Miami hosts the finest EDM artists around

Every year, the world’s premier electronic dance music festival, the Ultra Music Festival, takes place at Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami and all the finest artists from around the globe make their way down to show off their skills. Taking a break from their leisure time, their Caribbean cruises and their penthouse apartments, the biggest talents from the EDM world are taking over Miami for three days in March, displaying the heaviest, hardest and deepest sounds around.

 The height of electronic talents

Featuring top artists including David Guetta, Tiesto, Kraftwerk, Skrillex, Mike Snow and Armin Van Buuren, the Ultra Music Festival (UMF) has already sold out, in record time. This is the third year in a row that the event has sold out in quick time and will be held in conjunction with the Winter Music Conference. This conference features networking and business contacts as well as music and is a great place for up and coming music technologists, artists and behind the scenes experts to meet. Click here to see video and interviews from previous WMC djs including Bob Sinclar, Paul van Dyk, and Deadmau5.

 The UMF is in its 13^th year and has made great moves from its launch in 1999. Expanding from a small low key one day festival event, to the three day extravaganza that took place last year, its growth is evidence of the growing presence of electronic dance music (EDM) in the mainstream charts.  

Bayfront Park is a huge urban space, ideal for the massive festival to takeover. The Amphitheater has space for 10,000 people and the Tina Hills Pavilion is more intimate, with space for just 1,000. This may well be where some of the up and coming acts get their first taste of festival.  

Deadmau5 hits back

Not everybody is a fan of the huge Ultra Music Festival, although we can’t see why. Electro-trance artist and producer Joel Zimmerman (better known as deadmau5) has slammed the festival in a ranty YouTube video for its ticket prices and contractual agreements involved in performing at the event. It’s obvious his words have fallen on deaf ears as fans have already bought their tickets in the thousands despite of this. The UMF attracts fans and artists from around the world and many historic remixes and tracks have been first performed at this legendary festival. It seems Zimmerman is the lone voice, bemoaning the event and his words have done little to distract fans of EDM.

A closer look at the Winter Music Conference

The Winter Music Conference is one of the largest music industry conventions specialising in the electronic genre. Founding in 1985, the conference has served as a launch pad to spur on DJs and professionals from the electronic dance music genre into greater success and potential stardom. Many of the major agency deals take place at the Winter Music Conference, where young prodigies sign their future to a label that can make it happen and learn all about the industry from the experts. It’s expected over 50,000 delegates will attend the conference in March, with 500 separate events taking place during the week. One of the most anticipated events are the panels and seminars where topics and questions can be posted to experts and newcomers can learn everything they need to know about their future career, from the people who know it.

Artists to look out for in 2012

There are some obvious heavyweights attending the UMF such as Guetta, Tiesto and Fatboy Slim but there are hundreds more acts who are worth taking in. UK drum and bass legends Chase and Status are a definite must see as they combine musical performance with their DJ sets. Canadian Dubstep DJ Datsik is another artist who will make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. Knife Party, the new electro-house carnation of Australian chart-storming Pendulum are set to be one of the leading EDM acts of 2012, so their set at UMF may be a sign of things to come.

Miami is a perfect host for the finest EDM music worldwide and the Bayfront Park setting is the perfect setting for the event. With years of experience behind them the festival’s founders are set to make this year’s event even more successful than the last and then perhaps next year, tickets will sell out even faster.

Leave us feedback about your opinion on these music events in Miami below. We would love to hear from your experiences.

It’s that time again. Have you burned off the holiday gut? Been running much lately? On Sunday, January 29th, 2012 either you join them or sleep in because you know how crowded the streets get when the ING Miami Marathon takes over. Join the massive crowds as the internationally acclaimed marathon and half marathon takes to the beautiful streets of Miami, South Beach, Downtown Miami, Coconut Grove and Key Biscayne, and ends with a great finish festival at Bayfront Park.

There is still time to register for this event. Click here to go directly to the registration page.

Not everyone wants to run a marathon; some people prefer to cheer on the sidelines. With our new volunteer program, supporting the athletes just got easier. Sign up today to help (and cheer) on the race course or be waiting at the end to hand out finisher medals.

ING Miami Marathon Facebook Page

Fashion meets Art at this season’s second edition of Bal Harbour Art Nights, hosted by Bal Harbour Village. Seth Browarnick’s Art of Night Fashion Edition will be on display in a specially curated exhibition for Bal Harbour Shops in the Center Courtyard. The event is free and open to the public.

DATE: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
TIME: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
LOCATION: Bal Harbour Shops - 9700 Collins Avenue, Bal Harbour

HeartCamp brings together speakers and participants from different walks of life to discuss all matters of the heart — the physical, emotional, spiritual and creative heart.

DATE: Saturday, February 4, 2012
LOCATION: Hyatt Pier 66
TIME: 8:00AM to 8:00PM
FEE: $30 (voluteers and speakers complimentary)
PARKING: $3 All day
Click here for more detailed information about the event.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/heartcamp  Twitter: @heartcamp  Hashtag: #heartcamp

Foursquare: Hyatt Pier 66 and HeartCampSoFla … check in on the day of the event!

Flickr Pool: HeartCampSoFla

If you’re not familiar with the camp format, here’s a brief primer. To put it simply, it’s an open event in which participants provide content. This user-generated unconference is modeled after BarCamp, a technology-focused, international network of events successfully operating around the world since 2005. Camps are a great way of building community without the hassle of formal conference arrangements.

At HeartCamp, we treat the heart as the central core of what it means to be human.  We create dialogue about everything that affects the heart, with emphasis on relationships of all kinds, including, but not limited to:

•    Love and sex as well as one’s relationship with self
•    Relationship to family, children, parents, pets, country and culture
•    Professional relationships, heart connections to career and to money
•    Relationship to the physical and spiritual heart, heart health and heart break
•    Relationship to body, self-esteem, anxiety, addictions, grief
•    Relationship to technology, love in the age of the internet, the heart exposed

Topics relating to heart are only bound by the limits of your imagination.  Have an idea you’d like to share?  Visit our Speaker Instructions and Speaker Sign-Up pages.

For those who don’t wish to speak, you are still a participant and as important as any speaker. This unconference is for YOU –  simply observe or share in discussion, Q & A sessions and networking time.  Register and enjoy!

Dig deeper into HeartCamp at our What To Expect page.

Coconut Grove is a small village on Biscayne Bay that was the start of the City of Miami in the 1800′s. It is a tight knit group of artists and would-be bohemians (and a lot of attorneys). Elizabeth’s Christmas parties have brought together the young and old of the Grove for 35 of the last 37 years. This video is a tribute to Elizabeth. Go to the “last hurrah” party dinner with us and meet many of the longstanding Grove intelligentia.

Please leave your comments below. And if you know someone in the video, do share this page with them. Happy Holidays from goLIVEmiami!

“You Go Where We Go” — goLIVEmiami

DATE: 02/17/2012 – 02/18/2012
TIME: 08:00 am – 06:00 pm
LOCATION: UM School of Communications Building
5100 Brunson Drive, Coral Gables
PARKING: There is ample free parking available.

Click HERE to visit event website 

CONTACT: Visit the event’s contact page of follow them on Twitter @wordcampmiami #wcmiami

WordCamp Miami is a multi-day event for passionate bloggers, designers, developers, WordPress users and anyone else who is interested in learning all about WordPress, website development, and marketing/blogging topics. Last year our event sold-out, so this year we are planning on bigger and better topics and surprises. The event will be hosting over 20 speakers from across the USA, Canada, and other countries from around the world.

This event sells out! Make sure you visit the website to buy your tickets in advance!

Click here to buy your tickets!

After creating and organizing the Coconut Grove King Mango Strut 30 years ago, Glen Terry has done it again. He has started the 1st Annual Wynwood King Mango Strut and goLIVEmiami was there. Glen is famous for creating organic projects like this performance art parade that anyone can participate in. Social issues are the theme with a sarcastic tongue-in-cheek approach. Create your own one man/woman float or go in a group. Watch the beginning of what will surely become a world class underground event.

The parade took place on December 10th on a 3-acre private lot on 22nd Street and N.W. Second Avenue. From there parade goers went to Wynwood Walls Art Compex. Live music was by the Gold Doust Lounge.

The Wynwood parade does not replace the Coconut Grove Parade. This year the 30th Annual Coconut Grove King Mango Strut Parade takes place on Saturday, December 31st at 2p.m.

Tell us below in the comments section what you think of the parades! We want to know!

“You Go Where We Go” –goLIVEmiami

DATE: 12/31/2011
TIME: 08:00 pm – 05:00 am
LOCATION: The Bath Club – 5937 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33140
http://newyearsforever.com
CONTACT: (305) 375-0179

Celebrate a moment that should be lived Forever!
Tickets include Complimentary Premium Open Bar ALL NIGHT & Champagne Toast at Midnight.

For bottle packages / table reservations please visit www.newyearsforever.com

DJs, Live musical performances, Acrobatic Acts & more. Stay tuned for updated entertainment listing.

Make it temporary, or make it timeless… New Year’s is Forever!

Miami’s Independent Thinkers & The Awarehouse present Miami’s Independent Thinkers Art Basel 2011

Art Basel satellite fair dedicated to showcasing local artists announces selected artists for the 3rd edition event, December 1st – 4th, 2011 at The Awarehouse.

Kerry McLaney (305 Creative Group), Heather Read, Sara Read and Laraine Hart, in association with The Awarehouse, present Miami’s Independent Thinkers ART BASEL 2011, a collaborative multimedia art exhibition showcasing Miami’s premiere, emerging and young artists.

DATES: December 1st-4th, 2011
SCHEDULE: Thursday 4pm-8pm (VIP/PRESS), Friday 6pm-3am, Saturday 6pm-3am, Sunday, 12pm-5pm
WHERE: The Awarehouse - 550 NW 29th Street, Wynwood FL 33127
ENTRY:  $10. Free–VIP passes

www.MiamiThinkers.com

Twitter @TheAwarehouse @MiamiThinkers

The 4-day fair aims to feature local artists working across a range of media – painters, photographers, filmmakers, sculptors, animators, writers, musicians, muralists, performance and new media artists. The fair will run from December 1-4, 2011 during Art Basel and will include, live music, DJs, performance art, fashion and gastronomic edibles by Ms. Cheezious.

Again this year, Miami’s Independent Thinkers ART BASIL 2011, a co-op farmers market featuring organic fruits, vegetables, herbs, body products, baby products, vegan treats, yoga, sustainable clothes, accessories and activities. Will also include eco-friendly designers and artists. In collaboration with 305Green & Arbodela Fest, full vendor list released soon.

Selected Artists Include: Alex Ibsen; Alex Trimino; Alexandra Snowden; Alfredo Perez; Ana Villarruel; Annette Mauricio; Anthony Humphreys; Ashley E. Craig; Barbara M de Varona; Betsy Gandy; Carla Fache; Caroline Geys; Carolyn Mendoza; Charis Kirchheimer; Clara Varas; Dan Walker; Danielle Campfield; David Gary; David Rosenbloom; Diana Maquire; Diana Rodriguez; Enrique Sendra Perez; Ernesto Kunde; Ernesto Montes; Felisa Prieto; George Goodridge; George Riveron; Gil Bitton; Gina Cunningham; Henry Ballate; Humberto M Vento; Ileana Tolibia; Isabelle Wilcynska; Jaime Ferreyros; JeanPaul Malozzi; Jeff Ryan; John DeFaro; John Pack; Juan “ERMAN” Gonzalez; Karen Starosta-Gilinski; Katia Danilova; Katya Neptune; Kayce Armstrong; Kim Yantis; Lisa Danker; Lori Nozick; Luis Arturo Mora; Maitejosune Urrechaga; Mark Diamond; Marlene Lopez; Mary Larsen; Mauricio Ferrazza; Mesa Gonzalez; Michael White; Mikelle A Moore; Milcho; Myra Wexler; Natalia Molina; Nicole Martinez; Phaedra Robinson; Ramon Branger; Ramon F. Bofill; Redinger-Libolt; Rod Deal; Rodrigo Arcaya; Ron Syllien; Ryan Hayoun; Sandra Caballero; Sean Murdock; Sean Sullivan; Shane M Maberry; Sophie Bonet; Sri Prabha; Stephanie Gonzalez; Tatiana Poveda; Ted VanCleave; Tiffany Smith; Xiomara Ponce; Zusel Escriba

Miami’s Independent Thinkers is a non-profit organization dedicated to the unity, development and promotion of Miami’s flourishing art community. Our assemblage embraces established, emerging and young artists, visionaries and intellectuals.

Our mission is to provide a sustainable support base for Miami’s creative community, including: painters, photographers, filmmakers, sculptors, animators, writers, musicians, performance and new media artists.

Miami’s local “Fashion Poet” Annie Vazquez compiled a list of must-see events during Art Basel Miami. She is a fashion writer, a poet and shop-a-holic who has been published in several publications such as The Miami Herald, AOL, Stylist, Ocean Drive and NBC among many. The Miami native is an expert when it comes to shopping, unearthing new designers and labels in her hometown and spotting trends.

So who better to check in with than a fashionista on a schedule and stilettos to show off. Make sure you follow her on Twitter @AnnieCVazquez. She keeps her #artbasel tweets flowing.

Check out her links below:

Your Fashion Guide to Art Basel in Miami 2011

Art Basel socialites flock to Marni boutique in Miami’s Design District

Designer Mara Hoffman Makes Art Basel Debut

Fashion Must Have for Art Basel 2011: Artist Made Limited Edition Tshirts

Let us know if you want to add your event to our site by clicking here!