III Points is the festival that made the case that Miami's music scene was not only Ultra and the beach clubs, and it returns to Mana Wynwood on 16 and 17 October. Two days, more than ten stages, and a bill that runs from Underworld and Four Tet to Sunn O))) — which is not a combination any other festival in this city would attempt.
A two-day festival with ten stages and four-hour sets rewards a plan and punishes turning up at nine with no idea who is on. Ask Karpo to build a route through the weekend around what you actually want to see.
What is playing
The 2026 line-up includes Underworld, Four Tet, Flying Lotus, Blood Orange, Kelela, Charlotte de Witte, Tricky, Honey Dijon, Parcels, Men I Trust, PAWSA, HorsegiirL and Sunn O))). That spread — veteran electronic acts, contemporary club DJs, art-rock and drone — is the festival's whole identity.
The format additions are the interesting part this year. There is a run of back-to-back sets and extended four-hour performances, with Floating Points, Seth Troxler and DJ Harvey among those taking the long slots.
A four-hour set is a different proposition from a festival appearance and it changes how you should plan the night. If you intend to see one of those properly, that is your evening; you do not get to also catch three other acts.
Tickets and what they cost
Tickets run from $179 to $375 depending on tier, sold through the festival's own ticketing. That is a real price for two days and it puts this in the same bracket as the larger touring festivals rather than the local ones.
The 2026 edition expands the footprint, upgrades the VIP experience and makes improvements to the Isotropic stage. Whether the VIP upgrade is worth it depends entirely on your tolerance for queueing at bars and toilets on a warm October night in a warehouse district.
Two-day passes are the standard purchase. If you are choosing one day, choose it by the four-hour sets rather than by the headliners, because those are the performances that will not be repeated on a tour.
Mana Wynwood is the right room for it
The site is a warehouse and outdoor complex in Wynwood, which means a mixture of indoor rooms with proper sound isolation and outdoor stages in the open air. That variety is why a bill this broad works here and would not work in a park.
Indoor stages in October Miami are also air-conditioned, which is not a trivial detail. The average temperature in mid-October is still high and the humidity is still real, and having somewhere cool to go between sets is part of what makes a two-day festival survivable.
The trade-off is that indoor capacity is finite. Popular sets in the smaller rooms fill and close, and the only defence is arriving before the set starts rather than during it.
Getting there and getting home
Wynwood is a short ride from downtown, Brickell, Midtown and the Design District, and rideshare is the default. Surge pricing at the end of the night is severe and predictable, and walking ten minutes away from the site before ordering is the standard local workaround.
Parking in Wynwood on a festival weekend is difficult and expensive. If you must drive, park in the Design District and take a short ride south rather than circling the blocks around Mana.
The neighbourhood itself stays open late, so the end of the festival does not have to be the end of the night. Wynwood's bars and the late food counters along NW 2nd Avenue absorb the crowd, which is a genuine advantage over a festival in a park.
It is worth understanding why this festival exists in the shape it does. Miami's international reputation in music was built on Ultra and on the beach clubs, both of which are large, commercial and narrow. III Points was set up as the counter-argument — a festival programmed by people who wanted to see Sunn O))) and Honey Dijon on the same weekend — and it has held that position for over a decade.
That matters practically because the crowd is different. It skews local, it skews towards people who came for a specific act rather than for a general night out, and the rooms are noticeably more attentive than a beach-club crowd. If you have avoided Miami festivals on the assumption that they are all bottle service and confetti, this is the one that is not.
What to wear and bring
October in Miami is hot during the day and warm at night, and a warehouse full of people is warmer still. Dress for heat rather than for an autumn evening, and bring something light for the outdoor stages after midnight.
Comfortable shoes matter more here than at a park festival because the surfaces are concrete and asphalt rather than grass. Two days on concrete is hard on people who underestimated it.
Check the current bag policy before you go. Festivals of this size revise it annually and the trend is towards smaller and clearer.
Practical notes
III Points, 16-17 October at Mana Wynwood, Miami. Tickets $179 to $375 through the festival's own ticketing. More than ten stages across indoor warehouse rooms and outdoor spaces, with an expanded footprint and an upgraded Isotropic stage this year. The 2026 bill includes Underworld, Four Tet, Flying Lotus, Blood Orange, Kelela, Charlotte de Witte, Tricky, Honey Dijon, Parcels, Men I Trust and Sunn O))), plus four-hour sets from Floating Points, Seth Troxler and DJ Harvey. Arrive early for indoor stages, dress for heat, and walk a few blocks before ordering a ride home.
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Ask Karpo first
Ten stages across two days with four-hour sets buried in the schedule means the difference between a great weekend and a scattered one is planning. Ask Karpo which III Points sets are worth building your night around, what tickets are still available, and where in Wynwood to eat before the gates open.
