Kids (and grown ups!) in Sunny Isles Beach can enjoy plenty of Halloween fun on Friday Oct 30th and Saturday October 31 at Pelican Community Park, 18115 North Bay Road
The city promises “Games, Rides, Music, Food, Contests” and what it calls “the spookiest Haunted House in town”.
The events run from 7pm to 11pm and further details are available on this flyer from the city.

The second annual Sunny Isles Beach Jazz Festival comes to the city next week, with the Neville Brothers as headliners, but there is a full and varied program at venues along the coastline for what should be a cool and fun weekend.

We have now published the list of leading hotels and motels in the Sunny Isles Beach and Aventura area. The permanent listing is found here and will be updated regularly.
You may book with these hotels by following the links to their websites.
If you represent a hotel or motel which is not included please contact us at visitsunnyislesbeach@gmail.com.
You may also email us for inclusion as a premium listing – an enhanced entry with your hotel’s logo and photo and your own chosen description.

Acqualina Resort & Spa on the Beach
17875 Collins Avenue
Sunny …

Karina Iglesias brings her brand of melodic soul to Sunny Isles Beach on Wednesday night when she performs at 305 at the Newport Beachside Resort on Collins.  Expect songs from her album The Way and enjoy a fine voice given smart and understated backing by her live band.

Check out Karina’s music at her Myspace page
Entry is free and the show begins at 8pm. And ladies drink free from 9-11.

Just a couple of events to let you know about in Sunny Isles this weekend:
Saturday night’s party at the Newport Beachside Resort’s ‘Kitchen 305′ is put on by High Society Events and features the ‘Playtime Party launch. As always at 305 – expect the party to get going after dinner until late…
The Trump has a $39 upscale brunch which also includes access to their cool pool area and beach. Don’t forget also that after 3pm, DJ Indigo will be spinning the tunes during a Swimsuit show and party at the …

This looks like fun – swimsuit, fashion show, pool party and DJ Indigo – all on a Sunday afternoon in Sunny Isles Beach……

There is a new buzz about Sunny Isles Beach and much of it relates to the emerging restaurant/bar/hotel lounge/pool party scene that is slowly developing in the city. So last Friday, the VisitSunnyIslesBeach.com team embarked on what you might call a ‘typical’ night out – cocktails, casual dinner and then a little partying. It is something we do pretty regularly, with variations in terms of location, but last week just seemed to typify what we like about our neighbourhood and so we thought we would share it with you.
We kicked …

According to the South Florida Caribbean News – former President Bill Clinton will be visiting our Sunny Isles Beach to address the 2009 Haitian Diaspora Unity Congress which will take place at the Trump International Beach Resort on August 6-9, 2009.
The report says:
The purpose of this congress is to combine and capitalize on the Haitian Diaspora resources to develop solution-oriented strategies to aid Haitians at home and abroad.
This event brings together Haitians from all over the world, government officials and leaders from aid organizations to discuss assisting development …

Good news for jazz lovers in Sunny Isles and for all those who love a bit of live music while lounging near the sea — Sunny Isles Beach’s Jazz Festival, premiered last year, will return in the weekend of October 16-18, 2009.
“The 2008 Jazz Fest weekend was such a huge success and by popular demand we are bringing it back to Sunny Isles Beach,” said Mayor Norman Edelcup. Certainly it is good for everyone in the city to have events such as this to bring in more local …

People sometimes talk as if tourism is something new in Sunny Isles Beach but long before Donald Trump and his friends invested in luxury high-rise properties on the coastline, the area attracted plenty of visitors to the more modest motels that were dotted alongside the dunes.
It is hard to find many images from the days gone by but one of the things we want to do here is to dig out whatever can be found online to give a taste of what life must have been like in this area. …