John Summit, Calvin Harris and Xandra played a free concert at Lummus Park on South Beach in Miami for the College Football Playoff National Championship on Saturday. It was absolute mayhem.
The crowd supposedly exceeded the designated capacity limit at (way) more than 20,000.
Local Miami Beach police struggled to control the chaos. Concertgoers breached the gates at the various points of entry, hopped fences, stormed past security and forced their way into the horde of EDM fanatics. This was not just a college football event. It was a citywide gathering.
John Summitt headlined a free concert in Miami.
With the National Championship set to take place on Monday night, the College Football Playoff partnered with AT&T to put on a free concert series that could not be more Miami. The lineup for Saturday night featured three of the biggest brand-name DJs in the world right now. The lineup for Sunday night features three of the biggest Latin artists in the world right now.
The two-night event took place at Lummus Park on South Beach.
Here is a look at the setup:
People started camping out in line as early as 9:00 a.m. for a show that started at 6:00 p.m.
Free concert?! Say less… Massive lines at the beach for tonight’s John Summit x Calvin Harris show🏝️🎶😳| #ONLYinDADE pic.twitter.com/OS99neejNF
— ONLY in DADE (@ONLYinDADE) January 17, 2026
The crowd kept getting bigger and bigger as the start time approached.
Miami Beach Police was out in full force.
The park reached maximum capacity before 7:00 p.m., less than one hour after Xandra hit play.
As you could imagine, that did not stop the flood. It very quickly became a safety issue and got out of hand.
The police could not keep up with the crowd.
Hopeful attendees started to breach the gates well before sundown. They hopped fences, stormed past opened barriers, overwhelmed the security guards to where they simply could not keep up, and forced their entry.
According to boots on the ground, Miami Beach police eventually gave up on capacity. It decided not to enforce the size of the crowd and shifted instead to focus on safety for the massive amount of people who showed up to the park.
Those who could not get inside the gates packed together just outside of the designated crowd area. They ventured out into the water or hung on the fences (which did not stand for long) and waited for their turn to storm the metaphorical castle.
@MiamiBeachExperience was there to document the entire evening and all of the madness. It got wild.
I think it is safe to assume the crowd exceeded 50,000.
This is NUTS John Summit playing to 20k people for free on Miami beach 🏖️ He’s killing it pic.twitter.com/umzbpPrchF
— DJ Lovers Club (@DJLoversClub) January 18, 2026
Some people think the real number was closer to 100,000 or more. I’d believe it.
miami hosted a free concert on the beach for over a hundred thousand people pic.twitter.com/IyOWhWNQDr
— dojo (@supa_raw) January 18, 2026
Those who were fortunate to end up in the VIP section had a much better experience than those who got stuck fighting for their spot in the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd.
I have not seen any reports of injury and/or death. That is a huge win. Shoutout to Miami Beach police for keeping things safe despite all of the madness. All things considered, they did a great job.