THE NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ANNOUNCES 31ST ANNUAL WINTER PARTY WEEK-LONG FESTIVAL.

Winter Party Welcomed Thousands of Attendees to Miami Beach for its 31st Annual Celebration Raising Vital Funds for the LGBTQ+ Community.

The National LGBTQ Task Force’s Winter Party Festival 2024 made its return to Miami Beach for its 31st anniversary celebration. Winter Party is an annual dance and music festival featuring a week-long series of events benefiting both local and national LGBTQ+ organizations. This year’s festival featured a diverse mix of music, community programming and entertainment. The festival brings in over 10,000 attendees annually and hosts 14 events across nine exhilarating world-class Miami and Miami Beach venues. Guests were treated to upbeat tunes from 17 international DJs including Calagna, Deanne, Sagi Kariv and more.

Founded in 1994, Winter Party provides a safe haven for the LGBTQ and allied communities to celebrate and live freely. The National LGBTQ Task Force donates a significant portion of the proceeds raised at Winter Party and its sister event, the National LGBTQ Task Force Gala, to like-minded community advocacy groups in South Florida through the LGBTQ+ Equity Fund, a philanthropic collaboration between the Task Force, Our Fund, and The Miami Foundation. Since 2005, the Task Force has given back more than $3.6 million and supported over 100 community organizations in South Florida and will directly fund social justice causes locally and nationally. Winter Party brings nearly $4.2M in revenue to Miami, supporting over 800 local jobs in hospitality, food & beverage, retail, recreation, and entertainment.

Guests are encouraged to reserve tickets to this year’s events, all designed to capture the energetic spirit that is Winter Party. The first two night-time dance parties will feature two new venues to the festival line-up: Ignite will be held at MAD Club Wynwood and showcase two DJs making their Winter Party debut, Leanh and Dawson. HEAT will be held at Wynwood Marketplace and marks the first time in more than a decade that Winter Party is featuring an outdoor nighttime event.The first of Winter Party’s signature events, Under One Sun, will be held at Oasis Wynwood and feature the debut of DJ Derrick Carter to the festival line-up. Winter Party’s premier celebration on the sun-kissed sands of Miami Beach, Beach Party, will host back-to-back DJs GSP and Dan Slater for one epic set bringing a fusion of sounds from all around the world right to the dance floor. The entrance to this year’s Beach Party will be at 10th Street, two blocks south of its traditional home.

FEATURED EVENTS:

Welcome Reception

Date: Wednesday, February 28 / 07:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Venue: Royal Palm South Beach

Localize

Date: Thursday, February 29 / 07:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Venue: Nathan’s Beach Club

Ignite

Date: Thursday, February 29 / 10:00 p.m. – 5:00 a.m.
Venue: MAD Club
Featuring: DJs Leanh & Dawson

Elevate Pool Party

Date: Friday, March 1 / 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Royal Palm South Beach
Featuring: DJs Eliad Cohen & Jesus Montanez

VIP Cocktail Reception

Date: Friday, March 1 / 07:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Venue: The Standard Miami Beach
Honoring: Jeff and Todd Delmay

HEAT

Date: Friday, March 1 / 9:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m.
Venue: Wynwood Marketplace
Featuring: DJs Deanne & Eddie Martinez

Under One Sun

Date: Saturday, March 2 / 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Oasis Wynwood
Featuring: DJs Jace M and Derrick Carter

Fire & Ice

Date: Saturday, March 2 / 10:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m.
Venue: M2Nightclub
Featuring: DJs Calagna and Abel

The Beach Party

Date: Sunday, March 3 / 1:00 p.m – 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Sands of South Beach at 10th Street
Featuring: DJs GSP and Dan Slater, spinning back-to-back

MasterBeat

Date: Sunday, March 3 / 10:00 p.m. – 5:00 a.m.
Venue: M2 Nightclub
Featuring: DJs Tomer Maizner & Sagi Kariv

AFTERGLOW

Date: Monday, March 8 / 5:00 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Venue: LVL One Nightclub
Featuring: Tom Stephan

Action! Finale

Date: Monday, March 4 / 10 p.m. – 5 a.m.
Venue: TBA
Featuring: Alex Acosta and Jerac

The 31st Annual Winter Party Festival celebration is made possible by the support of sponsors and partners including Bacardi, the Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority, Miami Dade-County, and many more.

About the National LGBTQ Task Force:
The National LGBTQ Task Force advances full freedom, justice and equality for LGBTQ people. We are building a future where everyone can be free to be their entire selves in every aspect of their lives. Today, despite all the progress we’ve made to end discrimination, millions of LGBTQ people face barriers in every aspect of their lives: in housing, employment, healthcare, retirement, and basic human rights. These barriers must go. That’s why the Task Force is training and mobilizing millions of activists across our nation to deliver a world where you can be you. For more information, go to https://www.thetaskforce.org