III Points 2026: The Ultimate Guide to Miami's Best Weekend of the Fall

# III Points 2026: The Ultimate Guide to Miami's Best Weekend of the Fall There's no weekend like it on the South Florida calendar. Every October, the warehouses and courtyards of Mana Wynwood swallow up 50,000 music obsessives for two days of the best electronic, hip-hop, and indie programming in North America — plus art installations, local food vendors, and that unmistakable Wynwood energy. This year, **III Points 2026 lands Friday, October 16 and Saturday, October 17**, and the lineup is one of the strongest in the festival's 13-year history. If you go to exactly one music festival this fall, this is the one. ## The essentials - **What:** III Points 2026 — 13th annual two-day music and arts festival - **When:** **Friday, October 16 & Saturday, October 17, 2026** — gates 4:30 PM Friday - **Where:** Mana Wynwood, Wynwood Arts District, Miami - **Tickets:** 2-day passes **$379** on FrontGate, the festival's official ticketer - **Lineup:** Underworld, Four Tet, Flying Lotus, Charlotte de Witte, Honey Dijon, Blood Orange, Kelela, Lil' Kim, Tricky, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Danny Brown, Men I Trust, Parcels, Tokischa, Purity Ring, Sunn O))), Adam Port, KETTAMA, Cloonee, Disco Lines, Odd Mob, Marco Carola, DJ Harvey, plus special back-to-back sets including Vintage Culture b2b Max Styler — and 100+ Miami-based artists across 10+ stages ## Why this year's III Points is unmissable **The lineup is genuinely absurd.** Where else do Underworld and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony share a bill with Charlotte de Witte and Lil' Kim? III Points has always booked like it doesn't care about genre lines, and 2026 might be its most ambitious roster yet: UK legends (Underworld, Four Tet, Floating Points, Flying Lotus, Tricky, Seth Troxler, DJ Harvey), techno royalty (Charlotte de Witte, Marco Carola, Adam Port, KETTAMA), hip-hop icons (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Danny Brown, GZA), and indie crossover (Blood Orange, Kelela, Men I Trust, Parcels, Purity Ring). It's the kind of bill that reads like three different festivals — in the best way. **The venue is the point.** Mana Wynwood isn't a field with a stage. It's a five-city-block warehouse complex — indoor stages, outdoor courtyards, alleys, rooftops — that turns into a dozen-plus stages with an urban-crawl feel you can't get anywhere else. The 2026 edition brings upgrades: a fully paved, expanded Isotropic stage dancefloor, a bigger Sector 3, a relocated S3QUENC3 with better production, and a new VIP+ tier with artist-lounge access. **The clock is ticking on Mana Wynwood.** Reports this month have III Points likely returning to Mana Wynwood in 2027 for a final bow before construction forces a move — meaning this October is one of your last two chances to experience the festival in the warehouse home it's had since 2013. When venues change, the vibe changes. Don't watch this era end from Instagram. **Miami's own are all over the bill.** Phase III of the 2026 lineup added 100+ Miami-based artists — Nii Tei, Dude Skywalker, FIIN, Mystic Bill, TECH G1RLS, Dr. Rubinstein, Lauren Palma, and dozens more. Half the fun of III Points is walking into a side stage at 8 PM and discovering the next great Miami act before anyone else does. ## 5 insider tips for III Points 2026 **1. Stop trying to see everything — pick a lane.** With 10+ stages spread across warehouses, courtyards, alleys, and rooftops, walking between stages costs you 15-20 minutes and half a set. The move: anchor yourself at one stage per block of the night, commit, and let the festival come to you. The sets you're *about* to walk to rarely beat the one you're already inside. **2. Plan for the b2b sets early.** Extended back-to-back sessions from Floating Points, Seth Troxler, and DJ Harvey — plus Vintage Culture b2b Max Styler — are the kind of marathon sets people fly to Miami for. These will be the most packed rooms of the weekend. Decide now which ones you refuse to miss, because splitting between two b2bs means catching neither properly. **3. Dress for the October heat and the late night.** It's mid-October in Miami: 88°F at gates, humid, and the outdoor stages don't care about your plan. Light layers, comfortable shoes you'll stand in for 8+ hours, and a portable charger — your phone is your map, your meetup point, and your schedule all weekend. Hydrate early and often; the warehouses get warm when they're packed. **4. Eat like a local.** The food lineup is all South Florida vendors, and this is legitimately one of the best festival food scenes in the country. Skip the generic festival stand near the main stage and wander to the vendor rows — the good stuff is always two streets over from where the crowd is. **5. Don't sleep on Friday.** Everyone saves their energy for Saturday's headliners, but Friday at III Points has the best discovery-to-effort ratio of the whole weekend: shorter lines, room to move, and the Miami local showcases at full strength. The Friday veterans will tell you it's often the better night. They're right. ## The bottom line Two nights. 10+ stages. A lineup with Underworld, Four Tet, Lil' Kim, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Charlotte de Witte, and Honey Dijon — in a warehouse district that might only host two more of these. 2-day passes run $379 on FrontGate, and this festival sells out its real-deal years. This is one of those. **[Get III Points 2026 tickets →](https://iiipoints.frontgatetickets.com/event/3df1srxtmz6knkfr)** --- *Details verified October 12, 2026. Lineup via Mana Wynwood's official Phase Two announcement, Electronic Groove, and EDMTunes; dates and ticket link via FrontGate, the festival's official ticketer; pricing per FrontGate listing.*