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Photograph: Javier Sanchez
Photograph: Javier Sanchez

The best Miami events in April 2026

Miami Beach Pride, fresh theater and festivals galore: Mark your calendars with our guide to the best April events in Miami.

Ashley Brozic
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April is Miami's exhale. The snowbirds are starting to flock north, the Ultra and spring break aftermath has settled, and the city gets a moment to be itself again — which, as it turns out, is pretty great. This month brings the Miami Film Festival, O Miami Poetry Festival, and Miami Beach Pride's full eleven-day program of drag shows, parades, and everything in between. Up north, Tortuga Music Festival takes over Fort Lauderdale's shoreline, while down in Homestead, Miami-Dade CountryFest brings two days of rodeo and livestock to the fairgrounds. A new event, Tequila Town makes its debut in Hialeah for anyone who needs a reason to drink on a weeknight. Warm weather, good programming, and no one fighting you for a barstool. This is the month.

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Best April events in Miami

  • Things to do
  • Exhibitions
  • Design District
The ICA Miami is devoting its third floor to the first U.S. museum survey of Harmony Korine, the filmmaker behind Spring Breakers and Kids who has spent three decades confounding and captivating audiences in equal measure. Perfect Nonsense brings together over 50 works spanning film, painting, photography, collage and drawing, tracing a career that has always resisted easy categorization, from his early Southern gothic explorations to recent films shot through gaming engines and iPhone footage. Korine has lived in Miami since 2015, and the city is woven into his recent work in ways the exhibition makes tangible. Beyond the films most people know, the paintings are the revelation here — particularly the "Twitchy" series, which combines iPhone-captured images with painterly techniques into something genuinely strange and new. The exhibition will be on view through October 4.
  • Things to do
  • Film events
  • South Beach
New World Center’s annual SoundScape Cinema Series season is officially underway. Pack a blanket and picnic with friends and family at these free screenings under the stars, running on most Wednesdays through May, starting at 8pm. The venue accommodates 200 to 300 on the lawn, but prime spots get scooped up quickly, so plan accordingly. The closest public parking garages are 17th Street Garage (1755 Meridian Ave) and Pennsylvania Avenue Garage (1661 Pennsylvania Avenue). View the full program below. OctoberOctober 1: Thunderbolts October 8: The Phoenician Scheme October 15: Karate Kid: Legends October 22: Frankenstein October 29: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice NovemberNovember 5: Jurassic World: Rebirth November 12: Superman November 19: Perfect Days November 26: How to Train Your Dragon DecemberDecember 10: Lilo & Stitch December 17: The Nightmare Before Christmas JanuaryJanuary 7: Shrek January 14: It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley January 21: Freakier Friday January 28: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning FebruaryFebruary 4: Nickel Boys February 11: Love & Basketball February 18: Crooklyn February 25: Devotion MarchMarch 4: La Vie En Rose March 25: Cabrini AprilApril 1: Shrek 2 April 8: Captain America: Brave New World April 15: A Minecraft Movie April 22: Loving Vincent April 29: Shrek the Third MayMay 6: Past Lives May 13: The Ballad of Wallis Island May 20: Cunningham May 27: Shrek Forever After
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  • Things to do
  • Palmetto Bay
A rotating exhibition in the historic Film Room of Deering Estate's Richmond Cottage turns a spotlight on three women whose writing and advocacy helped define South Florida: Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, Mabel White Dorn and Natalie Newell. Curated by Martha Betancourt and on view through September 30, the show draws on historic books and botanical volumes from the Deering Collection alongside loaned materials to trace how these figures' work intersected with the region's natural and cultural preservation. Douglas needs little introduction, but the exhibition is as much about surfacing her lesser-known contemporaries as it is about honoring her. The exhibition is included with your Deering Estate admission. 
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