First Fridays: Network & Chill in Miramar — Event Spotlight, Livestream & Small Business Networking
October 2, 2026 | Miramar, Florida
If you’re looking for a South Florida networking event that brings together professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders, First Fridays: Network & Chill — Fall Series is taking place tonight, Friday, October 2, 2026, in Miramar, Broward County. Doors open at 5:30 PM, with the event running from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM at Juana’s Latin Sports Bar & Grill. The evening offers opportunities to network, hear featured guests, exchange ideas, and discover local business and community connections.
Quick Event Facts
Event: First Fridays: Network & Chill — Fall Series
Date: Friday, October 2, 2026
Doors Open: 5:30 PM
Event Time: 6:30 PM–9:00 PM
Location: Juana’s Latin Sports Bar & Grill
Address: 11602 City Hall Promenade, Miramar, FL 33025
Organizer: City of Miramar / Mayor Wayne M. Messam
Market: Miramar, Broward County, South Florida
The event is presented as a networking experience for professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders, with guest speakers including Maffio, Amara La Negra, and Tony Cao.
What to Expect at First Fridays: Network & Chill
First Fridays: Network & Chill is designed around bringing people together in a relaxed networking environment.
Rather than simply attending another event and exchanging contact information, attendees can use the evening to meet professionals from different industries, discover businesses in the local community, exchange ideas, and develop new relationships.
For entrepreneurs and small-business owners, events like this can also provide an opportunity to explain what they do directly to other people in the South Florida business community.
The October 2 Fall Series event takes place in Miramar, making it a local networking opportunity for people throughout Broward County and the broader South Florida market. Professionals from nearby communities, including the Fort Lauderdale market, may also find the event relevant when looking for networking opportunities in Broward County.
Featured Speakers
The October 2 First Fridays: Network & Chill — Fall Series features guests with backgrounds spanning music, entertainment, entrepreneurship, food, and the South Florida business community.
Maffio
Maffio is a Dominican producer, songwriter, DJ, and recording artist known for his work across Latin and Caribbean music.
Instagram: @maffio
Facebook: Search Maffio on Facebook
Amara La Negra
Amara La Negra is a singer, actress, television personality, and entrepreneur known for her work across entertainment, media, and business.
Instagram: @amaralanegraaln
Facebook: @amaralanegraaln
Tony Cao
Tony Cao is an entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of CAO Bakery & Café, a South Florida bakery and café brand.
Instagram: @caobakery
Facebook: Search CAO Bakery on Facebook
Their participation brings together perspectives from entertainment, entrepreneurship, food and hospitality, and the broader South Florida business community, giving attendees opportunities to connect, exchange ideas, and engage with professionals and community leaders.
Why Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses May Want to Attend
For small-business owners, networking is often about more than collecting business cards.
A useful conversation can introduce a business owner to a potential customer, collaborator, referral partner, vendor, community organization, or future opportunity.
First Fridays: Network & Chill in Miramar provides a setting where entrepreneurs can introduce themselves, talk about what they offer, and learn more about other businesses and professionals operating throughout South Florida.
If you’re building a business in Miramar, Broward County, or the wider South Florida market, attending local events can also help you better understand the people and organizations around your business.
WhoIsDésir Shoots: Event Spotlight & Livestream Coverage
For the October 2 event, WhoIsDésir Shoots is providing event-media coverage focused on the people, businesses, conversations, and atmosphere surrounding First Fridays: Network & Chill.
The coverage may include:
- Venue and establishing footage
- Guest arrival and networking moments
- Event atmosphere
- Speaker moments
- Business-owner soundbites
- Short-form video clips
- Livestream coverage
- Small-business interviews
The goal is to document the event while creating useful media that participating businesses and professionals can continue to use after the event.
$50 Small-Business Interview Opportunity
Are you a small-business owner attending First Fridays: Network & Chill?
WhoIsDésir Shoots is offering 3–5 minute promotional interviews for $50.
The interview gives participating businesses an opportunity to briefly introduce themselves and explain what they do to an audience beyond the people they meet at the event.
Interview questions may include:
- What do you do?
- Who do you help?
- What brought you to Network & Chill?
- What’s one thing you want people to know about your business?
- Where can people find you?
The interview is a paid promotional/media service. Business owners will be informed of the service before recording and must provide permission before being recorded.
Interested in an interview? Book your $50 small-business interview during the event.
How to Attend
First Fridays: Network & Chill — Fall Series takes place tonight:
Friday, October 2, 2026
Doors: 5:30 PM
Event: 6:30 PM–9:00 PM
Juana’s Latin Sports Bar & Grill
11602 City Hall Promenade
Miramar, FL 33025
For registration and current event information, visit the event’s registration listing on Eventbrite.
Post-Event Recap
This section will be updated following the October 2 event.
WhoIsDésir Shoots will document highlights from the evening, including networking moments, business-owner interviews, speaker appearances, and other notable event moments.
Following the livestream, this section can include:
- Event highlights
- Number of businesses interviewed
- Featured interview clips
- Photos from the event
- Livestream replay
- Short-form video highlights
- Participating businesses
- Community connections
- Follow-up opportunities
The goal is to turn the event coverage into a useful resource for the businesses and professionals who participated—not simply a record that the event happened.
From One Event to an Ongoing Event-Media System
The October 2 First Fridays event also serves as a pilot for the WhoIsDésir Shoots event-media model.
The concept is straightforward: attend relevant events, document the experience, give businesses an opportunity to tell their stories, and turn the resulting footage into useful digital content.
That can include livestreams, interviews, short-form videos, social media content, event recaps, and business features.
For participating small businesses, the objective is to create a simple opportunity to be seen and heard while they are already participating in a relevant community event.
For WhoIsDésir Shoots, each event can also provide an opportunity to build relationships with entrepreneurs, organizations, venues, and event producers throughout South Florida.
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Event: First Fridays: Network & Chill — Fall Series
Date: October 2, 2026
Location: Juana’s Latin Sports Bar & Grill, Miramar, Florida
Coverage: WhoIsDésir Shoots
Small-Business Interview: $50
Event details are based on the information available for the October 2, 2026 event and may be updated as additional information becomes available.
