By: Robert Lovi By: Robert Lovi | April 4, 2022 | Culture, People,
One of the most fabulous and welcoming celebrations, Miami Beach Pride, has returned to the Magic City for another round of fantastic events and celebrations. Miami Beach Pride will feature incredible headliners, artists, performances, shows, parties, and more. The one-week event will run from April 1 to April 10, and it is an event you don't want to miss. Below you will find a complete guide with Miami Beach Pride Week 2022 events and more. Be ready to boots the house down!
MOXY QUEER ART SHOWCASE
915 Washington Ave / Free but reversations encouraged
The Queer Art Showcase will occur today at 6:30 pm at the Moxy South Beach. It features photography, paintings, and digital art by LGBTQ+ artists and poetry by O, Miami Poetry Festival. The artists receive 100% of the revenue. IMG Health clinic will be offering free COVID-19 testing and vaccines, and STD testing.
FLUID
55 NE 24 ST. / Tickets
Fluid, Miami's hottest disco party, celebrates Pride on April 5 at 9:00 p.m. with DJs Tommy Hart and Alexis Tucci and an exceptional live performance by Adriana de Moura of The Real Housewives of Miami. Party with a purpose and give back to the community while dancing the night away with a varied and glamorous crowd. Pridelines LGBTQ+ Youth Organization will receive 10% of the proceeds from the event.
SOCIAL JUSTICE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS EVENING
1001 Ocean Drive / Free but reservations encouraged
Miami Beach Pride presents its second forum, focusing on hot social justice topics related to the LGBTQ+ community, in collaboration with the University of Miami's Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies and LGBTQ Student Center and Florida International University's Division of Academic and Student Affairs Pride Center. The Miami Design Preservation League is hosting the event.
THE SIX REEL SCREENING
1130 Washington Ave / Tickets
On April 6, come to O Cinema South Beach at 7:00 p.m. for the first-ever Miami Beach Pride sanctioned film event, sponsored by OUTshine, to celebrate Pride with "The Sixth Reel," starring famous Charles Busch and the funny Margret Cho. The film and a post-film cocktail hour with Open Bar by Bacardi in the Pridelines LGBTQ visitors center across from the theater are included in the ticket price. "The Sixth Reel," tells the story of a down-on-his-luck movie collector (the wonderful Charles Busch) who uncovers a legendary lost film and becomes engaged in an incredible quest to get it to the right hands before it is lost forever.
LEGENDS BALL
1532 Washington Ave / Tickets
The Legends Ball, now in its second year, is a competition hosted by the Miami Beach Pride. Come watch as magnificent ballroom houses battle for awards and big prizes in several ballroom categories to be proclaimed House Supreme. As we devote this fantastic night to the South Florida ball community and vogue fans, immerse yourself in the ballroom culture. Enjoy these talented Houses' pops, dips, and spins at the fully redesigned Exchange Miami nightclub. There is an option for preferred searching. Everyone is welcome. General admission tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. At the door, preferred seating tickets cost $50 and $70.
PAMM PRIDE NIGHT
1103 Biscayne Blvd / Tickets
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is hosting a Miami Beach Pride celebration on Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Enjoy a celebratory night of drag performances by Missy Meyakie LePaige, Juicy Love, and Elishaly D'Witshes presented by Tiffany Fantasia, music by DJ Miguel Clark and DJ Vida, beverages, a member lounge, and more on the gorgeous waterfront terrace. Join Pride-themed tours of the art on display inside the museum.
VIP BEACH AFFAIR
1130 Ocean Drive / Tickets
T-Mobile is hosting an evening of entertainment and glitz. Enjoy live entertainment, exclusive celebrity guests, complimentary food and beverages, and a slew of surprises only available to VIP attendees at the Miami Beach Pride celebration. The cost of the tickets is $225.
URGE PRIDE
1395 NW 57th Ave / Tickets
This year's on April 9 Miami Beach Pride event is Make Love, Not War, an outdoor party featuring Mauro Mozart and Alex Lo at a unique site - the 94th Aero Squadron, near to MIA's runway!
VIP tickets grant access to a special elevated viewing area as well as a dedicated OPEN VODKA bar from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
MIAMI BEACH PRIDE FESTIVAL
1130 Ocean Drive / Free
Day 1: The Miami Beach Pride Festival attracts a huge crowd, making it one of the largest festival activations ever held in South Florida. Annually, almost 150,000 people come. The Lummus Park Pride Festival is a fun two-day live music event with various stages of live music and DJs. On the Celebrity Cruises stage, DJs Duniel, Adora, Bill James, and Otto will be joined by Manu Manzo, Robbie Elias, Martyrini, Genesia Diaz, Lady M, and Lorena, as well as headliner, Latin Pop Star, Srta Dayana. This year's TD Bank Stage lineup includes DJs Zehno, SDOT, La Trice Perry, and others. Guests can also get VIP Tickets to enhance their Pride experience with incredible VIP offers.
Day 2: The festival continues the celebrations that began with the Miami Beach Pride Parade. Janice Robinson, Tai' Aysha, Robbie Elias, Andrew Sarbyshire, DJs Alex Infiniti, Hottpants, and Sushiman are new additions to the excellent entertainment roster. The main stage headliner is RAYE, a global icon making his U.S. and Pride debut on Sunday's Miami Beach Pride stage. She has written songs for several well-known musicians, such as Beyonce and John Legend. In this big finale to Pride Week of festivities and the festival's final day, Pride revelers will also be treated to a set from House music favorite and Pride regular Beth Sacks. Guests can also get VIP Tickets to enhance their Pride experience with incredible VIP offers.
You can get VIP tickets for the entire Miami Beach Pride Festival Weekend here.
CALMING PAVILLION AND BEYOND LIMITS STAGE
1130 Ocean Drive (Entrance at 13th and Ocean Drive) / Reservations
Miami Beach Pride is happy to stand for equality and inclusion. For LGBTQ+ constituents and their families/caretakers with children who experience the world via various cognitive, hearing, visual, and mobility difficulties, this year's pride festival will feature a Calming Pavilion and Beyond Limits Stage. This brand new activity will address the demand for a safe sensory area to promote and advocate for the rights of people with disabilities to live an open and joyful life. Separate rooms with noise-cancelling headphones, soft seating, art therapy exercises, and a comprehensive programming schedule in collaboration with local LGBTQ+ disabled practitioners such as artists, art teachers, and disability instructors are available.
MIAMI BEACH PRIDE PARADE
Ocean Drive between 5th St and 15 St. / Free
On April 10, over 150 contingents with lavish floats, cheering, quads, drag queens, and many more organizations, foundations, and organizations march in the Miami Beach Pride parade to celebrate and demonstrate their pride. Join us on Ocean Drive for incredible giveaways and a celebration of unity, inclusion, and equality.
OVA THE RAINBOW
363 61 St. / Tickets
Take a trip with OVA THE RAINBOW: Official afterparty for Miami Beach Pride on April 10 at 10:00 p.m., at the grand opening weekend of Miami's newest immersive indoor-outdoor experience by Pew Pew Super Natural Haus, enter a gateway to the boundary of dream x reality.
OUT IN THE TROPICS
7275 Collins Ave / Tickets
The North Miami Beach Bandshell will host a double bill event on, April 15. This will be a night of two musical performances, beginning with Miguel Gutierrez's "Sadonna" and ending with Rodrigo Cuevas' "Trópico de Covadonga," an appropriation of northern Spanish folklore, myths, and tales through music.
QUEER FEST
776 NW 21 Terrace / Tickets
Get ready for the most fun you've ever had at Miami's queerest festival. Enjoy cutting-edge performances by drag artists, musicians, comedians, poets, and dancers while sipping on specialty mocktails and delectable food. Please take advantage of free freebies and relax in our sensory space. Receive confidential HIV testing on-site or a free at-home test kit. All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Reflect's Queer Survivor Grant for sexual abuse survivors. Because space is limited for this event, grab your tickets immediately.
FELLOW TRAVELERS, THE JOURNEY
1001 Ocean Drive / Free but reservations encouraged
Florida Grand Opera presents community conversation collaborating with Art Deco Museum and Miami Barach pride.
1111 SW 1st Ave / Tickets
El Tucán, the dynamic Brickell supper club, is hosting a Pride-month dinner party pop-up honoring Leslie Cohen and her renowned New York City nightclub, Sahara. The event will include LIVE music, seductive performances, and an exclusively designed menu beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, and is set to be nothing short of fantastic.
The club will host the famous Carmen Carrera - TV personality star and transgender rights activist - who will amaze guests with a stimulating burlesque performance to mark this vibrant evening with the maximum glamour and extravagance it deserves. DJ Willy Monfret will be blasting exciting house music throughout the night, keeping the party going till late. A special prix-fixe menu ($65pp+) will be available throughout the night, with highlights including Wagyu Beef Tataki, Pineapple Teriyaki Salmon, Spicy Beef Tenderloin, and Truffle Bucatini Pasta, among many more El Tucán favorites. A la carte ordering is also available for diners.
Sahara was the first upmarket women's club in New York City and featured women in art, politics, and music. It was also the first bar in New York City-owned and operated by women for women.
"Sahara represented a milestone along the arduous and ongoing road to gay and lesbian liberation, a turning point between the representation of gay people as perverse and sick to the beginning of acceptance and inclusion." - Leslie Cohen (1947 - 2022)
To support the LGBTQ+ community, a portion of the night’s proceeds will be donated to Equality Florida, a non-profit organization, dedicated to securing full equality for Florida's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community.
Photography by: Courtesy Tristan B.
