Jazz at The Betsy
Thursday, 02/12/2026-03/31/2026, 06:00 pm-11:00 pm
The Betsy Hotel
1440 Ocean Drive,
Miami Beach, Florida, 33139
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Cost: 0

Jazz at The Betsy is the longest-running live music series on Miami Beach – 7 days a week. 9 times a week. No Cover. No Minimum.

Featuring everything from seasoned piano players to emerging young Jazz impresarios, Jazz at The Betsy offers something for everyone.

Come at your leisure for drinks in the Lobby or call LT Steak & Seafood to book a table for brunch or dinner.

For a full schedule of performances, visit thebetsyhotel.com/calendar

The Betsy South Beach (thebetsyhotel.com) is an award winning luxury boutique hotel located in the heart of the Art Deco District in Miami Beach, that celebrates arts and culture.

The Betsy’s jazz program is year round with jazz nine times weekly; the hotel also offers programs in visual arts, literature, community arts, and classical music.

The Betsy is family owned and operated by the Plutzik Goldwasser Family with public spaces filled with works of art by award-winning photographers and mixed media artists.

Ocean Drive Promenade Series – Winter 2026
Sunday, 02/15/2026-03/29/2026, 05:00 pm-06:30 pm
Lummus Park
14th and Ocean Drive,
Miami Beach, Florida, 33139
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Cost: Free

Ocean Drive Arts presents culturally rich experiences in the heart of beautiful Miami Beach. Featuring free concerts, visual art fairs, literary events, health & wellness activities and culinary activations, these family friendly programs celebrate the best of Miami Beach with exciting local talents.

Events take place Sunday afternoons among the swaying palm trees wrapped in gentle ocean breezes on the Ocean Drive Promenade located between 14th Street and 14th Place.

FEATURED PERFORMERS FOR JAN-MAR 2026 INCLUDE:

• 5 String Swing
• Dr. Zachary Bartholomew
• Rodrigo Padrón Vila & Alfredo Oyagüez Montero
• Curtis Lundy Quartet
• Ben Beal Quartet

Take a stroll on one of America’s iconic boulevards to experience the best of arts and culture with Ocean Drive Arts. The Ocean Drive Promenade Music Series is a program of the Ocean Drive Improvement Association in partnership with the City of Miami Beach.

Visit oceandrivearts.com for updates on weekly performers.

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Ocean Drive Arts presents culturally rich experiences in the heart of beautiful Miami Beach. Featuring free concerts, visual art fairs, literary events, health & wellness activities and culinary activations, these family friendly programs celebrate the best of Miami Beach with exciting local talents. Events take place Sunday afternoons among the swaying palm trees wrapped in gentle ocean breezes on the Ocean Drive Promenade located between 14th Street and 14th Place.

South Florida Symphony Orchestra Presents Joachim, Simon, Mozart and Rimsky-Korsakov at New World Center
Tuesday, 02/17/2026-, 07:30 pm-09:30 pm
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach, Florida, 33139
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Cost: Tickets start at $35 (plus fees)

Timeless classics meet bold new voices as South Florida Symphony Orchestra (SFSO), led by award-winning music director Maestra Sebrina María Alfonso, celebrates Black History Month with a standout program. SFSO will present the anticipated Florida premiere of GRAMMY® nominee Nathalie Joachim’s Had to Be, an intimate exploration of memory and identity, performed by rising cellist Seth Parker Woods and the orchestral premiere of Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances, a vibrant work filled with spiritual depth. Completing the program, Mozart’s “Haffner” symphony bursts with celebratory energy and elegant precision, while Rimsky-Korsakov’s crowd-pleasing Capriccio espagnol sparkles with irresistible Spanish rhythms at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 17, at New World Center in Miami Beach (500 17th Street). Enjoy a pre-concert chat with Dr. Alan Mason, professor emeritus of music at Barry University, 30 minutes before the concert, featuring in-depth conversation and insights about the works and composers.

Haitian American composer Nathalie Joachim’s Had To Be draws on Black Dandyism – a cultural movement blending European and Black American male fashion to convey style, status, and identity – as well as broader African diasporic influences, including Caribbean musical traditions and New Orleans second line celebrations. The three-movement concerto was written for three-time GRAMMY-nominated cellist Seth Parker Woods, described by The Guardian as “a cellist of power and grace” with “mature artistry and willingness to go to the brink.”

Had to Be is positive, prideful, and radical all at once. It represents the perpetually colorful and complex intersections between race, class, gender, power, and style. It honors what it means to be Black and continuously choosing to be free. By coincidence, or perhaps to no surprise, Woods has topped the Best Dressed Lists in Variety, Texas Monthly, and OC Register.

Cellist Seth Parker Woods is a versatile artist and advocate for contemporary music, having premiered numerous concertos written for him, including works by Tyshawn Sorey, Julia Adolphe, and Rebecca Saunders, in addition to Nathalie Joachim’s Had To Be. His GRAMMY-nominated, autobiographical work Difficult Grace has been performed to critical acclaim at major venues including 92NY, CAP UCLA, and the San Diego Symphony. Woods has appeared at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Konzerthaus Dortmund, among others. Since 2022, he has served on the faculty of USC Thornton School of Music and was appointed Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music in 2024. He has also held residencies with the Kaufman Music Center and Seattle Symphony and received the 2022 Chamber Music America Michael Jaffee Visionary Award.

SFSO is also proud to present its orchestral premiere of Four Black American Dances from GRAMMY-nominated African American composer, Carlos Simon, the composer-in-residence for the John F. Kennedy Center.

Adding to the varied program, SFSO will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 “Haffner,” a four-movement vibrant, celebratory symphony written in 1782, to honor Mozart’s friend, Sigmund Haffner, and his rise to nobility in Salzberg.

Concluding the evening is the crowd-pleasing Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol, based on Spanish folk songs and dances, and filled with vibrant rhythms that whisk audiences off to exotic, far-off places of the imagination.

SFSO’s 28th season of “Juxtapositions” explores beauty in contrasts, where the bold and the sublime intersect, and timeless masterpieces share the stage with today’s most compelling and celebrated musical voices. This season’s performances burst with color and power from the sun-drenches skies of Mendelssohn’s “Italian” to Sibelius’ soul-searching Violin Concerto to Beethoven’s luminous Piano Concerto No. 4 and Dvořák’s Bohemian Eighth.

Tickets are now on sale beginning at $35 (plus ticketing fees). Buy tickets online at southfloridasymphony.org; by phone at (305) 673-3331; or in-person at the New World Center Box Office. Discounted Flex Passes are available by visiting southfloridasymphony.org/2025-26-season or by calling (954) 522-8445. Flex subscribers save up to 15% off single ticket prices and have the flexibility to use passes when it best fits their schedule.

For additional information, visit southfloridasymphony.org, call (954) 522-8445 or email info@southfloridasymphony.org.

intriga vol 38 ft Santelises and friends at do not sit
Wednesday, 02/04/2026-, 10:00 pm-05:00 am
Do not sit on the furniture
423 16th St Miami Beach, Florida 33139,
Miami Beach, Florida, 33139
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Cost: free with RSVP before 12:00am

Intriga returns to Do Not Sit for a refined midweek session in one of Miami’s most respected underground rooms.
This edition brings together familiar selectors who know the space intimately, alongside a few carefully chosen new faces making their mark. The focus is on flow, consistency, and quality Letting each set build naturally as the night progresses.
Expect a polished crowd, an elevated atmosphere, and music designed for those who appreciate the details. A night where the room, the sound, and the energy align.