If you love great music but want to keep your arts outings affordable, the New World Symphony’s Blue Concerts are one of South Florida’s best cultural bargains. Held at the New World Center in Miami Beach, these concerts invite everyone — from first-timers to seasoned classical fans — to experience innovative orchestral music at whatever price they can afford.
What Are the Blue Concerts?
The Blue Concerts are a curated series developed by the orchestra’s Fellows. These performances tend to be more intimate, experimental, and community-focused than traditional symphony concerts, offering fresh takes on classical and contemporary works.
Pay-What-You-Wish Tickets
Here’s the best part for budget-minded South Floridians: Blue Concerts are pay-what-you-wish. That means you set the price — from $0 up — making world-class music accessible to everyone.
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Upcoming Blue Concerts
Blue Concert: Game, Set, Music
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: New World Center, Miami Beach
Details: From baseball to bowling, the Fellows of New World Symphony curate a playful evening of music inspired by sports and games.
Blue Concert: Chamber Masterworks of Eastern Europe
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: New World Center, Miami Beach
Details: “Chamber Masterworks of Eastern Europe” celebrates the rich musical traditions of Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary.
Blue Concert: The Clock Strikes 2:32 PM
Date: Friday, January 30, 2026
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: New World Center, Miami Beach
Details: Blending classical music with modern technology, “The Clock Strikes 2:32 PM,” will transform the Michael Tilson Thomas Performance Hall into an immersive space where audiences step into a world of light sound, and imagination.
Blue Concert: Constellations in BLUE
Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: New World Center, Miami Beach
RSVP/Tickets here.
Details: “Constellations in BLUE” has two intertwined components: recording a digital album and an accompanying live concert.
Blue Concert: Marais’ Cello
Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: New World Center, Miami Beach
RSVP/Tickets here.
Details: “Marais’ Cello” showcases the exciting, original and bizarre sounds of French Baroque composer Marin Marais. NWS Cello Fellow and arranger Sameer Apte, alongside harpsichordist Zhengyi Adam Hou and NWS Fellows, showcase Marais’s chamber music and solo viola da gamba works, some performed on the cello for the very first time.
Blue Concert: Devotion Meets the Symphony
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: New World Center, Miami Beach
RSVP/Tickets here.
Details: “Devotion Meets the Symphony” blends Western classical music with the participatory, devotional tradition of kirtan, a call-and-response form of devotional chanting that originated in India.
Blue Concert: Musicians’ Forum
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: New World Center, Miami Beach
RSVP/Tickets here.
Details: Curated and produced by Fellows, this series presents intimate performances that come alive.
Blue Concert: The Yellow Wallpaper in Concert
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: New World Center, Miami Beach
RSVP/Tickets here.
Details: Through immersive visuals and a modern masterpieces, “The Yellow Wallpaper in Concert” guides the audience through Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic feminist tale of a woman’s psychological unraveling under confinement.
Blue Concert: Musicians’ Forum
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: New World Center, Miami Beach
RSVP/Tickets here.
Details: Curated and produced by Fellows, this series presents intimate performances that come alive.
More New World Symphony events
See all the upcoming New World Symphony events here.
Parking options
Parking is about $2 per hour at the 17th Street Garage, 1755 Meridian Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139, or usually $15 per event at the Pennsylvania Avenue Garage, 1661 Pennsylvania Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139.
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