A new storefront in Wynwood looks like a retro convenience store, fully stocked with Cheez-Its, Cheetos, Pringles, Pop-Tarts, and Liquid Death, except every single item on the shelves is actually a sock. ODDMART, created by the licensed accessories brand Odd Sox, turns more than 100 recognizable consumer brands into wearable collectibles housed inside their own authentic packaging. The space goes well beyond shopping with larger-than-life installations, live DJ sets, and rotating surprise activations throughout the run. The exterior carries a custom mural by Miami artist Golden 305, tying the pop-up directly into Wynwood's street art identity. Miami is the second stop after a debut in Tampa, with Las Vegas, New York, and Tokyo still to come.
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The Fourth of July has always been a big deal in Miami, but this year it's something else entirely. America turns 250, and the city is marking the semiquincentennial with celebrations spread across every neighborhood from Key Biscayne to Homestead — all while the World Cup Semi-Finals are playing out on the big screen at the FIFA Fan Festival's final day at Bayfront Park. The yearly standards are back and bigger: the Biltmore Hotel hosts its annual fireworks extravaganza on the golf course grounds in Coral Gables, this year adding a drone show with choreographed imagery featuring the Biltmore, Venetian Pool, and City Hall, with the Greater Miami Symphonic Band performing at 7pm before the sky lights up at 9. Downtown, Bayfront Park throws its biggest Fourth yet with 250 United, a free all-day concert featuring Ashanti, Ja Rule, 112, The Fray, Shaggy, Willy Chirino, and Orlando Mendez, all wrapped up with a drone show and fireworks over Biscayne Bay.
Tropical Park hosts Miami-Dade County's official America 250 finale with live music and fireworks from 3 to 9pm, and Race to the Fourth fills Homestead-Miami Speedway with food trucks, a kids zone, a World Cup fan zone, and fireworks at 9. Miami Beach lights up on both ends, with a symphony and oceanfront fireworks at South Beach and a roller disco and drone show at North Beach. It's also the last weekend to catch the Freedom Plane National Tour at Museum of Miami, where original founding-era documents from the National Archives are on view through July 5. Pick a neighborhood and you're guaranteed to find a celebration worth attending.
Curated below is our guide to all the special events and happenings worth checking out over the next seven days, but should you prefer to plan your weeks in advance, here's our curated guide to everything happening in June in Miami. If you're looking specifically for what to do this weekend, we've got a guide for that, too.
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