Celebrate Black History Month Around Miami

February brings a calendar of events that celebrate Black history, art, and storytelling in ways that feel both reflective and joyfully forward-looking. Here are a trio of options this month.

Heritage Fest at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Alex Markow
Heritage Fest at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Alex Markow

Heritage Fest

On February 7, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts opens its doors for Heritage Fest, a free community celebration designed to amplify Pan-African artists. Families can drop in for an afternoon of performances, interactive activities, and food vendors across Thomson Plaza for the Arts and indoor spaces, then stick around for an 18-plus Juke Joint experience in the evening. The block party is built around culture, creativity, and connection, with first-access passes helping manage the flow while keeping admission free. 

Art + Soul supports the PAMM Fund for Black Art with an evening of art, cocktails, music, and dancing. Photo by World Red Eye
Art + Soul supports the PAMM Fund for Black Art with an evening of art, cocktails, music, and dancing. Photo by World Red Eye

Art + Soul

At Pérez Art Museum Miami, Art + Soul returns February 7 as one of the city’s essential nights out. The evening supports the PAMM Fund for Black Art, which acquires works by Black artists for the museum’s permanent collection. Guests move from galleries to the terrace for cocktails, a seated dinner, and dancing under the stars, with the big moment often coming when the Ambassadors for Black Art unveil their latest acquisition. It is philanthropy, nightlife, and cultural impact in one waterfront package.

Photo courtesy of Davóne Tines
Photo courtesy of Davóne Tines

I Dream a World Festival

The New World Symphony’s I Dream a World Festival presents “Davóne Tines: Anthem,” with performances February 21-22. The powerful program, led by the boundary-pushing vocalist often described as one of the most compelling classical artists of his generation, centers on race, social justice, and belonging. Spirituals, contemporary works, and orchestral pieces come together under the batons of Panamanian American conductor Kalena Bovell and NWS conducting fellow Ziwei Ma, turning a night at the symphony into a meditation on the Civil Rights Movement and its echoes today. It promises to be a performance that will linger with you long after the final note.

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