Calle Ocho Returns To The Streets Of Little Havana Sunday

MIAMI (CBSMiami) - After being canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, Calle Ocho returns to the streets of Little Havana this Sunday.

A marquee event of Carnaval Miami, the Calle Ocho Music Festival will span 15 blocks of Little Havana, filled with musical stages, international food, sampling sites, folkloric dances, and entertainment.

Billed as the largest Latin music festival in the country, the event is put on by the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana. This year's event headliners will be Albita, Marlon, and Yotuel - the King of Carnaval Miami.

The free event on March 13th is held on SW 8th Street between SW 12th to 27th Avenue, it runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The festival usually draws hundreds of thousands of people to celebrate Miami's unique and vibrant culture.

Beginning on Saturday at 11:00 p.m., eastbound traffic on S.W. 8 Street from S.W. 27 Avenue to S.W. 12 Avenue will be closed.

Traffic traveling eastbound on S.W. 8 Street will be detoured northbound or southbound at S.W. 27 Avenue.

There will also be a closure on S.W. 22 Avenue between S.W. 7 and 8 Street that will start at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.

Traffic traveling westbound on S.W. 8 Street will be detoured northbound or southbound at S.W. 12 Avenue.

Miami-Dade Transit buses which normally travel along S.W. 8 Street will be detoured.