{"id":429001,"date":"2026-10-15T23:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429001\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T23:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:56:09","slug":"miami-beach-holiday-festival-of-lights-returns-to-ocean-drive-dec-12-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429001\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Beach Holiday Festival of Lights Returns to Ocean Drive, Dec. 12\u201320"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The holidays are taking over Ocean Drive. The Miami Beach Holiday Festival of Lights is back on Miami Beach this December, turning the iconic strip into an open-air celebration of light, music and family fun. Presented by the Miami Beach Classical Music Festival (MMF), the free festival opens on December 12 with a special Holiday Extravaganza \u2014 followed by the City of Miami Beach\u2019s Annual Holiday Drone Show \u2014 and continues through December 20.<\/p>\n<p>The need-to-know details<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When: December 12\u201320, 2026 (opening night December 12). Where: Ocean Drive, Miami Beach. Admission: free and family-friendly. For the latest schedule and showtimes, check the offi<\/p>\n<p>What to expectLarger-than-life projection mapping lighting up Ocean DriveLive orchestral performances from the Miami Beach Classical Music FestivalFestive snowfall effects drifting over the crowdFloating foam \u201cfobbles\u201d \u2014 a bubbly twist kids will loveAppearances by Santa, the Grinch and Elsa<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This event is part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/themiamiguide.com\/celebrate-the-holidays-miami-style\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">roundup of the holidays in Miami \u2014 <\/a>explore the full guide for more seasonal events around the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The holidays are taking over Ocean Drive. The Miami Beach Holiday Festival of Lights is back on Miami&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-429001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429001","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=429001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}