Posted by: Holiday light displays and all things Christmas dominate December but there's also Miami Art Week the first week of the month, a family-friendly beachfront New Year's Eve concert and family-friendly holiday show, twist on the classic “Christmas Carol” by Fantasy Theatre Factory.
You can see them all over the city. In Downtown Miami at Brickell CityCentre and Bayfront Park, Coconut Grove on Fuller St., Downtown North Miami at MOCA Plaza and Enchanted Place off NE 135 St. and 16 Ave., Miami Beach on Lincoln Road and Ocean Drive Doral at CityPlace and Downtown Doral Park, on Main Street in Miami Lakes, in Homestead at Losner Park and all throughout Aventura Mall.
Art Basel is the big event the first weekend of December but leading up to that, there are a slew of free and cheap Miami Art Week events from Dec. 1-7. Head to Little River and see the transformation of Locust Projects to “La Esquinita,” enjoy a complimentary Breakfast in the Park at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU, check out the INK Miami Art Fair at Miami Beach's Dorchester Hotel and take in site specific installations created by 12 local artists, each located at different hotel as part of the Sixth Edition of the No Vacancy Temporary Public Art Projects.
Orchestra Miami concert on New Year's Eve
A family-friendly beachfront concert by Orchestra Miami that kicks off with their string quartet performing holiday classics and later on, the orchestra will be joined by the Miami-based Afro-Cuban funk band PALO! featuring their blend of Cuban salsa and Latin Jazz featuring singers, percussionist, a flute soloist, special guest saxophonist Aldo Salvent, led by saxophonist Aldo Salvent. Fireworks will light up the sky at midnight to cap off the evening.
Fantasy Theatre Factory's “Scrooge: A Fractured Christmas Carol”
The Charles Dickens holiday classic “A Christmas Carol,” gets a reimagining with Fantasy Theatre Factory's show “Scrooge: A Fractured Christmas Carol.” The family-friendly show gives the tale a comic twist with puppets, music, modern jokes and plenty of Miami references. Prepare to laugh hysterically!
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