Monday, December 5
Unwind from the Miami Art Week chaos at Peacock Park with Meditation Monday. Led by Cin Rondon, the category welcomes you to take part in an hourlong session to create positivity and produce good vitality. Guests from all ranges are invited to deliver a mat to heart their chakras and to exhale all of the negativity and stresses from their each day life. 6:30 p.m. Monday, at Peacock Park, 2820 McFarlane Rd., Coconut Grove; coconutgrove.com. Admission is free with RSVP by way of grovefit.eventbrite.com. Sophia Medina
Tuesday, December 6
You do not should be a fan of Broadway musicals to find out about Hadestown. Winner of eight Tony Awards, together with “Best Musical,” and the Grammy Award for “Best Musical Theater Album,” the manufacturing arrives on the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday. Hadestown combines two mythic legends: Orpheus and Eurydice and King Hades and his spouse Persephone. It’s a singular telling of among the oldest tales with singular music to match. 8 p.m. Tuesday by December 11, at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-949-6722; arshtcenter.org. Tickets value $35 to $165. Ashley-Anna Aboreden
Wednesday, December 7
On Wednesday, creator Lily Brooks-Dalton stops at Books & Books to debate her newest novel, The Light Pirate. The ebook is ready in Florida in a presumably not-so-distant future because the atmosphere adjustments and communities are torn. Brooks-Dalton’s work must be added to your studying record if you’re a fan of novels like Station Eleven and Where the Crawdads Sing. During her look in Coral Gables, Brooks-Dalton shall be in dialog with investigative reporter Mario Ariza, previously of the Sun-Sentinel and now at Floodlight. 7 p.m. Wednesday, at Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables; 305-442-4408; booksandbooks.com. Admission is free with RSVP by way of eventbrite.com. Ashley-Anna Aboreden
Every Wednesday, Hotel Greystone hosts its Cabaret Night and New York-style piano bar on the Greystone Jazz Bar. Grab a seat and luxuriate in drinks on the bar within the dimly lit house with piano music and a jazz ensemble to tie the night collectively. While having fun with the environment, be sure to order a drink on the bar just like the “S’il Vous Plaît” (Botanist gin, amaro Montenegro, and Lillet blanc) or the “Bowd Blvd.” (Russell’s Reserve bourbon, Campari, and candy vermouth). 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, on the Hotel Greystone, 1920 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-847-4000; greystonehotel.com. Admission is free with RSVP by way of eventbrite.com. Sophia Medina
Thursday, December 8
Get into the vacation spirit with award-winning vocalist Nicole Henry as she seems to be again at her idea of “house” through the end-of-the-year season. During her ninth-annual winter live performance, you’ll be able to count on a set of celebratory tracks from totally different genres, together with soul, gospel, disco, and jazz, along with vacation classics. Proceeds from the live performance will profit SAVE, a South Florida group preventing for the rights of the LGBTQ neighborhood, and the Miami Music Project, a program that provides free music schooling to create social change. 8 p.m. Thursday, on the Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach; 305-674-1040; miaminewdrama.org. Tickets value $30 to $125. Sophia Medina
Back within the early 2000s, Murder Inc. dominated the charts. At its heart had been rapper Ja Rule and singer Ashanti. The latter’s 2002 self-titled debut was buoyed by the hit singles “Foolish” and “Baby,” whereas Ja Rule discovered pop ranges of success along with his 2021 album Pain Is Love and 2002’s The Last Temptation. And who can neglect when the pair got here collectively for “Always on Time”? You can catch them collectively once more once they headline Jingle Jam at Hard Rock Live on Thursday. Fat Joe, Plies, and Trina are additionally on the invoice. 8 p.m. Thursday, at Hard Rock Live, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood; 954-797-5531; myhrl.com. Tickets value $55 to $305 by way of ticketmaster.com. Ashley-Anna Aboreden
Friday, December 9
Kicking off on Friday, the North Beach Music Festival returns to the Miami Beach Bandshell for its second yr for 3 days of jam bands. This yr’s headliners are Moe., Lotus, and Lettuce, with acts like Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Dopapod, Antibalas, Trouble No More, Keller Williams, Doom Flamingo, and Brandon “Taz” Niederauer additional down the invoice. Although the time period “jam band” is typically used as a style moniker, it features a vary of kinds from jazz to traditional rock and funk, so count on somewhat little bit of all the pieces all through the weekend. 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, 2 to 11 p.m. Saturday, and a pair of to 10 p.m. Sunday, on the Miami Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; northbeachmusicfestival.com. Tickets value $65 to $500 by way of cube.fm. Sophia Medina
The South Florida custom lives on because the family-friendly musical Mouse King returns to share the story of The Nutcracker from an entire new perspective. The theater manufacturing reimagines the vacation traditional with mice who finally uncover that the “key to Christmas” is love and performer by grasp puppeteers. The play was conceived by Sesame Street and Jim Henson Company veteran Noel MacNeal and award-winning singer-songwriter Jim Camacho. 7 p.m. Friday and Sunday and 1 p.m. Saturday and Monday, on the Mandelstam Theater, 8530 SW 57th Ave., South Miami; mousekingtickets.com. Tickets value $35 to $60. Sophia Medina
Step into the Jazz Age when the historic Deering Estate hosts the fifth-annual Mistletoe & Martinis on Friday. The festive social gathering additionally serves to commemorate the centennial celebration of the property’s Stone House. Don’t be afraid to reach decked out in your greatest Roaring Twenties apparel as you pattern bites from NaiYaRa, Seawell Fish N’ Oyster, Joe’s Stone Crab, Pubbelly Sushi, Chef Adrianne’s, and extra. And the aforementioned martinis shall be crafted with Voli 305 vodka and Whitley Neill gin. Adding to the vacation environment, the FIU School of Music will present the leisure, that includes classical items and vacation jazz requirements. 7:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, on the Deering Estate, 16701 SW 72nd Ave., Miami; 305-235-1668; deeringestate.org. Tickets value $175 to $1,800. Ashley-Anna Aboreden
Italian rock group Måneskin stops at Hard Rock Live on Friday as a part of the quartet’s Loud Kids Tour. The band began out busking on the streets of Rome as youngsters, gaining prominence after showing on the Italian version of the X Factor in 2017. Måneskin’s star rose additional after the band gained the Eurovision music contest 2021, catapulting it to worldwide fame. The band is a mixture of pop, glam rock, and different, with influences like Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, and the Rolling Stones obvious in its dwell efficiency and studio work. 8 p.m. Friday, at Hard Rock Live, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood; 954-797-5531; myhrl.com. Tickets value $35 to $69.50 by way of ticketmaster.com. Jose D. Duran
Nu Deco Ensemble on the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts: See Saturday
Photo by Alex Markow
Saturday, December 10
Get in your horses and trip out to La Ciudad Que Progresa on Saturday for Unbranded Brewing Co.’s second-annual Maverick Town craft beer honest in Hialeah. The brewery is serving distinctive craft beers from all around the U.S. which can be positive to rope in fanatics with their scrumptious and refreshing tastes. Hialeah cowboys can pair their expertise with savory meals delivered by native distributors. Plus, there will be enjoyable actions for all to take pleasure in, together with carnival video games, dwell music, and dwell wrestling. Noon to five p.m. Saturday, at Unbranded Brewing Co., 1395 E. eleventh Ave., Hialeah; 786-332-3097; unbrandedbrewing.com. Admission is free. Sophia Medina
These days, reggaeton and Latin lure are at their peak in reputation. Even American audiences can appear to get sufficient of it. Coming to capitalize on the style’s reputation is Vibra Urbana, which returns to the Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo Grounds on Saturday and Sunday. This yr’s headliners are Maluma, Don Omar, J Balvin, and Nick Jam. However, there’s additionally loads of expertise additional down the invoice, together with Jhayco, Sech, Feid, Mora, and Lunay. 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo, 10901 SW twenty fourth St., Miami; vibraurbanafest.com. Tickets value $129 to $999 by way of seetickets.us. Jose D. Duran
South Florida won’t have snow days or Christmas tree farms, however we do have vacation boat parades. The Winterfest Boat Parade takes place on Saturday, bringing vacation cheer and twinkling lights to Fort Lauderdale’s New River. The 12-mile parade route attracts thousands and thousands of viewers as tons of of boats decked out in lights make their solution to the Intracoastal Waterway. While you’ll be able to watch the parade from wherever alongside the parade route, there’s an official viewing space at Las Olas Intracoastal Promenade Park Gates, which opens at 4 p.m. whereas the parade kicks off at 6:30. 4 p.m. Saturday, at Las Olas Intracoastal Promenade Park, 300 Las Olas Cir., Fort Lauderdale; winterfestparade.com. Tickets value $20 to $25. Ashley-Anna Aboreden
Who says you solely should be keen about one factor? The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz will host the fifth version of MAS Miami on Saturday. MAS stands for music, arts, and sports activities and takes place at Wynwood Marketplace, that includes dwell music, artwork, skilled athletes, a domino match, and a World Cup watch social gathering. G Love and Patrick and the Swayzees will carry out dwell, whereas Zoo Miami’s Ron Magill will unretire his “Sex and the Animals” presentation for the occasion. It all provides as much as 9 hours of Miami-style enjoyable. 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, at Wynwood Marketplace, 2250 NW Second Ave., Miami; maslebatard.com. Tickets value $40 to $610 by way of eventbrite.com. Jose D. Duran
Nu Deco Ensemble’s 2022-23 season continues on Saturday when the orchestra takes the stage on the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts with Grammy Award-winner Wyclef Jean. The program kicks off with Sam Hyken’s “Chanukah 5776,” adopted by a collaboration with pianist Terrence Wilson who will carry out George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and William Grant Still’s “Out of the Silence.” And proper earlier than welcoming Jean onto the stage, Nu Deco will carry out its reimagination of Michael Jackson’s landmark Thriller album. 8 p.m. Saturday, on the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-949-6722; arshtcenter.org. Tickets value $35 to $115. Ashley-Anna Aboreden
While the vacation season is normally about spending time with household, Dance Now! Miami recommends you permit the children at house on Saturday when it presents Clara. The manufacturing places a up to date twist to the traditional story of The Nutcracker, specializing in a younger lady who explores the unique and the unknown to uncover her identification and discover love. The present options music from Berlin-based composer Davidson Jaconello, who drew inspiration from the unique Tchaikovsky rating. 8 p.m. Saturday, at Miami Theater Center, 9806 NE Second Ave., Miami Shores; dancenowmiami.org. Tickets value $20 to $40. Sophia Medina
Sunday, December 11
Pinecrest Gardens is as soon as once more shining brilliant for the vacation season. Every night by January 1, Night of Lights transforms the gardens right into a glowing winter wonderland. This yr, there will even be a vacation maze and a market that includes regionally made present gadgets. And you would possibly be capable to catch an look by Santa Claus, have story time with Mrs. Claus, or see a dwell efficiency on the Banyan Bowl amphitheater on choose nights. 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday by January 1, at Pinecrest Gardens, 11000 Red Rd., Pinecrest; 305-669-6990; pinecrestgardens.org. Tickets value $15 to $20. Ashley-Anna Aboreden