Things to Do in Dania Beach, FL

Dania Beach hides Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park, a wild barrier-island beach with mangrove paddling right beside the airport and cruise port. Onshore it's the Antique Row, a jai-alai casino and the new Dania Pointe shopping district.

43 things to do · 214 upcoming events · 60 places to eat · Updated September 2026

This Weekend in Dania Beach

Fri 11 – Sun 13

Friday, Sep 11

festival · Fort Lauderdale · 4.9 mi
“Timeless Tropics: Florida’s Changing Landscapes” Fine Art Exhibit at History Fort Lauderdale
History Fort Lauderdale
Free
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festival · Delray Beach · 29 mi
Downtown Delray Restaurant Month
Downtown Delray Beach
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festival · Miami · 20 mi
Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival
Multiple venues in Miami and Miami Beach
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community · Fort Lauderdale · 4.9 mi
King Tides: Sept. 10-13
Free
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concert · Miami · 20 mi
Live Jazz: Tal Cohen and The Ball & Chain Trio
Ball & Chain
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sports · Miami · 20 mi
Marlins vs Dodgers (3-game series)
loanDepot park
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sports · Miami Beach · 18 mi
Padel X Summer Club
1111 Lincoln Road
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festival · Miami · 20 mi
Pop Air: Art is Inflatable
Mana Wynwood
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theater · Pompano Beach · 13 mi
School Girls, Or the African Mean Girls Play
The Hive Black Box Theater
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community · Coral Gables · 24 mi
Sept. 11 Remembrance Ceremony
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festival · Coral Gables · 24 mi
Unthreaded Stories
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race · Hollywood · 2.9 mi
2nd Annual Rock the Climb
12:30 am
$65.24
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community · Hollywood · 2.9 mi
911 Memorial Ceremony at Fire Station 31
8:30 am · Fire Station 31
Free
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festival · Delray Beach · 29 mi
Threads of Silver & Gold
10 am · Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
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community · Boca Raton · 22 mi
Bright & Smart Robotics: Tiny Innovators (Parent & Me)
12:15 pm · Sugar Sand Park Community Center
Free
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concert · Delray Beach · 29 mi
The Rumbletones Roots of Rock N Roll
8 pm · Arts Garage
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Saturday, Sep 12

festival · Coral Gables · 24 mi
Country Line Dancing Miami
Fairchild Garden
Regular admission applies
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sports · Sunrise · 11 mi
Davie Pro Rodeo
Bergeron Rodeo Grounds
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Things to Do in Dania Beach

43 places

Park
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park
2.5 mi of undeveloped beach, glass-calm Whiskey Creek paddling with rentals, jetty snorkeling.
$6/carleashed
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Beach
Dania Beach jetty / Mizell-Johnson
Rock ledges and jetty; lobstering at night in season (permit + gauge).
no (beach)
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Beach
Pompano, Commercial Blvd, Vista Park & Dania piers
The local checks; small, uncrowded, learner-friendly on windswell.
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On the water
Whiskey Creek
1.5-mi mangrove creek, manatees.
Rentals ~$25–35/hr
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At night · Free
Casinos
Seminole Hard Rock Guitar Hotel (casino, Hard Rock Live, Oculus light show, Bora Bora pool day passes); The Casino at Dania Beach (free live music, Stage 954); Gulfstream Park Village.
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At night
Comedy clubs
Miami Improv, Dania Beach Improv, Palm Beach Improv — rotating weekly headliners, posted 3–4 weeks out.
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Where to Eat in Dania Beach

60 spots

Waterfront
Rustic Inn Crabhouse
Garlic crabs and mallets — Since 1955; bibs and paper tables
$$$Dogs OK
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Only-here
Jaxson's Ice Cream Parlour
1956 parlor — The Kitchen Sink sundae arrives with sirens.
$
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Waterfront · Hollywood · 2.9 mi
Le Tub
Bathtub-décor dive — The Oprah/GQ burger; slow, cash-leaning, worth it
$$Dogs OK
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Waterfront · Hollywood · 2.9 mi
GG's Waterfront
Upscale Intracoastal — Sunset happy hour
$$$Dogs OK
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Waterfront · Hollywood · 2.9 mi
Billy's Stone Crab
Stone crab house — Family-run since 1975 with its own boats; from Oct 15
$$$
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Local favorites · Hollywood · 2.9 mi
Sonny's Famous Steak Hogies
Since 1958
$
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Nothing else within 15 mi