A free concert beneath the Brickell Metrorail tracks will turn Miami's Underline Urban Gym into a fundraising hub this Saturday, as two Grammy-winning performers headline a benefit show aimed at helping earthquake survivors in Venezuela and Colombia. The event, called Jam for Venezuela and Colombia, runs from 5 to 9 p.m. and asks attendees to bring relief supplies or make a donation rather than pay for admission.
According to WLRN, the show is a special installment of the Levitt BLOC Miami Music Series and is timed to Hispanic Heritage Month, with organizers describing it as an effort to unite the South Florida community while supporting relief in disaster-stricken areas. The concert is presented jointly by the Levitt Family Foundation, The Underline, the Miami Downtown Development Authority, and Global Empowerment Mission, per the same report. It takes place at the Underline Urban Gym at 700 SW 1st Ave, a venue that sits directly below the Brickell Metrorail station along the linear park's Miami stretch.
A Lineup Built Around Grammy Talent
Headliner Tony Succar is a Miami-raised percussionist and producer whose 2019 Latin Grammy recognition included Best Salsa Album and Producer of the Year honors, according to The Latin Recording Academy. He shares the bill with Aymée Nuviola, a Cuban singer and pianist who won the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album, as noted by The Recording Academy. Nuviola previously portrayed salsa icon Celia Cruz in a major Telemundo series and remains a fixture of Miami's Latin music scene.
The bill, per WLRN's report, also includes Paola Guanche, Javi G, Marcela Cardenas, Ivis Cequea, Mari Segura, Susana Rendon, Adelmo Cokis, Daniel “Dito” Reschigna of Sonora Tukukuy, Salvatore Creme, Juan Andres, La Cokis Band, DJ V1fro, and DJ Bozito. The event requires an RSVP through Eventbrite even though admission is free and open to the public, the outlet reported.
Two Disasters, One Relief Pipeline
The concert responds to back-to-back catastrophes in South America. Venezuela was struck by two earthquakes in late June 2026 that destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed more than 6,300 people, according to WLRN's account. Colombia was then hit by a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in August 2026 that killed at least 111 people and damaged more than 1,000 structures in the country's west, Hoodline reported.
Global Empowerment Mission, the Doral-based humanitarian organization co-presenting the concert, was founded in 2010 by former Miami nightlife entrepreneur Michael Capponi following the Haiti earthquake, according to the organization's own account of its history. GEM has planned multiple distribution hubs to move long-term aid to displaced Venezuelan residents, per Michael Capponi's press materials. Those operations are part of GEM's broader effort to deliver aid to affected families.
The Colombia earthquake prompted a similar mobilization weeks before this concert was announced. Municipal leaders from Doral and Weston gathered at GEM's Doral facility to organize emergency relief shipments after the August quake, Hoodline previously reported on Doral's Colombia aid push.
Why South Florida Keeps Showing Up
The turnout of local talent and civic energy behind Saturday's show reflects Miami-Dade County's demographics. The Miami metropolitan area is home to the largest Venezuelan diaspora population in the country, with roughly 254,000 residents of Venezuelan origin, according to U.S. Census Bureau and Pew Research Center data. Florida holds about 474,000 Venezuelan residents statewide.
Colombian Americans are represented in South Florida communities including Doral and Weston. That dual concentration helps explain why a single benefit concert is drawing support for both nations at once, rather than splitting into separate fundraisers.
Saturday's show is not an isolated gesture. The Alhambra Orchestra has announced its own benefit performance, titled Latin Beats — An Evening in Support of Venezuela, set for Florida International University on September 26, with proceeds supporting emergency medical aid through All for Venezuela. Hoodline covered that concert in a piece on the Alhambra Orchestra's FIU benefit.
The Underline as a Growing Civic Stage
The venue itself is part of an ongoing transformation of public space in Miami-Dade. The Underline is a 10-mile linear park. The park has increasingly become a site for civic and cultural programming, including a recent public art project that Hoodline covered when it reported on artist Gio Swaby's Metrorail column installations along the corridor.
That broader activation is supported in part by the Levitt Foundation's national matching grant structure, which created the Levitt BLOC Music Series to bring free live music to underused public spaces in cities across the country. The foundation supports free outdoor music access nationwide.
Attendees at Saturday's Jam for Venezuela and Colombia are encouraged to bring requested relief supplies and non-perishable items, or to make a financial donation, according to WLRN's reporting. A percentage of food and beverage revenue from participating vendors at the event will also go directly toward relief efforts.
