New World Symphony Fellows Blue Concerts are ‘Pay What You Wish’

If you love great music but want to keep your arts outings affordable, the New World Symphony’s Blue Concerts are one of South Florida’s best cultural bargains. Held at the New World Center in Miami Beach, these concerts invite everyone — from first-timers to seasoned classical fans — to experience innovative orchestral music at whatever price they can afford.

What Are the Blue Concerts?

The Blue Concerts are a curated series developed by the orchestra’s Fellows. These performances tend to be more intimate, experimental, and community-focused than traditional symphony concerts, offering fresh takes on classical and contemporary works.

Pay-What-You-Wish Tickets

Here’s the best part for budget-minded South Floridians: Blue Concerts are pay-what-you-wish. That means you set the price — from $0 up — making world-class music accessible to everyone.

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Upcoming Blue Concerts

Blue Concert: If It Ain't Baroque …
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Time: 7 p.m.

Location: New World Center, Miami Beach
RSVP/Tickets here.
Details: The Fellows of New World Symphony invite you to travel back in time to Bach's Coffeehouse in Leipzig, where so many baroque  virtuosic voicings and perfectly placed counterpoints were first performed. The program includes an eclectic evening of Baroque, and Baroque-influenced, music.

Blue Concert: The Yellow Wallpaper in Concert

Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Time: 7 p.m.

Location: New World Center, Miami Beach
RSVP/Tickets here.
Details: Through immersive visuals and a modern masterpieces, “The Yellow Wallpaper in Concert” guides the audience through Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic feminist tale of a woman’s psychological unraveling under confinement.

Blue Concert: Musicians' Forum
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Time: 7 p.m.

Location: New World Center, Miami Beach
RSVP/Tickets here.
Details: Curated and produced by Fellows, this series presents intimate performances that come alive.

More New World Symphony events

• New World Symphony Fellows Blue Concerts are ‘Pay What You Wish'
• Free outdoor New World Symphony concerts 2025-2026

See all the upcoming New World Symphony events here.

Parking options

Parking is about $2 per hour at the 17th Street Garage, 1755 Meridian Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139, or usually $15 per event at the Pennsylvania Avenue Garage, 1661 Pennsylvania Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139.

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