
¡FUÁCATA! or a Latina’s Guide to Surviving the Universe
Zoetic Stage revives its Carbonell Award-winning solo play from 2017, in which chameleonic Cuban-American actor Elena Maria Garcia plays more than 20 characters, from a teenage Honduran refugee to a Jewish senior citizen to a Caucasian member of the PTA Gestapo.
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