Celebrating the
Art Deco Centennial

The 49th Annual Art Deco Weekend presented by the Miami Design Preservation League

JAN 09, 10 & 11, 2026

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Celebrating the Art Deco Centennial
JAN 09, 10 & 11, 2026

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49th Annual Art Deco Weekend 2026

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Joel Levine: The Fontainebleau Hotel: Imagining Paradise

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

The Fontainebleau Hotel is a Miami Beach icon appearing in more than a dozen Hollywood films, representing  both the city’s splendid glory and sordid historical past. Utilizing  movie clips and other archival material, Joel will explore the meaning of architecture in American cinema and then reconstruct the history of the Fontainebleau while exploring the themes […]

Free

FIU Art Deco Combo under the direction of Dr. Lisanne Lyons (2022)

Jazz Age Stage at Lummus Park & 12th Street

Enjoy live jazz by FIU students! The FIU Art Deco Combo is directed by Dr. Lisanne Lyons and consists of vocalists and a rhythm section who perform a varied and challenging repertoire of jazz and jazz-influenced music, as well as contemporary, latin, and  a cappella styles. The group emphasizes close harmonies, improvisation, cutting-edge repertoire, and […]

Free

South Beach Scandals Tour

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

This 90-minute walking tour focuses on illegal activities and shady characters in Miami Beach history. Topics include political corruption, illegal gambling, alcohol during prohibition, and organized crime figures. Tour departs from the Art Deco Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139. All tours are rain or shine. Please dress for the weather as […]

Free – $30.00

The Big Broadcast of 1938

O Cinema South Beach 1130 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL, United States

The S.S. Gigantic competes with the S.S. Colossal in a luxury liner race from New York to France. S.B. Bellows (W.C. Fields), the bumbling brother of the owner of the Gigantic, accidentally wrecks the sophisticated engine of his sibling’s ship, built by brilliant engineer Bob Hayes (Leif Erickson). Meanwhile, radio entertainer Buzz Fielding (Bob Hope), […]

Deborah Desilets: Spotlight on Art in Public Places

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

In the 1930s art and national symbolism converged within the Federal Arts Projects, or the WPA Projects, that supported the values of the American Public. The great Depression and these Arts Projects changed the relationship between art and the public and are the harbinger of the relationships of art in the public realm today. Federal […]

Free

A Wonderful World

Colony Theater 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL, United States

A world-premiere musical about jazz legend and singular American icon Louis Armstrong, featuring songs recorded and made popular by Armstrong, and original book by Aurin Squire, the multi-talented Opalocka-raised playwright and TV writer (This is Us, The Good Fight), and co-author of Confessions of a Cocaine Cowboy. A Wonderful World, traces Armstrong’s odyssey, the musical […]

Ocean Drive Architectural Tour

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

This 1 1/2 to 2-hour walking tour provides an introduction to the Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival, and Miami Modern (MiMo) styles found within the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District. Explore hotels, restaurants, and other commercial structures with a visit to a number of interiors. Tour takers will be provided with a sanitized wireless receiver and […]

Free – $30.00

Anibal Berraute’s Milonga Under the Stars

Jazz Age Stage at Lummus Park & 12th Street

Anibal Berraute presents a Milonga Under the Stars. Enjoy a night of Tango Fusion with special dance performances. The program is led by Berraute, an Argentinean piano player, composer, arranger, and producer, that fuses the tango with elements of other musical forms. The fusion includes the "Uruguayan candombe" with its African roots and Argentinean rhythms, […]

Free

Event Series Radio Waves: Miami Beach and the Golden Age of Radio

Radio Waves: Miami Beach and the Golden Age of Radio

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Today Miami Beach is one of the most “broadcasted” locations in the world, but 100 years ago the age of broadcasting was just becoming a reality. This exhibition explores the first consumer mass media device and how it helped promote and shape Miami Beach’s early development. As radio proliferated through the first half of the […]

Ocean Drive Architectural Tour

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

This 1 1/2 to 2-hour walking tour provides an introduction to the Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival, and Miami Modern (MiMo) styles found within the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District. Explore hotels, restaurants, and other commercial structures with a visit to a number of interiors. All tours are rain or shine. Please dress for the weather […]

$30.00 – $35.00

Astaire, Rogers, and the Art Deco Dream

This is a VIRTUAL, pre-recorded event. RSVP to receive a link to the on-demand recording when it becomes available. Glistening dance floors, star-lit skies, sequined gowns, white tie and tails—and the sleek, witty, romantic  songs of the age. We have the hard edges of tapping yet the dances and singing are also open and airy. […]

Free
Event Series Artisan Market

Artisan Market

Ocean Drive between 5th and 10th Street 601 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

Browse a variety of items for sale at the Art Deco Weekend artisan market. Featuring vendors from the local community as well as out-of-state, find something unique to take home from the festival!  

Ocean Drive Architectural Tour

Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, United States

This 1 1/2 to 2-hour walking tour provides an introduction to the Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival, and Miami Modern (MiMo) styles found within the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District. Explore hotels, restaurants, and other commercial structures with a visit to a number of interiors. All tours are rain or shine. Please dress for the weather […]

Free – $35.00

La Antena (The Aerial)

O Cinema South Beach 1130 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL, United States

DIRECTED BY: ESTEBAN SAPIR | 2007 | 1H 32M | UNRATED | IN SPANISH W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES In a futuristic city, the residents have lost their voices to both the omnipotent Mr. TV and the nameless corporation that runs the metropolis. A fairy tale about the power of the human voice. In a wintry metropolis […]

Opening Night Soirée with The Cab Calloway Orchestra

Jazz Age Stage at Lummus Park & 12th Street

SOLD OUT - The show is sold out but may be enjoyed from Ocean Drive or Lummus Park adjacent to 12th street without a required ticket. Dress dapper at VIP Night for MDPL Members— featuring The Cab Calloway Orchestra, swing dance performances, mini dance lessons, and more! Get ready for a high-energy, joyous, and soulful […]

Free