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“Long Live J’ouvert” Exhibition

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Long Live J’ouvert – Miami Edition, a vibrant and immersive exhibition celebrating one of the Caribbean’s most powerful cultural traditions, will debut with an opening night celebration on Friday, August 1, 2025, from 6:00-11:00 PM at HistoryMiami Museum. The exhibition will be on view from July 31 through October 19, 2025, in the museum’s Community Gallery.
Presented in partnership with JouvayFest Collective, TheSmartGroup Corp, City Lore, HistoryMiami Museum, and in collaboration with Miami Broward One Carnival, this dynamic exhibition is part of the broader J’ouvert Genesis Immersive Experience — a multidisciplinary exploration of the resistance, resilience, and ritual that define J’ouvert.
The Opening Night Celebration invites guests to experience and honor J’ouvert through live music, traditional Carnival characters, storytelling, festive Caribbean cuisine and drinks, a guided exhibition tour, and a historical documentary screening. It promises to be a night to remember.
Derived from the French phrase meaning “opening of the day,” marks the pre-dawn emancipation celebrations of formerly enslaved Africans in Trinidad and Tobago. Originating in the 1800s amidst struggle and defiance against colonial authorities, J’ouvert has evolved into a visceral, celebratory ritual within the Caribbean Carnival community – one that pulsates with ancestral memory, rebellion, and resilience.
The Miami edition of Long Live J’ouvert offers an intimate journey through time, illuminating the roots of Carnival and the fierce cultural pride embedded within it. Through captivating visuals, traditional satirical characters, stick fighting, dense percussion, steelpan rhythms, and vibrant street processions the exhibition contrasts the raw authenticity of J’ouvert with the polished flair of daytime masqueraders.
“Without J’ouvert there is no Carnival.”

Long Live J’ouvert – Miami Edition, a vibrant and immersive exhibition celebrating one of the Caribbean’s most powerful cultural traditions, will debut with an opening night celebration on Friday, August 1, 2025, from 6:00-11:00 PM at HistoryMiami Museum. The exhibition will be on view from July 31 through October 19, 2025, in the museum’s Community Gallery.
Presented in partnership with JouvayFest Collective, TheSmartGroup Corp, City Lore, HistoryMiami Museum, and in collaboration with Miami Broward One Carnival, this dynamic exhibition is part of the broader J’ouvert Genesis Immersive Experience — a multidisciplinary exploration of the resistance, resilience, and ritual that define J’ouvert.
The Opening Night Celebration invites guests to experience and honor J’ouvert through live music, traditional Carnival characters, storytelling, festive Caribbean cuisine and drinks, a guided exhibition tour, and a historical documentary screening. It promises to be a night to remember.
Derived from the French phrase meaning “opening of the day,” marks the pre-dawn emancipation celebrations of formerly enslaved Africans in Trinidad and Tobago. Originating in the 1800s amidst struggle and defiance against colonial authorities, J’ouvert has evolved into a visceral, celebratory ritual within the Caribbean Carnival community – one that pulsates with ancestral memory, rebellion, and resilience.
The Miami edition of Long Live J’ouvert offers an intimate journey through time, illuminating the roots of Carnival and the fierce cultural pride embedded within it. Through captivating visuals, traditional satirical characters, stick fighting, dense percussion, steelpan rhythms, and vibrant street processions the exhibition contrasts the raw authenticity of J’ouvert with the polished flair of daytime masqueraders.
“Without J’ouvert there is no Carnival.”

More about HistoryMiami Museum
HistoryMiami Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate located in downtown Miami, safeguards and shares Miami stories to foster learning, inspire a sense of place, and cultivate an engaged community. We connect people by telling the stories of our communities, individuals, places and events. Every exhibition, artistic endeavor, city tour, educational program, research effort and publication we present is another step closer to everyone understanding the critical value of the past in shaping our collective future.
When & Where
Aug 1, 2025, 6:00pm to 11:00pm Timezone: EDT
Free


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