The Montreux Jazz Festival Miami returned for its third edition from 25 February to 1 March 2026, expanding to five nights of programming across two venues with Meyer Sound once again delivering the sonic foundation for the event.
Building on a sold-out 2025 run, the festival, led by the co-founders Jeremy Arditi, Adam Fell, and Thomas Duport, and festival director Sig Greenebaum, broadened its presence across the city while maintaining its intimate scale. The main weekend program returned to The Hangar at Regatta Harbour in Coconut Grove, where the historic waterfront venue once again served as the program anchor. Two additional nights at the Miami Beach Bandshell — home to a permanent Meyer Sound LINA system — introduced a second stage to the format, extending Montreux’s presence beyond a single neighbourhood and reinforcing its growing cultural foothold in South Florida.
At The Hangar, a cavernous 20,000-square-foot building with corrugated metal walls, concrete flooring, and expansive windows, Pete Diaz Productions once again deployed a Meyer Sound system anchored by six PANTHER large-format linear line array loudspeakers per side, with two cardioid arrays of three 2100‑LFC low-frequency control elements delivering powerful, controlled bass. ULTRA-X40 compact point source loudspeakers served as front fills, LEOPARD compact linear line array loudspeakers and 900-LFC low-frequency control elements provided side fills, and ULTRA-X80 versatile point source loudspeakers supported VIP areas. Systems were designed using Meyer Sound’s MAPP 3D system design and prediction tool.
For this acoustically challenging venue, the production team maintained the same system architecture as previous seasons. “Due to the success of how everything went last year, there weren’t many necessary changes,” said Peter Diaz, owner of Pete Diaz Productions, which has provided sound every year for Montreux Jazz Festival Miami. “We’re essentially copying and pasting the same MAPP 3D file. It worked.”
The Hangar’s metal walls and large windows required careful acoustic management; strategic draping, controlled low-frequency deployment, and precise delay placement once again ensured consistent coverage throughout the 1,500-capacity space.
Montreux Jazz Festival Miami’s 2026 lineup underscored the event’s genre-spanning identity, with performances ranging from the Miles Davis Centennial celebration at the Miami Beach Bandshell to Trombone Shorty & Jon Batiste’s New Orleans-inspired opening night at The Hangar, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Toto, Bomba Estéreo, and more. From intimate jazz to high-energy funk, Latin, and pop, the diversity of artists showcased the versatility of the Meyer Sound systems deployed across both venues. For Diaz, whose company has been a Meyer Sound partner for more than 30 years, one performance carried personal significance. “Our company was started by my father, who was a disco DJ,” he says. “Having Nile Rodgers on this stage feels like a full-circle moment.”
With an expanded citywide footprint and a proven technical framework in place, Montreux Jazz Festival Miami entered its third edition as an established cultural fixture. As Montreux Jazz celebrates 60 years in Switzerland and four decades of partnership with Meyer Sound, the Miami edition stands as a testament to a partnership defined by a shared pursuit of uncompromising sound.
“What excites me most is that we are building a meaningful new live music experience and tradition in Miami,” said Greenebaum. “With Meyer Sound as our partner, we’re able to grow thoughtfully while maintaining the sonic integrity that defines Montreux.”
