Ludacris will perform on Saturday, June 11, after the Florida Marlins game vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks at 7:10 p.m. The concert is free with admission to the ball game. It happens at Sun Life Stadium, 2269 Dan Marino Blvd., Miami Gardens.
The DWNTWN Miami Concert Series returns to the city on Friday, Oct. 8.
The season’s first show features City of God and Lanzallamas Monofonica.
The free show starts at 5:30 p.m. at Bayfront Park, in Miami.
If you show up with four friends, head over to the DDA booth and pick up a free DWNTWN umbrella or backpack.
Other free shows are Nov. 12, Jan. 14, Feb. 11, March 11 and April 8.
Free Gospel Sundays is back this year with four shows headlined by top gospel acts.
Tickets are free for the four Sunday events at Miami’s Knight Concert Hall, but advanced registration is required.
Due to the popularity of these free shows, tickets often sell out quickly.
Registration for the first show opens on Sunday, Sept. 12. That show features gospel legend Shirley Ceasar, on Sunday, Oct. 17 at 4 p.m. Sign up for free tickets here.
Here’s the lineup for the other shows.
Vickie Winans, with the Miami Mass Choir and Bethel Apostolic Temple Choir, 4 p.m. Dec. 5. Ticketavailability to be announced.
Kurt Carr, with the Miami Mass Choir and Christian Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 4 p.m. Feb. 13. Ticket availability to be announced.
Ricky Dillard, left, and Jonathan Nelson, with the Miami Mass Choir and the Ebenezer United Methodist Church choir, 4 p.m. April 3. Ticket availability to be announced.
The Alliance Francaise de Miami is holding its annual free music fest, just as it’s done all over France each year. The Fete de la Musique is Sunday, June 20, and the festivities include music, performances, food and other activities.
Some events take place at the Alliance on Calle Ocho and some at venues all over Miami. You can find details and locations here.
The Adrienne Arsht Center is offering a deal for $10 off tickets to the Saturday, May 15, concert by Cuban artist Lucrecia.
The means tickets normally priced at $45, $65 and $85 are $35, $55 and $75, plus a $5 per order fee and a per-ticket fee of $2.80, $4.40 or $6.
To get the deal, click here or call 305-949-6722 and use promo code CUBAMIA.
Miami Beach’s Arts in the Parks, a free family-friendly arts program, is presenting free music and other arts events this spring.
The final events is at 5 p.m. Sunday, May 9, at Flamingo Park, Meridian Avenue and 13th Street, when the Florida Grand Opera presents a Mother’s Day concert. (Note the corrected time. We previously had listed the wrong time.)
You can get two tickets for the price of one for the 8 p.m. Friday, April 30, concert by the men’s a capella group Straight No Chaser at the Olympia Theatre at the Gusman Center, 174 E. Flagler St., Miami.
To get the deal, click here and use promo code CHASER. The 2-for-1 offer is good through April 29. With all the taxes and fees, tickets that are normally $41.25 are $24.75.
Miami Beach’s Arts in the Parks, a free family-friendly arts program, is presenting free music and other arts events this spring. Here is the schedule:
The Latin Jazz group Conjunto Progreso will give a free concert at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 18, at the community center playing fields on Park Drive North in MIami Shores.
Food, drinks and blankets are welcome. Pets are not.
The Optimist Club will be sell sandwiches and snacks, and Jewel the Clown will do face painting for the kids.
Miami Beach’s Arts in the Parks, a free family-friendly arts program, is presenting free music and other arts events this spring. Here is the schedule:
The Ying Quartet will perform a free recital at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23 at the University of Miami’s Gusman Concert Hall in Coral Gables.
The quartet also will do a master class at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the Gusman Concert Hall. The class is free and open to the public.
The South Florida music community has come together to present a two-day benefit concert to raise money to help Haiti recover from the disastrous earthquake.
Performers will include Haitian big band The Dixie Band featuring all star guests like Tuco Bouzi, members of Tabou Combo and Top Vice, Strings, Nu-look and more; Kazak International; Locos Por Juana, The Spam All Stars, Suenalo, Conjunto Progreso, Afrobeta, Lanzallamas Monofonica, TapTap Band, Rara Rock and Empress Addi; Jean P Jam, Jah Fe, Mr. Pauer and more.
This concert is presented by a large group of volunteers and sponsors including The Rhythm Foundation, La Juana Productions, Bayfront Park Trust, Gigs Up Productions, Spuntino Catering, Gibson USA, 88.9FM WDNA, Miami New Times and the musicians and artists performing this weekend.
ALL proceeds will benefit the American Red Cross. Suggested donation is $10.
The concert will be 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday Jan. 23, and 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, at Tina Hills Pavilion at Bayfront Park, 301 N. Biscayne Blvd, Miami.
Admission is by your donation to the American Red Cross
The Coffee House Gypsies (photo) and The Bailouts, and artist Celia Crespo will join forces at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in a concert to benefit the fight against breast cancer. The event will take place on the second floor of Tobacco Road, 626 S. Miami Ave., Miami.
Admission is $7, and a portion of all door and ticket sales will go to The Susan G. Komen For The Cure Miami/Ft Lauderdale affiliate.
The Miami Gay Men’s Chorus vocal ensemble will give a free concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, at Miami Beach Community Church, 1620 Drexel Ave., which is really Lincoln Road.
The concert is called “The Circles of Our Lives” and will focus on the “important things in life,” which the chorus lists as “birth, death, legacies, love and coffee.”
BankAtlantic Center has a deal for tickets to the Il Divo concert on Friday, June 26: Buy three tickets and get one free.
The email announcing the deal doesn’t say whether all price tickets or just certain ones are included in the deal, and there is no link to buy tickets online.
To take advantage of the deal, call Kevin Goldman at 954-835-7209.
The Bass Museum, 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach, will offer free admission from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 10.
At 5 p.m., the Florida Grand Opera will present a free outdoor concert in Collins Park outside the museum. Cast members from the opera’s current production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly will perform opera favorites.
