Calle Ocho Festival

The Calle Ocho Music Festival, flagship event of Carnaval Miami and hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana, is the largest Hispanic street festival in the United States, attracting over one million attendees annually to Little Havana in Miami. This iconic South Florida celebration showcases Latin American and Caribbean culture through 30 stages of live music, folkloric dance, 300+ food vendors, eating contests like El Croquetazo, and family-friendly activities across 15 blocks of SW 8th Street. Holding a Guinness World Record for the longest conga line with 119,986 participants in 1988 and designated Florida's official state festival, it generates over $40 million in economic impact while funding youth scholarships and community programs.