Oh, spring and summertime in Miami: So beautiful in so many ways. All of the snowbirds and New York/New Jersey/Quebec/Ontario license plates begin to disappear and the temps creep up to pleasant levels before the full inferno strikes. (Though it’s just around the corner.)
Amid the seasons’ plusses, concerts are in full bloom, spanning the largest electronic festival on planet Earth to Ice Cube and Red Hot Chili Peppers wildly converging under one intimate roof. As for your best bets for spring and summer concerts in Miami ’24, snag tickets to the below while you can.
RECOMMENDED: The best things to do in Miami right now
The top Miami concerts this spring
1. Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull and Ricky Martin at Amerant Bank Arena
What a fiesta it will be in Sunrise come March 8. The aptly dubbed “Trilogy Tour” featuring swooner Enrique Iglesias, another swooner Ricky Martin and “Mr. 305” himself Pitbull equates to total Latin goodness. Among the collabs to hopefully hear live, “I Like It” featuring Iglesias and Pitbull, as well as “Mr. Put It Down” from Ricky Martin and Pitbull.
2. Ultra Music Festival at Bayfront Park
Ah, how #blessed we are to have the best electronic festival in our backyard since ’99? Ultra is back for another year and, random fun fact, you can take a wild Red Bull x Ultra x Brightline train from out of town and then walk to Bayfront Park for the show. Headliners include Tiesto, Fisher, Martin Garrix, David Guetta and Calvin Harris, among oodles of other big-time DJs.
3. Drake at Amerant Bank Arena
Perhaps you missed Champagne Papi at Kaseya Center in September. Shame on you, but this is your chance for repentance. Our favorite Canadian’s “It’s All A Blur – Big As The What?” tour hits Amerant Bank Area for two nights, with Lil Wayne and Durk in tow.
4. Madonna at Kaseya Center
America’s timeless badass has been making waves with her appropriately named “Rebel Heart Tour” nationwide. She’s spitting on stage, pouring beer on fans, grinding up a storm – how will she get down in the 305 for three nights come April? We shall see and it won’t be boring.
5. Don Omar at Kaseya Center
Reggaeton royalty alert! San Juan, Puerto Rico-bred rapper-writer-producer legend Don Omar will rock Kaseya Center on a glorious Sunday in April. Count on the hits including “Danzo Kuduro,” “Dile” and “Salío El Sol.” It’s the last night of the tour, so who knows what stops the reggaeton king will pull out?
6. AJR at Hard Rock Live
Delectable pop-rock goodness awaits at every AJR show. The dudes—Adam, Jack and Ryan—have a synergy like few others. They are brothers, after all. If you missed them at the totally intimate Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale a few years back or the massive Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise in December, you can catch ‘em at the always acoustically-pleasing Hard Rock Live in mid-May.
7. Bad Bunny at Kaseya Center
Whether Kris Jenner led to Bad Bunny ticket price inflation or Benito just wanted to have a papi-level payday, tickets have been silly expensive to the “Most Wanted Tour.” If you’re not one of the fans who had to sell all of their possessions for tickets, there are still some available on resale sites. Seeing as this may be the shows of the year in Miami and you get to jam to “Me Porto Benito” and “Tití Me Pregunto,” it may be worth the debt.
8. Justin Timberlake at Kaseya Center
It’s been five years since JT has embarked on a tour. That streak ends as the “Forget Tomorrow World Tour” takes him across the world starting in late April through December. The name of the tour pays homage to his sixth studio album, slated to drop on March 15.
9. Blink 182 at Kaseya Center
Remember that very sad period when Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge weren’t getting along and Blink-182 was no more? Well, those times are no more, and Blink is back, baby. Hear all the classics like “What’s My Age Again?” and “All the Small Things” alongside a newer classic “One More Time” on June 21 in Sunrise.
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ice Cube at Hard Rock Live
In what has to be the weirdest combo to rock a local stage in recent times (but somehow it works): Ladies and gentlemen, rock icons Red Hot Chili Peppers and rap legend Ice Cube perform together at Hard Rock Live on June 23. Perhaps the Hard Rock Sportsbook will have a bet on how many times the Chili Peppers will say/sing the word “California” during their set—odds that it’s more than 5,000 are high.
11. Feid
Medellín, Colombia is arguably the global capital of reggaeton at the moment, producing the likes of Maluma, J Balvin and Karol G. Right up there is Feid. The 31-year-old phenom with three platinum albums to his name tops the bill at this Hard Rock Stadium show.
12. Two Door Cinema Club
Northern Ireland’s Two Door Cinema Club brings its indie pop-rock hits to Miami on the back of their peppy new album, Keep On Smiling. Get ready to sing and sway with tracks like “What You Know,” “Undercover Martyn” and “Something Good Can Work.”
13. PartyNextDoor
Ontario singer Jahron Anthony Brathwaite, aka PartyNextDoor, hits the road for his Sorry I’m Outside tour. Having come to prominence in 2013 after signing with Drake’s OVO label—the first to do so, no less—he’s been going from strength to strength ever since. Expect hazy, auto-tuned R&B from his back catalog and ingeniously titled fourth studio album 4.
14. The Marias
Los Angeles four-piece The Marias—who are named for their Puerto Rican singer María Zardoya—take to the road on the back of the release of their sophomore album, Submarine. Expect a hazy, electro-infused brand of chart-tickling pop with lyrics in both English and Spanish.
15. Maren Morris
Catch this Grammy-winning Texan singer-songwriter touring her latest, sixth album, Humble Quest. If you don’t already know Maren Morris, you’ll likely know her lilting tones from 2018’s “The Middle” by German producer Zedd. Expect songs firmly rooted in country music, but with a couple of hints at pop and indie.