Calle Ocho Music Festival 2024

Calle Ocho Music Festival 2024

For more than 40 years, crowds have flocked to Little Havana’s Calle Ocho (Eighth Street) in March to celebrate the Calle Ocho Music Festival.

• Visiting for Calle Ocho Festival? Little Havana is a 20 minute drive from the gay epicentre of South Beach. We recommend you stay in South beach and take a rideshare to the party. 

The Event

• Calle Ocho Music Festival is an annual tradition that brings people together to celebrate Miami’s vibrant Latin and Caribbean cultures on the streets of Little Havana.
• The festivities brim with non-stop music, food and activities for an energetic and festive explosion of culture.

Where is the Calle Ocho Festival

• 11am to 7pm – Stroll along 15 Street blocks from SW 12th to 27th Avenue and catch multiple acts on different stages.

The Stages

The event spans Little Havana’s several blocks on multiple stages. You may even catch the next big thing. Artists such as Pitbull made their debut at Calle Ocho.

• Main Stage – 27th Avenue
• Telemundo Stage – 24th Avenue
• Kiwanis Stage – 22nd Avenue
• Free Style Stage – 19th Avenue
• Miami DJ Stage – 17th Avenue
• Centro America Stage – 12th Avenue

Other Events

• The Calle Ocho Music Festival attracts more than a million attendees and celebrates the diversity of Hispanic culture every year in March. As well as the stage acts, visitors can enjoy street performances, conga lines and Latin street food. This festival is just one more reason to celebrate in Little Havana.

The Kiwanis Club of Little Havana

• The Calle Ocho Music Festival is made possible by the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana, which was founded in 1975 and has grown into a major service organization in Miami that reaches the lives of many underserved children each year. Carnaval and its Calle Ocho Music Festival is a party for a good cause.

Where to Stay?

• No trip to Miami would be complete without spending time in Little Havana if you want to see the city’s vibrant Latin and Caribbean culture cranked all the way up to diez.
• Stay at the Life House Little Havana, set in Miami’s Hispanic heart. The hotel dwells within a historic 1920s tropical mansion and showcases paintings and photography from local artists—including hyperlocal works by Cuban artist Leandro Feal. The hotel has monochrome floors inspired by typical Havana mansions and colors that reflect the texture of the neighborhood, from guava pink and plum purple to the distinctive magenta of nearby market boards.

Gay8 Street Festival

• The Calle Ocho music festival is inclusive and open to all. The event has grown so popular it has even created an LGTB specific day, known as Gay8 street festival which takes place in February. Both events should definitely be on your list of things to do!

Recommended Hotels in Miami

The following hotels are close to Miami Beach and all its top attractions, and a 20-minute ride from the festival:

The Setai,    The Marlin Hotel,    Waldorf Towers,    President Hotel