New Year’s Eve 2026 in Miami

By the ULTIMATE Miami Editorial Team

Galas: Faena and the Biltmore

Faena Miami Beach welcomes 2027 with a masquerade. The Grand Masquerade fills the garden around the Tree of Life, beneath the Golden Mammoth, with an open bar, live music and performers, and the midnight fireworks ($495++ per person; food is not included). Above it, the Ivory Terrace adds a buffet with caviar and a Champagne tower ($1,150++ per person, limited seats).

Inside, The Living Room takes table reservations for cocktails and live entertainment towards midnight, and Pao by Paul Qui and Los Fuegos by Francis Mallmann each serve a New Year’s Eve prix fixe menu with an open bar and a view of the fireworks. Reservations are through Faena’s own page.

In Coral Gables, the Biltmore Hotel holds its New Year’s Eve Dessert Soirée & Fireworks: dancing, a long table of desserts and a premium open bar in cocktail attire, then a glass of fizz at midnight as fireworks rise over the hotel’s golf course. The hotel does not print a price: book through its event page.

Our advice: Faena’s garden is masked, so bring one, and book a dinner seating if you want to eat before the fireworks.

Faena Miami Beach: New Year’s Eve 2026 →   The Biltmore: New Year’s Eve Dessert Soirée & Fireworks →

Fireworks over Biscayne Bay: terraces and cruises

Downtown, the InterContinental Miami on Chopin Plaza opens its Seaside Terrace from 10pm to 1am for the fireworks over Biscayne Bay, with a DJ, unlimited small bites and sweets, two cocktails each and a Champagne toast with New Year’s grapes at midnight. Tickets, from $229.18, must be bought in advance; under-21s are welcome and served soft drinks.

On the water, the Seafair megayacht leaves the Bayfront South Dock at Chopin Plaza for a 9pm–1.30am cruise with a multi-course dinner, a full bar and live entertainment, and watches the midnight fireworks from its open-air skydeck. Tickets start at $571.08 in advance; families are welcome, and alcohol is served only to over-21s.

For a younger crowd, VIP Nightlife’s Under the Fireworks yacht party boards at Pier 1, Miamarina at Bayside Marketplace, from 9.30pm, sails at 10.45pm and returns between 1.45am and 2am, with two DJs, a buffet dinner and an open bar (from $257.33; over-21s only; upscale cocktail or semi-formal dress).

Our advice: boarding gates close well before midnight; leave time for the traffic on Biscayne Boulevard.

InterContinental Miami: rooftop fireworks viewing →   Seafair: New Year’s Eve cruise →   Under the Fireworks yacht party →

Club nights: LIV and Club Space

LIV, the nightclub inside the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, has the Swiss melodic house and techno duo Adriatique on New Year’s Eve; doors open at 11.30pm and the night is for over-21s. Tables and tickets are booked through LIV’s own page.

Downtown, Club Space on NE 11th Street holds NYE with Dennis Cruz, DJ Harvey and The Martinez Brothers on its Terrace: doors at 11pm, and the party runs through Friday until 6pm on New Year’s Day. It is for over-21s, with tickets from $48.01.

Our advice: Miami’s clubs start late and finish later; eat first, and arrange your car home before you go in.

LIV: Adriatique, New Year’s Eve →   Club Space: NYE →

New Year’s Day, Friday 1 January 2027

New Year’s Day 2027 is a Friday. Club Space’s Terrace is still dancing into the afternoon, and on the night LIV has Steve Aoki, from 11.30pm. For a quieter start to the year, walk the Beachwalk from South Pointe Park as the sun comes up over the Atlantic.

Our advice: many restaurants close or open late on 1 January; book brunch ahead.

LIV: Steve Aoki, 1 January →

Bayfront Park, fireworks and getting about

Bayfront Park on Biscayne Boulevard is downtown’s traditional New Year’s Eve stage: last year the park held The Countdown, a festival with free general admission, music from 5pm and fireworks over the bay at midnight. When we checked, neither the park nor The Countdown had published 2026 details; we will add them when they are confirmed.

The City of Miami Beach has not announced a public display of its own. When we checked, the Fontainebleau, The Setai, the Four Seasons at The Surf Club, 1 Hotel South Beach and Eden Roc had not yet published New Year’s Eve 2026 events. W Miami has closed.

Our advice: book everything, from dinner to the car home, before December; roads around the bay close or jam from early evening, and the Metromover is the easiest way around downtown.

The Countdown Miami →   Bayfront Park →   Christmas in Miami →

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