2014/2015 Social Season Preview
SocialMiami’s Social Season Preview will give you a quick overview of what to expect during the 2014-2015 season. Non-profits can also use the Preview as a tool to help plan their important events during the year.
If your event is not listed, just send the information to Melanie when details are confirmed. The Social Season Preview will be continually updated, redistributed and archived on SocialMiami’s homepage.
SocialMiami’s 8th Annual Gala Guide, the industry standard for pre- and post-event publicity, will be published in early September. The deadline to add your event to the guide is August 23. Call 305-981-0101 or email Melanie for Gala Guide information or to inquire about producing a promotional or event video for your organization.
September 2014
| Sept 10 | School Night Out for Education to benefit Dade Paper Scholarship Fund |
| Sept 11 | Masterpiece Fundraising Event: Butcher & Blues for Coral Springs Museum of Art |
| Sept 12 | Young Society of Love & Hope’s Haute Tea honoring Linda Gibb |
| Sept 12 | F.I.U. Business Hall of Fame Awards Gala hosted by F.I.U. College of Business |
| Sept 13 | Bella’s Ball to benefit Live Like Bella Foundation |
| Sept 17 | 18th Annual Broward March of Dimes Signature Chefs |
| Sept 17 | The Jessica June Children’s Cancer Foundation’s 10th Anniversary Party |
| Sept 19 – 21 | Miami Family Event Wellness & Lifestyle Expo |
| Sept 20 | Hyundai Hope On Wheels – 4th Annual Miami Children’s Hospital 5K |
| Sept 20 | “Sponsor An Athlete” Awards Dinner Gala to benefit Special Olympics |
| Sept 22 | 7th Annual Corporate Luncheon hosted by Perez Art Museum Miami |
| Sept 23 | 2nd Annual Pink Flamingo Awards presented by the LGBT Visitor Center |
| Sept 27 | 21st Annual Celebrity Chefs Food Tasting & Auction for Ann Storck Center |
| Sept 27 | Step Out Miami, a Walk to Cure Diabetes |
| Sept 27 | Venetian Masquerade Gala to benefit United Cerebral Palsy Baby House and God’s Innocent Angels Foundation |
| Sept 27 & 28 | Miami Spa Aesthetics & Wellness Expo |
| Sept 29 | 29th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner for the Buoniconti Fund |
October 2014
| Oct 3 – 4 | Mad Dog Fishing Classic |
| Oct 4 | All About the Kids for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
| Oct 4 | Celebrate ORGULLO Festival hosted by Unity Coalition/Coalición Unida |
| Oct 8 | 22nd Annual South Miami Hospital Golf Classic (Baptist Health Foundation) |
| Oct 9 | Cancer Link Luncheon to benefit Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at UM |
| Oct 10 | Coral Gables Community Foundation’s 23rd Annual Gatsby Gala |
| Oct 10 – Nov 8 | Festival Miami |
| Oct 11 | Gangstas, Gals And Glam – Dress For Success Miami Celebrates 20 Years |
| Oct 11 | 13th Annual Wine On Harvest Moon at the Deering Estate at Cutler |
| Oct 11 | CHARLEE & The Chocolate Factory |
| Oct 11 | National Gay & Lesbian Task Force’s 18th Annual Miami Recognition Dinner |
| Oct 16 – 18 | The Tournament Powered by South Florida Ford for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation |
| Oct 17 | Third Annual All Star Awards Luncheon to benefit Switchboard |
| Oct 17 – 19 | Miami City Ballet Program I: Romeo and Juliet at the Arsht Center |
| Oct 18 | Miami Magic to benefit Junior League of Miami |
| Oct 18 | “Noche Tropical Presents Tropicana 2020” hosted by the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba |
| Oct 18 | 2nd Annual Casino Night for Early Development of Global Education |
| Oct 18 | “Upstanders Ball” to benefit National Voice for Equality, Education and Enlightenment |
| Oct 19 | Miami Children’s Museum’s Not So Scary Family Halloween Bash |
| Oct 19 | Jazz at Joe’s to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami |
| Oct 19 | “Food Glorious Food” benefits Civic Chorale of Greater Miami |
| Oct 20 | Tee Off Fore Wellness to benefit Cancer Support Care of Greater Miami |
| Oct 20 – Nov 11 | 34th Annual Alper JCC Berrin Family Jewish Book Festival |
| Oct 24 | Inner Circle of Twelve Luncheon to benefit American Cancer Society |
| Oct 24 | Children’s Hero Awards Gala to benefit Family Resource Center of South Florida |
| Oct 24 – 26 | Miami City Ballet Program I: Romeo and Juliet at the Broward Center |
| Oct 24 – 26 | 3rd Miami Music Festival from around the World presented by South Florida Friends of Classical Music |
| Oct 25 | Halloween Sundowner hosted by the Vizcayans |
| Oct 25 | The Hope Diamond Ball Affair to benefit Miami Children’s Health Foundation |
| Oct 25 | 35th Annual Biscayne Bay Gala for Biscayne Bay Kiwanis Club |
| Oct 25 | Project: New Born’s “An Elegant Gourmet Experience” |
| Oct 25 | The Blacks’ Annual Gala |
| Oct 25 | Shine Brightly, an event to benefit Lotus House |
| Oct 25 | “Hats, Spats and Pearls,” YPO’s 59th Annual Gala |
| Oct 25 | Locust Projects’ Annual Smash & Grab Fundraiser |
| Oct 25 | United Way of Broward County’s Mayor’s Ball |
| Oct 25 | AMIKids’ Masquerade Ball |
| Oct 25 & 26 | Coral Gables Hispanic Cultural Festival |
| Oct 27 | 13th Annual Signature Grand Ghoul |
| Oct 30 | International Seakeepers Society’s Founders Dinner |
| Oct 31 | Alper JCC Women’s Day Luncheon with Gail Sheehy |
| Oct 31 | Monsters in the Moonlight hosted by Pinecrest Gardens |
November 2014
| Nov 1 | 13th Annual Gala to benefit Chapman Partnership |
| Nov 1 | Sapphire Gala for FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine |
| Nov 1 | A Night at the Museum hosted by the Bass Museum of Art |
| Nov 1 | 20th Anniversary Gala to benefit Make-A-Wish Southern Florida |
| Nov 1 | 11th Annual Minority Mentoring Picnic for Dade County Bar Association |
| Nov 6 | Well Being Well hosted by Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at UM |
| Nov 7 | Be A Voice Awards Luncheon to benefit Voices for Children |
| Nov 7 | Limo to Lunch to benefit Florida Heart Research Institute |
| Nov 7 | Love & Hope Ball Preview Party to benefit Diabetes Research Institute |
| Nov 7 – 16 | Miami Auto Show |
| Nov 8 | 8th Annual “Wild About Kids” Gala – Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade |
| Nov 8 | 63rd Annual Beaux Art Ball to benefit Lowe Art Museum |
| Nov 8 | Young Associates’ 4th Annual Party on the Plaza to benefit the Coral Gables Museum |
| Nov 8 | John Offerdahl’s Broward Health® Gridiron Grill-Off Food, Wine & Tailgate Festival |
| Nov 12 | National Philanthropy Day Luncheon – Assoc. of Fundraising Professionals |
| Nov 12 | Easter Seals’ 26th Annual Festival of Chefs |
| Nov 13 | Homestead Hospital Chefs VIP Table at the Championship Taste – Baptist Health Foundation |
| Nov 13 | St. Thomas Episcopal Parish School Annual Golf Tournament |
| Nov 14 | Touch a Heart Dinner & Auction for Kristi House |
| Nov 14 | Mujeres Giving Back Recognition Luncheon hosted by Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade County |
| Nov 14 | 2014 Golf Classic to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami |
| Nov 15 | 11th Annual Mariners Hospital 5K Walk/Run |
| Nov 15 | City Year Miami’s Gala |
| Nov 15 | “Moonlight Serenade on the Plaza” to benefit Coral Gables Museum |
| Nov 15 | 6th Annual Lily’s Light: Kites for a Cure |
| Nov 15 | Ray of Hope Gala to benefit South Florida Autism Charter Schools |
| Nov 15 | An Evening of Hope in Paradise to benefit Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America |
| Nov 15 – 22 | Florida Grand Opera’s Madame Butterfly at the Arsht Center |
| Nov 16 | 2nd Annual West Kendall Baptist Hospital ZooRun |
| Nov 16 – 23 | 31th Miami Book Fair International at MDC |
| Nov 17 | NASCAR Nationwide, Camping World Truck Series Awards Banquet |
| Nov 18 | Guardians of the Children Luncheon to benefit Holtz Children’s Hospital |
| Nov 19 | 8th Annual Positive Living Awards Dinner hosted by the Alliance for Aging |
| Nov 20 | See the Light Luncheon benefiting Miami Lighthouse for the Blind |
| Nov 22 | 58th Annual Vizcayan Ball |
| Nov 22 | Steps for Healing and Kids Fun Run to benefit Children’s Bereavement Center |
| Nov 22 | 10th Annual Journey of Dreams Gala to benefit Parent to Parent of Miami |
| Nov 22 & 23 | 5th Edition of Miami Fine Wine & Spirits Festival |
| Nov 26 | Night Under the Stars – 5th Annual Fundraiser for PGKids |
| Nov 26 – Dec 1 | White Party Week – Care Resource’s 30th Anniversary |
December 2014
| Dec 1 | The Wolfsonian-FIU Art Basel Gala |
| Dec 2 | Hospitality Sales & Marketing Assn Int’l Annual Gala & Auction |
| Dec 4 – 7 | Art Basel Miami Beach |
| Dec 4 & 6 | Florida Grand Opera’s Madame Butterfly at the Broward Center |
| Dec 5 – 12 | 13th Annual Miami Short Film Festival |
| Dec 6 | The Villagers 2014 Holiday Home Tour |
| Dec 7 | Winter Wonderful – Frost School of Music’s Holiday Dinner |
| Dec 11 | Pacesetter Event to benefit the Greater Miami Jewish Federation |
| Dec 11 | 20th Anniversary Boutique & Luncheon hosted by Unicorn Children’s Foundation |
| Dec 12 – 14 | Miami City Ballet George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ at Broward Center |
| Dec 13 | Hope for All Gala to benefit Camillus House |
| Dec 14 | Hebrew Academy’s 67th Annual Event |
| Dec 18 – 24 | Miami City Ballet George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ at the Arsht Center |
January 2015
| Jan 3 | Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert at Adrienne Arsht Center |
| Jan 4 – 11 | National YoungArts Week |
| Jan 9 – 11 | Miami City Ballet Prog II: Hear the Dance at the Arsht Center |
| Jan 10 | Performance and Gala – National YoungArts Foundation |
| Jan 13 | Women’s Event to benefit the Greater Miami Jewish Federation |
| Jan 14 | Fairchild Garden’s Splendor in the Garden Fashion Show Luncheon |
| Jan 14 | Champion of the Arts / Grantees on Parade Awards – Citizens Interested in Arts |
| Jan 15 – 29 | 18th Miami Jewish Film Festival |
| Jan 17 | “Be A Voice” Gala to benefit The Voices for Children Foundation |
| Jan 17 | Perez Art Museum Miami Gala |
| Jan 18 | Gala hosted by American Friends of Soroka Medical Center to celebrate Heroic Care for Israel’s Wounded Soldiers |
| Jan 23 | Pawpurrazzi to benefit Humane Society of Greater Miami |
| Jan 24 | Jackson Memorial Foundation Golden Angels Gala, “Meet Jack Under the Big Top” |
| Jan 24 | The 7th Annual Marissa Nestor Tennis Invitational for United Cerebral Palsy |
| Jan 24 – 31 | Florida Grand Opera’s Cosi fan tutte at the Arsht Center |
| Jan 30 | Classical South Florida/Ziff Family Honors for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts |
| Jan 31 | Mariners Hospital Bouganvillea Ball |
| Jan 31 | Cuban American Bar Association’s Annual Gala & Installation Dinner |
February 2015
| Feb 3 | The Main Event to benefit the Greater Miami Jewish Federation |
| Feb 4 | 4th Annual Wine, Women & Shoes to benefit Miami Children’s Health Foundation |
| Feb 5 | 22nd Annual Sara Hopkins Woodruff Spectrum Awards for Women Luncheon |
| Feb 5 -9 | World Salsa Summit |
| Feb 6 | 2nd Annual Baptist Children’s Hospital Celebrity Golf Tournament with MLB |
| Feb 6 | Kristi House’s 3rd Annual Blue Carpet Event |
| Feb 6 – 8 | Miami City Ballet Prog II: Hear the Dance at the Broward Center |
| Feb 6 – 8 | Miami International Map Fair hosted by HistoryMiami |
| Feb 7 | Gala in the Garden to benefit Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden |
| Feb 7 | Baptist Hospital “Once Upon a Time” Gala |
| Feb 7 | 2015 New World Symphony Gala |
| Feb 12 | Moon over Miami 2015 hosted by the International SeaKeepers Society |
| Feb 12 & 14 | Florida Grand Opera’s Cosi fan tutte at the Broward Center |
| Feb 12 – 16 | Miami International Boat Show |
| Feb 13 – 15 | Miami City Ballet Prog III: Passion & Grace at the Arsht Center |
| Feb 14 | Love & Hope Ball to benefit Diabetes Research Institute Foundation |
| Feb 14 | Run Wild 5K Run/Walk to benefit Chapman Partnership |
| Feb 14 | 22nd Annual 9 Mile Music Festival |
| Feb 14 – 16 | Coconut Grove Art Festival |
| Feb 15 | Unicorn Children’s Foundation’s Annual Gala Dinner |
| Feb 20 | Gala Opening Concert, 9th National Chopin Piano Competition |
| Feb 21 & 22 | South Miami Rotary Art Festival |
| Feb 21 – Mar 9 | 9th National Chopin Piano Competition |
| Feb 24 | Gala Purim Ball 2015 hosted by Jewish Museum of Florida – FIU |
| Feb 26 | International Kids Fund Circle of Heroes Luncheon |
| Feb 28 | Miami Children’s Museum “Be a Kid Again Gala” |
| Feb 28 | Miami Jewish Health Systems’ 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Gala |
| Feb 28 | The “Big Event” Gala hosted by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami |
| Feb 28 | Florida Grand Opera’s The Pearl Fishers at the Arsht Center |
| Feb 28 | Annual Dinner Gala hosted by Unicorn Children’s Foundation |
March 2015
| Mar 1 – 7 | Florida Grand Opera’s The Pearl Fishers at the Arsht Center |
| Mar 4 – 9 | Winter Party Festival – National Gay & Lesbian Task Force |
| Mar 5 – 16 | Miami International Film Festival’s 32nd edition hosted by Miami Dade College |
| Mar 6 | Feast with the Beasts to benefit Zoological Society of Florida |
| Mar 6 – 15 | 32nd Miami International Film Festival at MDC |
| Mar 7 | 55th Annual South Miami Hospital Mercury Ball |
| Mar 7 | Women of Tomorrow Gala |
| Mar 7 | The Victory Center’s 15th Annual Gala |
| Mar 7 | The Villagers Garden Tour 2015 |
| Mar 7 | St. Thomas Episcopal Parish School Annual Auction Gala |
| Mar 7 – 8 | Carnaval on the Mile Art and Music Festival |
| Mar 9 | Book of Hope Luncheon hosted by Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America |
| Mar 10 – 15 | YoungArts Miami |
| Mar 12 | Ronald McDonald’s House Charity’s 12 Good Men Luncheon |
| Mar 12 & 14 | Florida Grand Opera’s The Pearl Fishers at the Broward Center |
| Mar 13 | Power of the Purse Luncheon to benefit Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade |
| Mar 14 | 33rd Annual American Red Cross Ball |
| Mar 14 | Children’s Bereavement Center’s Rockin’ on the Green |
| Mar 16 | 48th Annual Bebe Rebozo Golf Classic to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade |
| Mar 16 | New World School of the Arts’ Rising Stars Showcase |
| Mar 20 – 22 | Miami City Ballet Prog III: Passion & Grace at the Broward Center |
| Mar 21 | Scottish Festival and Games – Scottish American Society of S. E. Florida |
| Mar 22 – 24 | The Miami International Piano Festival’s Master Series Performances |
| Mar 29 | 11th Annual Deering Seafood Festival |
| Mar 29 | 2015 South Florida Kidney Walk |
April 2015
| Apr 10 – 12 | Miami City Ballet Program IV: Points of Departure at the Arsht Center |
| Apr 11 | American Cancer Society Gala |
| Apr 16 | Miami Jewish Health Systems’ 2015 Classic, Turnberry Isle Miami |
| Apr 17 – 19 | Miami City Ballet Program IV: Points of Departure at the Broward Center |
| Apr 18 | 13th Anniversary Galaxy Gala and The Big Bang After-Party hosted by the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science |
| Apr 18 | The Villagers 2015 Historic Hunt & Dinner |
| Apr 24 | Breaking the Silence Luncheon for Kristi House |
| Apr 25 | Caps & Gown Gala to benefit uAspire |
| Apr 26 | AIDS Walk Miami 2015 to benefit Care Resource |
| Apr 26 | WALK like MADD and MADD Dash Fort Lauderdale 2015 |
| Apr 30 | Miracle Makers Luncheon & Fashion Show to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami |
| Apr 30 | Reach Out! Reach Up! With Casa Valentina |
May 2015
| May 1 | 2015 Black Tie & Blue Jeans for Branches |
| May 2 | 8th Annual Pineapple Sauté & Sip Interactive Dinner to benefit the Baptist Health Breast Center |
| May 9 | Camillus House’s 5th Annual “The Auction” |
| May 9 | UM-NSU CARD’s Tropical Nights |
| May 9 – 16 | Florida Grand Opera’s The Consul at the Arsht Center |
| May 14 – 17 | The Miami International Piano Festival’s Discovery Series Performances |
| May 16 | 4th Annual Doctors Hospital Ball |
June 2015
| June 20 | Voya Dominos Night benefiting Amigos For Kids |
