Updated weekly · Friday, October 30 – Sunday, November 1

This Weekend in Fort Lauderdale

What's on this weekend in Fort Lauderdale — concerts, markets, art walks, beach days and the dates worth planning around them — lives on this page, and the page never expires. The live Friday–Sunday calendar below pulls the Broward slice of our events listings, and our top 5 picks are refreshed by hand every Wednesday. If it's listed here, it's happening this weekend.

Friday, October 30 – Sunday, November 1

On the calendar this Friday–Sunday

Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS)

Wed, Oct 28 – Sun, Nov 1

Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS)

Bahia Mar Yachting Center & six waterfront sites · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Unique ExperienceWater & Sunset

Ed Sheeran: LOOP Tour

Thu, Oct 29 – Fri, Oct 30

Ed Sheeran: LOOP Tour

Hard Rock Live · Hollywood, FL

Live MusicRomantic

Karlous Miller

Fri, Oct 30 – Sun, Nov 1

Karlous Miller

Fort Lauderdale Improv · Dania Beach, FL

ComedyNightlife

HULAWEEN at the Mai-Kai

HULAWEEN at the Mai-Kai

The Mai-Kai, 3599 N Federal Hwy · Fort Lauderdale, FL

NightlifeUnique Experience

Grupo Niche - Niche Disco Tour

Grupo Niche - Niche Disco Tour

Hard Rock Live · Hollywood, FL

Live MusicNightlife

Haunted Havana Nights at W Fort Lauderdale

Haunted Havana Nights at W Fort Lauderdale

W Fort Lauderdale · Fort Lauderdale, FL

NightlifeLive MusicRomantic

'Til Death Do Us Party at The Wharf FTL

Sat, Oct 31 – Sun, Nov 1

'Til Death Do Us Party at The Wharf FTL

The Wharf Fort Lauderdale · Fort Lauderdale, FL

NightlifeWater & Sunset

Fort Lauderdale Halloween Bar Crawl

Fort Lauderdale Halloween Bar Crawl

Munchie's Pizza Club (check-in) · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Sonic Live in Concert

Sonic Live in Concert

Au-Rene Theater, Broward Center for the Performing Arts · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Live MusicArts & CultureUnique Experience

BOYNEXTDOOR

BOYNEXTDOOR

Pompano Beach Amphitheater · Pompano Beach, FL

Live MusicNightlife

Sunday Jazz Brunch on the Riverwalk

Sunday Jazz Brunch on the Riverwalk

Esplanade Park, Riverwalk · Fort Lauderdale, FL

FreeLive MusicRomantic

That's the Broward short list — the full calendar, with every concert, festival and market across the three counties, lives on our events calendar.

New to the city, or planning the whole stay? Our local guide to things to do in Fort Lauderdale covers the year-round list — the canals, the neighborhoods, the free finds — with this same live weekend layer on top.

Hand-picked · October 30 – November 1, 2026

Our top 5 this weekend

1
All weekend
Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS)
Bahia Mar Yachting Center & six waterfront sites · Fort Lauderdale
The largest in-water boat show in the world takes over the marinas Wednesday through Sunday — nearly 1,300 boats, from center consoles to superyachts, and the whole city in boat-show mode. Even if you never buy a boat, the people-watching and waterfront energy are the weekend's main event.
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2
Friday
Karlous Miller
Fort Lauderdale Improv · Dania Beach
The Wild 'N Out and 85 South favorite headlines the Improv all weekend, starting Friday night. Comedy-club dates are Broward's most reliable Friday move: dinner on the Dania waterfront first, two-drink minimum, home before the babysitter math gets scary.
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3
Saturday
Haunted Havana Nights at W Fort Lauderdale
W Fort Lauderdale · Fort Lauderdale Beach
Halloween night on the beach, Havana-style: the W's oceanfront spaces go full costume party with live music and cocktails above A1A. The beachfront Halloween play — dress up, dance, and let the ocean handle the backdrop.
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4
Saturday
'Til Death Do Us Party at The Wharf FTL
The Wharf Fort Lauderdale · Riverwalk
The Riverwalk's open-air playground throws its Halloween bash Saturday into Sunday — food trucks, bars, lawn games and a costume crowd on the New River. Free to walk in, impossible to leave early. The downtown Saturday plan, sorted.
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5
Sunday
Sunday Jazz Brunch on the Riverwalk
Esplanade Park, Riverwalk · Fort Lauderdale
The weekend's soft landing: free live jazz on the New River lawn, food vendors, and the whole city out with coffee and folding chairs. Bring a blanket, claim some grass, and let Sunday happen at exactly this speed.
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The full South Florida breakdown — every pick, every start time, both counties — runs in Your Weekend Date-Night Playbook (October 30–November 1).

No calendar required

Works any weekend

1
The Las Olas stroll
Start at the beach end and walk the boulevard west: galleries, boutiques, gelato, and a dinner decision that makes itself. Works every weekend of the year, costs nothing until you sit down.
2
A Water Taxi day
One pass, all day, the whole Intracoastal: mansions, mega-yachts and waterfront stops from the beach to downtown. Ride the loop first, then hop off where lunch looks good.
3
Beach morning, pier finish
Swim at Fort Lauderdale Beach early, then drive twenty minutes north to Lauderdale-by-the-Sea — snorkel the reef off the sand and walk Anglin's Pier before the crowds think of it.
4
FATVillage & downtown art
Galleries and studios in the warehouse district, the NSU Art Museum a few blocks south, and on the last Saturday of the month the ArtWalk opens everything at once — free.
5
Bonnet House in the morning
The 35-acre estate between the beach and the Intracoastal: orchids, art-filled rooms and monkeys in the trees. Go at opening, then let the beach or Las Olas take the afternoon.

Make it a date

Turning the weekend into a date?

The Broward formula is simple: one anchor from the calendar above, one setting from the evergreen list, and dinner somewhere on the water. A comedy show after a Las Olas dinner. A beach morning that ends at a waterfront lunch. A free Sunday jazz brunch with nowhere else to be. Fort Lauderdale does the romantic work in the background — the canals, the light, the boats going by — you just have to pick the pairing.

The full playbook is our guide to date ideas in Fort Lauderdale — the twelve spots locals actually repeat, from kayak mornings to Water Taxi sunsets.

And when this weekend is not just a weekend — an anniversary, a birthday, a question you've been carrying around for months — skip the casual playbook and go straight to the occasion list: our romantic date ideas in Fort Lauderdale — golden-hour water taxis, Bonnet House in the late light, canal-side dinners and a sunrise pier to finish. Broward dates divide cleanly into the two kinds: the ones you repeat every month, and the ones you tell stories about. This page feeds the first kind every week; the romantic guide is where the second kind lives, and a calendar anchor from the list above is usually what turns one into the other.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is there to do in Fort Lauderdale this weekend?

This page is the running answer: the live Friday–Sunday calendar below lists the concerts, festivals, markets, comedy and art events on in Broward this weekend, pulled from our events listings and refreshed all week. This weekend's shape is typical for the city — something on the water, something on Las Olas, something free on the Riverwalk. Start with our hand-picked top 5, then scan the full calendar by day.

What are the best date ideas this weekend in Fort Lauderdale?

Build the date around one calendar anchor — a comedy show, a festival, a Sunday jazz brunch — and one evergreen setting: a Water Taxi ride at golden hour, a Las Olas dinner, a Bonnet House morning. Our top 5 above is curated with dates in mind, and our Fort Lauderdale date guide covers the year-round spots locals actually use.

Are there free things to do in Fort Lauderdale this weekend?

Almost always. The Sunday Jazz Brunch on the Riverwalk is free, the FATVillage ArtWalk on the last Saturday of the month is free, and the beach, the Riverwalk and Secret Woods never charge. The calendar flags free events as they land; for the evergreen list, our guide to free date ideas in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea covers the beach towns just north.

When is this page updated?

The calendar module updates itself continuously from our events listings — an event that ends drops off, a newly announced one appears. The curated top 5 is refreshed by hand every Wednesday, when the week's weekend playbook is produced. The URL never changes, so bookmark it and skip the search next weekend.

What if it rains this weekend in Fort Lauderdale?

Broward's rain plan is strong: the NSU Art Museum and the Museum of Discovery and Science downtown, comedy at the Fort Lauderdale Improv in Dania Beach, a matinee at the Broward Center, and long lunches on Las Olas while the storm passes. Most summer rain clears by evening — check the calendar again before you cancel the night.

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