Best Singles Events in Miami This Week: Nov 11–Nov 18

This is the fullest singles week of the season. Thirteen verified nights sit on the list between tonight and next Wednesday — speed dating in Coconut Grove, Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Delray Beach, a salsa night where the class does the introducing, a Lock & Key party, a daytime coffee date for the 60+ crowd, and a supper-club mixer on Brickell Key to close it out. Pick a format, pick a night, and meet people in a room instead of on a screen.

Below are the Miami singles events this week on the live list for Nov 11–Nov 18. Every event comes straight from the live singles page, which is checked against each organizer's own listing — the date, the venue, the price, and the link all come from there. Where a listing does not publish a fixed price, we say so rather than guess.

Wednesday, November 11 — Tonight

Cougar Night Speed Dating in Fort Lauderdale at The Lobby FTL — 7–9 PM, The Lobby Fort Lauderdale (FTL), Southeast 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale. Sips & Sparks brings its themed Cougar Night to The Lobby FTL: the night starts with a relaxed social mixer, then moves into guided short rounds with icebreakers, and mutual matches get each other's info the next day. Tickets are sold via Eventbrite and prices rise after the first 20 sell — no fixed price is published, so check the listing and book early. Get tickets.

Thursday, November 12 — Five Ways to Go Out

Coffee Date Speed Dating Ages 60+ in Plantation at Helena's Coffee — 4–6 PM (check-in from 3:30 PM), Helena's Coffee, 823B S University Dr, Plantation. Sips & Sparks runs a daytime coffee edition for singles ages 60+: two halves of guided short rounds over coffee — no loud bar, no late night. The age range is a guide, not a strict rule. Tickets $46.93; prices rise after the first 20 sell. Get tickets.

Fort Lauderdale 20s–40s Gay, Bi, Trans & Queer+ Speed Dating at Emily's Garden — 6:30–8:30 PM, Emily's Garden, 327 SW 2nd St, Fort Lauderdale. Little Gay Book returns to Emily's Garden with its intentional speed dating for LGBTQ+ singles in their 20s to 40s who are looking for a real, monogamous relationship — not another app loop. Two hours of guided rounds in a garden setting, with mutual matches shared the next day. Tickets $19.10–$47.64 via Eventbrite — find the Nov 12 Emily's Garden listing on the Fort Lauderdale speed-dating page. Get tickets.

Speed Dating Beyond Small Talk | Tantra Speed Date® — Palm Beach (Delray Beach) — 6:30–9:30 PM, Dancing Lion, 290 SE 6th Ave Suite 3, Delray Beach. The Tantra Institute brings Tantra Speed Date® to Delray Beach: guided connection exercises designed to skip small talk and test real chemistry, built for open-minded Palm Beach singles. Tickets $40.75–$149.10 on Eventbrite. Get tickets.

Love In The Club: Salsa Singles Night at ZeyZey Miami — 7 PM–1 AM, ZeyZey Miami, 353 NE 61st St, Miami. Salsa Z builds a singles night for the dance floor instead of the apps: it opens with a casino-style Cuban salsa class where you constantly switch partners — so you meet everyone without trying — then the party keeps going with cocktails and conversation-starting flirting cards. 21+. Tickets $16.12–$24.60 on ZeyZey's own calendar — the lowest-priced night of the week. Get tickets.

Date Night in Coconut Grove | CitySwoon | Ages 38-52 — 8–10:30 PM, Glass & Vine, 2820 McFarlane Rd, Coconut Grove, Miami. CitySwoon brings its matched speed dating to the garden patio at Peacock Park: around 8 live-selected mini-dates for singles ages 38–52. A completed CitySwoon profile with a clear face photo is required to participate, and booking is essential — spots are limited. Tickets $39 on Humanitix. Get tickets.

Saturday, November 14 — The Big Night

Fort Lauderdale Speed Dating Ages 24–39 at Riverside Market Cafe — 2–4 PM, The Riverside Market Cafe, 608 SW 12th Ave, Fort Lauderdale. DateFaster runs its 5–6 minute rounds in the afternoon: meet local singles ages 24–39 face to face, mark your matches privately after each round, and mutual matches are emailed the next day. VIP tickets include one complimentary drink. Tickets $19.08–$30.50 on Eventbrite. Get tickets.

Miami Speed Dating Ages 24–39 at Churchill's Pub — 2–4 PM, Churchill's Pub, 5501 NE 2nd Ave, Miami. The same DateFaster format on the Miami side of the county line, at the same hours: 5–6 minute rounds for ages 24–39, private match cards, and mutual matches emailed the next day. VIP tickets include one complimentary drink, and buying a menu item earns a free ticket to a future DateFaster singles mixer. Tickets $19.08–$30.50 on Eventbrite. Get tickets.

Miami Speed Dating: Saturday Night Ages 25–39 at Water Lion — 5–8 PM, WATER LION Wine + Alchemy, inside The Sagamore on Collins Avenue, Miami Beach. MyCheekyDate hosts its Saturday night edition in a wine bar setting: mini-dates for Miami singles ages 25–39, no name tags or loud-bar chaos, and matches through the Smart-Card system. The early-bird window closed November 9, so tickets are the regular $36. Get tickets.

Miami Christian Speed Dating 20s–30s at Oleta River Grill — 6:30–8:30 PM, Oleta River Grill, 2500 NE 163rd St, North Miami Beach. IYKYK Dating runs Christian speed dating for singles in their 20s–30s: 3–5 minute conversations, a friendly host, and a digital matching system with mutual matches revealed at midnight — built for faith-driven singles, not hookup culture. At least 7 confirmed tickets per gender are required to run, with a max of 15 per gender, and the listing notes women's tickets sell out fast. Tickets $48.69–$102.29 on Eventbrite. Get tickets.

South Florida Lock & Key Singles Party Ages 30–55 — Coconut Creek — 7–9 PM, Residence Inn by Marriott Fort Lauderdale Coconut Creek, Coconut Creek. The original Lock & Key party, running since 2001: women get a lock, men get a key, and you mingle trying to unlock — meeting 20–50 potential matches in two hours, with prize tickets every time a lock opens. You talk to who you like, for as long as you like — way more face time than speed dating. Tickets $17.85–$32.78 on Eventbrite; no door sales, so book ahead. Get tickets.

Sunday, November 15

Sips & Sparks Anniversary | Speed Dating Ages 30–45 at Rhythm & Vine — 7–9 PM, Rhythm & Vine, 401 NE 5th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale. Sips & Sparks celebrates its anniversary at Rhythm & Vine's garden bar: a relaxed mixer first, then guided short rounds for ages 30–45, and mutual matches get each other's info the next day. The age range is a guide, not a strict rule. Tickets $46.93 on Eventbrite; prices rise after the first 20 sell. Get tickets.

Wednesday, November 18 — Close the Week in Brickell

Singles Mixer in Miami! at Delilah Miami — 7 PM, Delilah Miami, 301 Brickell Key Drive, Miami. Single Professionals Network brings its Miami singles mixer to Delilah's supper-club room on Brickell Key — billed in companion listings as the Intelligent Singles Mixer: smart, fun singles making real connections over cocktails instead of apps. No rounds and no scorecards — this is the week's pure mixer, in the week's prettiest room. Tickets from $49.92 on Eventbrite. Get tickets.

How the formats actually work

Speed dating is the structured option, and it runs this week in almost every flavor: a host seats you for a run of short, guided conversations — 5–6 minutes at DateFaster's Saturday nights, 3–5 minutes at the Christian night in North Miami Beach — and you mark who you liked. Matches are mutual and shared afterward, so there is no awkward number-asking in the room. CitySwoon's Coconut Grove night matches you by algorithm before you arrive; MyCheekyDate delivers matches through its Smart-Card system; Tantra Speed Date® swaps the small talk for guided connection exercises.

Lock & Key is the party format: Saturday in Coconut Creek, everyone works the room with a lock or a key, every opening earns prize tickets, and you choose your own conversations — 20–50 introductions in two hours, at your own pace.

Mixers and socials are the unstructured end: no rounds, no matching, just a room chosen well. Next Wednesday's Delilah mixer is that kind of night, and tonight's Cougar Night and Sunday's anniversary night both open with a mixer before the rounds start. Thursday's salsa night at ZeyZey is its own thing — the partner-switching class is the icebreaker, and the party runs to 1 AM.

What it costs this week: published tickets run from $16.12 for Thursday's salsa night at ZeyZey to $149.10 at the top of Thursday's Tantra Speed Date® range in Delray Beach. The core speed-dating nights sit between $19.08 and $47.64, the 60+ coffee date and Sunday's anniversary night are both $46.93, and tonight's Cougar Night does not publish a fixed price — confirm on Eventbrite before you go.

Pick your night by age band

20s–30s: Saturday's Christian speed dating at Oleta River Grill in North Miami Beach. 24–39: Saturday afternoon, your pick of county — Riverside Market Cafe in Fort Lauderdale or Churchill's Pub in Miami, both 2–4 PM. 25–39: Saturday night at Water Lion in Miami Beach. 30–45: Sunday's Sips & Sparks anniversary night at Rhythm & Vine. 30–55: Saturday's Lock & Key party in Coconut Creek — the widest band of the week.

38–52: Thursday's CitySwoon night at Glass & Vine in Coconut Grove. 20s–40s: Thursday's LGBTQ+ speed dating at Emily's Garden in Fort Lauderdale, for singles looking for a monogamous relationship. 60+: Thursday afternoon's coffee date at Helena's Coffee in Plantation — the earliest, calmest start of the week. No age band listed: tonight's themed Cougar Night at The Lobby FTL, Thursday's Tantra night in Delray Beach, Thursday's 21+ salsa night at ZeyZey, and next Wednesday's professionals mixer at Delilah.

First-timer tips that actually help

Arrive early. Speed-dating nights start on time and check-in takes a few minutes — Thursday's Plantation coffee date asks you there from 3:30 PM for a 4 PM start. The pre-round mingle is where the room relaxes, and it is often the easiest conversation of the night.

Book before the price steps up — or sells out. Tonight's Cougar Night and Sunday's anniversary night both raise prices after the first 20 tickets sell, Saturday's Lock & Key party has no door sales at all, and Saturday's Christian night caps each gender at 15. The ticket you buy early in the week is cheaper — and more likely to exist.

Do the prep the format asks for. CitySwoon requires a completed profile with a clear face photo before Thursday's Coconut Grove night — finish it at home, not in the parking lot. And go solo without apology: almost everyone at these events arrives alone, because that is the design. Dress like a first date, bring one good question that is not about work, and let a no-match night still count as a night out in a great room.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How much do singles events in Miami cost this week? A: This week's published listings run from $16.12–$24.60 for Thursday's salsa singles night at ZeyZey to $19.08–$30.50 for Saturday afternoon speed dating in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, $36 for Saturday night in Miami Beach, and $46.93 for both Thursday's 60+ coffee date in Plantation and Sunday's anniversary night in Fort Lauderdale. The premium ends are Thursday's Tantra Speed Date® in Delray Beach at $40.75–$149.10 and Saturday's Christian speed dating at $48.69–$102.29. Tonight's Cougar Night does not publish a fixed price — confirm on Eventbrite.

Q: What actually happens at speed dating? A: You check in, mingle briefly, then sit for a series of short guided conversations. You note who you would like to see again, and only mutual matches get each other's contact info afterward. This week that plays out five different ways — DateFaster's 5–6 minute rounds on Saturday, CitySwoon's algorithm-matched mini-dates on Thursday, MyCheekyDate's Smart-Card matches on Saturday night, IYKYK's midnight match reveal, and Tantra Speed Date®'s guided connection exercises in Delray Beach.

Q: Are these events only in Miami? A: No. Miami and Miami Beach anchor the week — Coconut Grove, ZeyZey, Churchill's Pub, Water Lion at The Sagamore, and Delilah on Brickell Key — with four nights in Broward (Fort Lauderdale three times, plus Plantation and Coconut Creek) and one trip up to Delray Beach in Palm Beach County. The live singles page tracks all three counties and refreshes as organizers announce new nights.

Q: Can I go to a singles event alone? A: Yes — most people do. Speed dating is built so a solo arrival meets the whole room by design, the Lock & Key party hands you a reason to talk to everyone, and the salsa class rotates partners for you. Bringing a single friend is fine at the mixer and the party; at the structured nights, you will be rotating separately anyway.

Q: How often is this list updated? A: The live singles page is checked against organizers' own listings and refreshed as new events are announced, and past events drop off automatically. This weekly article is a snapshot of the list as it stood on November 11, 2026 — for anything announced since, start from the live list of singles events in Miami.

Plan the rest of your week

That is the week: thirteen ways to meet someone in person between tonight and next Wednesday, from a $16.12 salsa class ticket in Miami to a garden-bar anniversary night in Fort Lauderdale. The full, always-current list — including anything announced after this article was checked — lives on our page of Miami singles events, refreshed as new nights land.

Already met someone and need the second step? Browse the full events calendar for concerts, festivals, and date-night plans across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach — you have done the hard part, now pick the plan.