Friday, December 9
Kicking off on Friday, the North Beach Music Festival returns to the Miami Beach Bandshell for its second 12 months for 3 days of jam bands. This 12 months’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 types from jazz to traditional rock and funk, so count on somewhat little bit of all the things all through the weekend. 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, 2 to 11 p.m. Saturday, and a couple of to 10 p.m. Sunday, on the Miami Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; northbeachmusicfestival.com. Tickets price $65 to $500 through 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 ultimately 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 price $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 occasion additionally serves to commemorate the centennial celebration of the property’s Stone House. Don’t be afraid to reach decked out in your finest 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 will likely 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 price $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 price $35 to $69.50 through ticketmaster.com. Jose D. Duran
Saturday, December 10
Get in your horses and experience 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 everywhere in the U.S. which might be certain 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 entice are at their peak in recognition. Even American audiences can appear to get sufficient of it. Coming to capitalize on the style’s recognition is Vibra Urbana, which returns to the Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo Grounds on Saturday and Sunday. This 12 months’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 price $129 to $999 through 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 a whole bunch of boats decked out in lights make their solution to the Intracoastal Waterway. While you may 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 price $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 event, and a World Cup watch occasion. 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 price $40 to $610 through eventbrite.com. Jose D. Duran
Nu Deco Ensemble on the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts: See Saturday
Photo by Alex Markow
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 price $35 to $115. Ashley-Anna Aboreden
While the vacation season is often about spending time with household, Dance Now! Miami recommends you allow the youngsters at residence on Saturday when it presents Clara. The manufacturing places a recent twist to the traditional story of The Nutcracker, specializing in a younger lady who explores the unique and the unknown to uncover her id 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 price $20 to $40. Sophia Medina
Sunday, December 11
Pinecrest Gardens is as soon as once more shining vivid for the vacation season. Every night via January 1, Night of Lights transforms the gardens right into a glowing winter wonderland. This 12 months, there will even be a vacation maze and a market that includes domestically made present gadgets. And you may 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 via January 1, at Pinecrest Gardens, 11000 Red Rd., Pinecrest; 305-669-6990; pinecrestgardens.org. Tickets price $15 to $20. Ashley-Anna Aboreden