2015/2016 Social Season Preview
SocialMiami’s Social Season Preview will give you a quick overview of what to expect during the 2015-2016 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 9th 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 2015
| Sept 12 | Golden Shimmer & Shine to benefit the Live Like Bella Foundation |
| Sept 18 | A Night of Culinary Stars to benefit the James Beard Foundation |
| Sept 19 | 8th Annual “It’s All About the Kids” hosted by Friends of St. Jude |
| Sept 19 | Luminary Awards 2015 hosted by SAVE |
| Sept 25 | The Federal Bar Association’s Installation & Awards Gala |
| Sept 26 | It’s All About the Kids hosted by the Friends of St. Jude |
| Sept 28 | 8th Annual PAMM Corporate Luncheon |
October 2015
| Oct 2 | 4th Annual Haute Tea hosted by Young Society of Love & Hope for DRIF |
| Oct 2 – 4 | Duende – Broward County’s 100th Birthday Weekend |
| Oct 3 | Barry University’s 75th Birthday Bash Gala |
| Oct 3 | Imagine Gala 2015 to benefit His House Children’s Home |
| Oct 3 | Big Dreamers 20th Anniversary Awards Dinner to benefit Touching Miami With Love |
| Oct 4 | 2nd Annual Children’s Imagination Ball hosted by Adrienne Arsht Center |
| Oct 6 | 30th Great Sports Legends Annual Dinner hosted by Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis |
| Oct 9 – 10 | Mad Dog Mandich Florida Keys Offshore & Inshore Fishing Classic |
| Oct 9 – 11 | III Points Music, Art & Technology Festival |
| Oct 10 | 2015 Diamonds are Forever Ball hosted by Miami Children’s Health Foundation |
| Oct 10 | Broward Center’s Ghost Light Society’s Sixth Annual Soirée: Havana Nights! |
| Oct 15 | Alper JCC’s Women’s Day Luncheon |
| Oct 15 | Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame “La Musa” Awards |
| Oct 16 | A Night in Old Shanghai hosted by the Coral Gables Community Foundation |
| Oct 16 | 2nd Annual Taste of the Sea hosted by The Sea Delight Ocean Fund |
| Oct 16 | 6th Annual Golf Classic & Awards Dinner Presented by AvMed to benefit Greater Miami Service Corps |
| Oct 16 | Legal Services of Greater Miami’s 50th Year Anniversary Gala |
| Oct 17 | 20th Anniversary Gala to benefit Chapman Partnership |
| Oct 17 | A Run for Your Money, a fundraiser to benefit Tigertail Productions |
| Oct 19 | All in Fore the Kids Golf Tournament hosted by Miami Children’s Health Foundation |
| Oct 19 | Not So Scary Family Halloween Bash hosted by Miami Children’s Museum |
| Oct 21 | Annual Golf Tournament and Spa Day to benefit Miami Jewish Health Systems |
| Oct 22 | Party with a Purpose |
| Oct 22 – 25 | Miami International Film Festival Gems |
| Oct 23 | “Be A Voice” Awards Luncheon to benefit Voices for Children |
| Oct 23 | Inner Circle of Twelve Luncheon hosted by American Cancer Society |
| Oct 23 | 11th Annual Evensky & Katz Charity Classic Golf Tournament benefiting Make-A-Wish® Southern Florida |
| Oct 24 | 3rd Annual Hess Wines South Beach Seafood Festival |
| Oct 24 | Noche Tropical Presents Tropicana 2020 for Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba |
| Oct 24 | Black & White Gala to benefit American Nicaraguan Foundation |
| Oct 24 | 14th Annual Wine on Harvest Moon to benefit the Deering Estate at Cutler |
| Oct 24 | National LGBTQ Task Force Gala – Miami |
| Oct 24 | Annual Smash & Grab Fundraiser to benefit Locust Projects |
| Oct 24 – 25 | 6th Annual Coral Gables Hispanic Cultural Festival |
| Oct 25 | Jazz at Joe’s to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami |
| Oct 29 | Changing Lives Over Lunch, Take Stock in Children Miami’s 20th Anniversary Celebration |
| Oct 29 | 2015 Signature Chefs Auction benefiting the March of Dimes |
| Oct 30 | Vizcaya’s 29th Annual Halloween Sundowner Party |
| Oct 31 | Nightmare on the Beach hosted by The Little Lighthouse Foundation |
November 2015
| Nov 4 | 27th Annual Festival of Chefs hosted by Easter Seals Florida, Inc. |
| Nov 5 | Reach Out! hosted by Casa Valentina |
| Nov 5 | 2015 Women of Distinction and Caring Luncheon hosted by Plaza Health Network Foundation |
| Nov 5 | 9th Annual Positive Living Awards hosted by Alliance for Aging |
| Nov 6 | Mujeres Giving Back Recognition Luncheon hosted by Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade |
| Nov 6 | 5th Annual Party on the Plaza to benefit Coral Gables Museum |
| Nov 6 | Love and Hope Preview Party hosted by Diabetes Institute Research Foundation |
| Nov 6 | Kristi House’s Roaring 20’s Soiree Celebrating 20 Years of Healing Hearts |
| Nov 7 | “Wild About Kid’s” Gala and After-Party hosted by Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade |
| Nov 7 | 21st Annual The Intercontinental Miami Make-A-Wish Ball |
| Nov 7 | 60th Diamond Jubilee Gala hosted by Young Patronesses of the Opera |
| Nov 12 | National Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon hosted by Association of Fundraising Professionals |
| Nov 13 | 2015 Golf Classic hosted by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami |
| Nov 13 – 15 | 75th Annual Ramble hosted by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden |
| Nov 13 | 10th Annual Recycled Fashion Show hosted by Young at Art Museum |
| Nov 13 | 15th Annual Bubbles & Bones Gala to benefit Here’s Help |
| Nov 14 | 3rd Annual West Kendall Baptist Hospital ZooRun5K Benefiting West Kendall Baptist Hospital & Zoological Society of Florida |
| Nov 14 | Paint the Town Red Gala to benefit City Year Miami |
| Nov 14 | Lucky You! – BAC to the Future hosted by the Bakehouse Arts Complex |
| Nov 15 – 22 | 32nd Miami Book Fair International at Miami Dade College |
| Nov 16 | Jackson Memorial Health Foundation’s Guardian Angel Luncheon |
| Nov 16 | Gus Machado Golf Classic to benefit American Cancer Society |
| Nov 19 | Homestead Hospital Championship Taste with NASCAR Benefiting the Speediatrics Unit at Homestead Hospital |
| Nov 19 | Give Miami Day 2015 |
| Nov 19 | 29th Annual Festival of the Trees hosted by FIU Architecture + The Arts |
| Nov 19 – 22 | 5th Annual Recent Cinema from Spain Film Series Miami |
| Nov 21 | 12th Annual Mariners Hospital 5K Walk/Run to benefit Mariners Hospital Center For Excellence In Nursing, presented by Baptist Health Foundation |
| Nov 21 | 59th Annual Vizcaya Ball |
| Nov 22 | Brunch for the Animals hosted by the Humane Society of Greater Miami |
| Nov 22 | South Florida Tour de Cure to support the American Diabetes Association |
| Nov 26 – 30 | White Party Week – Care Resource’s 31st Anniversary |
December 2015
| Dec 1 – 6 | Art Miami |
| Dec 3 – 6 | Art Basel Miami Beach |
| Dec 5 | Home for the Holidays hosted by Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Florida |
| Dec 6 | Holiday Gala “Winter Wonderful” to benefit UM Frost School of Music |
| Dec 10 | National Human Relations Award Dinner Honoring Manuel D. Medina hosted by AJC Miami and Broward |
| Dec 12 | Guayaberas and Good Times – 16th Annual Hope For All Gala to benefit Camillus House |
| Dec 15 | Kosher Food & Wine Festival hosted by WIZO |
| Dec 17 | The Pacesetter Event hosted by Greater Miami Jewish Federation |
| Dec 20 | Nutcracker Magic Brunch and Performance hosted by Miami City Ballet |
January 2016
| Jan 3 – 10 | National YoungArts Week |
| Jan 9 | YoungArts Backyard Ball Celebrating the 35th Anniversary |
| Jan 9 – 8 | Annual Winter Jewish Music Concert hosted by Temple Israel |
| Jan 12 | Women’s Event & Lion of Judah Breakfast hosted by the Greater Miami Jewish Federation |
| Jan 14 | Splendor in the Garden hosted by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden |
| Jan 14 – 28 | 19th Miami Jewish Film Festival |
| Jan 16 | “Be A Voice” Gala hosted by Voices for Children |
| Jan 21 – 25 | ArtPalmBeach |
| Jan 22 | 10th Annual International Chocolate Festival at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden |
| Jan 22 | Pawpurrazzi, the Annual Gala of the Humane Society of Greater Miami |
| Jan 23 | Miami City Ballet’s 30th Anniversary Gala |
| Jan 23 | Golden Angels Society Gala hosted by Jackson Health Foundation |
| Jan 23 | Cleveland Orchestra Miami’s 10th Anniversary Gala Evening |
| Jan 24 | Annual Champion of the Arts Awards Gala hosted by Citizens Interested in the Arts |
| Jan 30 | The Big Dream Gala hosted by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami |
| Jan 30 | 12th Annual Gala & Silent Auction to benefit Educate Tomorrow |
| Jan 30 | Mariners Hospital Bougainvillea Ball to benefit Oncology Services at Miami Cancer Institute, presented by Baptist Health Foundation |
February 2016
| Feb 5 | Wine, Women & Shoes hosted by Miami Children’s Health Foundation |
| Feb 6 | Gala Celebrating Bellisima: Italy & High Fashion 1945-68 for NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale |
| Feb 6 | Gala in the Garden at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden |
| Feb 6 | 19th Annual Women of Vision Luncheon to benefit Young at Art Museum |
| Feb 6 | 42nd Annual Love and Hope Ball to benefit Diabetes Research Institute Foundation |
| Feb 11 | Annual Gala presented by WIZO |
| Feb 13 | The Foundation for New Education Initiatives Gala |
| Feb 13 – 15 | Coconut Grove Art Festival |
| Feb 17 | The Main Event hosted by Greater Miami Jewish Federation |
| Feb 20 | Bass Ball to benefit Bass Museum of Art |
| Feb 25 – 28 | Art Now Fair |
| Feb 27 | 2016 Be A Kid Again Gala to benefit Miami Children’s Museum |
March 2016
| Mar 4 | Feast with the Beasts to benefit Zoo Miami |
| Mar 4 | PAMM Ball 2016 hosted by Perez Art Museum Miami |
| Mar 4 – 13 | 33rd Miami International Film Festival hosted by Miami Dade College |
| Mar 5 | Destination Fashion 2016 presented by the Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis |
| Mar 12 | Women of Tomorrow Annual Gala |
| Mar 12 | MCCJ Humanitarian Dinner |
| Mar 17 | Rising Stars Exhibition and Performance presented by New World School of the Arts |
April 2016
| Apr 2 | 34th Annual American Red Cross Ball |
| Apr 2 | Rockin’ on the Green to benefit Children’s Bereavement Center |
| Apr 15 | Kristi House’s 10th Annual Breaking the Silence Luncheon |
| Apr 15 | 5th Annual Young at Art Museum Gala |
| Apr 16 | 25th Annual Reach for the Stars Gala Auction to benefit Actors’ Playhouse |
| Apr 16 | American Cancer Society’s Annual Gala |
| Apr 21 | 10th Anniversary Gala hosted by the Adrienne Arsht Centr |
| Apr 27 | Miracle Makers Luncheon hosted by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami |
May 2016
| May 6 | 13th Annual Black Tie & Blue Jeans Benefit Dinner and Auction hosted by Branches |
| May 7 | Tropical Nights hosted by UM-NSU CARD |
| May 21 | 2016 Miami Heart & Stroke Ball to benefit American Heart Association |
June 2016
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