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Miami isn’t the world’s greatest scene for dives. Looking for a dark, dingy, unpretentious place to drink away your woes and float your feel-good spirits? Pickings are slim. That’s all the more reason to celebrate a place with staying power, and even more so when it throws an all-day birthday bash at no cost to the public. Who would do such a thing? Lost Weekend (218 Española Way, Miami Beach), the hole-in-the-wall hangout, invites you, your friends, your mom, and the whole world to its 20-Year Anniversary Block Party. Kicking off at 2 p.m. Saturday, the award-winning dive’s bash will host burlesque dancers, drag queens, comedians, magicians, and sideshow acts. Miami’s favorite local musical acts are onboard to show support, including Spam Allstars, Afrobeta, Otto Von Schirach, and Music Is a Weapon. MCs Shelley Novak and Notorious Nastie will be sure to embarrass everyone equally in the most uproarious manner imaginable. Oh, and there’ll be live “midget wrestling” courtesy of the Micro Championship Wrestling organization, which apparently is a real thing. The party will take over the whole 200 block of Española Way between Washington and Collins Avenues.