Europe’s biggest gay festival hitting Miami for Thanksgiving
This year Thanksgiving is a glorious time to revel at a rainbow of rollicking events at the Circuit Festival Miami, a massive five-night, four-day fiesta that bills itself as the world’s biggest international gay event.
Produced by Luise Morera, Billy Kemp and Hilton Wolman, the team behind the popular Miami party brand URGE, the festivities kick off Thanksgiving night with an opening party at Cameo.
On Friday, the festival takes over Club Space for the oontz oontz oontz electricity of dance music all night long. The weekend continues Saturday and Sunday inside Miami’s massive Magic City Studios with various events and soirees.
There’s also a big beach party on the sand — La Leche Beach Party, which will feature a stage of more than 20 dancers and music by DJs Phil Romano and Dan Slater with a surprise secret live performance.
Among the talent scheduled to appear throughout the ‘fest: Abel (Aguilera) Isaac Escalante, Taito Tikaro, Tom Stephan, GSP, Lydia Sanz, Ivan Gomez, Nacho Chapado, Ed Wood, Rick Braile and more.
Circuit Festival comes to Miami by way of Barcelona, where it has been Europe’s largest gay festival since 2008.
“We are thrilled to bring the world’s biggest international gay event back to Miami,” says
Morera. “We are billing this year’s event as the ultimate holiday destination for the LGBTQ party community and emphasizing love and unity.”
The fest organizers are also in the process of scheduling a beach cleanup so that they leave the sands as clean as they were before the weekend parties.
Through their URGE party brand, Wolman, Morera and Kemp have hosted recent festivals in Ibiza, Mykonos, Cartagena, Playa Del Carmen, Bogota and San Juan, but when it comes to producing parties stateside, all agree that no place compares to Miami.
“The weather is incomparable to any city in the USA, especially in November,” says Kemp.
A portion of the proceeds from Circuit Festival Miami will 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.
This year’s host hotel is The DREAM South Beach, which is offering specially negotiated rates.
Circuit Festival Miami tickets are available at www.circuitfestival.net/ miami.