Fort Lauderdale Boat Show: FLIBS Runs Through Sunday at Six Venues, With Saturday Hours Until 7 P.M.
The 67th Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show is in its final weekend across six Fort Lauderdale venues, with more than 1,300 boats on display, Saturday hours until 7 p.m. and a 10 a.m.-5 p.m. close on Sunday.
The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show - FLIBS - is in its final weekend in Fort Lauderdale, running through Sunday, November 1, across six venues in its 67th year. Visit Lauderdale puts the show at more than 100,000 attendees, 1,000 exhibiting brands and 1,300 boats, spread across Bahia Mar Yachting Center, the Broward County Convention Center, Hall of Fame Marina, Las Olas Marina, Pier Sixty-Six and Superyacht Village.
Saturday is the show's last full day, with hours from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday closes the run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is no box office at the gate: all tickets are digital and sold exclusively through flibs.com, so visitors heading to Fort Lauderdale from Miami-Dade need their tickets in hand before they go.
The show is owned by the Marine Industries Association of South Florida, which attributes more than $1.79 billion in annual economic impact and over 100,000 regional jobs to it, according to preview coverage of this year's show. Organizers billed more than 50 anticipated boat debuts among this year's displays, from fishing boats and cruisers at the convention center to the superyachts at Pier Sixty-Six and Superyacht Village.
For South Florida, FLIBS is the fall's biggest marine weekend and the start of the winter boating season. After Sunday's close, the docks clear and the industry turns to the Caribbean season the show traditionally opens.
