Plan your weekend

Ferries, hotels, heat management and the hour-by-hour shape of a festival day. Read this once and June gets easier.

A festival day, hourly

2:00 PMGates and ferries open. Chrome Garden and Liquid Court are calmest now.
5:00 PMFirst sets. Eat early: the courts are smoothest before 7.
8:00 PMPrime-time slots across all four stages. Pick two, not four.
11:59 PMY2K Arcadia opens. After-10pm policy: 18+ with ID.
4:00 AMSunrise Lounge opens for the finishers.
6:00 AMTrains slow, ferries keep running. Sunday closes at sunrise.

Where to stay

Hotel blocks are held at three fictional downtown partners with festival shuttle stops at the door, from $159/night. Booking codes ship with every pass. Camping is not offered on the island; the ferry makes it unnecessary.

  • The Meridian Tower: skyline rooms, 8-min shuttle
  • Casa Bahía: courtyard pool, 12-min shuttle
  • The Dockmaster: budget suites, walk to terminal

Heat is real

June in Miami means hydration is a strategy, not an afterthought. Free water refill stations at every stage, shade structures along every route, cooling mist stations near the main stages, and the Reset Room for when you need air and quiet.

Money stuff

All vendors take cards and taps. ATMs exist at the main gate but you won't need one. Lockers rent for the weekend at the ferry terminal. Tips are encouraged and split with the whole court crew.