The Calle Ocho Music Festival (Festival de la Calle Ocho) is a one-day street festival closing out Carnaval Miami. It takes place in March in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Florida, between SW 12th Avenue and 27th Avenue on SW 8th Street.[1]
The festival is one of the largest in the world, and over one million visitors attend the Calle Ocho event. Showcasing Latin American and Caribbean culture, Calle Ocho is the largest Hispanic street festival in the United States. Started by Cuban exiles in 1978, the festival attracts over a million people a year.
- ^ "Calle Ocho Festival and Carnaval Miami 2015". Miami All Around. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.