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’Tis the Season for Stuffing – URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving

Celebrate your holiday URGE with these thirsty pics from last year’s URGE Miami FestivalURGE Miami Festival returns this Thanksgiving weekend with three massive nighttime events and two sizzling daytime fetes including the Royal Palm Pool Party and the legendary Beach Party on the sands of South Beach.Tickets for URGE Miami Festival are available now at urgemiamifestival.com. GA and VIP tickets are available, as is the popular 24-hour pass that includes the Sunday Beach Party and the weekend’s main event URGE-Verse.Produced by Luis Morera, Billy Kemp and Hilton Wolman, the LGBTQ+ festival weekend will take place November 24-27 and will feature a list of the world’s most famous circuit DJs including Grammy Award-winning DJ and producer Roger Sanchez playing at the city’s most prestigious venues.Tickets for URGE Miami Festival are available now at urgemiamifestival.com. GA and VIP tickets are available, as is the popular 24-hour pass that includes the Sunday Beach Party and the weekend’s main event URGE-Verse.This year’s event comes at a time when gay travelers are apprehensive to visit Miami due to Florida’s notorious anti-LGBTQ legislation. The Human Rights Campaign, the largest U.S. gay rights group, even issued a travel advisory in May.Tickets for URGE Miami Festival are available now at urgemiamifestival.com. GA and VIP tickets are available, as is the popular 24-hour pass that includes the Sunday Beach Party and the weekend’s main event URGE-Verse.However, as a result of the advisory, local gay businesses are suffering and events like Urge Miami Festival are more important now than ever before to keep the local LGBTQ+ businesses alive.Tickets for URGE Miami Festival are available now at urgemiamifestival.com. GA and VIP tickets are available, as is the popular 24-hour pass that includes the Sunday Beach Party and the weekend’s main event URGE-Verse.“We need to stand strong against Governor DeSantis and all right-wing conservative bullies and prove that we cannot be silenced by showing our support to the local LGBTQ+ business community,” says producer Hilton Wolman. “We are here, we are queer and we are not going anywhere.”Tickets for URGE Miami Festival are available now at urgemiamifestival.com. GA and VIP tickets are available, as is the popular 24-hour pass that includes the Sunday Beach Party and the weekend’s main event URGE-Verse.In addition to helping to usher in tourist dollars to the area, a portion of the proceeds from URGE Miami Festival will benefit Miami Beach Pride, an organization that celebrates the unique spirit and culture of the city’s LGBTQ+ population.Tickets for URGE Miami Festival are available now at urgemiamifestival.com. GA and VIP tickets are available, as is the popular 24-hour pass that includes the Sunday Beach Party and the weekend’s main event URGE-Verse.URGE Miami Festival kicks off Friday, November 24 at 10pm with LA LECHE at M2 nightclub. The event marks Barcelona’s Matinee Group return to the magic city and producers are promising a level of production that has not been seen before in Miami.Tickets for URGE Miami Festival are available now at urgemiamifestival.com. GA and VIP tickets are available, as is the popular 24-hour pass that includes the Sunday Beach Party and the weekend’s main event URGE-Verse.DJ’s Orel Sabag, Jerac and Ivan Gomez will man the decks. Dancers from Spain and Europe will keep the milk pouring on the dancefloor into the wee morning hours. Guests are encouraged to arrive dressed in white.Tickets for URGE Miami Festival are available now at urgemiamifestival.com. GA and VIP tickets are available, as is the popular 24-hour pass that includes the Sunday Beach Party and the weekend’s main event URGE-Verse.At 2 p.m. on Saturday is the Royal Palm South Beach pool party, presented by Mexico’s premiere party producer, ARENA.Tickets for URGE Miami Festival are available now at urgemiamifestival.com. GA and VIP tickets are available, as is the popular 24-hour pass that includes the Sunday Beach Party and the weekend’s main event URGE-Verse.DJs Alexis Tucci and Brazil’s Rick Braile will raise the temps with their high-energy beats, making extensive use of the incredible facilities offered by Royal Palm. Expect plenty of splish-splash fun and gorgeous men in skimpy bikinis.Tickets for URGE Miami Festival are available now at urgemiamifestival.com. GA and VIP tickets are available, as is the popular 24-hour pass that includes the Sunday Beach Party and the weekend’s main event URGE-Verse.The revelry continues Saturday night with an 80’s revival theme party at the recently remodeled MAD Live, located in the heart of the Wynwood arts and fashion district.Tickets for URGE Miami Festival are available now at urgemiamifestival.com. GA and VIP tickets are available, as is the popular 24-hour pass that includes the Sunday Beach Party and the weekend’s main event URGE-Verse.DJs Alex Lo and Mor Avrahami will whisk music fans back in time to the era of Pac Man and the

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’Tis the Season for Stuffing – URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving

Celebrate your holiday URGE with these thirsty pics from last year’s URGE Miami Festival

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

URGE Miami Festival returns this Thanksgiving weekend with three massive nighttime events and two sizzling daytime fetes including the Royal Palm Pool Party and the legendary Beach Party on the sands of South Beach.

Tickets for URGE Miami Festival are available now at urgemiamifestival.com. GA and VIP tickets are available, as is the popular 24-hour pass that includes the Sunday Beach Party and the weekend’s main event URGE-Verse.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

Produced by Luis Morera, Billy Kemp and Hilton Wolman, the LGBTQ+ festival weekend will take place November 24-27 and will feature a list of the world’s most famous circuit DJs including Grammy Award-winning DJ and producer Roger Sanchez playing at the city’s most prestigious venues.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

This year’s event comes at a time when gay travelers are apprehensive to visit Miami due to Florida’s notorious anti-LGBTQ legislation. The Human Rights Campaign, the largest U.S. gay rights group, even issued a travel advisory in May.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

However, as a result of the advisory, local gay businesses are suffering and events like Urge Miami Festival are more important now than ever before to keep the local LGBTQ+ businesses alive.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

“We need to stand strong against Governor DeSantis and all right-wing conservative bullies and prove that we cannot be silenced by showing our support to the local LGBTQ+ business community,” says producer Hilton Wolman. “We are here, we are queer and we are not going anywhere.”

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

In addition to helping to usher in tourist dollars to the area, a portion of the proceeds from URGE Miami Festival will benefit Miami Beach Pride, an organization that celebrates the unique spirit and culture of the city’s LGBTQ+ population.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

URGE Miami Festival kicks off Friday, November 24 at 10pm with LA LECHE at M2 nightclub. The event marks Barcelona’s Matinee Group return to the magic city and producers are promising a level of production that has not been seen before in Miami.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

DJ’s Orel Sabag, Jerac and Ivan Gomez will man the decks. Dancers from Spain and Europe will keep the milk pouring on the dancefloor into the wee morning hours. Guests are encouraged to arrive dressed in white.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

At 2 p.m. on Saturday is the Royal Palm South Beach pool party, presented by Mexico’s premiere party producer, ARENA.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

DJs Alexis Tucci and Brazil’s Rick Braile will raise the temps with their high-energy beats, making extensive use of the incredible facilities offered by Royal Palm. Expect plenty of splish-splash fun and gorgeous men in skimpy bikinis.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

The revelry continues Saturday night with an 80’s revival theme party at the recently remodeled MAD Live, located in the heart of the Wynwood arts and fashion district.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

DJs Alex Lo and Mor Avrahami will whisk music fans back in time to the era of Pac Man and the Rubik’s Cube, when MTV introduced the music video and launched the careers of many iconic artists.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

It leads to the signature event of the weekend: the long-established Sunday Beach Party on the sands of South Beach.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

This year’s sandblast is moving eight blocks north of last year’s party, to 20th and Collins, just south of the W Hotel. The Sunday afternoon event will feature a cabana stripe theme that pays homage to the mod fashion movement of 1960’s Miami.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

There will also be interactive activities, music by DJs Dan Slater and Joe Gauthreaux and a grand firework show.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

“Our beach party is one of America’s biggest LGBTQ beach parties and attracts fans from all over the world,” Wolman explains. “It is an experience in itself!”

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

The weekend’s Main Event takes place Sunday night at M2 nightclub. This year’s party is titled URGE-Verse and will be headlined by the Grammy Award-winning DJ and producer Roger Sanchez along with Tom Stephan, flying in from the UK, and Cesar Hernandez. The décor will be avant-garde and guests are encouraged to arrive in yellow.

$\u2019Tis the Season for Stuffing \u2013 URGE Miami Festival 2023 Returns for Thanksgiving$

This year’s host hotel is the Royal Palm South Beach. With 400 rooms, more than a quarter of which are suites, the Royal Palm is one of South Beach’s largest hotels, superbly located directly on the beach on Collins at the end of Ocean Drive. It offers a superior experience and will serve as the location of URGE Miami Festival’s Welcome Center and Saturday Pool Party. Complimentary transportation will be provided from/to Royal Palm South Beach for all weekend events.