The Aventura Arts & Cultural Center kicks off its 15th anniversary season, celebrating a legacy of enriching the vibrant community of Aventura, known as The City of Excellence. During this milestone year, the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center will continue to elevate the community’s cultural, educational and artistic landscape with a season filled with exciting, unforgettable moments in one of the city’s most cherished spaces.
“We’re incredibly proud to celebrate 15 years of serving South Florida,” said Jeff Kiltie, General Manager of the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center. “This season is not only a celebration of world-class performances and returning favorites, but also a tribute to the people who have supported us — our audiences, artists, volunteers and staff. We are excited to celebrate another fantastic season of excellence with the community.”
Historic Highlights
In July 2010, Avi Hoffman’s “Too Jewish?” was the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center’s inaugural performance on stage, which established the theater as a cultural cornerstone in South Florida. This season, Hoffman returns to celebrate this anniversary year with “Too Jewish?” on March 4 and “Still Too Jewish After All These Years” on March 5.
Throughout the years, the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center has hosted some of the most recognizable entertainers in the world. The theater celebrated its official grand opening on October 23, 2010, with the incomparable Patti LuPone and then on October 23, 2015 celebrated the fifth anniversary with Bernadette Peters. Among others who have graced the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center stage were Rod Stewart, Art Garfunkel, George Winston, Nestor Torres, Mandy Patinkin, Linda Eder, Melissa Manchester and more and comedians Robert Klein, Andrew Dice Clay and Elon Gold, among others.
“The biggest growth we have seen over the years is the increase in rental activity,” Kiltie said. “Each season we attract more and more artists and companies who want to perform on our stage. In the inaugural season, rentals accounted for 23% of the overall programming. In the last two seasons rentals have accounted for 50 to 60% of the overall programming.”
Over the last 15 years, the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center has broadened its audience, deepened community engagement, strengthened its economic impact, entertained patrons and provided opportunities for more than 100,000 students that includes educational programming, recitals, camps and school and family events. Since 2010, the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center has hosted a summer theatre camp, run by the Broward Center for the Performing Arts and The Performance Project School of the Arts, attended by more than 2,800 campers. In addition, the more than 200 ushers who volunteer at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center have logged more than 55,000 hours.
The Aventura Arts & Cultural Center has had a significant economic impact on the region. In 15 years, more than 375,000 guests, who also visited local hotels, restaurants and shops, attended 1,925 performances, generating more than $11 million in ticket sales and supporting local jobs in security, valet services, janitorial staff, technical production and more. In addition, hundreds of hotel rooms were booked for guest artists.
The Aventura Arts & Cultural Center is also a gathering place for the community with festivals, Holocaust remembrance events, Veterans Day celebrations, corporate events, MMA exhibitions and even gymnastics recitals.
In keeping with its mission to serve all members of the community, the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center has also presented sensory-friendly performances and 10 non-English language productions in Spanish, French, Arabic, Turkish and Haitian Creole. The annual Aventura International Film Series has screened 97 international films since its inception in 2010, showcasing cinema from around the globe.
The Aventura Arts & Cultural Center has also made a lasting impact through its partnerships with the Aventura City of Excellence School and Don Soffer Aventura High School, among others, and additional local community organizations, creating opportunities for arts education, student performances, summer camps and community collaborations that enrich the cultural fabric of the region.
Tickets to all anniversary season shows are on sale now. Ticketmaster is the only official ticketing service of the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center. Buy tickets online at aventuracenter.org, by phone at 877.311.7469 or 954.462.0222 or in person at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center box office Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. and 90 minutes prior to each performance. For Group Sales, please call 954.660.6307.
The Aventura Arts & Cultural Center is located at 3385 N.E.188 Street in Aventura. Join the conversation, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram @aventuracenter or #aventuracenter.
The Broward Center for the Performing Arts manages the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, a 14,864-square-foot, 330-seat waterfront complex that hosts performing arts, cultural and educational programming for all ages.
The Aventura Arts & Cultural Center 2025/2026 Season
Sept. 13 Havana Night with Salsabor All Stars
Oct. 10 Doctor My Eyes, A Tribute to Jackson Browne
Oct. 11 Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida: Program I Firebird – Classical and Neoclassical Ballets
Oct. 18 CELIA CRUZ 100: Migguel Anggelo’s ICONS
Oct. 19 Miami International Piano Festival: Concerto Night – 3 Concertos with 3 Pianists
Oct. 24 Joshua Kane performs: Gothic at Midnight – An Evening of Hilarity and Horror!
Oct. 25 Top of the World: A Carpenters Tribute
Nov. 1 & 2 FUNDarte Cronica de un suceso (Chronicle of a Time that Was)
Nov. 7 New World Dance Ensemble
Nov. 9 Absolute Queen, The Tribute
Nov. 14 Hot Brass Band: Chicago Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute
Nov. 15 Terry Barber’s Broadway Review
Nov. 16 Miami International Piano Festival: Dmitry Ablogin
Nov. 20 The Music of Michael Bublé & Beyond
Nov. 21 Tammy Pescatelli: Aventura Comedy Series
Nov. 22 Stephanie J. Block: 2025/2026 Broadway Concert Series
Nov. 23 Young Stars Showcase
Dec. 5 “ELVIS: In Person” Starring Matt Stone and The TEC Band
Dec. 11 Arts Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker Gala
Dec. 12-14 Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida: The Nutcracker
Dec. 14 Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida: Sensory Inclusive – The Nutcracker
Jan. 3 Magic & Mayhem- LIVE!
Jan. 4 Schmaltz & Pepper
Jan. 8 Forever Yiddish 3 – Songs and Stories from the Shtetl
Jan. 9 Tom Cotter: Aventura Comedy Series
Jan. 10 The Dean Martin Story
Jan. 11 Miami International Piano Festival: Two Piano Extravaganza: Kemal Gekic & Kristina Miller
Jan. 22 Human Nature – Back to the Sound of Motown
Jan. 23 Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway: 2025/2026 Broadway Concert Series
Jan. 24 Louis Armstrong, The Tribute
Jan. 25 Mutts Gone Nuts – Unleashed!
Jan. 27 God and the Holocaust
Jan. 30 The Second City: Laugh Harder Not Smarter: Aventura Comedy Series
Feb. 1 Dranoff Classical Classics: “The Monet of Music” featuring Genova & Dimitrov
Feb. 7 Caribbean Chillers: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett
Feb. 13 Dear Tina: My Love Letter to the Queen of Rock and Roll
Feb. 14 The Silhouettes present “Love Happens”
Feb. 14 Sensory-Inclusive: The Silhouettes present “Love Happens”
Feb. 21 Bee Gees Now! The Tribute
Feb. 22 Miami International Piano Festival: Alexander Gavrylyuk
Feb. 25 An Evening with Manilow & Streisand, A Tribute
Feb. 26 Piano Men Generations
Feb. 27 Megan Hilty: 2025/2026 Broadway Concert Series
Feb. 28 Bette Midler Tribute: Bathhouse to Broadway
March 4 Avi Hoffman’s Too Jewish?
March 5 Avi Hoffman’s Still Jewish After All These Years
March 6 Donna McKechnie: 2025/2026 Broadway Concert Series
March 7 & 8 Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida: Program III Ballet Dr. Ouch!
March 13 Frank Marino’s Legendary Divas
March 14 World’s Greatest Tribute to the Traveling Wilburys
March 22 Miami International Piano Festival: A Special Two Piano Jazz Encounter with Bill Charlap & Brandon Goldberg
March 26 Yakov Smirnoff: Aventura Comedy Series
March 27 Norbert Leo Butz: 2025/2026 Broadway Concert Series
March 28 Super Trouper: The Premier Tribute to ABBA
March 29 Beatles vs Stones
April 10 Tapestry, the Carole King Tribute
April 11 & 12 FUNDarte Apocalipsync
April 15 The Moody Blues Tribute – Go Now!
April 17 Remembering Whitney
April 18 – 19 FIU Theatre Dept., Jilted
April 23 Aaron Kula’s American Jewish Radio Hour
April 26 Miami International Piano Festival: Anton Gerzenberg
May 2 Daniel Caruso – Beyond Magic
May 3 Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida: Program IV Spring Gala
June 20 “The Teller Returns:” STYX The Company — A sequel by Brianna Campbell
