These are the best things to do in Miami this weekend

Party ghouls and techno trolls know to head to Factory Town on Halloween for Hocus Pocus, the annual weekend rave that brings some of the city’s best DJs (including some notable imports like John Summit, Seth Troxler, Ellen Allien and Paco Osuna) to a forlorn collection of warehouses in the middle of Hialeah. From 7pm to 7am, enjoy all the EDM your heart can handle. Three-day tickets start at $93.30

Dr. John Seward, the psychiatrist who analyzed Dracula’s servant R.M. Renfield in Bram Stoker’s literary classic, is the central subject of this sequel of sorts by Joseph Zettelmaier. Following the supposed demise of Count Dracula, and having lost friends to the count’s murderous ways, Dr. Seward has chosen a life of self-imposed isolation. But when a series of familiar deaths begin to occur around the doctor, he must prove his innocence to skeptical authorities, confronting his own demons as well as the horrors of the outside world.

At this air-conditioned pop-up market in Little River, expect a curated roundup of vendors selling vintage clothing, furniture, curios and vinyl along with original art, plants, drinks and snacks. This weekend, The New Schnitzel House supplies the German-inspired grub while DJs spin vinyl records all day and tarot card readings set the mood for all your pre-Halloween festivities. 7401 NW Miami Pl

Experience the beloved children's novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry like never before at The Little Prince World Miami, running from October 13 through December 31. Contained within a 137-foot wide and 45-foot high dome on Watson Island, the immersive landscape features a sprawling desert of real sand and more whimsical, multisensory elements that transport guests to unknown planets. Meet the book's enchanting characters and experience a nostalgic adventure through the eyes of the iconic Little Prince at this family-friendly, hour-long installation.

Wynwood's HQ for all things drag, R house hosts a wicked pre-Halloween party headlined by none other than Latrice Royale of RuPaul's Drag Race fame. Join Latrice and Miami icon Athena Dion for a fierce evening filled with over-the-top costumes, music, performances and more from 8pm until 2am. Reduced-price early bird, general admission and VIP group admission tickets are available. All ticket sales will benefit SAVE, whose mission is to promote, protect and defend equality for LGBTQ in South Florida.

Gulfstream Park returns with its annual Halloween featuring plenty of all-ages thrills. The free party spans the Village Center and a route of candy stations doling out 2,000 pounds of sweets at participating shops. The whole thing kicks off with a fog-filled Headless Horseman grand entrance in the Walking Ring, next to the Clubhouse. After that, the night unfolds with a live MC and DJ, performers, food trucks and contests with cash prizes.

Prefer garden strolls to techno trolls? The Haunting Hour at Fairchild Tropical Gardens is sort of like trick or treating for adults: Don costumes and sip on cocktails as you stroll the garden’s many many haunted trails. Secrets bloom throughout, so consider joining one of the immersive walks throughout the night—It may just help you find the hidden speakeasy. 

Gulfstream Park's late-night adults lounge Carousel Club launches a mesmerizing weekly party just in time for the spooky season. Moonlight Circus Saturdays plays off the club's festive funhouse theme with suspended aerial acts, mind-bending illusionists, stilt walkers, costumed characters and more live circus activations throughout the night. Festivities (including specialty frozen cocktails) kick off at 10pm and go until 3am. A free RSVP for the opening night will score you a glass of complimentary champagne.

Scoring three Tonys for its 1988 Broadway premiere, Into the Woods has become one of Stephen Sondheim’s signature works, a delightful and deadpan mash-up of the several Brothers Grimm fairy tales featuring some of the composer’s most persistent earworms and plenty of narrative surprises. As a baker enters fabled woods to secure the ingredients needed to reverse a witch’s curse that has left his family childless, his story collides with others who have ventured into the mystical space, among them Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack (of the Beanstalk fame). Oct. 14–29: various show times; $52–$90

Here’s something to snap your fingers to: The 305 ’80s Bar at Café La Trova is hosting an Addams Family-themed dance party over Halloween weekend from midnight to close. They’ll be hosting dance contests with prizes, so do brush up on that epic Wednesday Addams routine before you go.

Back for a third year, Tinez Farms' Pinterest-perfect pumpkin patch provides the ideal fallscape for all your seasonal photos. Aside from the multi-sized and colored gourds and hay bales, there's an animal barnyard and petting zoo, a garden maze, Tinez yard games, climbing, swings, zip lines, a bounce house and a tubing slide to help get you into the autumnal spirit. You can also opt to add on a cow barrel train or pony, donkey and horse rides to your experience. On the weekends, peruse the farmers' market, where you'll find organic produce and artisanal wares from local businesses.

Maybe spooky, definitely sexy, MAXIM’s third annual Halloween Party at Hyde Beach is our pick for a South Beach-style bash. Dance the night away alongside cirque performances and go-go dancers, and Trey Songz is headlining, so “Bottoms Up,” boo. Tickets start at $100

Bop downstairs to the basement of the Gale South Beach every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night to find a lineup of the city’s best Latin, fusion and straight-ahead jazz players providing impeccable vibes at Medium Cool, one of our favorite new cocktails lounges in Miami. The music kicks off at 7pm and heats up until 10pm, when the bar's resident DJs take over. Check Instagram for a rundown of the schedule each week.

Sink into luxury at MILA Lounge and MILA MM this Halloween season for their Haunted Sunken Shipyard-themed party on Saturday, October 28. Mingle with phantom mariners and ethereal mermaids while dancing to MILA Lounge’s Balearic music. Don your most ghostly attire and join the ranks of specters and celebrants for a Halloween experience that defines the boundaries of the living world.

Tony-winning playwright and director Moisés Kaufman scripted this powerful indictment of Venezuela’s corrupt ruling class, based on Jonathan Jakubowicz’s best-selling novel of the same name. The title character, a supporter of the dictatorial government of Hugo Chavez, achieves unforeseen wealth by collaborating with the regime, at least until his chickens come home to roost. This world-premiere political thriller will be presented in Spanish with English supertitles. Oct 17–Nov 12: 8pm Thurs–Sat, 3pm Sun; $46.50–$76.50

Magic City Flea, Wynwood's eclectic weekly pop-up market, pops up all around the city this summer, from Okeydokey to the Freehold and beyond (check their Instagram for the latest event updates). Depending on the day, find 15+ small shops committed to sourcing the most unique and sustainable vintage pieces. Every weekend, vibe out to the live DJ, sip cocktails and snack on yummy bites from local vendors while you shop. Various locations

Looking for a fresh perspective? Take a stroll through the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami’s latest public art installation, Into the Great Dying: Roles We Play by ceramicist Beatriz Chachamovits. This interactive work invites viewers to engage with a sculpted coral reef, ponder humanity’s impact on these fragile ecosystems and actively participate in their preservation and restoration. The free opening reception on July 28 is followed by a night of JAZZ at MOCA on the museum’s plaza.

You probably know the story of Reginald Rose’s oft-staged classic: Twelve jurors—traditionally all white—are tasked with deciding the guilt or innocence of a Black youth accused of murder. Only one juror is unconvinced of the child’s guilt, and he’ll spend the play’s duration attempting to sway his colleagues, in turn exposing their inherent biases. Nearly 70 years after it was written, Twelve Angry Men remains both a crackling piece of stagecraft and a paean to how our judicial system is supposed to work. 

Miami's biggest night for improv comedy happens every Saturday at Villain Theater in the heart of Little Haiti. Enjoy original, spontaneous live performances from some of the fiercest improvisers across South Florida. Shout out a suggestion and become a part of the action as the theater's talented cast of actors spins hysterical yarns over the course of two Second City-style improv shows. Mingle and sip beers in the lobby lounge in between sets: A ticket grants you access to both the 8:30 and 10pm showtimes.

Get ready for some messy fun with a higher purpose: Museum of Graffiti hosts Spray it Loud!, an evening workshop where you’ll learn all the basics of graffiti. Led by a local graffiti artist, this adults-only, intro-level class is limited to just eight participants, making it an ideal way to loosen up and let your creativity flow. Plus, the cost of the class ($75) includes admission to the museum afterward. They’ll provide ponchos and gloves, but guests are encouraged to wear comfortable clothes that can get dirty—unless you want to leave looking like your design.

Spells and sounds await you at WTR, the 1 Hotel South Beach’s rooftop. Their Mystical Forest Halloween party promises “unearthly surprises” under the moonlight, just be sure to dress the part.

Humor, insight and pathos are central to this signature work by the late Florida-born playwright Terence McNally. It’s set in the lakeside vacation estate of a successful but creatively stymied Broadway choreographer, who has gathered seven of his friends, lovers and their acquaintances, all of whom identify as gay. The play, which broke ground in its 1994 Off-Broadway premiere, is as notable for its liberal attitude toward onstage nudity as its lengthy running time of three hours with two intermissions.

The Coconut Grove Farmers Market is probably Miami’s most well-known. Every Saturday, Homestead's Glaser Organic Farms transforms an unoccupied corner of Coconut Grove into a full-fledged produce market with dozens of fruit and vegetable stands, a raw bar featuring prepared foods and salads and coolers filled with cold-pressed juices and nut mylks. There’s even velvety vegan ice cream for sale and several rows of picnic tables where you can sit and enjoy your bounty. Along its periphery, you’ll find other local vendors selling honey, homemade soaps, handmade jewelry and other artisanal items. And the setup and breakdown are so fascinating to watch! Much like the circus leaving town, everyone quickly dismantles their tents and packs up just after sunset, leaving no trace of the bustling day on the empty gravel lot.

Japanese contemporary art superstar Yayoi Kusama unveils her largest and most immersive kaleidoscopic environment this spring at Pérez Art Museum Miami. Known for her groundbreaking, psychedelic sculpture and Infinity Mirror installation works that originated in the 1960s and gave rise to today’s ubiquitous immersive art trend, Kusama has created a culmination of her artistic practice in the upcoming LOVE IS CALLING show at PAMM. 

As visitors walk through the darkened, mirrored room, they’ll encounter the breadth of Kusama’s visual vocabulary: a disorienting cavern of polka-dotted, tentacle-like forms extending from the floor and ceiling, providing the room’s only source of light as they gradually change color. Meanwhile, a recording of Kusama’s voice fills the space as she recites a love poem that explores poignant, universal themes around life and death. Written by the artist, the Japanese poem’s title translates to “Residing in a Castle of Shed Tears.”

Featuring 50 artists and more than 200 personal objects, artworks and ephemera, this chronological exhibition traces the evolution of Joan Didion and her voice as a writer and pioneer of New Journalism. Find works by Betye Saar, Vija Celmins, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Maren Hassinger, Silke Otto-Knapp, Ana Mendieta, Ed Ruscha and Pat Steirmany, among many others, along with family heirlooms, paintings, photographs, sculptures and videos highlighting Didion’s emphasis on subjectivity and critique of power.

A leading artist of her generation, 36-year-old Avery Singer uses innovative tools like 3D modeling software and computer-controlled airbrushing to create complex paintings and installations that interpret contemporary social reality and technology. For her ICA Miami exhibition, the American artist debuts a new body of work that examines both on- and offline identities.