Free music, fun at Calle Ocho

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From 11th to 27th avenues, the street will offer multiple stages of [...]

Carnaval on the Mile in Gables

Coral Gables will be the site for nonstop free music Friday through Sunday as Carnaval on the Mile sets up stages in multiple locations.
The festival begins with a kickoff concert at 7 p.m. Friday, March 5, at Ponce Circle Park. Friday is also Gallery Night and Giralda in the Park.
Some of South Florida’s top musicians [...]

BOGO tickets to food fest wine events

The Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival is offering a sweetheart deal for wine lovers through Sunday, Feb. 14. If you buy a ticket to one of the selected wine seminars/pairings, you’ll get a second ticket to the same event free.
To get the deal, you can buy tickets online or call 877-762-3933 and ask for the Valentine’s Day [...]

Free Art Deco Weekend events

Art Deco will celebrate the motorcar during the 2010 Art Deco Weekend, which kicks off with a lecture Thursday, Jan. 14, and continues through the weekend with free films,  free lectures plus the free street fair Friday, Jan. 15, through Sunday, Jan. 17.
The street fair will be on Ocean Drive in South Beach between Fifth [...]

Free fun fest at Biscayne National Park

Biscayne National Park has a free Family Fun Fest from 1 to 4 p.m. the second Sunday of every month from December through April.
Each month focuses on a different aspect of the park`s diverse resources with games, science experiments, presentations and more.
The Sunday, Jan. 10, will focus on how parks across the country tell part [...]

Great Taste of the Grove this weekend

The 20th Great Taste of the Grove music and food festival will be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, at Peacock Park in Coconut Grove.
The event, presented by the Coconut Grove Chamber of Commerce, allows visitors to sample tidbits from area restaurants for $1 to [...]

Free air show in Homestead

Homestead Air Reserve Base is inviting its neighbors to a free air show Nov. 7-8 as a way to give thanks and foster awareness for the local military units. Wings over Homestead will be the first air show hosted by the Air Force at the base since before Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
Wings Over Homestead’s feature [...]

Gay Pride parade, free music

The first Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade and Festival kicks off at noon Saturday, April 18, with singer Patti LaBelle and fashion designer Richie Rich as grand marshalls.
The parade will go down Ocean Drive, starting at Fifth Street and ending at 15th Street.  “PROUD,” the festival and expo, will follow at Lummus Park between 10th and 12th [...]

Gifford Lane Art Stroll in Grove

Here’s a cool event we learned about from the Coconut Grove Grapevine:
Sunday, March 15, will be the annual Gifford Lane Art Stroll, an combination art fair-block party in which more than 60 artists display their wares along the 3200 block of Gifford Lane in Miami. This is the event’s 11th year.
Neighbors barbecue and provide drinks [...]

‘Cultural Friday’: free music, art

It’s the last Friday of the month, and that means it’s time for Viernes Culturales (Cultural Fridays) in Little Havana.
That means art, free concerts, food tastings and general free fun from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Southwest Eighth Street between 14th and 17th avenues.
Performers tonight (Friday, Feb. 27) include Camilo Egana de Raices y Recuerdos [...]