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Over the years, we've come to enjoy the holiday classics: Thanksgiving and turkey, Christmas and stockings, and more often than ever, Miami Art Week with some of the best displays of art, music and culture.
This year was no exception, as Disclosure, Black Coffee, and Eli Fola played back-to-back (to back) sets during the Sapphire Presents Concert at the flagship SCOPE Art Show located on South Beach (yep, through the dunes and on the sand).
During their set, British brother duo Disclosure didn't waste time launching into fan-favorites from their discography, including “When a Fire Starts To Burn,” the Gregory Porter-assisted “Holding On,” and “F For You.” The EDM stars also showed some love to their peers in the EDM space, spinning “Talk To Me” by Champion, Four Tet, Skrillex and Naisha.
Standing on a bench near the middle of the dance floor, an elderly man with thick white hair puts on his best dance moves, waving around a cap that had undoubtedly been given as part of some sponsor promotion through the day. Disclosure went hit-after-hit from their extensive 13-year discography, as young fans cheered on the older man soaking in the bass. In the club we all familyindeed.
The hitmakers capped off their set with a rowdy rendition of “Latch,” their collaboration with Sam Smith that came out over twelve years ago and went triple platinum and number one on the US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.
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Black Coffee took time out of his busy Art Week schedule (and much talked-about Club Space set) to close out the night at SCOPE. Back in 2019, he talked to Rolling Stone about the growth of dance music and artists wanting to branch out: “Americans consume rap mostly and smart artists listen to everything. Eventually they want to branch out…and experience their music touching different people.”
Eli Fola kicked off the party with a spirited set, breaking out the woodwind instruments as art aficionados and South Beach party goers alike sipped specialty cocktails and weaved through the Infiniti QX80 cars on display. Eighty feet to the right of the dance floor and stage, a variety of art from Johannesburg to Bed Stuy sat on display, with red stickers near the exhibition labels of works that had been sold.
Some in the crowd were locals, but many were among the thousands who descend on Miami each December for Art Basel. This year, Chase offered Sapphire Reserve cardmembers an all-encompassing three-night trip to Miami Art Week complete with accommodations at 1 Hotel South Beach, access to the concert, curator-led-tours, curated dining reservations and more (see chase.com /sapphireexperiences for upcoming events). Cardmembers could also hit up the Chase Sapphire Reserve Lounge for complimentary food and drinks in between breaks in programming.
“We're creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences for our cardmembers at bucket-list-worthy events, like Olympic Games Paris 2024 this past year, Sundance Film Festival, US Open and more,” general manager of Chase Sapphire Sam Palmer tells Rolling Stone.
Chase Travel isn't stopping the experiences with Miami Art Week, as they work towards bringing cardholders access to more opportunities. In January, the bank will spend its fifteenth year as the presenting sponsor of the Sundance Film Festival.
