CommuniTea Dance 2023

Presenting partner Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau

Dates

June 4, 2023 at 1:00 PM

Venue

Ziff Ballet Opera House Stage

Run Time

5 hours

Parental Guide

All ages

The Arsht Center's LGBTQ+ Pride celebration returns for its sixth year. CommuniTEA Dance is a FREE event featuring South Florida's vibrant LGBTQ+ community with performances and DJs in the heart of downtown Miami! Join us indoors, directly on the Arsht Center stage, for an exciting afternoon and exclusive giveaways.

From 1 to 3 p.m., enjoy family-friendly performances, activities for children, storytelling and sing-alongs. The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) and Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science have joined the fun with free art-making kits and interactive presentations.

After 3 p.m., the event will transform into an 18-and-over tea dance*, MC'd by 99JAMZ's She-J Hercules, featuring tunes by Deejay Smeejay (DJ at Sky Sundays at Esme Hotel, OUTShine Film Festival, Miami Beach Pride), a marketplace, performances by Sasha Lords and Kahtya Tehnsion and a rousing show headlined by Martha Wash, the original Weather Girl, platinum-selling recording artist and two-time Grammy Award nominee. Ms. Wash, also known as “The Queen of Clubland” and lauded for her distinctive and dramatic voice, will delight fans with megawatt hits such as “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real),” “It’s Raining Men,” “Strike It Up,” “Everybody Everybody” and C+C Music Factory’s “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now),” which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Join us to enjoy happy-hour food and drinks, express yourself with the arts and learn from our community partners and vendors!

All-ages Celebration
1 p.m.
Face painting and Pride Marketplace featuring Pérez Art Museum Miami and Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science (until 3 p.m.)

1:15 p.m.
Pioneer Winter Movement Session

1:30 p.m.
Stiltwalkers (until 2:30 p.m.)

1:40 p.m.
Storytelling with Dance-A-Story

2:05 p.m.
Music with Mason

2:30 p.m.
Performance by Skull Collection

18+ Tea Dance* | MC’d by 99JAMZ’s She-J Hercules
3 p.m.
Pride Marketplace and happy hour specials (until 6 p.m.)

4 p.m.
Welcome from the Arsht Center and MC She-J Hercules
Music by Deejay Smeejay
Performances by Sasha Lords and Kahtya Tehnsion

5:15 p.m.
Performance by Martha Wash

*Please be prepared to show proof of age (government-issued photo ID) to enter the tea dance.

Tickets

Online ticket sales are no longer available for this performance. Tickets may still be available in person at the box office or by calling 305.949.6722.

Artists

Martha Wash

Martha Wash’s most recent album, Love & Conflict, takes fans in a fascinating and unexpected direction. Released by Wash’s label, Purple Rose Records, this eclectic collection of mesmerizing blues-rock and adult-contemporary songs is a stylistically adventurous journey for the legendary vocalist, entrepreneur and producer, whose spectacular achievements in the music industry are nothing short of staggering. But breaking new ground is something that shouldn’t surprise anyone who is familiar with Wash’s amazing past, including her 14 No. 1 hits!

The twice-Grammy-nominated singer, who began her musical career at the age of 2 in her parents’ church in San Francisco, has been lifting the spirits of audiences for decades. Initially at the forefront of the disco movement of the late ’70s, performing powerful background vocals for the iconic, flamboyant star Sylvester, of “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” fame, Wash stormed the ’80s as half of The Weather Girls, with their mega-hit “It’s Raining Men.” The ’90s moved Wash’s already prolific career into high gear with her awe-inspiring recording of “Sweat (Everybody Dance Now),” the highlight of C&C Music Factory’s career, which sold 10 1/2 million copies worldwide.

With the creation of Purple Rose Records and her working closely with manager James Washington, Wash has continued to evolve in exciting ways in music and beyond. She released the critically acclaimed Something Good album in 2013. Beyond music, Wash has hosted a popular talk show, 10 Minutes With Martha Wash; created a digital publication, FLOD Spotlight Magazine; and supported charitable organizations such as QSAC Inc., a nonprofit organization providing comprehensive services to individuals with autism and their families. Wash has also worked tirelessly for people affected by HIV/AIDS in the United States.

And that brings us to the captivating Love & Conflict. Working with producers Sam Basbous, Felix Petit and Andrew David, Wash left her comfort zone on this album and pursued an exciting, thought-provoking and uplifting new direction. The single “Never Enough Money” is a no-nonsense gritty blues jam that will thrill old and new fans.

Where Wash goes from here is anyone’s guess, but there’s no question it’s going to be a thrilling ride.
Deejay Smeejay
She-J Hercules
Sasha Lords
Kahtya Tehnsion

CommuniTea Dance 2023

Tickets

Artists

Martha Wash

Deejay Smeejay

She-J Hercules

Sasha Lords

Kahtya Tehnsion

Official Sponsors

Institutional Sponsors

CommuniTea Dance 2023

Tickets

Promo for Screen Reader

Artists

Martha Wash

Deejay Smeejay

She-J Hercules

Sasha Lords

Kahtya Tehnsion

Official Sponsors

Institutional Sponsors