The best things to do in Miami this week

Fort Lauderdale's burgeoning annual food and wine festival enters its seventh year with a splashy lineup of tasting events, cooking competitions, beachside dining experiences and exclusive dinners all focused on spotlighting award-winning and emerging chefs, restaurateurs and hospitality establishments from the region. Over five days, sample local flavors and rub shoulders with fellow foodies and celebrity personalities like Richard Blais, Eddie Jackson and Nancy Fuller, among others. The festival's main event, The Grand Tasting, takes place on Saturday, January 24 at Las Olas Oceanside Park with over 100 vendors, chef demos and live music. General admission grants unlimited tastings and access to seminars, while VIP tickets provide early entry and exclusive lounge amenities. Various dates and locations

This bustling vintage market enters its 34th year on South Beach's famed Lincoln Road. Approximately every other Sunday (check their calendar for exact dates), 125 vendors convene along the promenade to showcase their wares and barter with discerning shoppers. Find everything from mid-century furniture to Art Deco decor and more. The long-running weekend social presents a solid mix of 19th and 20th-century memorabilia and unique collectibles. While you're there, stock up on locally grown produce, fresh flowers and artisanal goods from the Lincoln Road Farmer's market, which occurs every Sunday from 9am to 6pm.

In tandem with the holiday season, Jungle Island's enchanting festival of lights returns for a fourth year with a new production featuring more than 37 monumental, handcrafted silk lantern scenes created by a global team of artisans, graphic designers, seamstresses and more. This year, Luminosa takes visitors on a vibrant trail of themed vignettes representing different ecosystems, from the Amazon rainforest to African savannahs, complete with cutting-edge animatronics, holograms and interactive storytelling. The popular Holiday Village also makes a return this year (through January 4), featuring Christmas trees, holiday treats like churro donut holes and coquito, a seasonal bazaar and a 30-foot Christmas tree centerpiece.  When is Luminosa 2025? Luminosa runs from Friday, November 14 through March 7, 2026. The hours of operation are 5:30 to 9:30pm Sunday through Thursday and until 10:30pm on Friday and Saturday. The Holiday Village will also open on November 14 and run through January 4, 2026. This outdoor experience operates rain or shine, with covered areas available throughout the venue.  How much are tickets? Adult tickets range from $30.78 on weekdays to $46.88 on weekends. Child tickets (ages four to 12) range from $21.58 to $33.08. Family bundles and group rates are available, with discounts for seniors, students and military personnel.

Gilded and crimson-draped Faena Theater is the ideal venue to experience OBSESSION, a new original production presented by Faena Live in collaboration with the Quixotic performance art collective. Nestled in Mid-Beach, the cabaret-style show blends live vocals, choreography and cinematic storytelling to take guests on a seductive 1.5-hour journey complete with lasers, projected visuals and plenty of theatrical haze. Helmed by emcee Sophia Bollman—whose credits include a stint on NBC's The Voice as part of Team Miley Cyrus and backup singing in Beyoncé's iconic Coachella performances—Faena Theater's 2026 headlining production also features the energetic stylings of Principal Violin and Musical Lead Kostia Lucky. Tickets start at $100 per person and include show admission only (food and beverages sold separately). Guests must be 18 or older, with a valid ID required upon arrival.

Art Week may have come and gone, but there's still plenty to feast your eyes on around Miami this winter—including this free and open-to-the-public art installation popping up at Jungle Plaza in the Miami Design District. J’OUVERT: Zak Ové transforms the open-air space with two monumental works by the British-Trinidadian artist: The Mothership Connection (2022), a nearly 30-foot totemic sculpture merging African iconography with Afrofuturist form, and Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness (2016), a powerful circle of forty graphite figures asserting presence, dignity and collective identity in public space. On view from January 15 through February 9, 2026, J’OUVERT is Ové’s first solo presentation in Miami, and it's accompanied by a robust public program including an artist talk (January 16), guided tour (January 24), soca dance class (January 25), immersive sound bath (January 30), live performances (February 1, 6) and more—extending the themes of ritual, diaspora and collective presence beyond the installation itself. View the full program and RSVP in advance to secure your spot.

Join over 5,000 visitors in perusing 14 acres of artworks under a verdant canopy of plants and botanicals at the 2026 Pinecrest Gardens Art & Design Fair. The lush historic site has hosted this family- and dog-friendly festival for more than two decades, bringing together thousands of works by local and national artists, artisans and designers over two days during Miami's crisp and sunny winter peak. From 10am to 5pm both days, explore and shop juried artwork in various mediums, discover unique handcrafted goods and take in live music while grazing from a variety of food trucks. The Sneaker Stories exhibition, presented in partnership with Wynwood's Museum of Graffiti, takes a deep dive into street art and sneaker culture, and the Kids Zone features hands-on creative activities hosted by Made2BeMessy. Admission is $5 per person.

Lace up for Miami’s most popular racing event. Now in its 24th year, the run winds through the city’s most scenic neighborhoods and along glittering waterfronts, from Bayfront Park to Coconut Grove and Key Biscayne. Is your post-holiday cardio endurance not quite up to marathon levels? You can still partake! Supporters are encouraged to cheer along the way, and there's the family-friendly Tropical 5K run on Saturday, too. The opening ceremony kicks off at 5:45am on Sunday, January 25 at the Kaseya Center in Downtown.

Our favorite pizza patio in Little River has launched a new Sunday special that pairs perfectly with these crisp January evenings. Bar Bucce's Pasta for the Rastas features $20 plates of Spaghetti all’Assassina (a spicy charred pasta dish that's cooked right in the pan rather than boiled in water) plus live reggae music on the patio. Complete your chilled-out experience with a glass (or bottle) of wine from the Bucce shop, or a cocktail from the bar. The deal runs all month long on Sundays from 6:30 to 9pm.

Art meets science at "Leonardo da Vinci – 500 Years of Genius," a sweeping exhibition presented by Frost Science and produced by Grande Experiences in collaboration with Rome's Museo Leonardo da Vinci. On view through April 5th, 2026, the show explores da Vinci's multidisciplinary legacy with interactive displays, rare artifacts and life-size replicas of his machines, alongside immersive projections of iconic works like The Last Supper and Mona Lisa. Explore 16 themed sections, from anatomy and flight to engineering and optics, plus hands-on installations like the Vitruvian Man interactive station and the Mona Lisa Revealed exhibit, featuring the world’s only exact 360-degree replica of the painting.

Penny is hanging up her hat. After 232 years in production, the last of the iconic U.S. coins were minted on November 12, 2025—though the billions of existing ones remain legal tender. To give the penny her proper sendoff, Downtown Miami's nostalgic-meets-modern Lucky Strike bowling alley is throwing a retirement banger where players can purchase two games and get the third for just one cent. (No, you don't have to actually pay with a copper coin.) The one-day-only deal is available on Sunday, January 25 from open until close.