FORT LAUDERDALE & BROWARD COUNTY
The Weekender
Your curated guide to the best events this week
☀️ WEEK OF JUNE 6 - 12, 2026 🌊
Hey Weekender 👋
The Sistine Chapel exhibition closes June 14, see it at eye level before it's gone. The rest of the week leans on Broward's reliable engines: Friday Night Sound Waves and Starlight Musicals bring free live music, Blue Man Group hits the Broward Center, and Hard Rock Live stacks George Lopez and Morgan Jay. Markets, beach yoga, and a brewery tour round it out.
⭐ The One Thing
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition
The frescoes you can normally only crane your neck at from 60 feet below are reproduced near full scale and hung at eye level inside the Galleria, close enough to read every brushstroke of The Creation of Adam and The Last Judgment. It's a chance to actually study work most people only ever glimpse in a guidebook. This is the closing weekend of the Fort Lauderdale run, with the exhibition shutting down June 14.
📅 Through Sunday, June 14 · Mall hours · 📍 Galleria Fort Lauderdale · Fort Lauderdale · 💵 From $28 · Get Tickets
🌊⛵ Sun, Sand & Sea
Outdoor adventures, water sports, fitness & all things active
The MKT at Las Olas Oceanside Park — Saturday Market
Sat Jun 6 · 9 AM–5 PM · 📍 Las Olas Oceanside Park · Fort Lauderdale Beach · Free · Details
Fresh produce, global street bites, and handmade goods a few steps from the sand. The easiest way to start a beach Saturday.
The MKT at Las Olas Oceanside Park — Sunday Market
Sun Jun 7 · 10 AM–5 PM · 📍 Las Olas Oceanside Park · Fort Lauderdale Beach · Free · Details
Same ocean breeze, slower Sunday pace. Browse the vendors, grab a snack, and stay for the view.
Yoga by Donation on the Main Lawn
Sat Jun 6 · 9 AM · 📍 Las Olas Oceanside Park · Fort Lauderdale Beach · Donation · Details
An oceanfront flow with Lisa Pumper before the market crowds arrive. Roll out a mat and leave what you can.
Friday Night Sound Waves + Music & Makers Market
Fri Jun 12 · 7–9:30 PM · 📍 Las Olas Oceanside Park · Fort Lauderdale Beach · Free · Details
Ten years running: free live music across the road from the beach, with a makers market alongside it. Bring a chair and stay through sunset.
Live Music at Hollywood Beach Theatre
Wed–Sun · 7–9 PM · 📍 Hollywood Beach Bandshell · Hollywood · Free · Details
Free South Florida bands five nights a week on the Broadwalk, with the Atlantic at your back and room to dance.
🍷🍤 Sip & Savor
Food festivals, pop-ups, markets, fairs, tastings & culinary experiences
Plantation Walk Sunday Morning Artisan Market
Sun Jun 7 · 10 AM · 📍 Plantation Walk · Plantation · Free · Details
Local artisans, specialty vendors, and live music in the plaza — west Broward's low-effort Sunday outing.
Funky Buddha Brewery Tour
Sat–Sun Jun 6–7 · 2/3/4 PM · 📍 Funky Buddha Brewery · Oakland Park · Ticketed · Details
Walk the barrels at the taproom that kicked off the Florida Ale Trail. Yes, the Maple Bacon Coffee Porter is part of the lore.
Tamarac Village Food Truck Friday
Fri Jun 12 · 5–9 PM · 📍 Tamarac Village Amphitheater · Tamarac · Free entry · Details
Trucks, games, and music on the second Friday of the month — a relaxed west-side dinner plan with the kids in tow.
🎨🌳 Out & About
Arts, culture, community events & local discoveries
Blue Man Group
Thu–Fri Jun 11–12 · 7 PM · 📍 Au-Rene Theater, Broward Center · Downtown FTL · Ticketed · Details
Drums, paint, and PVC pipe in a wordless spectacle that lands downtown for four nights only. Works for date night or the whole family.
Starlight Musicals at Holiday Park
Fri Jun 12 · 7–10 PM · 📍 Holiday Park · Fort Lauderdale · Free · Details
The free summer concert series, 40-plus years deep, with the R&B-driven Valerie Tyson Band this week. Bring chairs and a cooler to the football field.
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition
Through Sun Jun 14 · 📍 Galleria Fort Lauderdale · Fort Lauderdale · From $28 · Details
The ceiling's masterpieces brought down to eye level inside the Galleria. This is the closing weekend of its Fort Lauderdale run.
Take PRIDE! Coming Out of the Shadows Exhibit
Through Tue Jun 30 · All day · 📍 Galleria Fort Lauderdale · Fort Lauderdale · Free · Details
History Fort Lauderdale's free Pride Month photo exhibition tracing the city's LGBTQ+ history — a fitting kickoff before Pride lands.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Surrounded Islands
Tue–Sun · Museum hours · 📍 NSU Art Museum · Las Olas · $16 / under 18 free · Details
Documentation of Christo's pink-fabric Biscayne Bay project, anchoring the Las Olas arts stop.
👨👩👧👦🎉 The Whole Crew
Family-friendly events for all ages
Museum of Discovery and Science
Open daily · 📍 MODS · Downtown Fort Lauderdale · Ticketed · Details
Otters, an Everglades airboat sim, a megalodon dig, and an IMAX screen — the downtown rainy-day fallback kids actually beg for.
Young at Art Museum
Open · Verify hours · 📍 Young at Art Museum · Davie · Ticketed · Details
Hands-on, paint-it-yourself galleries built for the under-10 crowd out in Davie.
🥂✨ The A-List
Galas, upscale experiences & unmissable headliners
Morgan Jay: The Goofy Guy Tour
Sat Jun 6 · 8 PM · 📍 Hard Rock Live · Hollywood · From ~$45 · Details
The musical-comedy bit machine brings his goofy, sing-along set to Hard Rock Live for one night.
George Lopez
Thu Jun 11 · 8 PM · 📍 Hard Rock Live · Hollywood · From ~$97 · Details
Stand-up's reliable heavyweight headlines the big room in Hollywood for an evening of no-filter comedy.