Posted by: Happy New Year! It's 2025, 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 48th 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 at 2021 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 74th 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.
Museum Arts, Culture and Heritage Month
January is the month to take advantage of great deals around Miami-Dade at various museums with half off admission and other discounts during Museum Arts, Culture and Heritage Month. See discounted plays at GableStage, Actors' Playhouse in Coral Gables or Colony Theatre on Miami Beach, visit the Museum of Graffiti in Wynwood, attend the South Beach Jazz Festival at the Miami Beach Bandshell and enjoy discounts to shows at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown.
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