32 September 24-30, 2026 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | CULTURE | NIGHT+DAY | NEWS | LETTERS | CONTENTS | Grand opening, grand closing Boho Edgewater Miami is shutting its doors. Aire nightclub will take its place. BY OSVALDO ESPINO A fter six years in Edgewater, Boho Miami (not to be confused with Boho House, which is a different venue in Wynwood with a similar name that remains operational) prepares to close its doors. But the courtyard at 111 NE 20th St. won’t stay quiet for long. Aire, a new open-air nightclub and lounge fo- cused on house and electronic music, will offi- cially open Thursday, Sept. 24, taking over the longtime Boho address with a refreshed identity and a greater emphasis on the DJ booth. The new concept comes from Boho owner Jorge Moreno, who says the transition was less about abandoning what worked and more about recognizing when the concept had run its course. “Boho had a great six years, but the bohemian aesthetic became one of the most borrowed looks in hospitality,” Moreno said in a statement given to New Times. “When a look becomes that familiar, the honest move is to stop repeating it rather than ride it down.” Aire will retain much of what made the loca- tion recognizable, including its intimate outdoor setting, while introducing a new bar, a reposi- tioned DJ booth, an updated menu, and a re- freshed aesthetic. Programming will center on deep, rhythmic, and soulful house music, with resident and visiting DJs expected to shape the direction of each night. Helping Moreno develop the new venue is Louis Puig, the nightlife veteran who founded Club Space in 2000 and helped establish the marathon sets and open-air dance floors that be- came synonymous with Miami nightlife. Puig is joined by Aramis Lorie, Travis Rogers, and John Fortini, with the group bringing experi- ence across bookings, management, operations, and programming. That involvement gives Aire’s emphasis on music some added weight. Rather than position- ing itself primarily as a restaurant, lounge, or so- cial venue with DJs in the background, the club says its programming will revolve around what is happening behind the booth. Opening weekend begins Sept. 24 with a pub- lic preview featuring local talent. Canadian pro- ducer and DJ Gab Rhome takes over Friday, Sept. 25, followed by British house veteran Steve Lawler, who will bring his Pendulum party to Aire on Saturday, Sept. 26. Beginning Sept. 30, Aire plans to operate Wednesday through Saturday for guests 21 and older. Wednesdays will feature collaborations with lo- cal groups including Pitch Park and Afrotek, while Thursdays will become a weekly ladies’ night fea- turing complimentary drinks for women until mid- night. Fridays and Saturdays will bring rotating promoters and established DJs to the venue. The opening arrives as Boho prepares to wrap up a six-year run at the same address. The venue became known for its greenery-filled courtyard, cocktails, and late-night house sets beneath the Miami sky. Aire isn’t trying to erase that history. Instead, Moreno and his team are betting that the bones of the space can support a new identity at a moment when Miami’s nightlife landscape con- tinues to shift. The challenge will be separating Aire from a city already packed with places offering house music, visiting DJs, and outdoor partying. At least it won’t have to teach Miami where to find it. Aire. 111 NE 20th St., Miami; airemia.com; 645- 400-5569. Aire will retain much of what made the location recognizable, including its intimate outdoor setting, while introducing a new bar and a repositioned DJ booth. Aire render | CROSSFADE | ▼ Music Music get a complete picture of your circum- stances and options. “These are life-altering decisions, and sometimes we have to give people answers they don’t want to hear, unfortunately,” Rifkin says. “One would hope that we would have a consistent immigration pol- icy that would take into account humani- tarian factors and recognize the fact that immigration is a positive force in this country. Right now, that is just not the case.” Back at Las Rosas, I ask Ca- margo whether she drew inspi- ration from her set with Achro- ite and her guest spot with openers Seroto- nia to cover System of a Down’s “Holy Mountains.” She pauses and looks past me, down the block, at the patrons still trickling into the packed benefit. Above them, the neon Las Rosas sign lights the night red. “What else can we have except hope?” she says. “If none of us had hope, nothing would get done. We’d just all lose our shit.” [email protected] Detained from p31 “THESE ARE LIFE-ALTERING DECISIONS, AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE ANSWERS THEY DON’T WANT TO HEAR.”
