Sure, it is early, and a few questions — significantly about December faves like Vibra Urbana, Rakastella, and Audacy Beach Festival — stay, like date confirmations, lineup particulars, and all that goodness. But, for the majority of ’em, we have dug in and gotten the juicy particulars. The common sentiment: We’re able to rock the hell out.
Here are the ten greatest music festivals in South Florida to get amped for this 12 months.
We Belong Here
The lux and intimate boutique pageant is rising in a number of superior methods this 12 months. First, it is increasing from someday to 2 days with headliners performing three-hour prolonged units. As for these headliners, dance luminaries Kaskade and Lane 8 are amongst a prolonged record offering the nice vibes on Virginia Beach Key all weekend lengthy. Other new sides: There shall be VIP desk service from SLS Hyde Beach, a brand new third stage known as the Lost Village, and Smorgasburg will present culinary treats. Saturday, February 25, and Sunday, February 26, at Virginia Key Beach, 4020 Virginia Beach Dr., Miami; webelonghere.world. Tickets price $49 to $499 through posh.vip.
Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival
A couple of hours north of downtown Miami, that is the furthest-away South Florida fest to make the record, but it surely’s completely well worth the journey. Headliners for this 12 months’s four-day occasion embrace bass grasp Excision (Thursday), Washington-bred duo Odesza (Friday), sax-jamming DJ Griz (Saturday), and rapper extraordinaire Baby Keem (Sunday). As tantalizing because the 120-plus artist lineup is, the grounds are equally so, with an overarching portal vibe that is an escape from the actual world, immersive artwork installations, yoga, wellness happenings, and onsite tenting that’s all the time successful. Thursday, March 2, via Sunday, March 5, at Sunshine Grove, 12517 NE 91st Ave., Okeechobee; okeechobeefest.com. Tickets price $349 to $3,850 through frontgatetickets.com.
Jazz within the Gardens
Jazz could also be in its identify, however there’s oh-so-much-more musical excellence to this two-day affair than simply jazz. For two days in March, Hard Rock Stadium shall be morphed into a various musical utopia, with this 12 months’s lineup having a noticeably soulful aptitude. Big names on the invoice embrace platinum soulstress Jill Scott, singer-actress Erykah Badu, and R&B quartet Jodeci. There are all the time wild playing cards, too. This 12 months, they arrive within the type of performances by Mr. “Dutty Rock” himself, Sean Paul, and a gospel gig from Chandler Moore. Saturday, March 11, and Sunday, March 12, at Hard Rock Stadium, 347 Don Shula Dr., Miami Gardens; jazzinthegardens.com. Tickets price $105 to $1,525 through ticketmaster.com.
Calle Ocho Music Festival
Memorable music spectacles needn’t include a fee plan. Case in level: Calle Ocho Music Festival. It’s completely free. (There’s a VIP passport for buy for particular stage viewing and artist moments.) While this 12 months’s headliners have not been introduced simply but, rely on the carnaval magic to stay. This equates to fifteen blocks of pageant euphoria, with distributors, grub, and shaking asses in all places. On the music entrance, this fest has been a jumping-off level for a few of Latin music’s most interesting like Selena and Tito Puente Jr. Sunday, March 12, on Calle Ocho between SW twelfth and twenty seventh Avenues, Miami; carnavalmiami.com. Admission is free; VIP tickets price $125 through eventbrite.com.
Ultra Music Festival
Ultra is shaping as much as be a banger in 2023. In December, the mega digital music pageant introduced its newest wave of headliners, together with Marshmello, Alesso, Tiesto, David Guetta, and lots of extra big-name DJs converging on Bayfront Park. Some of the fest’s most magical moments come within the type of collaborative units, with guarantees of a first-ever Jauz B2B Svdden Death set in addition to a Nicole Moudaber B2B Chris Liebing set this 12 months. Friday, March 24, via Sunday, March 26, at Bayfront Park, 301 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; ultramusicfestival.com. Tickets price $399 to $1,499 through frontgatetickets.com.
Tortuga Music Festival
This 12 months marks Tortuga Music Festival’s tenth anniversary. Born and bred on Fort Lauderdale Beach, the nation fest — with dabbles of crossover-genre delights every year — is doing it proper for such a milestone. Headliners of the three-day affair embrace trade icons Kenny Chesney, Shania Twain, and Eric Church. As for these wild-card performances, they arrive within the type of units by “Black and Yellow” and “Young, Wild & Free” rapper Wiz Khalifa and rockers the Wallflowers. The fest is placed on by the nonprofit Rock the Ocean, which has a stellar ocean conservation message and volunteer/clean-up alternatives for followers 12 months spherical. Friday, April 14, via Sunday, April 16, at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park, 1100 S. Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; tortugamusicfestival.com. Tickets price $279 to $2,199 through frontgatetickets.com.
SunFest
In late January, SunFest organizers confirmed all techniques are a go for its thirty ninth 12 months. The downtown West Palm Beach fest will occur May 5-7 on the Intracoastal-adjacent Flagler Drive. While the lineup has but to be introduced, that is the kind of expertise that usually appeals to followers throughout the musical spectrum. Last 12 months’s lineup included rapper Lil Wayne, mega-DJ Steve Aoki, rising indie-pop trio AJR, and multi-platinum rockers the Goo Goo Dolls. Friday, May 5, via Sunday, May 7, on Flagler Drive between Banyan Boulevard and Lakeview Avenue, West Palm Beach; sunfest.com. Ticket costs TBD.
Rolling Loud
Is Ye (née Kanye West) going to make an look? Will Lil Uzi Vert return with spiky hair after debuting it in Miami final 12 months? Which hip-hop royalty will we be graced with after Future and Three 6 Mafia killed it final 12 months? There are so many questions as everybody awaits the 2023 lineup for Rolling Loud Miami, significantly after such a headline-grabbing 2022. Until these solutions come, we all know it will likely be again July 21-23. Friday, July 21, via Sunday, July 23, at Hard Rock Stadium, 347 Don Shula Dr., Miami Gardens; rollingloud.com. Ticket costs TBD.
III Points
Can you consider it? This 12 months marks ten years for the reason that first III Points went down in Wynwood. Since then, it has emerged as a quintessential annual expertise for the town. In 2022, the pageant delivered memorable units from LCD Soundsystem, Flume, and Rosalía. In years previous, it hosted Wu-Tang Clan, Rüfus Du Sol, and SZA, amongst many others. As the anticipation builds for a lineup announcement, good vibes are assured with reside graffiti artwork, Wynwood-born grub, the Red Bull Graviton bar with Miami-grown artists, and a lot extra 305 aptitude. Friday, October 20, and Saturday, October 21, at Mana Wynwood, 2217 NW Fifth Ave., Miami; iiipoints.com. Tickets price $169 to $499 through frontgatetickets.com.
Vibrana Urbana
As of press time right here early within the 12 months, Vibra Urbana 2023 is formally a go. Launched in 2020 on the Watsco Center, this thumpin’ affair has rapidly turn out to be the most important reggaeton pageant within the United States. The 2022 model marked explosive development for the fest, which moved to the Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo grounds. Last 12 months’s lineup included J. Balvin, Maluma, Nicky Jam, and Don Omar amongst its 40-plus artist roster. Looking eventually 12 months’s timeline, the lineup and tickets dropped in August, and the fest occurred in December. So, mark your calendars accordingly. TBD date, location, and ticket costs; vibraurbanafest.com.