{"id":336201,"date":"2026-07-10T21:20:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/336201\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T21:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:20:06","slug":"miami-takeover-hits-miami-beach-july-24-to-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/336201\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Takeover Hits Miami Beach July 24 to 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The highly anticipated Miami Takeover is back, celebrating its 18th year with an expanded four-day cultural celebration. Fusing entertainment, networking and philanthropy. The festival runs from Friday, July 24 through Monday, July 27, 2026, and organizers just dropped a massive lineup for the opening night that&#8217;ss already generating major buzz.<\/p>\n<p>Kicking off the weekend on Friday, July 24, is The Art of Laughter \/ Comedy Vybez Festival at the historic Miami Beach Bandshell. Billed as the largest Black stand-up comedy and R&amp;B concert festival in Miami Beach, the evening features 10 epic Black stand-up comedians delivering individual sets, alongside three live R&amp;B band performances. Hosted by Miami cultural curator Ingrid B and comedian Spunky Robinson, the comedy roster boasts industry veterans like Joe Clair, Tony Woods and Ashima Franklin. On the musical front, Washington D.C.\u2019s Top 5 Band and Atlanta\u2019s Quinn &amp; The Jukebox Band (fronted by former Blackstreet lead singer Quinn) will take the stage. Adding a special treat &#8220;for the girlies,&#8221; organizers just announced a dedicated Toni Braxton Tribute Experience, performed live by R&amp;B singer Latasha Bla&#8217;q. The venue will also host an expansive Black art exhibit and live activation by local visual artist Rodney Royal, celebrating iconic Black comedians.<\/p>\n<p>While opening night sets a high bar, it&#8217;s only the first of six total events powering the MTO weekend. Following the bandshell performances, the energy shifts to Friday Night Live, a high-octane, DJ-fueled after-hours party. Saturday and Sunday keep the momentum going with a sun-soaked daytime pool party, a dedicated R&amp;B party hosted by Asia and featuring DJ Quicksilver and the festival&#8217;s signature, ultra-glamorous all-white mega yacht party. True to MTO\u2019s mission of community impact, attendees will also gather for a morning beach sweep to give back to the local ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>For the full schedule and to lock in passes, head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themiamitakeover.com\/weekendevents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">www.themiamitakeover.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The highly anticipated Miami Takeover is back, celebrating its 18th year with an expanded four-day cultural celebration. Fusing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2122,123,125,124,29969,106],"class_list":["post-336201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-categories-things-to-do","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-news-events-festivals","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}