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Celia Almeida

Before rejoining Miami New Times as culture editor in 2025, Celia Almeida freelanced for the paper starting in 2016, then came aboard as a staff editor in 2018. Beginning in late 2019, she served as digital editor for Ink. Her writing has been featured in Billboard, Consequence, Paper, and Rolling Stone, among other outlets.

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Drag Race Star Adore Delano on Her Musical 180 and Listening to Veteran Queens

By Celia Almeida

Last year, after success on the Billboard Dance and Electronic charts with her first two albums Til Death Do Us Party and After Party, the RuPaul’s Drag Race alum ditched the tousled, multi-colored wigs for long, untamed, pitch-black locks, smeared on some dark lipstick, squeezed her thin frame into some lace-up pants and boots, and released her third album Whatever, a straight up alternative rock record that leans more into Iggy Pop by way of Marilyn Manson than it does toward the disco dance pop of Mama Ru.

The Best Free Events in Miami This Week

By Celia Almeida

The Wynwood Yard and Pérez Art Museum Miami are throwing their own Memorial Day barbecues so you don’t have to. Catch a performance by SunGhosts on the PAMM terrace, and sample beers from South Florida’s top breweries at the Wynwood Yard’s BBQ Carnival on Monday. This Saturday, listen as Miami’s best bands play a soundtrack straight out of 1999 in celebration of New Times writer David Rolland’s novel The End of the Century.

The Best Concerts in Miami This Week

By Celia Almeida

Residual rain from Subtropical Storm Alberto likely derailed or altered your Memorial Day weekend plans, but you have a new week ahead full of concerts to make up for the fun you missed. Proto-pop country superstar and ladies’ anthem singer Shania Twain will come to the BB&T Center this Friday, while Dance Gavin Dance will play two back-to-back shows at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale. Local acts SunGhosts, Keith Johns, and the State Of will also play hometown shows this week.

The Best Concerts in Miami This Week

By Celia Almeida

It’s shaping up to be another wet week in South Florida, so you’ll probably want to prioritize indoor shows. But there’s likely no escaping the rain at the biggest concert of the week: Top Dawg Entertainment’s Championship Tour. The show will offer a stacked lineup of the label’s superstars and rising stars, including…

The Best Free Events in Miami This Week

By Celia Almeida

After a drenched weekend in usually sunny Miami, the rain shows no signs of letting up this week. It’s tempting to stay under the covers all week watching Netflix, but there are too many exciting events happening around town, even as we wait for the first ray of sunshine in days to crack through the clouds this week…

HistoryMiami’s New Exhibit Pays Homage to Miami’s Woodstock Precursor

By Celia Almeida

HistoryMiami’s new exhibit, “Miami Rocks: The Miami Pop Festival, May 1968,” on display May 18 through September 30, pays homage to the vital role Miami played during a pivotal era in American music history. Michael Lang, the promoter behind Woodstock, also organized the Miami Pop Festival. He would later go on to say that “the seeds of Woodstock were sown” here.

The Best Concerts in Miami This Week

By Celia Almeida

Summer concert season is heating up with not one, but two South Florida shows by Justin Timberlake this week and a Saturday-night performance by Maluma at the American Airlines Arena. Ellen Allien will hit the decks at Floyd with Rex the Dog this Friday night, and New Found Glory will headline a benefit for the victims and survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

The Best Free Events in Miami This Week

By Celia Almeida

Before summer temperatures arrive in full force, head outdoors this week to get some exercise, catch some rays, and enjoy live music. Locos por Juana will ease your hump-day blues with a free concert in Brickell, the newly opened GeckoParX and Paddletopia will host creative ways to get active, and the Key Largo Original Music Fest will offer four days of some of the nation’s finest independent songwriters.

The Best Concerts in Miami This Week

By Celia Almeida

Miami’s premier hip-hop festival will roll into a new location at Hard Rock Stadium this week after ditching Bayfront Park. Cardi B will no longer headline this year’s Rolling Loud Festival as she awaits the arrival of Baby Bardi, but Offset will hit the stage with his Migos mates, along with headliners J. Cole, Travis Scott, and Future.

The Best Free Events in Miami This Week

By Celia Almeida

This week’s free events are all about reaching out to connect Miami’s diverse communities. A concert at the Wynwood Yard aims to bring together audiences of different backgrounds and genre preferences; panels at Nova and the Miami Workers Center will discuss the threats facing marginalized communities in America; and ongoing Haitian Heritage Month events celebrate the pride and traditions of Miami’s Haitian community.

The Best Concerts in Miami This Week

By Celia Almeida

It’s a great week for rock ‘n’ roll fans in Miami. Queens of the Stone Age will hit Bayfront Park Tuesday night, and local heavyweights Viniloversus, Heavy Drag, and SunGhosts will play at venues around town this week. But it can’t all be good news. Bhad Bhabie — AKA the “Cash Me Ousside” girl — somehow milked her 15 minutes of talk-show fame into a show at the Hangar. If you’re paying for that one, it’s on you.

The Best Free Events in Miami This Week

By Celia Almeida

It’s only Monday, but let’s cut to the chase: You’re already planning for Saturday’s Cinco de Mayo festivities. Before you start slamming tequila shots, slow down and celebrate Star Wars Day at Miami’s own Star Wars-themed brewery, J. Wakefield. And once you’ve recovered, wind down at the Little Haiti Book Festival or take your pet to Woofstock at the Barnacle Historic State Park.