#1 Parade & Festival
The monthlong festival of art, music, and food culminates with the Calle Ocho street festival, billed as the biggest Latino festival in the country. Next: March 2016
#2 Parade & Festival
About 5,000 revelers gathered at a week’s worth of parties on Miami Beach to raise awareness and money for H.I.V. and AIDS research. Next: November 26-December 1, 2015
#3 Parade & Festival
Starting with just two dozen vendors 53 years ago, the festival now has more than 700 vendors and attracts 300,000 visitors who come to experience arts and crafts, music, food, and cars along Atlantic Avenue. Next: April 8-10, 2016
#4 Parade & Festival
Billed as the 20th biggest parade in the world, with one million spectators over a 12-mile parade route, Winterfest will see around 100 boats participate in this year’s theme, “Fairy Tales Afloat.” Next: December 12, 2015
#5 Parade & Festival
More than 250,000 are expected to attend the 32nd year of the eight-day event—the largest of its kind in the country. Next: November 15-22, 2015
#6 Parade & Festival (up from #7)
Organizers estimated more than 100,000 visitors attended the springtime event for the second consecutive year. The festival’s big celebrations were spread out over both weekend days that capped off the weeklong festival. Next: April 2016
#8 Parade & Festival
The festival, which used to be held in two South Florida locations, outgrew its Miami site. The Deerfield Beach incarnation at Quiet Waters Park is still taking place and drew more than 100,000 attendees in 2015. Organizers plan to add another weekend next year, as well as look for a new site in Miami that’s able to accommodate the crowds. Next: February 13-March 20, 2016
#9 Parade & Festival (up from #10)
Organizers added three days to this year’s festival, bringing it to 21 days of everything from craft beer to pig races to entertainment by Kool & the Gang. Next year marks 65 years for the fair. Next: March 17-April 10, 2016
#10 Parade & Festival
The 10th year of the gathering of comic talent at the Fillmore Miami Beach Theater featured comedians including Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr, Hannibal Buress, and Patton Oswalt. Next: April 2016
#11 Parade & Festival
In 2015, the six-day festival broke the million-dollar fund-raising mark for the first time in its 22-year history, with 13,000 revelers turning out to participate. Next: March 2-7, 2016
#12 Parade & Festival
Held on the last Sunday of the year, as many as 12,000 spectators come to Coconut Grove to witness an event that’s one part parade, one part satirical political commentary. Next: December 27, 2015
#13 Parade & Festival
Around 25,000 spectators head to downtown Coral Gables to see the parade, which has been going for nearly seven decades. Next: November 29, 2016
#14 Parade & Festival
Every year, some 30,000 people turn out to attend the weeklong celebration of Caribbean culture. This year marks the event’s second time at its new home at Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition. Next: October 4-11, 2015
#15 Parade & Festival
As many as 10,000 women were expected in Miami Beach for this year’s bash, which featured a superhero theme, in celebration and support of lesbian pride. Next: May 2016
