2019-2020 Social Season Preview
SocialMiami’s Social Season Preview provides a first look at the exciting events planned for the 2019-2020 social season. Updated daily, the Social Season Preview will remain on SocialMiami’s homepage throughout the season.
If your event is not listed, send the event date and title to Melanie.
Many of the previewed events also appear in SocialMiami’s 13th Annual Gala Guide. Additions are still coming in for the Gala Guide, which remains on SocialMiami’s homepage and is distributed periodically to our subscribers and social media followers though the season.
September 2019
Sep 7 Arts Launch presented by the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Sep 19 Fashion Gives Back hosted by Nicklaus Children’s Young Ambassadors
Sep 20 Orange Bowl Food and Wine Celebration presented by Florida Blue
Sep 26 HistoryMiami Museum’s VIP Party for Gridiron Glory
Sep 29 Rosh Hashanah
October 2019
Oct 2 “Grow Your Influence,” hosted by CIM Consulting in partnership with Foodie Tribe
Oct 4 Ev Clay/PRSA Miami hosts its 32nd Annual Endowment Fund Luncheon
Oct 4 3rd Annual Luncheon hosted by Miami Bridge Youth & Family Services
Oct 5 “Cirque de Success” – 25th Anniversary Party hosted by Suited for Success
Oct 5 7th Annual Athletes’ Awards Event hosted by Special Olympics Florida-Miami Dade
Oct 5 12th Annual “It’s All About the Kids” Event to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Oct 7 34th Annual Greats Sports Legends Dinner to benefit The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis
Oct 8 Yom Kippur
Oct 10-13 Miami Film Festival’s GEMS 2019
Oct 11 American Cancer Society’s 2019 Inner Circle of Twelve Luncheon
Oct 11 The Biltmore Ball to benefit the Coral Gables Community Foundation – Windsor Wonderland
Oct 12 Imagine Charity Gala to benefit His House Children’s Home
Oct 13-14 Coconut Grove Pumpkin Patch Festival
Oct 19 Diamond Ball hosted by Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Foundation
Oct 19 The National LGBTQ Task Force Gala – Miami
Oct 20 10th Annual “Not So Scary Family Halloween” hosted by Miami Children’s Museum
Oct 20 Women of Tomorrow’s 10K Walk/Run Event
Oct 23 PAMM’s Corporate Luncheon
Oct 23 Night at the Market, National Parkinson’s Foundation Miami Gala
Oct 25 Something’s Brewing After Dark, Miami Children’s Museum’s Adult Halloween Costume Party
Oct 25 25th Annual “Be A Voice” Luncheon hosted by Voices For Children Foundation
Oct 25 Halloween Nights hosted by INTI Foundation
Oct 26 2019 Illuminations Gala and nextgen After-Party to benefit Chapman Partnership
Oct 26 Locust Projects’ Smash & Grab
Oct 27 Jazz at Joe’s hosted by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami
Oct 27 Kids JAMM at PAMM
Oct 27 Ghosts in the Garden, Miami Beach Botanical Garden’s Family Halloween Event
Oct 30 24th Annual I Have A Dream Foundation Miami Gala
November 2019
Nov 1 National Philanthropy Day Luncheon hosted by Association of Fundraising Professionals
Nov 1 10th Anniversary of the Florida Day of the Dead Celebration
Nov 2 “An Evening Where No One Sleeps,” the annual gala for Young Patronesses of the Opera
Nov 2 25th Annual InterContinental Miami Make-A-Wish Ball
Nov 2 Guitars Over Guns “Choose Your Sound” Benefit Concert
Nov 2 The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s annual “Light the Night” Event
Nov 4 Florida Foster Care Reviews 14th Annual Claws for Kids Luncheon
Nov 7 Friendship Circle Heart and Soul Banquet
Nov 8 15th Annual Charity Classic hosted by Evensky & Katz/Foldes to benefit Coral Gables Community Foundation and others
Nov 8 GIVING BAC: Annual Fundraiser to benefit Bakehouse Arts Complex
Nov 9 Strong Girls’ Annual Gala
Nov 11 Gus Machado Golf Classic to benefit Amrican Cancer Society
Nov 13 31st Annual Festival of Chefs presented by Easterseals South Florida
Nov 14 The Women’s Event hosted by Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Nov 15 10th Anniversary Women of Distinction & Caring Luncheon hosted by Plaza Health Foundation
Nov 15 Wine Auction at the Venetian Pool to benefit Coral Gables Community Foundation
Nov 16 Inaugural Annual Fundraising Event to benefit Goodwill Industries of South Florida
Nov 16 Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade’s 13th Annual “Wild About Kids” Gala, a one-night cruise aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s “Encore”
Nov 16 57th Annual Costume Ball “Fire and Ice” hosted by Beaux Arts
Nov 16 Ray of Hope Gala to benefit South Florida Autism Charter Schools
Nov 16 5th Annual Gala hosted by Orianne & Phil Collins’ Little Dreams Foundation
Nov 16 Steps for Healing, a 5K Remembrance Run to benefit Children’s Bereavement Center
Nov 17 RASG Hebrew Academy Gala
Nov 21 Give MIAMI Day
Nov 23 The 63rd Annual Vizcaya Ball “Rock Your Rococo”
Nov 23 Party Like It’s 1939 – Coral Gables Then and Now hosted by Coral Gables Museum
Nov 25 Guardians of the Children Luncheon hosted by Jackson Health Foundation
December 2019
Dec 4-8 Art Basel Miami
Dec 5 35th Anniversary Celebration Gala to benefit Meals on Wheels South Florida
Dec 6 The BIG Golf & Tennis Tournament to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami
Dec 7 20th Annual Hope for All Gala hosted by Camillus House
Dec 7 Winterfest Black Tie Ball presented by Ford
Dec 10 Kesher’s 23rd Annual Guardian Fall Luncheon
Dec 14 La Liga Contra el Cancer’s Snowball
Dec 15 Nutcracker Magic Children’s Soirée hosted by Miami City Ballet
Dec 15 Miami Beach Botanical Garden’s Bazaar
Dec 30 86th Capital One Orange Bowl
January – February 2020
Jan 6-11 National YoungArts Week
Jan 11 The Backyard Ball to benefit National YoungArts Foundation
Jan 18 24th Annual “Be A Voice” Gala to benefit Voices For Children Foundation
Jan 18 The Butterfly Ball, Florida Grand Opera’s 79th Season featuring Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
Jan 23 Fairchild Garden’s Splendor in the Garden Luncheon
Jan 25 90th Celebration hosted by Miami Lighthouse for the Blind & Visually Impaired
Jan 30 Legends for Charity Dinner during Super Bowl LIV weekend to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Feb 1 Gala in the Garden hosted by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Feb 2 Super Bowl LIV in Miami
Feb 6 15th Annual Taste of the Garden hosted by Miami Beach Botanical Garden
Feb 8 Lori Brenner Scholarship Fund Event to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami
Feb 8 25th Anniversary Silver Lining Gala hosted by Kristi House
Feb 8 New World Symphony’s 32nd Anniversary Gala
Feb 8 Jackson Health Foundation’s Golden Angels Gala
Feb 8 Moon Over Morikami Gala to benefit Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
Feb 15 PAMM’s Art & Soul Celebration
Feb 19-23 South Beach Wine & Food Festival
Feb 29 Miami Children’s Museum’s Be A Kid Again Gala and After-Party
March – June 2020
Mar 7 Art of the Party hosted by Perez Art Museum Miami
Mar 7 Big Brothers Big Sisters’ BIG Gala Event
Mar 7-8 Carnaval on the Mile presented by Kiwanis Club of Little Havana
Mar 8 Champion of the Arts/Grantees on Parade hosted by Citizens Interested in the Arts
Mar 10 The 12th Annual Vizcaya Preservation Luncheon
Mar 13 “Feast with the Beasts” to benefit Zoo Miami Foundation
Mar 14 Miami City Ballet’s Annual Gala
Mar 14 Miami Beach Garden Tour to benefit Miami Beach Botanical Garden
Mar 14 The Gulliver Schools’ Gala
Mar 19 New World School of the Art’s Rising Stars Visual Arts Exhibition and Performance
Mar 28 FIU Alumni Association’s 18th Annual Torch Awards
Mar 29 19th Annual Japanese Spring Festival at Miami Beach Botanical Garden
Apr 4 14th Anniversary Benefit Concert starring Patti LaBelle hosted by Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Apr 4 American Cancer Society’s Miami Annual Gala
Apr 9-16 Passover
Apr 12 Easter Sunday
Apr 13 The Villagers’ Historic Hunt & Road Rally
Apr 17 Earth Day Celebration at Miami Beach Botanical Garden
Apr 18 38th Annual Red Cross Ball to benefit American Red Cross South Florida Region
Apr 18 The Flamingo Ball Celebrating HistoryMiami Museum’s 80th Anniversary
Apr 18 29th Annual Reach for the Stars Gala Auction to benefit Actors Playhouse
Apr 25 4th Annual Celebration of Science to benefit the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
Apr 25 10th Annual Auction: Uncork & Unwind hosted by Camillus House
Apr 25 The Gulliver Gala
May 9 Branches’ Black Tie & Blue Jeans Dinner
May 13 Breaking the Silence Luncheon hosted by Kristi House
May 18 Informed Families Annual Dinner at Joe’s
Jun 9 Big Brothers Big Sisters Class of 2020 Graduation & Scholarship Celebration
2021
Feb 27 New World Symphony’s 33rd Anniversary Gala
