Miami Beach Culture Guide
Miami Beach is more than a backdrop. Its art fairs, hotel spaces, food events and live performances help shape South Florida’s cultural calendar. Explore the stories behind South Beach and the wider city, then find an upcoming event to make part of your visit.
Find upcoming South Florida events ↗Art and design on the beach
Art Basel and the surrounding art-week program are recurring threads in our Miami Beach coverage. Museums, exhibitions and architecture give the city a cultural life beyond a single week. The archive below connects major fair editions with the spaces and ideas that make the beach worth exploring throughout the year.
Food, music and places to gather
South Beach food events and Miami Beach’s hospitality scene bring chefs, audiences and visiting creative communities together. Start with the coverage that interests you, then check the calendar for the next edition or a different event nearby. Historical coverage describes its original moment; venues and programs can change.
Plan around the actual venue
Miami Beach and mainland Miami are separate parts of a wider cultural scene. Check the address of each event before combining plans across the bay. Use official organizer links for current schedules, admission information and accessibility details, especially during large festival and art-fair weekends.
Explore Miami Beach through our stories.
New coverage and stories from the archive. Publication dates are shown on each story.
Art Basel Miami Beach 2026: How to Build a Day Around the Art
Art Basel’s public days run December 4–6. A focused itinerary leaves more room for discovery than a calendar packed with competing invitations.
SOBEWFF 2027: Choose the Experience Before You Buy the Ticket
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival returns February 25–28. Here is how to decide which kind of event deserves a place on your calendar.
Michelle Bernstein receives SOBEWFF’s anniversary tribute
Michelle Bernstein and Sacha Lichine were honored at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s February 21 tribute dinner. Bobby Flay served as master of ceremonies at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel during the festival’s twenty-fifth-anniversary year.
Art Deco Weekend returns to Ocean Drive
Art Deco Weekend has completed its forty-ninth edition, held January 9–11 along Ocean Drive and Lummus Park. Produced by the Miami Design Preservation League, the festival combined architectural tours, talks, films, music and other public activities around the Beach’s built heritage.
Art Basel’s 2025 edition broadens the conversation
Art Basel Miami Beach has completed its December 5–7 public edition, following two preview days at the convention center. Alongside the core gallery sectors, the program included initiatives such as Zero 10 and a renewed Conversations series.
Bridget Finn’s first Art Basel Miami Beach edition closes
Art Basel Miami Beach has completed its first edition under director Bridget Finn. The leadership change gives this year’s fair an additional point of interest alongside the gallery presentations and the wider activity of Miami’s art week.
Art Basel Miami Beach 2023
Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 once again underscored its standing as one of the premier global events in the art world, drawing collectors, curators, and enthusiasts from around the globe. The fair, which took place over several…
Three chefs share the kitchen at Preston’s during SOBEWFF
Alex Guarnaschelli, Scott Conant and Christopher Aguirre hosted a South Beach Wine & Food Festival dinner at Preston’s on February 23. The Loews Miami Beach event brought visiting culinary personalities together with the hotel’s executive chef in one collaborative setting.
Art Basel refreshes its Miami Beach floor plan
Art Basel Miami Beach has completed its 2023 edition with a new floor plan and twenty-five first-time participating galleries. The changes gave returning visitors fresh routes through a familiar event and introduced additional perspectives to its gallery program.
PARAISO Miami Swim Week Returns to Miami Beach on June 8 – 11, 2023
PARAISO Miami Beach ( A.K.A. Swim Fashion Week ®) is the world’s largest marketing event for the Swimwear and Resort Wear industry. A multi-day fashion fair is widely known as…
Miami Music Week Party at W Hotels w Diplo, Pete Tong
On Wednesday, March 23, W Hotels kicked off Miami Music Week celebrations with a private and intimate evening at Irma’s at W South Beach hosted by mutli-sensory high fashion concept / collective Senza Fine, DJ Tennis, W Hotels…
SOBEWFF connects cinema and cooking at Preston’s
Alex Guarnaschelli, José Mendín, Santo Agnello and Christopher Aguirre hosted a South Beach Wine & Food Festival dinner at Preston’s on February 24. The program drew inspiration from The Godfather films, giving the meal a recognizable cultural reference beyond the usual description of cuisine.
Miami International Boat Show 2023 – Report
The Miami International Boat Show is an annual event that took place in February of 2023. This year, the show was held at the Miami Beach Convention Center from February 15–19. The show featured over 1,000 boats, including…
SCOPE Art Show 2022 VIP Day
Celebrating its 21st edition, SCOPE Miami Beach is the world’s premier modern art fair, taking place in Miami Beach in December of 2022. Featuring over 150 renowned galleries from around the world, Scope Miami Beach provides a…
Untitled Art – Miami Beach 2022 Report
Untitled Art is the leading independent art fair taking place annually on the sands of Miami Beach. Guided by a mission to support the wider art ecosystem, Untitled Art offers an inclusive and collaborative platform for…
Art Basel marks twenty years in Miami Beach
Art Basel Miami Beach has completed its twentieth-anniversary edition, closing December 3. The milestone invites a longer view of a fair that has become inseparable from the city’s December calendar.
Guy Fieri brings Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives to South Beach
Guy Fieri hosted a live Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives event at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival on February 24. The beachside program gathered restaurants associated with the television series, translating a show built around travel into an evening of tasting in one place.
Miami’s boat show returns to the convention center
The Miami International Boat Show has returned its on-land program to the Miami Beach Convention Center. The February 16–20 edition brings the event into the renewed venue while also using waterfront locations elsewhere in Miami.