Think Winter Party is all about boys dancing shirtless? Think again. We have a several events designed with the women of Winter Party in mind.
From our opening reception to our world-renowned Beach Party, every Winter Party event welcomes everybody who wants to be part of our celebration. But it’s always nice to have a few events that cater specifically to the women in our audience. Our Winter Party for women includes a cool art exhibit, two red-hot dance parties and spicy jazz brunch.
Join us for the opening event of Women’s Winter Party at the recently renovated Miami Beach Botanical Garden. This urban greenspace in the heart of South Beach is your backdrop for an evening under the stars featuring a women’s art exhibition and auction, live acoustic set by Cat Shell and the sounds of local DJ Run Sevim Run. Cover includes open bar for selected cocktails and wine plus delectable hors d’oeuvres.
Feel the heat at one of Miami’s coolest live music venues for a special performance by Jesse, Angie & Nicolle of The Chirino Sisters and their band. Plus DJ GiGi spins a musical mix of classic salsa & merengue, sexy reggaeton and pulsating Latin house. All these sounds will be served up at Pa’Ella, our signature Latin event co-produced by Icandee Events. The rhythm is sure to keep you on the dancefloor all night enjoying plenty of caliente eye candy. This event is sponsored in part by Tampico.
The dancing continues at our annual Industry party featuring the sounds of DJ Whitney Day from New York City. With her passion for funky and soulful dance, Hip-Hop, house and electro-pop music, Whitney is a staple in the NYC LGBTQ nightlife scene. Check your inhibitions at the door and come play with hundreds of women. Feel the energy as the music pumps and go-go dancers keep you moving all night.
Relax, mix and mingle - preferably with a Mimosa or Bloody Mary in hand. Join us on South Beach for a sit down feast featuring your Sunday Brunch favorites by Chef Geoffrey Zakarian, winner of The Next Iron Chef. And although you'll be sitting down for a delish meal, we won’t be surprised if you feel the need to tap into your inner Brazilian and sway to the tantalizing Bossa Nova sounds of Monica Da Silva.
Space is limited by your tickets early so you don't miss out!!
Finish Sunday Brunch, stroll across the street and keep the party going as the Lords South Beach hosts our first-ever Winter Party Festival Women’s T-Dance.
Cat Shell has been writing and performing throughout South Florida for the past 4 years. She just finished up my sophomore album "Illusion" which is set for release in February 2012!! Her new fully produced album has an organic R&B/Pop vibe with elemental hints of Jazz & Neo-Soul. She will be following up the album release with lots of shows both in and out of Florida and looks forward to sharing her music with you all!!
The Chirino Sisters are a legacy of music. The name alone is synonymous with the famous “Miami Sound”. These talented women are daughters of the world renowned Salsa singer/bandleader and Grammy winner Willy Chirino and grew up surrounded by the driving beats and soulful rhythms of Afro-Caribbean grooves and swinging Brazilian samba and Bossa Nova with a good measure of American R&B, Jazz, Pop, and Rock n’ Roll. Everything from Celia Cruz to Chicago, the Beatles to Beny More was constantly played in their house and these ladies soon learned that music was the force that moved their lives.
Over the years, these sisters each developed a unique and definitive style. They went from harmonizing in the back seat of the car on family road trips to singing and playing behind some of the most famous names in Latin music - people such as Gloria Estefan, Mark Anthony, and Celia Cruz to name a few. Now they have come together to bring South Florida a taste of what they each know best. They have united their individual styles and put together a dynamic stage show that is sure to excite and ignite anyone to get up and dance. Their beautiful, soulful and rhythmic voices combine into moving harmonies and soon it becomes evident that a lifetime full of music is behind every note. Their band consists of the best of the best in Latin music today. They combine their own popular musical hits with other well known Latin and American favorites to create a repertoire that is sure to please everyone. Put all these together and you have an experience that will not soon be forgotten.
Best known for her multilingual music productions that span five languages – English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and French, you may have already heard some of Mônica’s music and not even realized it. Many of her songs have been featured on national and international commercials , and prime time shows on MTV, CBS, NBC, HGTV, just to list a few.
Mônica grew up between the USA and Belém, Brazil, a city on the Amazon river. Experiencing life in two very different places helped to shape Mônica’s original sound, which is a blend of Bossa Nova, World Music and Indie Pop.
Miami’s Acontece Magazine, recently called Mônica’s music the “future of Bossa Nova with the face of youth today”.
Since her arrival to the Miami scene from Amman, Jordan, Sevim has blended her influences of electro, new wave, rock, baile funk, dubstep, disco and glam to create the explicit sound described by the new Times as "Metal Disco."
As a regular in Miami nightlife scene, she has played everything from undergound warehouse raves to upscale velvet rope events. She shows no signs of slowing down as she has taken her inimitable thud to New York City's infamous Webster Hall all the way to Texas' legendary SMG Festivals and then crossing borders to Mexico's subversive glam parties.
Whether it's performing among Miami's other favorite DJS or big names in entertainment, she has rebelliously proven herself to be a trendsetter and indispensable member of the nightlife industry. Sevim states, "I work hard to assure that the relation between my crowd, music, and self are comparable to a religious experience"
Sevim has also shared the stage with the biggest and hottest emergent talents: Andy Rourke of The Smiths, Stev Aoki, MSTRKRFT, Bass Nectar, Hollywood Holt, Discotech, Inflagranti, Your Dirty Habit, Le Castelvania, Borgore, Jason Tyler, Teen Wolf, Afrobeta, The Cool Kids, Million $ Mano, Designer Drugs, Italians Do It Better, Midnight Conspiracy, Classixx, Keys N Krates, Guns N Bombs, He Say She Say, Alex English and more.
Venezuela born, Geraldine (DJ GiGi, formally known as DJ G Spot) mixed at some of the hottest clubs in Washington, DC. Inspired by many talented DJs in the Nation's capital, DJ GiGi started off mixing international music in 2006 until she found her soul and passion in House and Dance music. GiGi played at popular clubs like Current, Josephine, Cafe Citron, Eden and Apex. Her popularity increased as she showed her natural ability to keep crowds enthralled and unable to leave the dance floor. Along with playing at the hottest spots in Washington, DC, she was also featured every Friday on DC United's 87.7FM Radio Station's "Party Mix". This led to the opportunity for her to DJ live at RFK Stadium,, where the DC United soccer team played. In 2011, GiGi made her Miami debut at Aqua Girl, the biggest woman's fundraiser in the nation. GiGi's ability to transition flawlessly through different genres of music drew attention and she was selected to spin at a Toronto's Pride event. She now makes Miami her home but continues to travel back to DC. GiGi believes that no matter what language you speak, we all understand the language of music and that helps to inspire her and the music she mixes.
A musician and avid party-rocker growing up in NYC, Whitney Day finally decided to make the leap from the dance floor to the decks. Having an instinct for reading crowds, she blends her eclectic musical taste to create surprising new mixes and seamless on-the-fly mash-ups. With a passion for funky, popular and soul-inflected house and electro music, Whitney casts a positive vibe over every party she plays and her high energy keeps dance-floors packed with bodies shaking to thumping beats. One of NYC’s rising-star DJs, Whitney Day has become a staple in the LGBTQ nightlife scene at home, across the country and internationally. Her exploding fan-base, residencies with top promoters in gay & lesbian nightlife (Maggie C Events, Fornabaio-Voss Events and Josh Wood Productions), and recent nomination as Go Magazine's 2011 'Best Dance DJ', are nods to her talent and commitment to the music and nightlife industry. Whitney Day's versatility behind the turntables and a personal goal to blur the lines between the LGBTQ and mainstream crowds has helped her grow an expansive gig list including mega-clubs such as Pacha and Cielo as well as underground Brooklyn warehouse parties, celebrity-studded Manhattan soirees, music festivals, pride parties, benefit fundraisers and fashion events. Her upcoming calendar includes regular bookings in NYC as well as dates in Atlantic City, Providence, Boston, Miami, as well as Puerto Rico, Mexico, Trinidad and Israel. If you haven't experienced the sounds of Whitney Day, be sure to check out one of her free mixes on her website and join the 35,000+ listeners who already have.
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