10 New Venues in Miami/South Florida for Summer 2021 Meetings and Events

Nestled just steps from the sand and sea, The Kimpton Goodland Hotel - Fort Lauderdale Beach, which opened in April, is a sun-kissed haven with an ode to local flare. An adaptive reuse of the historic Escape Hotel circa 1950, The Goodland spans three buildings with four inclusive food and beverage concepts, an upscale fitness center and two private pools (ground level and eighth-floor rooftop, both with pool bars). There’s also the 400-square-foot, 14-seat Wayfarer Board Room, which caters to small events, corporate gatherings and private dining, where buyouts range from $250 to $500, along with a 1,500-square-foot courtyard with a capacity of 75 available for cocktail-style receptions with rates ranging from $500 to $1,000.

Helmed by Menin and Clique Hospitality, the four-story-tall, 150,000-square-foot lifestyle concept known as Delray Beach Market opened its doors in April to share a 25-vendor food hall and event space with foodies and imbibers looking for a like-minded venue to savor and celebrate vibrant Delray Beach. Buyouts are available for small events (10 to 50 guests) and large gatherings (100 to 2,000 guests). The property’s highlights include a full chef’s kitchen with audiovisual capabilities to enhance entertaining. While the mezzanine can be reserved gratis from Monday through Thursday (free community and sales events alike can be booked through an online request form), there are also private, catered options with custom menu packages beginning at $25 per guest for everything from baby showers to weddings to team-building activities.

Wynwood’s newest indoor-outdoor event space and cultural hub as of June, The Oasis sports a 35,000-square-foot courtyard with a stage, food hall and Tower Bar. Inside, there’s a bar space with additional seating, as well as a small stage and a private dining/green room area. Weekly live performances, arts and culture events and programming, retail pop-ups and more are welcome to host where eclectic food and beverage converge in one of Miami’s most popular progressive neighborhoods. Information on event scheduling and buyout pricing is available upon request.

Across from the Rubell Museum in Allapattah, Superblue Miami transformed 50,000 square feet of industrial space into a cultural resource in May. The venue encompasses more than 30,000 square feet of flexible installation space for the presentation of multiple, large-scale and interactive works to both immerse and engage. Plus, there’s an outdoor cafe with a locally sourced menu and eco-friendly dishware. There’s a designated programming and event space that can accommodate the year-round roster of everything from performances to talks to receptions. A daylong buyout for the entire space starts at $100,000, with rates fluctuating depending on the time of year.

Established in May by content creators Kenny and Cylvia Daniels, The Social Hub is a 3,500-square-foot interactive content “museum” in Brickell City Centre. The activation space is equipped with 20 uniquely themed stations, illuminated with colorful backdrops, props and smartphone-compatible LED ring lights. In addition, guests can utilize three dressing rooms with mirrors for costume changes during scheduled visits. Outside of normal business hours, the venue is open to private bookings for $300 per hour, Monday through Thursday, and $500 per hour, Friday through Sunday.

Miami’s acclaimed David Grutman of Groot Hospitality teamed up with famed musician and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams to launch a new lifestyle venture, The Goodtime Hotel, in April. The 266-room South Beach property is a tropical escape draped in Art Deco aesthetics sprawled across 100,000 square feet of public space. The full square block between 6th and 7th Streets was in collaboration with Imperial Companies, architect Morris Adjmi, designer Ken Fulk and landscape architect Raymond Jungles. The Goodtime Hotel also features several food and beverage concepts, including Strawberry Moon (pictured here), a 30,000-square-foot pool club, restaurant and cocktail bar featuring Havana-meets-Acapulco throwback nods, as well as 45,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, a state-of-the-art gym and the Library, a peach-and-oak-clad room that caters to cocktail parties and business meet and greets, while boasting the seamless transition from work mode to weekend vibes. Pricing available upon request.

Settled on 2 acres in Delray Beach, Joyfull opened its doors in May with plenty of Zen-like vibes. Decorated in bright colors, along with a butterfly garden, swings, hammocks, a koi pond, native trees, a yoga deck, a stage, a dance floor and a fire pit, this welcoming sanctuary offers a hip venue for corporate events, weddings, birthdays, graduation parties and more, from 200 to 300 seated guests to 500 standing. Buyout pricing ranges from $1,500 to $4,500 per event, dependent on space and scope. There’s also a spa on the property that houses infrared saunas and a yoga studio ideal for wellness-driven get-togethers. Still, there are food and drink menu options, along with smoothies, lattes and vegan soft serve, as well as plenty of room for preferred food truck vendors.

The 208-guest room Hilton Aventura Miami opened in March and now offers the iconic North Miami neighborhood 15,000 square feet of versatile space—including a dedicated event kitchen and audiovisual services—for affairs of all scopes. There are four different private event layouts, including The Edge Pool Deck, The Garden and Veranda Terrace and GALA Restaurant & MuseBar. However, its Carrington Grand Ballroom (pictured here) is equipped on a larger scale, composed of several breakout rooms, including two meeting rooms and three ballrooms that are ideal for weddings, banquets, bar and bat mitzvahs, conferences, client meetings and team building. Plus, the ballroom, which accommodates parties of 600, hosts indoor-outdoor prefunction areas for flexibility and optimum traffic flow.

As of June, Mana Convention Center in Wynwood is home to a new, glamorous, avant-garde, French-inspired cabaret. Le Rouge Lounge is a nightlife destination putting a new spin on live performance entertainment that presents an all-sensory experience enhanced by a visually stimulating ambiance, vintage decor and top-of-the-line video- and 3D-mapping projection systems. The focal point is a 360-degree DJ-in-the-round booth, as well as a stage outfitted in red velvet large enough to accommodate a 10-piece band. Veteran mixologist Samer Abdallah curated the Prohibition Era cocktail menu, with a modern twist, for a setting that invites connection between movers and shakers, publishers, influencers and thought leaders at events like receptions, trade shows, premiers and live music-themed events, just to name a few. The venue can accommodate as many as 200 seated and 500 standing, and buyouts start at a minimum of $30,000; rates depend on party size, number of hours and open bar or bottle services.

In June, Constellation Culinary Group and Southern Glazer Wine & Spirits unveiled its latest event space in the heart of Wynwood. A 17,000-square-foot, multipurpose center with a focus on hospitality and education, SGWS Wynwood is an expansive, modern-industrial venue. The property features four versatile event spaces—Mixology Lounge, Demonstration Kitchen, Founder’s Room and Tasting Room—for meetings and events with state-of-the-art audiovisual technology. There are food and beverage offerings for corporate, culinary and social events alike, as well as activations of all sizes.