South Beach Wine & Food Festival
South Beach Wine & Food Festival takes place Feb 25 - 28, 2027 in Miami, USA. The dress code is Resort-chic: breezy daywear and sandals for beach tastings, dressier for dinners and galas. Typical cost ranges from 250 to 1200 EUR per person.
Miami's star-studded festival stakes tasting villages directly on the sand of South Beach, wrapping celebrity-chef dinners, brunches and late-night parties around them - all benefiting Florida International University's hospitality school. The 2026 edition has passed; the festival returns Feb 25 - 28, 2027. It is the loudest, most glamorous stop on the US food-festival circuit.
- When
- Feb 25 - 28, 2027
- Where
- Miami, USA
- Dress code
- Resort-chic: breezy daywear and sandals for beach tastings, dressier for dinners and galas
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 250 to 1200 EUR per person.
- Weather
- 22 - 27C, warm sunny Miami winter with sea breezes
- When to book
- Tickets release in autumn per event and the intimate dinners sell out first; South Beach hotels 3+ months out
- Getting there
- MIA (Miami), about 25 min to South Beach; FLL is the alternative
- Where to stay
- Faena Hotel Miami Beach (maximalist grand), The Setai (serene Collins Avenue luxury), The Betsy (boutique on Ocean Drive)
- Official site
- https://sobewff.org
How to attend
Tickets are sold per individual event at sobewff.org, typically from the autumn before; the Grand Tasting Village is the flagship accessible ticket while intimate dinners run far higher and sell out quickly. Open to the public - no invitation needed. Proceeds fund FIU's hospitality programme.
Tickets for the 25 to 28 February 2027 festival are not on sale yet - the official events listing still shows the 2026 programme.
Insider tip
The beachside Grand Tasting Village is fun but enormous - the better value-per-euro is a single themed dinner where the headline chef actually cooks.
Get inside South Beach Wine & Food Festival
Booking matters here: tickets release in autumn per event and the intimate dinners sell out first; South Beach hotels 3+ months out. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
Free while in beta. One email when your invitation is ready, nothing else.