Is there shade at North Miami Beach Amphitheatre?

Finding shade at North Miami Beach Amphitheatre: a 7 PM show guide

By the time the lights come up at North Miami Beach Amphitheatre, the worst of the day's sun is already behind you. Shows here typically start at 7 PM, and in high summer the sun doesn't set over the Miami area until around 8:14 PM. That leaves roughly an hour of low, west-northwest light to work around before the sky does the shading for you.

Across a full event our model puts the venue at about 85% shaded, and it climbs as the evening goes; from 6 PM on it averages closer to 64%. In other words, the earlier you arrive, the more sun you sit through.

Seats that hold shade

The covered pit and the upper pavilion do the heavy lifting. Pit 3 comes in near fully shaded at about 98%, and pavilion blocks in the 109 to 110 range and their upper-level counterparts 210 and 211 sit around 96% through the show. Pit 2 is close behind. If you burn easily, or you're bringing someone who does, that band is the safe bet at North Miami Beach Amphitheatre.

Seats that catch the last light

The open sections take the low evening sun. Sections 101 and 201 on the sunnier flank sit near 69% shaded, and the lawn, Lawn 1 and Lawn 2, lands around 63%, the trade you make for the open-sky spot. None of it is punishing once the sun clears the treeline, but before roughly 7:30 those seats face the glare.

Because the sun is low and to the west-northwest at showtime, sunglasses matter more than sunscreen by then, and Miami humidity lingers after dark, so bring water regardless of seat. For your exact date and section, the interactive shade map shows how the shade moves minute by minute.