Winter Party Festival 2025 brought dance revolution & sizzling queer heat to Miami

Sun, beats, and unapologetic queer joy  — Winter Party Festival 2025 was a revolution in motion!

Returning to the sun-kissed, high-glam Miami Beach for its 32nd celebration on Feb. 26 this year, the National LGBTQ Task Force’s Winter Party Festival served up a dazzling, rhinestone-studded spectacle of music, movement, queer magic, and winter heat for seven days straight (Well, not really if you know what I mean).

“The radiant Miami Beach sunshine set the perfect stage for Winter Party Festival 2025,” said festival co-chair Jason Hellinger in a statement. “This year’s theme, ‘Dance is Revolution,’ reminds us that every step on the dance floor is an act of freedom, a celebration of authenticity, and a movement toward meaningful change.”

More than a dozen high-energy events took place at 10 of the city’s most iconic venues. Internationally acclaimed DJs, including Karsten Sollors, Dawson, Deanne, Micky Friedmann, Chus, Erik Vilar, and more, served electrifying beats to more than 10,000 attendees from around the world. Hundreds of passionate volunteers made this year’s Winter Party Festival possible, transforming Miami into the ultimate queer playground.

“There is nothing more powerful than standing at the pinnacle of our signature event, the Beach Party, looking out at a sea of people who’ve come together in pure queer joy,” said Hellinger. “It’s in those moments that I turn to our volunteers and say — WE made this happen.”

A significant portion of the festival’s proceeds, along with those from its sister event, the National LGBTQ Task Force Gala, supports grassroots LGBTQ+ organizations in South Florida through the LGBTQ+ Equity Fund, a philanthropic partnership with the Task Force, Our Fund Foundation, and the Miami Foundation. Since 2005, Winter Party has reinvested over $4 million into more than 100 community organizations while bolstering national social justice efforts.

Read more about this celebration of LGBTQ+ joy HERE, and scroll below for all of the glittering photos capturing the magic of this year’s festivities in anticipation for next year’s triumphant return on Feb. 25 — purchase your passes starting at $305 and join the revolution HERE today!

This story is brought to you by our partners at the National LGBTQ Task Force.