In Miami, A Feast for the Eyes and Ears this Thanksgiving

The LGBTQ+ festival weekend, URGE Miami Festival, returns to the sunny shores of South Beach this Thanksgiving weekend with three massive nighttime events and three sizzling daytime fetes including the Royal Palm Pool Party and the legendary Beach Party. Beginning November 25 and running through the 28th, the weekend events will be headlined by a who's who of the world’s most famous party DJs including Alex Lo, Dan Slater, Joe Gauthreaux, Mauro Mozart, Suri and Tom Stephan, among others.

“After the massive success of last year’s Thanksgiving festival, we are excited to do it all over again, bigger and better than ever before,” says Hilton Wolman. He is producing the weekend along with Luis Morera and Billy Kemp.

The festivities kick off with Pervert XXL, a collaboration with Barcelona's Matinee Group, taking place at Miami's newest nightclub, M2 Nightclub. The historic nightclub (formerly known as Paragon/Glam Slam/Level/Mansion and Icon) has been transformed with $10 million in upgrades to structure, sound and lighting. At 35,000 square feet, it will be the largest party ever thrown by URGE. Matinee Group is billing the party as their raunchiest ever, promising a level of production seldom seen before. DJ’s Tom Stephan and Alex Lo will share headlining duties and Matinee is flying in dancers from Spain and Europe to keep the dancefloor shaking into the wee morning hours.

At 2pm on Saturday, the Royal Palm South Beach pool party begins. Expect plenty of wet and wild, splish and splashy fun and gorgeous men in skimpy bikinis at this party, presented by Eliad Cohen as part of the Papa World Tour. DJs Dan Slater and Paulo Fragoso will raise the temps with their high energy beats, making extensive use of the incredible facilities offered by Royal Palm.

The weekend’s Saturday night Main Event, URGE Warrior, takes place at one of Miami's premier film studios, home to some of the biggest blockbusters on HBO Max and Netflix, on their largest sound stage. DJs Suri and Mauro Mozart will battle it out with incredible beats in a spectacular production, sure to amaze.

It leads to the signature event of the weekend: the long-established Sunday Beach Party on the sands of South Beach. The sandblast begins at 2pm with DJ’s Enrico Meloni from Italy and Joe Gauthreaux from the USA dropping the beats on the largest stage and dancefloor and most colossal VIP deck this event has seen before. Kidd Madonny and his company, 3DX, are building the decor for the party and like last year, it will incorporate URGE Miami Festival’s yellow and white retro resort and cabana influenced theme.

“Circuit fans come from all over the world to experience one of America’s biggest LGBTQ beach parties,” Wolman explains. “We will not disappoint.”

This year’s host hotel is the Royal Palm South Beach. With 400 rooms, more than a quarter of which are suites, the Royal Palm is one of South Beach’s largest hotels, superbly located directly on the beach on Collins at the end of Ocean Drive. It offers a superior experience and will serve as the location of URGE Miami Festival’s Welcome Center and Saturday Pool Party. It is also a short walk to a majority of the parties. Special $249 room rates are available while supplies last.

A portion of the proceeds from URGE Miami Festival will once again benefit Miami Beach Pride, a not-for-profit organization that works to unite members of the LGBTQ community by celebrating the unique spirit and culture of its people.

Tickets for URGE Miami Festival are available now on their website. GA and VIP tickets are available, as is the popular 24-hour pass that includes the Sunday Beach Party, Sunday night event and Monday morning Afterhours event.