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We Belong Here Miami has joined a growing list of festivals forced to suspend programming on account of inclement weather.
We Belong Here Miami was forced to open its gates two hours late on Sunday, March 1 — the third and final day of the festival — after rainstorms swept through the venue at Historic Virginia Key Beach Park.
The decision followed a Saturday downpour, which also affected the festival’s programming. While doors opened on time that day, rain started to fall around ten minutes later, taking about 30 minutes off of mölly‘s opening set.
Initially, organizers intended to start admitting attendees at 4pm, on Sunday, one hour after the event’s scheduled start time. “From the reports we are receiving, we are optimistic that we will have clear skies for the duration of the event,” they shared in a statement posted at 2:30pm on Sunday. “This extra hour of delay should allow for the storm to pass, and for our team to reset the site so we can have an incredible closing day together.”
Large puddles of standing water remained on the festival grounds for hours after the gates opened. But attendees didn’t let it hamper their good time. Video captured on site shows some entrants dancing in the middle of puddles unbothered, and Dutch superstar Tiësto closed down the gathering with a three-hour performance at sunset.
We Belong Here Miami celebrated its fifth annual edition in 2026, featuring headliners like Chris Lake, Gorgon City, and Kaskade. The broader We Belong Here event brand held its first event inside the former New York Stock Exchange building in 2021, with more recent iterations of the Big Apple festival taking place at Pier 16.
By no means does this year’s weather issues make We Belong Here Miami an outlier in the US festival market. Ultra Music Festival, also a Miami event, had to suspend some of its programming in both 2024 and 2025 on account of heavy rain. Michigan gatherings like Movement Detroit and Electric Forest faced similar issues in 2024.
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