Urban Beach Week

Clubs and music venues on and around Ocean Drive, South Beach are the center of Urban Beach Week's activities.

Urban Beach Week is a hip-hop festival held in Miami's South Beach over the Memorial Day weekend since the 2000s.[1] Urban Beach Week has been likened to a de facto continuation of Freaknik's cultural activities.[2] The event has become known for its over-the-top parties and fashions.[3]

The events of Urban Beach Week are typically spread over five days.[4] The city does not sponsor the event and there is no one organizer. Instead, it is a weekend of rolling performances in private venues.[5]

  1. ^ "Miami Beach Memorial Day parties still polarizing". Miami Herald. May 27, 2011. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  2. ^ Shaw, A.R. (May 31, 2011). "Urban Beach Weekend in Miami Tarnished by Gunplay, Hip-Hop Culture Takes Blame". TheProviderNu.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  3. ^ "A concert, parties and celebrities help make final days of Urban Beach Week a blast", The Miami Herald, May 27, 2012.
  4. ^ "“Success” of Beach’s Memorial Day weekend depends on point of view", The Miami Herald, 28.5.12
  5. ^ "As Hip-Hop Devotees Come in, Many Miami Beach Residents Prepare to Leave", The New York Times, May 25, 2012.