The 2009 Miami Boat Show and the Coconut Grove Art Fair preliminary analysis!
The Miami boat show and Coconut Grove Art Fair Miami events are over and out and it is now time to analyze their success and see how they fared as compared to the way the Miami city guide normally describes them. It is too soon to draw an accurate analysis of the Miami events but a few trends emerged and are worth noting.
2009 Coconut Grove Art Fair
Judging by the amount of people walking the streets, this major Miami event was well attended. Attendance was high with more than 150,000 visitors. The results, as far as the amount of business conducted, is a totally different story. The crisis is definitely here and the drastic decrease in Miami events sales serves as proof.
2009 Miami Boat Show
Attendance was definitely down compared to last year’s show. Plenty of locals attended the Miami events show but international visitors were scarce. According to the Miami city guide, people normally come from far and wide to the Miami Boat Show. Miami Beach hotels did not get booked to full capacity as they normally do. The Miami city guide has noted that in past years, hotels in Miami were at full occupancy at full rate prices. We are in a crisis and it shows. People are just not in the mood. On average, the Miami Boat show Miami event attracts around 140,000 visitors per year. This year’s final count will surely show lower numbers. Travel agencies booking the Miami events boat show indicated that business went down 30% as compared to last year. However, sales will not be as weak as once thought before the Miami event took place. It seems that there was some action in the smaller segment of the market and the super luxury yacht segment. Aside from that, everything else buyers could not resist the Miami events incredible deals offered.
A large number of art collectors, artists, dealers, curators, critics and art enthusiasts from around the world participate in Art Basel Miami Beach every year.
This event in Miami is also a vital source for art lovers, allowing them to both discover new developments in contemporary art and experience rare museum artworks.
Art Basel Miami Beach merges an international selection of top galleries with an exciting program of special exhibitions, parties and crossover events featuring music, film, architecture and design.
An exclusive selection of more than 220 leading art galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa will exhibit 20th and 21st century artworks by over 2,000 artists.
The participating galleries are amongst the most respected art dealers, providing exceptional pieces by both renowned artists and cutting-edge newcomers.
Special exhibitions in the museums of South Florida and special programs for art collectors and curators also help make the event a special time for encountering art.
Do not miss the satellite events in Miami that take place during the Art Basel Miami Beach, including special exhibitions for local Miami art galleries, Art Miami 2008, Design Miami, art photography exhibitions and more!
A Miami event you should be part of. This year, the Miami Book Fair Internationalwill celebrate its 25th round in Miami. On November 9th through the 16th, thousands of people will attend this Miami event and listen to readings and discussions about and with international best-selling authors. The Miami Book Fair International is held at Miami-Dade College Wolfson campus in Downtown Miami. Programs will include a week-long reading series called Evenings Withe, a Spanish program called Ibero-American Authors, kid activities called Children’s Alley, student sessions called Student Literary Encounters and a rare book showcase called Antiquarian Annex. The Miami-Dade Wolfson campus is located at 300 N.E. 2nd Ave.
Don’t miss it. The street fair of this annual Miami event will be on THIS WEEKEND!
For additional information, call 305-237-3258 or visit http://www.miamibookfair.com
Start to plan your participation in the 2009 Miami Book Fair by visiting www.miamibookfair.com. You must have in mind the accommodations during important Miami events get packed, so it is highly-recommended to book your Miami hotel now or considered other options like Miami vacation rentals, which might offer more value.
International Ballet Festivalof Miami, in its 13th edition this August, will bring to our city two complete weeks the best dancers from around the globe.
Due to the high level of performances every year, this upcoming event in Miamiis highly anticipated by many as one of the best ballet events in Miami Florida and the world.
The recipient of this year’s “A Life for Dance” Lifetime Achievement Award is the famous Russian prima ballerina assoluta, Maya Plisetskaya.
Participating companies will represent Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain, Miami, Houston, San Francisco and more.
Enjoy a preview of what you can expect of the International Ballet Festival of Miami:
Miami Carnival in its 24th annual edition brings live bands and calypsonians from the Caribbean Islands to Miami. This upcoming Miami event will be in Downtown Miami’s Bicentennial Park on October 12th.
The 2008 Miami Carnival grew from a small neighborhood festival to an international event within the first two years after its first edition in 1984. Nowadays, the 2008 Miami Carnival is North America’s most popular Carnival and the highest profit-generating festival in South Florida.
Guests book airfare and hotel accommodations as early as the November the year before each event. If you do not have your reservations yet, check out this selection of Miami Beach vacation rentals. Tickets run at $20 per person and anyone under the age of 12 gets in free.
Miami Spice Restaurant Month presents remarkable dining experiences to locals and visitors for fixed prices. Fixed-price lunches for $23 and dinners for $36 at some of the best Miami restaurants are what you can expect from this event in Miami!
The $36 dinner includes an appetizer, entree and dessert, offering discounts of 25-60% off the restaurant’s standard prices.
Currently, a sneak preview of Miami Spice Month is taking place at nearly 40 of the 50th restaurants participating in this Miami event this year. Until June 30th, you will be able to find $23 lunches and $36 dinners in order to have a little taste of Miami Restaurant Month.
To name some of the restaurants being part of the preview, Chef Allen’,s Escoppazzo, La Cofradia, Michy’s, OLA, Pascal’s on Ponce, and Prime Blue Grill.
The popular South Beach restaurant Kobe Club Miami, located on 404 Washington Avenue, has just joined the list of Miami Spice Month participating restaurants. Kobe Club Miami is a new high-end restaurant offering an outstanding menu. Miami Spice Month offers the ideal opportunity for all people living in a budget to try out this South Beach restaurant.
Miami Spice Month is sponsored by Greater Miami Visitors’ Bureau. The sneak peak will be running until June 30th, yet the event will start on August 1st and run till September the 30th.
This Miami event provides great deals during the months of August and September at some of the best Miami restaurants.
From June 11th thru 21st Miami Florida Dance Festival will be in our fabulous city. Florida Dance Festival is sponsored by the Florida Dance Association, and will take place at the New World School of the Arts. This year’s festival will feature the standard: performances, classes and workshops in the different styles of dance. It is a Miami event that offers lots of entertainment for those who love dance and want to learn more about it.
2008 Redland Summer Fruit Festival
From June 21st thru the 22nd, 2008, Redland Summer Fruit Festival will take place in Homestead Florida. The Fruit & Spice Park is located at 24801 SW 187 Avenue, Homestead, Florida is the venue for this Miami event. This Miami Florida Festival showcases local agriculture, and tropical fruit plants. Over 50 vendor booths will be on site featuring local wines, delicious foods, and rare fruit samplings. For more information, call at 305-247-5727, or visit www.fruitandspicepark.org. General admission $6.
2008 Miami Zest Fest
This Miami Florida Festival is NOT for the weak. It features some of the best and spiciest foods around. Miami Zest Fest is scheduled from June 13th to the 15th, and it t is the first time this event will be held in Miami. The location is the very popular Miami Beach Convention Center, located at 1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach. In addition to some of the spiciest food around, there will also be live entertainment and cooking demonstrations by famous chefs and contests. For more information, call at (305) 673-7311, or visit www.zestfest2008.com.
Helio Castroneves, 32 year-old Brazilian car racer, has become pretty famous since he won the title at the popular TV show Dancing with the Stars. It seems this TV show has given to him more popularity that capturing the Indianapolis 500 twice. For those who do not know, Castroneves is one of the most successful active IndyCar’s Drivers. He has 12 victories, so far! Dancing with the Stars showed people how Helio really is giving him a lot of fame.
Nowadays, Castroneves is interviewed by the media and regular basis and is planning to star his own sitcom in the fall, as well as be a guest on a popular morning television show. It does not seem that there is nothing that can stop this car speed racer! Recently, Castroneves was in Miami to be part of the IndyCarfor the Cainsco 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and he commented the local press even though he was pretty busy with the entertainment business right now, he had not plans to stop his racing career anytime soon.
Driving a luxury car in Miami is pretty easy! There are several luxury car rentals of Miami from where people can rent the exotic car of their dreams and live life the way Castroneves does everyday. Well, you can feel like a star at least for a day or a couple of them.
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival will be running from April 25th –May 4th, 2008. This is one of the most popular events in Miami throughout the year, and for sure the biggest event during April and May. If you are interested in good independent movie you must attend this event independently of your sexual orientations. This Miami’s event is one of the best cultural events of our magical city that features not only amazing films, but it also features great Miami’s parties hosted around popular Miami hotels and Miami attractions.
The official kick off party will be taking place at Miami’s attraction, Miami Science Museum, located at 3280 South Miami Avenue inCoconut Grove. Other event in Miami you should not miss during the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival is the Opening Night Party that will take place at Jungle Island, one of the most popular Miami attractions close to Miami Beach, located at 1111 Parrot Jungle Trail, Miami. For all fashion fans, it is the 11 Minutes Fashion Show, who will follow projects Runway’s winner, Jay McCaroll, from his documentary screening at Regal Theater. This event will take place at the Dorset at the Catalina Hotel situated at 1732 Collins Avenue, South Beach. And, of course, I could not missing from mention the Closing Gala at the Miami Art Space MA located at 244 NW 35th Street, Wynwood Art District.
There are many more Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival’s events and, of course, the movies. For more information please visit www.mglff.com, to download the films list please click here.
