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Credit: Matthew Millman, Courtesy SFMOMA
Credit: Matthew Millman, Courtesy SFMOMA

The best things to do in Miami this week

Get up and out the door with our hand-picked guide to the best events in Miami this week.

Ashley Brozic
Written by Ashley Brozic
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April may not bring many showers in Florida, but it does bring many events, concerts, exhibits and pop-ups to enjoy. This Wednesday is Earth Day and activities range from waterside yoga and meditation sessions to lectures to cleanups. O, Miami Poetry Festival is still bringing sonets and sazón to Miami, so be sure to check out one of their many events happening this month. And as the city gears up for F1, there are a number of pop-ups to get you on track, which you can find in our weekend guide.

Also exciting are spring's museum exhibitions, which offer something for every interest. For fashionphiles, there's a Dolce & Gabbana retrospective at ICA. A total sports fanatic? Check out over 100 athletic-focused works at the PAMM in their latest exhibition opening Get in the Game: Sports, Art Culture. Into Miami History? Check out Women Who Wrote South Florida at Deering Estate, or Sepia Vernacular, an exploration of Overtown through never-before-seen archival photos.

If you prefer to go at your own pace, we've got tons of eclectic activities to jump into whenever the mood strikes, plus festive pop-ups and tourist attractions that even locals approve of. In this list, we've handpicked special events and happenings over the next seven days, enough to have you saying, "This was the best week ever," but should you prefer to plot out your weeks in advance, here's our curated guide to everything happening in April in Miami. And if you're looking specifically for weekend events in Miami, we've rounded those up into a handy guide, too.

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What to do in Miami this week

1. Cadillac Championship

  • Things to do
  • Doral
Cadillac Championship
Cadillac Championship
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PGA TOUR golf is back at Doral for the first time in a decade, and it's returning in style. The Cadillac Championship runs April 29 through May 3 at Trump National Doral as one of eight Signature Events on the 2026 PGA TOUR season — a limited field of 72 of the world's best players, with the likes of Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose all expected to compete. The Blue Monster has hosted 56 PGA TOUR events since 1962, with 14 World Golf Hall of Famers claiming 24 titles on the course, including Tiger Woods, who won here four times between 2005 and 2013.Beyond the golf, the on-course food and drink experience is designed to feel more like a curated Miami tasting than standard tournament concessions. The VVIP 1962 Club rotates through a different restaurant partner each day, with MIKA Coral Gables, Miami Slice, Taikin and Maple & Ash all taking turns. Out on the grounds, fans can find Miami Slice's cult New York-style pies in the Palmetto Park Fan Zone, Sergio's Cuban American Kitchen running Cubanos and empanadas, and Sunset Slush Italian ice carts roaming the course. Regatta Grove pops up on holes 4 and 5 with Aperol Spritzes and mojitos, and a Michelob ULTRA Club on the back nine offers an open-air lounge with complimentary beer, wine and seltzer Thursday through Sunday.Daily grounds tickets start at $40; kids 15 and under get in free with a ticketed adult. Tickets at CadillacChampionship.com.
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2. Tequila Town

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  • Miami
Tequila Town
Tequila Town
Courtesy: 1800 Tequila / Credit: Dina Martucci
A 25,000-square-foot immersive experience dedicated to agave and tequila opens April 2 at Toledo Studios in Hialeah. Backed by the Beckmann family, the dynasty behind Jose Cuervo, 1800, Reserva de la Familia and Centenario, who have been making tequila since 1758, and developed in collaboration with Mexican-American multimedia artist Danié Gómez-Ortigoza, the experience begins with guests boarding a train that symbolically transports them from Miami to Mexico before moving through more than ten immersive environments tracing agave from seed to spirit. Along the way there are recreations of La Rojeña, the oldest distillery in Latin America and birthplace of Cuervo, and the home of Centenario's original master distiller — plus tastings, live performances and a mercado to close things out. 
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3. From the Heart to the Hands: Dolce&Gabbana

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  • Design District
From the Heart to the Hands: Dolce&Gabbana
From the Heart to the Hands: Dolce&Gabbana
Courtesy Dolce&Gabbana/Mark Blower
After sell-out runs in Paris, Rome, and Milan, From the Heart to the Hands: Dolce&Gabbana arrives in Miami, opening February 6 at ICA Miami and running through June 14, 2026. The exhibition offers a rare look inside the creative universe of designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, tracing how their ideas move from inspiration to execution—all by hand. Curated by Florence Müller and produced by MARI, the show brings together more than 300 Alta Moda pieces, set within immersive installations and shown alongside works by contemporary artists, celebrating the artisanry, excess, and exuberance of Italian aesthetics. 
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4. O, Miami Poetry Festival

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  • Festivals
  • Miami Shores
O, Miami Poetry Festival
O, Miami Poetry Festival
Photograph: Javier Sanchez
Now in its 15th year, the O, Miami Poetry Festival takes over the entire month of April with a deceptively simple mission: for every person in Miami-Dade County to encounter a poem. The result is one of the most inventive and genuinely Miami things the city does all year, a monthlong program that turns parking lots, railroad museums, ventanitas, hurricane simulation labs and planetariums into stages for poetry, with events built largely through an open community submission process. The 2026 edition is celebrating its quinceañera, and the programming reflects a festival that has grown into a true city institution. It opens with a full moon party at Andaz Miami Beach (Apr 2), where guests gather under the rising pink moon for a lunar-themed launch. La Versicleta — artist Julian Pardo's ice-powered custom bike that prints immigrant community poems directly onto the concrete as the ice melts — rolls through multiple Miami locations throughout the month. Poetry in Pajamas, the beloved kids' open mic at Pinecrest Gardens, is back (Apr 4), as is the All-Aboard-leggers collaboration with Bookleggers Library at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum (Apr 4). A karaoke night built around heartbreak songs and poetry (Apr 8), a communal dinner and reading centered on food and storytelling (Apr 10), and a quinceañera-inspired gathering at a historic restaurant (Apr 12) round out a calendar that covers every conceivable corner of the city and the human experience. The festival closes April 30...
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5. OBSESSION

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  • Miami Beach
OBSESSION
OBSESSION
Photograph: Faena Miami Beach
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.
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6. Cirque du Soleil: Luzia

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Cirque du Soleil: Luzia
Cirque du Soleil: Luzia
Photograph: Courtesy Matt Beard
The great Montreal contemporary-circus troupe brings its Luzia production to South Florida, performing cutting-edge acrobatics and tightly choreographed dance numbers amid lavish costumes and set pieces. This show, written and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, is inspired by the culture of Mexico. Running February 19 through April 25 at Gulfstream Park, Luzia takes audiences through a series of surrealistic scenes, from an old movie set to a smoky dance hall, an arid desert, and even a cenote. It's a dream-like, sensory exploration of Mexico's past and present, packed with awe-inspiring moments—including rain incorporated into acrobatic and artistic scenes (a first for a Cirque du Soleil touring production).
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7. Harmony Korine: Perfect Nonsense at ICA Miami

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  • Exhibitions
  • Design District
Harmony Korine: Perfect Nonsense at ICA Miami
Harmony Korine: Perfect Nonsense at ICA Miami
Harmony Korine, Shirley's Temple, 2016 // Courtesy ICA Miami
The ICA Miami is devoting its third floor to the first U.S. museum survey of Harmony Korine, the filmmaker behind Spring Breakers and Kids who has spent three decades confounding and captivating audiences in equal measure. Perfect Nonsense brings together over 50 works spanning film, painting, photography, collage and drawing, tracing a career that has always resisted easy categorization, from his early Southern gothic explorations to recent films shot through gaming engines and iPhone footage. Korine has lived in Miami since 2015, and the city is woven into his recent work in ways the exhibition makes tangible. Beyond the films most people know, the paintings are the revelation here — particularly the "Twitchy" series, which combines iPhone-captured images with painterly techniques into something genuinely strange and new. The exhibition will be on view through October 4.
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8. Pasta Making Class at Pasta

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  • Wynwood
Pasta Making Class at Pasta
Pasta Making Class at Pasta
Courtesy Pasta
Every Wednesday night, Wynwood's PASTA opens its kitchen for a hands-on pasta-making class led by head chef Luis Jose. The restaurant — brought to life by acclaimed Peruvian chefs Juan Manuel Umbert and Janice Buraschi — blends traditional Italian technique with Peruvian influence, and the class reflects exactly that: you'll mix, knead and shape your own pasta before sitting down to eat what you made. A welcome cocktail, appetizer and dessert round out the evening.
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9. Lincoln Road Antique & Collectable Market

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  • South Beach
Lincoln Road Antique & Collectable Market
Lincoln Road Antique & Collectable Market
Photograph: Osmany Torres Martin
This bustling vintage market enters its 35th year in 2026 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.

10. Dog Dates at Fairchild

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  • Miami
Dog Dates at Fairchild
Dog Dates at Fairchild
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Fairchild doesn't normally allow dogs on its grounds, which makes Dog Dates all the more worth knowing about. On Sunday mornings, leashed dogs and their humans get two hours to roam all 83 acres—past the waterfalls, through the rainforest, around the lakes, in view of iguanas—before stopping at the Glasshouse Café for snacks and drinks for both species. Sessions have occassionally been themed, with past editions including doga, pet portraits and glow nights, however plainclothed pets and their parents are welcome just the same.
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