#1 Parade & Festival
Spearheaded by the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana, the weeklong festival is a literal and figurative parade of events, culminating in the Calle Ocho Festival, a celebration of Hispanic and Latin American culture in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood. More than one million revelers came out for its 40th anniversary this year. Next: March 3-11, 2018
#2 Parade & Festival
Organizers added something new to the festival for its 55th anniversary. “Delray Affair After Dark” was created to keep some of the more than 110,000 people who attend the 12-block arts and crafts festival in downtown Delray Beach for the evening. It featured live music, restaurant specials, and performances. Next: April 13-15, 2018
#3 Parade & Festival (new to the list)
Around 10,000 people participated in this long-running H.I.V./AIDS prevention and awareness event in Miami Beach, which raised $250,000 for community health center Care Resource. Next: November 23-27, 2017
#4 Parade & Festival
An estimated one million people watch some 100 vessels make their way through a 12-mile route along Intracoastal Waterway and nearby waterways in this parade, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year. This year features a "Broadway on Parade" theme. Next: December 9, 2017
#5 Parade & Festival
Organizers estimated that more than 135,000 people participated in the festival, which this year added a memorial to the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting. For the parade, organizers named four grand marshals. Next: April 6-8, 2018
#7 Parade & Festival
The Deerfield Beach mainstay celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, with 100,000 people flocking to Quiet Waters Park for activities, medieval jousting tournaments, and shows, costumes, and pageantry. Next: Weekends, February 10-March 25, 2018, and February 19, 2018
#9 Parade & Festival
More than 580,000 people flocked to the 86-acre fairgrounds to experience music, acrobatics, and ice-skating performances, along with robots, livestock, and rides at the fair’s 66th anniversary. Next: March 15-April 8, 2018
#10 Parade & Festival
Coconut Grove’s quirky, themed send-off to the year celebrated its 35th anniversary. Parade participants dressed up and poked fun at myriad topics, including politics and the Zika virus. Next: December 31, 2017
#11 Parade & Festival
Some 30,000 spectators turned out to see 1,800 participants in the celebration, which featured Olympic silver-medal-winning gymnast Danell Leyva as grand marshall. Next: November 26, 2017
#12 Parade & Festival
The celebration of Caribbean culture attracted 15,000 colorfully costumed masqueraders, competing with displays of Caribbean music and dance. Some 45,000 people fill the Miami-Dade County Fairgrounds to experience island cuisine and steel drums. Next: October 8, 2017
#13 Parade & Festival
The L.G.B.T.Q. festival brings some 7,000 revelers to Miami Beach for a weekend of pool and nightclub parties to celebrate lesbian pride and raise money for lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women’s initiatives. This year’s festival included a men’s event on Sunday and a “prom night” event on Friday. Next: May 2018
