Pompano Beach News & Events.

The city has published its full holiday run for this season, checked November 11, 2026: the season kicks off with Light Up MLK on the MLK corridor Saturday, November 28 at 5:00 PM; Yuletide on Atlantic parades down East Atlantic Boulevard Thursday, December 3, 6:00 to 9:30 PM; the city tree lighting takes place inside the Old Town Untapped Holiday Edition Friday, December 4, 6:00 to 10:00 PM at Bailey Contemporary Arts, 41 NE 1st Street, with the Untapped Tree Lighting Ceremony at 6:00 PM; and the Festival of Lights, a Hanukkah celebration, holds 4:00 to 7:00 PM on Sunday, December 6 at the Palm Aire Gazebo, inside the same community as this listing.

The headliner closes the first half of the month: the 64th Annual Greater Pompano Beach Chamber Holiday Boat Parade sails Friday, December 11 at 6:00 PM from Lake Santa Barbara north on the Intracoastal under a Party in the U.S.A. theme for the nation’s 250th, with 50-plus decorated boats and free park viewing along the route. The Green Market runs its Holiday Edition December 12, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, and is closed December 26. The new journal post carries the full dated calendar with sources for every item.

The fifth-annual Drone Show Extravaganza, scheduled for Saturday, November 7 over the ocean south of the Fisher Family Pier, was canceled hours before its 8:00 PM start. The Sun Sentinel reported FAA flight restrictions tied to presidential travel, not weather, caused the cancellation, and as of November 9 the paper reported the show’s fate, including any reschedule, was still unclear. The city’s events board still lists the show in its fall lineup; no makeup date had been announced as of this writing.

Separately, the city’s beach parking lot north of Atlantic Boulevard closed permanently Monday, November 9 as site preparation begins for the W Pompano Beach Hotel & Residences, with the free on-demand Fishing Village Shuttle and the City Hall Weekend Park & Ride lot as the city’s answer. And across the street at The Pomp, roughly 950,000 square feet of retail space is now listed for lease at 777 Isle of Capri Boulevard per CBRE, days after Costco answered the city in the Pompano court case with a November 6 filing the retailer calls the city’s defense without merit. Every item, plus a labeled market check, is in the new journal post.

The City of Pompano Beach announced November 3, 2026 that the beach parking lot just north of Atlantic Boulevard will close permanently on Monday, November 9, as site preparation begins for the W Pompano Beach Hotel & Residences. The new journal post on this site walks through the full picture: the 24-story tower at 20 North Ocean Boulevard with 296 condo-hotel suites and 77 residences, its ground-level garage with 145 public parking spaces, and the free on-demand Fishing Village Shuttle (running since October 2) as the near-term parking answer: drivers park once and ride in.

The post also sets the W next to the rest of the oceanfront build landing now: the Waldorf Astoria Residences topped out in May with two record-setting penthouse sales announced in June at $17.1 million and $18.1 million, the Ritz-Carlton Residences finishing through 2026, and the completed Solemar and Casamar towers. Every figure is sourced and labeled with its time window; nothing is a forecast.

The new journal post on this site is the month-ahead note, sourced October 28, 2026: the November event board from the sold-out BOYNEXTDOOR night at The Amp (November 1) to Old Town Untapped (November 6), the fifth annual Drone Show Extravaganza off the Fisher Family Pier (November 7), and the Green Market season opener (November 14). Behind the calendar, the build keeps landing: the 423-unit Lumio community at The Pomp is leasing, the district’s first four industrial buildings opened in May, and the Waldorf Astoria Residences tower topped out in spring for a summer 2027 delivery.

The post also puts the dated population, jobs, and market figures in one place, every one labeled with its source and time window, and makes no forecast. Read the full post on the journal.

The city launched the Fishing Village Shuttle on October 2, 2026: a free, on-demand service that connects the new beach parking to the Fisher Family Pier and the beach, per the city press release dated September 16, 2026. The service follows the closure of the W Hotel lot near the pier and is the answer from the city to the beach parking squeeze that has grown as the beachfront fills in.

For Palm Aire, which is about 10 minutes from the pier, the shuttle removes the last friction point of a beach day: where the car sits once you arrive. The rebuilt 896-foot pier itself remains open daily, free to stroll with paid fishing packages, and the Fishing Village dining and shops are operating.

The 5th Annual Pompano Beach Caribbean Fest lands Saturday, October 17 from 5:00 to 10:00 PM at Pompano Community Park, 1801 NE 6th Street. It is free and family-friendly, with Caribbean music, dance, food, and activities on the grass. It is the kind of event that used to belong to the bigger beach towns, and Pompano has been running its own version since 2022.

From the condo it is about 10 minutes into the park, straight down the corridor toward the beach. Details and any schedule changes live on the city press release and the Parks and Recreation events page.

The Pompano Beach Cultural Center in Old Town hosts "The Wilburys, A Traveling Tribute" on Friday, October 23 from 7:30 to 9:30 PM. The tribute honors Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty, with the Traveling Wilburys catalog and the solo songs around it. Tickets run $45 standard, $55 premium, and $65 platinum, on sale through the city and the theater.

Old Town is about 12 minutes from Palm Aire, an easy evening out with dinner before or after at one of the spots in the dining and lifestyle guide on this site.

The Sacramento alt-rock band CAKE headlines the Pompano Beach Amphitheater, The Amp, on Monday, October 26 at 8:00 PM. The Amp is the roughly 3,000-seat outdoor venue at 1801 NE 6th Street that reopened in 2022 under its tensile fabric canopy, and it has been pulling touring acts that used to skip Pompano.

One practical note: verified listings on the major ticketers show a single show on October 26, so confirm date and time on the venue page before you buy.

Save the date now: the Drone Show Extravaganza, Pompano Beach’s big beachfront light show, returns Saturday, November 7 for Veterans Day weekend, its fifth year. The show flies over the beach just south of the Fisher Family Pier, part of the city’s growing run of events that now fill the beachfront calendar through the year.

It is a good reason to make an evening of the beach, which is about 10 minutes from Palm Aire.

Pompano Beach leaders proposed a larger FY2027 spending plan while lowering the city tax rate to 5.1920 mills, part of a budget conversation that also includes the property tax amendment on the November ballot. The headline for residents is straightforward: the city is planning to spend more while taxing less per dollar of assessed value, a balance that only works when the tax base is growing, which Pompano’s is.

Also on the books: Tri-Rail fares rose 10 percent on October 1, 2026, worth knowing for anyone who commutes the coastal corridor by train. Confirm the current numbers with the city before acting on them.

The 223-acre district at 777 Isle of Capri Boulevard keeps moving in pieces. Through 2026 the picture is: the Live! entertainment district plan was scaled back to four buildings and about 170 parking spaces (July 2026); a proposed Costco was rejected 4-3 by the Planning and Zoning Board (July 2026); and Millrose Properties, a Lennar affiliate, closed a $50 million land purchase in January 2026 to build 344 condos and 82 townhomes on the site. Topgolf Pompano Beach, open since December 2023, remains the district’s operating anchor.

The honest read: the district is being built in phases, some pieces are open, some are approved, and some changed shape this year. No opening date has been announced for the Live! district, and nothing here is a forecast.