These are the best things to do in Miami this weekend

The 14th annual South Beach Seafood Fest returns to Lummus Park this weekend with more than 50 Miami restaurants, chef-led dinners, beachside entertainment, and a whole lot of fish. The party kicks off at Phuc Yea on Wednesday, October 21, with “Made in Miami,” a five-course dinner experience prepared by seven illustrious local chefs including Cesar Zapata (Phuc Yea), Jose Mendín (Pubbelly), Eileen Andrade (Finka), Michael Beltran (Ariete) and Eduardo Lara (Wolf of Tacos).

On Friday, October 23, the VIP Chef Showdown pits 18 chefs against each other in a bracket-style tournament as they prepare twists on categories such as tacos, crab, surf n’ turf, ceviche, seafood pasta, and more. The $175 ticket includes unlimited samples and seafood bites, and bottomless beverages from participating brands.

The festival’s pièce de résistance is the Seafood Slam, an all-inclusive feast with craft cocktails, chef demos, live music, bottomless beverage samples, and culinary bites from 40+ South Florida restaurants, all taking place on the sands of Lummus Park. The $160 all-access pass includes festival re-entry and a college football watch party, and the grand finale Best of Fest competition.

Key Biscayne’s idyllic park transforms for spooky season on Saturday, October 24, with the 10th annual Bill Baggs Haunted Hike. The family-friendly community event aims to raise money for Bill Baggs National Park with an evening of carnival rides, theater shows, a pumpkin patch, bumper cars, an ominous “Lagoon of Doom” and a signature haunted hike that winds through park trails and happens upon scary surprises. All admission tickets grant access to the carnival and unlimited rides. To join the haunted hike, you must select a timed entry ticket. Prior to opening, the park will host a sensory-friendly “Super Hero Hour” from 5 to 5:45pm. Heads up: this is a rain or shine event!

We may not experience fall weather in Miami, but that doesn’t mean you can’t play pretend. Throw on a flannel shirt and head south to Homestead for the seventh annual Harvest Festival at The Berry Farm. Open seven days a week through November 15, the sprawling estate welcomes families and teens to explore a five-acre corn maze, sunflower fields, hayrides, and a giant pumpkin patch that makes for a great photo backdrop. For the grown-ups, an on-site bar offers themed cocktails like the Tipsy Apple Mule and Harvest Sangria. Tickets run $17 for adults and $14 for children ages 12 and under. Free for ages 2 and under.

A new citywide cocktail program is offering discounted drinks at some of the best bars and restaurants in Miami, all October long. Back for its second year, ¡Salud! is sort of like the Miami Spice program, but instead of prix-fixe dinner, you get happy hour pricing on exclusive ¡Salud! cocktail menus. The catch? Offers are only available ‘til 10pm. More than 50 local spots are participating this year, including old favorites like Macchialina, Grazianos, Fox’s Lounge, and Sweet Liberty. See what the hype is about at spots like ViceVersa, go for glamour at the Delano’s Rose Bar, or check out newer, curious spots like Lovecat by Bar Not Found.

Miami Spice returns August 1-October 31 with special-priced three-course menus available at over 300 local restaurants. Prix-fixe menus start at $40 for brunch and lunch, and range $50-$65 for dinner, excluding tax and gratuity. A new “Reserve” tier ups the ante with $95 signature experiences. Check out a Michelin-starred darling in the Grove, savor Peruvian ceviche in Kendall, or see what’s newly opened in Doral. Or why not do it all? Explore the full list of Miami Spice 2026 participating restaurants.

On Saturday, October 10, the Frost Science museum debuts The Science Behind Pixar, a multimedia exhibition that pulls back the curtain on Pixar’s movie-making magic through sophisticated math, engineering, state-of-the-art technology, and good old-fashioned human imagination. More than 50 interactive experiences offer rare insight to the studio’s filmmaking techniques behind such classics as Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, WALL-E, Monsters, Inc. and more. Admission is included with all museum tickets, priced at $24.95 for children (ages 4-11) and $29.95 for adults. Free for ages 3 and under.

Before you turn up until dawn, turn down with this free, weekly yoga class set to the chilled-out sounds of local DJs. Let the fresh air and sunlight on Space’s famed terrace cleanse your body before you wreck it with dance and drink. Make sure to BYO mat and water bottle. RSVPs will have priority entry until 4pm. Afterward, anyone on the waitlist can enter until capacity is reached.