Free outdoor New World Symphony concerts 2025-2026 season

Experience the music of the New World Symphony in a larger-than-life format during outdoor WALLCAST concerts at Miami Beach's SoundScape Park and also in other locations.

You're invited, free of charge, to enjoy the sights and sounds of the symphony – just bring a blanket, some snacks and pick a spot!

SoundScape Park, at 500 17th St., Miami Beach, FL, features the latest in visual and audio technology on a 7,000-square-foot projection wall – providing a wonderful way to bask in live classical music.

For the 2024-2025 season, which runs from October through April, the WALLCAST concert series boasts internationally acclaimed guest conductors and artists performing alongside New World Symphony fellows. The symphony is led by Artistic Director Stéphane Denève who took over baton duties from Michael Tilson Thomas, Co-Founder and Artistic Director Laureate.

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2025-26 WALLCAST Concert SoundScape Park schedule:

DENÈVE: BEETHOVEN’S EROICA
Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Joshua Malina, narrator
James Lee III:  Chuphshah! Harriet’s Drive to Canaan
Aaron Copland:  Lincoln Portrait
Ludwig van Beethoven:  Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

DVO?ÁK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Domingo Hindoyan, conductor
Johannes Moser, cello
Ziwei Ma, NWS Conducting Fellow
Rene Orth:  Chasing Light
Detlev Glanert: Cello Concerto
Antonín Dvo?ák: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

HONECK: MAHLER 4
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 93
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4

SOUNDS OF THE SEASON
Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Ziwei Ma, NWS Conducting Fellow

JOHN ADAMS WITH DENÈVE AND ÓLAFSSON
Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
John Adams and Stéphane Denève, conductors
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
The music of John Adams:
   The Chairman Dances
   After the Fall
   I Still Dance
   Doctor Atomic Symphony

DAVÓNE TINES: ANTHEM
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Kalena Bovell, conductor
Davóne Tines, baritone
Ziwei Ma, NWS Conducting Fellow
Jessie Montgomery:  Banner
Davóne Tines:  Concerto No. 2: ANTHEM
Margaret Bonds:  The Montgomery Variations

AMERICAN DANCE ODYSSEY
Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Miami City Ballet

DENÈVE, THIBAUDET, BERNSTEIN & GERSHWIN
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 8:00 p.m.
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Ziwei Ma, NWS Conducting Fellow
Leonard Bernstein:  Overture to Candide
Leonard Bernstein:  Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety”
George Gershwin/arr. William C. Schoenfeld:  I Got Rhythm Variations
George Gershwin:  An American in Paris

Photo: New World Symphony

More New World Symphony events

• How to Enjoy a Night at the Symphony for $10 or Less
• Free outdoor New World Symphony concerts 2025-2026 season

Where to park for the New World Center

17th Street Garage
1755 Meridian Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(located on 17th between Meridian and Pennsylvania)
Fee: $2/hr.

Upon entering the garage, take a ticket from the automated attendant. Please take your ticket with you upon exiting your vehicle. Upon returning to the garage, use an automated kiosk to pay for parking, and use validated ticket to exit garage at automated exits. For assistance, a garage office is located at the first floor level close to the 17th street exit.

For event days: Though the garage may appear closed, with cones in front of the entrance, be sure to show the guard your tickets or, if your tickets are at will-call, tell them that you are attending the New World Symphony concert and they will allow you to park in the garage. These spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis and access will be granted as long as there are any parking spaces left within the garage.

Pennsylvania Avenue Garage
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(Located between Pennsylvania Avenue and the New World Center; entrance to garage is located on Lincoln Lane, off Pennsylvania Ave.)
Fee: $15 event parking

Upon entering the garage, take a ticket from the automated attendant. Please take your ticket with you upon exiting your vehicle. Upon returning to the garage, use an automated kiosk to pay for parking, and use validated ticket to exit garage at automated exits. For your convenience, a pedestrian bridge to the New World Center is located on the third level. A garage office is located on the first floor level for assistance.

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