Fort Lauderdale Bars and Restaurants with Live Music
Whether you want dinner with a soundtrack or a straight up live music bar, here is where to find it in Fort Lauderdale.
YOUR LOCAL MUSIC GUIDE
Explore South Florida
Every neighborhood has its own sound. From salsa in Little Havana to art-house sets in Wynwood — here's where to go and when.
Best Dive Bars in Miami
Cash only karaoke, a punk institution in Allapattah, and Miamis most legendary rock dive. Here are the real dive bars, no velvet ropes.
Miami’s Best Jazz Clubs Beyond Miami Beach
Downtown rooms, a Little Havana institution, and a house dedicated entirely to jazz. Here is where to hear it away from the beach.
Best Karaoke Bars in West Palm Beach
From a downtown institution on Clematis Street to private rooms in Boca Raton, here is where to sing across Palm Beach County.
Best Karaoke Bars in Fort Lauderdale
Downtown stages, neighborhood dive bars, and private rooms just south of the city. Here is where to sing in Fort Lauderdale.
Best Karaoke Bars in Miami
From a thirty year old cash only dive to a private room with 60,000 songs, Miami has a karaoke bar for every kind of singer. Here is where locals actually go.
VENUE FEATURES
Inside Gramps: Wynwood’s Beloved Dive Bar and Live Music Den
No venue in Miami captures the city's raw creative spirit quite like Gramps — a converted auto shop in Wynwood that has become the heartbeat of South Florida's independent music scene.
ARTIST PROFILES
Selena Serrano: The Salsa Singer Putting Miami Back on the Map
Growing up between Little Havana and Hialeah, Selena Serrano absorbed everything — conga rhythms from the domino park, soulful boleros from her grandmother's kitchen radio, and the infectious Wynwood energy that pulses through Miami's streets every Friday night.
GUIDES
The Brickell Night Guide: 7 Spots for Live Music After Dark
Brickell has grown up. What was once Miami's quiet banking district has evolved into one of the city's most active after-dark destinations — and the live music scene has grown right alongside it.
NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDES
Little Havana After Dark: A Neighborhood Guide to the Music Scene
Calle Ocho never really sleeps. On any given weeknight, the smell of Cuban coffee and the sound of claves and congas drift out of the bars along SW 8th Street. On weekends, the whole street feels like a festival.
GUIDES
Best Live Jazz in Miami Beach: Where to Go and When
Miami Beach has always had a complicated relationship with jazz. The music has been here since the early hotel lounge era, drifted into the background during the neon-and-nightclub decades, and is now quietly asserting itself again.
ARTIST PROFILES
Juan Morales and the Afro-Cuban All Stars Are Redefining Miami’s Sound
Juan Morales grew up in Hialeah listening to his father's vinyl collection — early Buena Vista recordings, Tito Puente, and cassette dubs of Afro-Cuban rumba that his uncle brought back from trips to Havana.