Miami local news
Events lists what is happening across Miami-Dade over the coming weeks: street festivals, farmers markets, gallery openings, concerts, sports and free community days. Every listing carries a date, an address, the cost and a practical note about parking or transit. Compiled for residents, not for weekend visitors.
Festivals, markets, concerts, block parties and free family days across Miami-Dade, listed with dates, addresses, ticket prices and honest parking notes.
On the last Friday of every month, Little Havana's Southwest 8th Street closes to traffic for a nonprofit-run celebration of Cuban culture that has drawn artists and neighbors since 2000.
Miami Carnival brings J'ouvert, the Parade of Bands, and Panorama to South Florida each October — per the organizers, the 2026 weekend is set for October 10–11, with the parade at the Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition grounds.
Miami-Dade Parks' summer calendar runs movie nights, free and low-cost pool sessions, and evening programming at parks from Amelia Earhart to South Dade — this guide explains how the season works.
Miami-Dade's Fourth of July options for 2026 center on Coral Gables' free concert and fireworks at the Biltmore grounds, 1200 Anastasia Ave, with the show starting at 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 4.
The Redland International Orchid Festival gathers international growers at Fruit & Spice Park in the Redland — per the organizers, the 2026 edition runs October 16–18, 2026, at the 37-acre park at 18700 SW 248th St.
Presented by Miami Dade College at the Wolfson Campus, the Miami Book Fair fills downtown Miami's streets each November — the 42nd edition ran November 16–23, 2025, with the Street Fair on its final weekend.
The 26th edition of the Ultra Music Festival ran March 27–29 at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami, drawing a reported 165,000 attendees from more than 100 countries.
The Calle Ocho Music Festival fills SW 8th Street from SW 12th to SW 27th avenues on Sunday, March 15, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closing Carnaval Miami's season.
The 62nd Coconut Grove Arts Festival ran February 14–16, 2026, along South Bayshore Drive and McFarlane Road, with more than 280 artists and three days of Presidents' Day weekend programming.
The 42nd King Mango Strut marched through Coconut Grove on January 4, 2026, carrying on a satire tradition that began in 1982 as a sendup of a defunct football parade.