Today inFort Lauderdale
Events guide

Fort Lauderdale events source map

Where Today In Fort Lauderdale verifies what's actually happening each week, from city events to Broward Center, museums, Riverwalk, parks, and neighborhood calendars.

Bonnet House Museum and Gardens in Fort Lauderdale
Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
City and county calendars

The City of Fort Lauderdale event calendar is the first check for city-permitted events, festivals, Parks and Recreation programming, and major public gatherings. Broward County Library calendars cover Main Library, the African American Research Library and Cultural Center, Galt Ocean Mile Reading Center, and other branches. Broward Cultural Division and ArtsCalendar can help discover arts events, but primary organizer pages should confirm details before publication.

  • City event calendar: first civic event lane
  • Broward Library: branch programming
  • ArtsCalendar: discovery only unless organizer page confirms
Performing arts venues

Broward Center for the Performing Arts publishes the main venue calendar and also covers The Parker, Miniaci Performing Arts Center, and Miramar Cultural Center events in the same ecosystem. Each listing should be checked for exact venue, time, ticketing, and presenter. The Parker is in Fort Lauderdale; other venues may be regional and need geographic screening.

  • Broward Center: main calendar
  • The Parker: Fort Lauderdale venue
  • Confirm exact venue on each listing
Museums and historic sites

NSU Art Museum, Museum of Discovery and Science, Stranahan House, History Fort Lauderdale, and Bonnet House each publish their own calendars or tour schedules. Recurring museum access programs are useful, but they should be refreshed seasonally so admission days, hours, and pricing stay accurate.

  • NSU Art Museum
  • Museum of Discovery and Science
  • Stranahan House
  • History Fort Lauderdale
  • Bonnet House
District programmers

Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale, Las Olas Boulevard Association, Las Olas Oceanside Park, MASS District, and neighborhood/district groups are the source lane for markets, outdoor concerts, street festivals, art walks, and corridor events. Because these can change due to weather or permitting, each event needs the current organizer page before publication.

  • Riverwalk: river and district events
  • Las Olas Association: corridor events
  • MASS District: art walk and creative-district programming
  • Las Olas Oceanside Park: beachside markets and music
Parks and recreation

Parks and Recreation pages cover Bank of America Starlight Musicals, Holiday Park programming, Carter Park, Snyder Park, Mills Pond, George English, and other facility-specific events. Public parks also serve as distribution points for resident utilities such as sandbags, so parks calendars belong in civic and event scans.

  • Starlight Musicals
  • Holiday Park
  • Carter Park
  • Mills Pond
  • George English
  • Sandbag and utility events
Annual anchors to flag early

Sistrunk Historical Festival, Las Olas Wine and Food Festival, Tortuga Music Festival, Fort Lauderdale Air Show, Pride Fort Lauderdale, Riverwalk food events, Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, Christmas on Las Olas, and Winterfest Boat Parade all shape traffic and editorial planning. Do not publish annual dates from memory; confirm with the organizer each year.

  • Boat Show and Winterfest affect waterfront logistics
  • Tortuga and Air Show affect beach logistics
  • Christmas on Las Olas affects Las Olas corridor traffic