Premier Guide Miami
The Gala Season
2026 · 2027
South Florida's most consequential social season — galas, benefit dinners, and cultural fundraisers from September through June.
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Sep–Jun
Season
Editor's Guide
PGM Editorial
The Galas Worth Knowing: PGM's Guide to the 2026/2027 Miami Charity Season
From the Vizcaya Ball to the New World Symphony Gala, sixty-plus events define South Florida's most consequential social season — here are the ones that matter most
Miami's charity season doesn't announce itself. It arrives quietly in September and builds through June — a rolling calendar of galas, luncheons, and benefit dinners that collectively raise tens of millions of dollars for the city's most vital institutions. This is PGM's guide to the events worth circling.
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Arts & Culture
Museum Circle Preview: Picasso–Klee–Matisse at PAMM
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Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS: Marie Antoinette (20th Anniversary) at Vizcaya
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Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Marie Antoinette 20th Anniversary at Vizcaya
Complete Calendar
The Full Season
October 2026
44 events◆ Arts & Culture
Museum Circle Preview: Picasso–Klee–Matisse at PAMM
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS: Marie Antoinette (20th Anniversary) at Vizcaya
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
◆ Arts & Culture
Dirty Dancing: The Musical — Kravis Center
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
◆ Arts & Culture
The Reading Party — Books & Books Coral Gables
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Books & Books
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Marie Antoinette 20th Anniversary at Vizcaya
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
◆ Arts & Culture
Art Talk: Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
◆ Arts & Culture
Oolite Arts Conversations: Ralph Rugoff
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Little Haiti Cultural Complex
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — 13th Edition
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Various Miami Venues
◆ Arts & Culture
VIP Dior Beauty Experience with Celebrity Makeup Artist Ricky Wilson
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Saks Fifth Avenue
◆ Arts & Culture
Art Talk: Picasso–Klee–Matisse Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Opening Night: The Debut
Thursday, October 29, 2026
MDC's Koubek Center
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Silverspot Cinema
◆ Philanthropy
Voices For Children Foundation: Be A Hero Luncheon
Friday, October 30, 2026
TBD, Miami
◆ Philanthropy
Jackson Health Foundation: 27th Annual Guardian Angels Luncheon and Fashion Show
Friday, October 30, 2026
TBD, Miami
◆ Arts & Culture
Wynwood Día de los Muertos Ofrenda Trail
Friday, October 30, 2026
Wynwood Arts District
◆ Arts & Culture
Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda Trail — Wynwood
Friday, October 30, 2026
Wynwood Arts District
◆ Arts & Culture
Viernes Culturales — Little Havana Cultural Festival
Friday, October 30, 2026
Calle Ocho (SW 8th Street), Little Havana
◆ Arts & Culture
Sounds of Screams — Halloween Miami 2026
Friday, October 30, 2026
Miami
◆ Arts & Culture
FANGORIA Studios & WEG Films: Gateway Horror Shorts
Friday, October 30, 2026
Soundscape Park
◆ Arts & Culture
Lucky Stiff — Free Theater Performance
Friday, October 30, 2026
25 NE 2nd St
◆ Arts & Culture
Candlelight: Halloween Classics — Fontainebleau Miami Beach
Friday, October 30, 2026
Fontainebleau Miami Beach
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — I Play Rocky
Friday, October 30, 2026
The Bill Cosford Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Yellow Letters (Sari Zarflar)
Friday, October 30, 2026
Silverspot Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Look Back (Rukku Bakku)
Friday, October 30, 2026
MDC's Koubek Center
◆ Arts & Culture
LEAP's Celestial Masquerade Gala
Friday, October 30, 2026
Rubell Museum
◆ Arts & Culture
Expert Tour in Spanish: Arte del Caribe
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
◆ Arts & Culture
National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica
Saturday, October 31, 2026
The Moss Center
◆ Arts & Culture
From Venice with Love Paella Party
Saturday, October 31, 2026
The Betsy - South Beach
◆ Arts & Culture
Altar de Muertos: Una ofrenda a la palabra — Coral Gables Museum
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Coral Gables Museum
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Campeón Gabacho
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Silverspot Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Centerpiece: Elsinore
Saturday, October 31, 2026
The Bill Cosford Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — The Beloved (El ser querido)
Saturday, October 31, 2026
MDC's Koubek Center
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Iron Boy (Le corset)
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Silverspot Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Risa and the Wind Phone + Q&A with Pablo Minces
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Silverspot Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Tangles
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Coral Gables Art Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Centerpiece: Paper Tiger
Saturday, October 31, 2026
The Bill Cosford Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Rose
Saturday, October 31, 2026
MDC's Koubek Center
◆ Arts & Culture
8th Annual Scary Karaoke — Sweet Caroline Brickell
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Sweet Caroline Karaoke Bar
◆ Arts & Culture
Halloween Villains Party — R House Wynwood
Saturday, October 31, 2026
R House Wynwood
◆ Arts & Culture
Halloween Costume Party — Hoy Como Ayer
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Hoy Como Ayer
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — River
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Coral Gables Art Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — The Huntress (La cazadora)
Saturday, October 31, 2026
MDC's Koubek Center
◆ Arts & Culture
Hocus Pocus — Halloween Electronic Music Event — Miami
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Miami
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Everytime
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Silverspot Cinema
November 2026
36 events◆ Arts & Culture
The Stories We Carry — Public Art Debut on Lincoln Road
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Lincoln Road
◆ Arts & Culture
Calle Ocho Festival: Día de los Muertos
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Calle Ocho, SW 8th St, Little Havana, Miami, FL 33135
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — The Love Witch 35mm (10th Anniversary)
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Coral Gables Art Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Windup Watch Fair 2026 — DOXA SUB 200T Afterglow Exclusive
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Windup Watch Fair
◆ Arts & Culture
Wynwood Walls Artist-in-Residence — Danny Minnick Open Studio
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Wynwood Walls
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — All of a Sudden (Soudain)
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Silverspot Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Minotaur
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Coral Gables Art Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
GableStage An Artful Evening — Fundraiser with Oolite Arts
Sunday, November 1, 2026
The Gables Club
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Time Warp
Sunday, November 1, 2026
MDC's Koubek Center
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — The Gallerist
Sunday, November 1, 2026
The Bill Cosford Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Longevity In Culture: Design Meets Science — Longevity Design Leaders Forum
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Kempinski Residences Miami Design District
◆ Arts & Culture
Lantern Light Festival Miami
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Lantern Light Festival Miami
◆ Arts & Culture
iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina — Kaseya Center
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Kaseya Center
◆ Arts & Culture
Rocky Horror Picture Show & Day of the Dead — Miami Beach Bandshell
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Miami Beach Bandshell
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Centerpiece: Behemoth!
Sunday, November 1, 2026
The Bill Cosford Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Coward
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Coral Gables Art Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Ray Gunn
Sunday, November 1, 2026
MDC's Koubek Center
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Silverspot Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — La Bola Negra
Sunday, November 1, 2026
The Bill Cosford Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Queen at Sea
Monday, November 2, 2026
Coral Gables Art Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Ink
Monday, November 2, 2026
MDC's Koubek Center
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Tender Loving Care
Monday, November 2, 2026
Silverspot Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Latina Powerhouse 100 Gala
Monday, November 2, 2026
Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center
◆ Arts & Culture
Israeli Film Night: Jaffa Stories — Miami Beach JCC
Monday, November 2, 2026
Miami Beach JCC
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Rehearsals for a Revolution
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Coral Gables Art Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Summer of Three + Q&A
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
MDC's Koubek Center
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Variety Creative Vanguard: John Turturro
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
MDC Wolfson Campus
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Burgundy
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Silverspot Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Centerpiece: Wild Horse Nine
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
The Bill Cosford Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Josephine
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
MDC's Koubek Center
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — La Gradiva
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Coral Gables Art Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Mouse + Q&A with Kelly O'Sullivan & Alex Thompson
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Silverspot Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Centerpiece: Bunker
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
The Bill Cosford Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Vizcaya Late: Artists at Work
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Sad Girlz (Chicas tristes)
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Silverspot Cinema
◆ Arts & Culture
Miami Film Festival GEMS — Bitter Christmas (Amarga Navidad)
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
The Bill Cosford Cinema
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