These are the best things to do in Miami this weekend

Three years after it was laid to rest, Las Rosas seemingly sprung from the dead and reopened in 2025, much to the delight of local music lovers. This weekend, Las Rosas is marking the occasion with a two-night anniversary party featuring live performances, drink specials, and more. The party starts rockin’ on Friday, August 7, with indie band headliner Roi Turbo and DJ support from Miami’s Jolt Radio. Saturday, August 8, brings more live bands including Ladyboy, Jacuzzi Boys, and Mold. Technique Records hosts the outdoor party while local selectors heat up indoors. Get there early for free drinks, served 9-10pm. No cover, ages 21 and up.

The Adrienne Arsht Center is hosting a free all-day program of theater, wellness, art-making classes, and more at the Ziff Ballet Opera House. Happening Saturday, August 8, Art + Mind Day has a little something for everyone: cooking demos, drum circles, yoga and movement classes, poetry workshops, a vendor village, and live performances, too. RSVP for free and receive 20% off parking when you pre-pay online.

Miami non-profit Style Saves will host its 16th annual back-to-school giveaway at the Miami Beach Convention Center on Saturday, August 8, and Sunday, August 9. The free all-ages event promises a jungle-themed adventure complete with bounce houses, a petting zoo, arts and crafts, DJs and interactive experiences, while providing thousands of students with brand-new uniforms, backpacks, sneakers and school supplies. New this year, a food hall and grocery-style marketplace stocked by local partners will help families stretch the celebration beyond the weekend. RSVP online and select a timeframe for expedited entry.

If thunderstorms force your date night indoors, consider a visit to Superblue. The immersive art museum offers a buy-one, get-one ticket bundle on Friday evenings, when $39 gets you two adult tickets and two glasses of sparkling wine upon arrival. Pre-purchase the bundle online for admission times starting at 5pm.

The pioneering artist and 808 master returns to South Florida on Saturday, August 8, this time at Floyd in downtown Miami. Audiophiles and old-school producers will appreciate this one. Floyd’s little red room has an elite sound system, perfect for Egyptian Lover and his funky basslines.

Still on the hunt for a late-summer read? Pick up a novel or non-fiction favorite at Bookleggers Library, a free bookstore and community reading space, located at the Bakehouse Art Complex. Stop by Sunday, August 9, and enjoy complimentary drinks, light bites, and tons of donated books. The community event marks new Sunday hours for Bookleggers, 12-5pm. While you’re there, wander Bakehouse to meet local artists and learn about the institution’s history through visual exhibits. All ages welcome.

Magie Wine Bar is swapping stemware for coffee cups this summer by opening its Little River location every Friday as a daytime workspace. There's complimentary coffee and tea, and to keep your workday energy up, pastries from Ficelle Bakery and $5 bacon, egg & cheese sandwiches by Chef Ivan Barros. La Colombe canned coffees and free, reliable Wi-Fi round out the perks.

Now in its 31st season, the International Ballet Festival of Miami is the only festival of its kind in Florida, bringing over 100 principal dancers from 17 companies across 11 countries to stages throughout South Florida. Under the artistic direction of Eriberto Jiménez, the festival spans Miami, Miami Beach, South Miami, and Fort Lauderdale, with performances taking place at venues including the Miami Hispanic Cultural Arts Center, Lincoln Road, the Fillmore Miami Beach, and Broward Center for the Performing Arts. This year's notable debuts include the National Ballet Theatre of Košice from Slovakia and Marez Contemporary Dance, alongside the Cincinnati Ballet under new artistic director Cervilio Amador and local companies Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida and Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami. The program moves through three phases: Young Medalist Performances, Contemporary Performances, and the Classical Ballet Galas to close. Beyond the stage, the festival also encompasses art exhibits, film screenings, master classes, and workshops. Specific dates, venues, and tickets for each performance are available at internationalballetfestival.org.

In the winter of 1984, Jack Pierson left New York for Miami Beach and spent six months in cheap apartments, thrift stores and the city's queer nightlife scene, capturing a barrier island on the brink of transformation. The Bass is currently showing the first exhibition devoted to that chapter, tracing Miami's impact on Pierson's photography, sculpture, installation and works on paper through a body of work steeped in desire, wanderlust, loneliness and the particular kind of escapism South Beach offered before Art Basel made it expensive. The anchor is ARRAY (MIAMI), a new ten-by-fourteen-foot commission combining Pierson's own photographs with posters, poems and postcards in a dense, layered collage.