Posted by: Happy New Year! It's 2026, the holidays are over and the festivals and more are back! Here's a list of fun to be had around Miami-Dade County during the first month of the year.
King Mango Strut in Coconut Grove
It's tradition, the first weekend of the year is when by far the wackiest parade takes place throughout the streets of Downtown Coconut Grove. The King Mango Strut, which began 41 years ago as a parody of the once popular Orange Bowl Parade, brings out parade of marching groups poking fun at the year's most outrageous events.
Art Deco Weekend on Miami Beach
Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend is the first long weekend of the year and also when the 49th Annual Art Deco Weekend takes place on Miami Beach. The three-day festival celebrates the beloved Art Deco architecture that has kept Miami Beach on the travel destination plans of so many around the world. Aside from the guided walking tours through the historic district, there is a vintage artisan market, musical performances paying homage to the era's music and a classic car show.
James Wilbat glass art to be featured in a past Beaux Arts Festival. Photo courtesy of Beaux Arts Facebook page.
Beaux Arts Festival on the University of Miami Campus
More than 200 juried artists will descend on the University of Miami Campus in front of the Lowe Art Museum for this 75th annual Beaux Arts Festival Jan. 18-19 in Coral Gables. They will display and sell their wood and watercolor works, photography, oil and acrylics, glass, ceramics and more. Bay 13 Brewery & Kitchen will present a beer and wine garden with local brews delicious wines.
(Photo courtesy of BigStock)
It's the 49th Annual Art Deco Weekend and this year's theme is “Celebrating the Art Deco Centennial.” That means from Jan. 9-11 Miami Beach's Art Deco District will be celebrated once again. This year's event includes a slew of themed walking tours like The Legends of Lincoln Road, Residential South Beach, Art Deco Architectural and Deco Nights & Neon Lights. Plus, musical performances by The Allyson Briggs Jazz Ensemble and The Satchmo Five, dance lessons by the pros in swing and shag and a dance performance from Dance NOW! Miami. Click here to read all about it.
Photo: Viernes Culturales
Additionally, there are lots of monthly events that happen all year. Click on the links below for more info.
- Family days at the Coral Gables Museum and HistoryMiami in Downtown Miami on the second Friday of the month.
- Viernes Cuturales in Little Havana and the Miami Beach Cultural Crawl on the third Friday of the month.
- Jazz at MOCA on the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami's MOCA Plaza on the last Friday of the month.
- There are monthly bike rides on the third Sunday of the month in Coral Gables and on the second Saturday of the month in North Miami.
- Free outdoor Wallcasts of the New World Symphony concerts.
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