WIRE MAGAZINE PRESENTS: A LOCAL'S GUIDE TO WINTER PARTY * OFFICIAL WINTER PARTY EVENT
THURSDAY, MARCH 3 WELCOME CENTER* Noon – 10 p.m. Doubletree Surfcomber Hotel, 1717 Collins Ave., MB Pick up your passes and tickets and get all your questions about the Winter Party Festival answered. Admission: Free SINGOUT* 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. The Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Avenue, MB Join Florida Grand Opera for a Young Artist concert of music from the company's productions. The performance will be followed by wine and hors d'oeuvres with the artists. This event is supported by The Miami Foundation. Admission: Free WINTER CABARET 7 p.m. – 5 a.m. Palace, 1200 Ocean Drive, MB Palace is the place to go after a day on the beach of soaking up the sun and enjoying all the eye candy. The cabaret show will be hosted by Missy Miyake and starts at 7 p.m. Snag some $3 domestic draft, $11 domestic pitchers, or Ultimat cocktails for $6 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Admission: Free MEETING OF THE LORDS 8 p.m. – Midnight Lords South Beach, 1120 Collins Ave., MB TP Lords and her cast of performers invade South Beach’s newest and only gay hotel, The Lords South Beach, for a rambunctious dinner party. A three-course prix fixed meal paired with fab performances make this the most delicious and entertaining dinner in town! Admission: $30 WOMEN'S ART EXHIBIT & COCKTAIL RECEPTION* 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. EVE, 1306 N. Miami Avenue, Miami Join us for an evening of art and music in Downtown Miami that will tempt all your senses. Enjoy the work 26 | wire magazine | wireweekly.com
of four artists from the LGBT community, including the abstract paintings of Carla Fache, a video installation by Silvia Ros, the abstract meets figurative paintings of Mary Larsen, and the stunning photography of Suzanne Abramson. The event will also feature live entertainment by local indie favorite Sirens and Sealions and music by DJ Dezrock. Price includes hors d'oeuvres and complimentary wine and Grey Goose cocktails. Admission: $25 in advance/$30 day of IGNITE "AN OFFICIAL WPF EVENT"* 10 p.m. – 5 a.m. Score, 727 Lincoln Road, MB Get your fire started at the first dance party of the week. Direct from Montreal, Stephan Grondin ignites Winter Party Festival's flame at Lincoln Road's hottest dance club, Score, with DJ Drew Tribe opening the party with his hot beats. Admission: $20 in advance/$25 day of "THE SIMPLE LIFE" 10 p.m. - 5 a.m. Buck15 Lounge, 707 Lincoln Lane, MB Thursdays are always hot at Simple Life Thursdays with Edison Farrow as your host, along with Chyna as the Door Goddess and DJ Daisy D spinning a mix of HipHop, 80s, Rock and Dance, you can bet tonight won’t be any different. $5 well drinks from 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.! This party attracts a fun, young, hip, fashionable crowd in this intimate New York City style lounge. Doors open at 10 p.m. To avoid lines, please arrive before 11:30 p.m.
and a fab performance by Miss Keri! This is the sexiest place for women to meet other women and their gay best friends on the beach. $5 Finlandia and $3 Peroni/Miller Lite all night plus 1/2 price drinks 11 p.m. until midnight. Admission: Free GET TWISTED 11 p.m. – 5 a.m. TWIST, 1057 Washington Ave., MB Don’t miss out on a fabulous night at TWIST with seven different bars, DJ Mika, stiff drinks, beautiful dancers, and of course, the only place where there’s “Never a cover... Always a groove.” Admission: Free
FRIDAY, MARCH 4 WELCOME CENTER* Noon – 10 p.m. Doubletree Surfcomber Hotel, 1717 Collins Ave., MB Pick up your passes and tickets and get all your questions about the Festival answered. Admission: Free HELL & HEAVEN AT THE POOL* Noon - 5 p.m. Doubletree Surfcomber, 1717 Collins Avenue, MB Join us for an afternoon of lounging by and in the pool when Brazil's hottest circuit party, Hell & Heaven, turns up the heat with Brazilian DJs Andre Queiroz and Guga Rahner. Surfcomber guests admitted for free.
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SWEET THURSDAYS “LADIES WHO LOVE LADIES NIGHT” 10 p.m. – 3 a.m. MOVA, 1625 Michigan Ave., MB
DRAG MADNESS 4 p.m. – 2 a.m. The Palace, 12th and Ocean Drive, MB
Come and enjoy South Beach’s most upscale gay lounge while listening to the fabulous beats resonating from the speakers, as DJ Zehno works it out for the girls. Expect high quality cocktails, sexy professionals, great music,
Drop by Ocean Drive’s only gay bar for some fabulous shows. Get your Winter Party Weekend started off right, as beautiful nearly naked beachgoers dance, prance, and party it up to the beats of DJ Beau Dasher. At 7 p.m. the diva of the Palace, Miss Latrice Royal, will hit the