Bruno Mars is trading stadium lights for a locked-down dance floor this week, hosting an intimate, phone-free party at E11EVEN Miami on Thursday, September 17. The event, called The Romantic After Hours, will require every guest’s device to disappear into a sealed Yondr Pouch at the door, with no photos or video recording allowed for the night.
What to Expect Inside E11EVEN
The Romantic After Hours is billed as an intimate phone-free party, according to Miami New Times, and it lands at E11EVEN Miami’s 29 NE 11th St. address in downtown Miami. Per speakeasygo.com, organizers describe it plainly: “this will be a phone-free experience. No photos or video recording will be permitted,” with all devices secured in a Yondr Pouch upon entry. The venue itself, which E11EVEN Miami notes sits just blocks from the Kaseya Center, is a 21-and-over club, and miamiandbeaches.com confirms the age restriction applies here too.
Inside, the night promises DJ music paired with cirque-inspired performers, dancers and large-scale LED visuals, according to the same miamiandbeaches.com listing. VIP tables, bottle service and food will be sold separately, and guests should come prepared with cash or cards — tap-to-pay and mobile wallets won’t work once phones are locked away, per speakeasygo.com. Tickets for The Romantic After Hours start at $326, according to Miami New Times.
A Wider Shift Toward Unplugged Nightlife
E11EVEN’s phone-free night isn’t happening in a vacuum. Just across downtown, Jolene Sound Room has also gone phone-free, with door staff placing stickers over guests’ phone cameras before they enter, as reported by miaminewtimes.com. That same report cites Eventbrite data showing phone-free events have increased by 567% since 2024, with attendance at those events climbing 121% in the same window.
Much of that shift traces back to companies like Yondr, whose lockable pouches have been used at more than 10,000 events worldwide and have secured over 20 million devices, according to billboard.com. The outlet reports Yondr typically charges promoters $3 to $5 per ticket, and once inside, attendees hold onto their locked pouches throughout the show, only able to access their phones in designated phone-use areas. Artists from Jon Stewart and Kevin Hart to Erykah Badu and Karol G have already embraced the model, and Billboard notes Yondr is expanding into more global tours in 2026, including Iron Maiden’s Paris shows and a large-scale European EDM festival…