Calle Ocho Music Festival 2015 Dates, Music, Schedule & Lineup: Find Out Where to Catch Chino y Nacho, Nicky Jam &'Tierra de Reyes' Actors
As the month-long festivities of Carnaval Miami draw to a close, the Calle Ocho Music Festival takes center stage in the city.
Scores of musical guests and other personalities will be in attendance and will perform to close off the Carnaval Miami.
According to the Carnaval Miami website, the festivities will commence at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 15 and will feature multiple artists as well as shows. Performers appearing on the show include Ivy Queen, Tito El Bambino, Grupo Treo, Nicky Jam, and Chino y Nacho.
All of these performers will appear on the main stage on 8 Ave. However, there will be nine other stages on 27 Ave., 24 Ave., 23 Ave., 22 Ave., 10 Street, 19 Ave., 17 Ave., 13 Court and 12 Ave. All of these stages will have different musical acts and other entertainment. For a full detail of the performers visit the Calle Ocho Music Festival lineup site.
The Third Great International Folklore Parade and Carnival of Barranquilla will be held at the 13 Court stage and will include musical groups from Colombia, Mexico, Bolivia, Guatemala, Venezuela and Brazil.
As with any other Carnaval this one has to have its own royalty. Carnaval Miami announced that this year's Kings of Carnaval will be the duo Chino y Nacho. As previously mentioned, they will perform in the Calle Ocho festival.
"We are honored to be chosen by the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana as the Kings of Carnaval Miami 2015," said Nacho.
"Calle Ocho has become a place for more than one million people to bond through the timeless traditions of music, dance and food, creating a multi-cultural experience that celebrates who we are, where we've been and where we're going," added Chino.
The group of Venezuela-born singers formed in 2008 and has won a Latin Grammy, three Latin Billboard Awards, nine Premios Pepsi, one Premios Texas, four Premio Lo Nuestro and one Premios Juventud.
Telemundo 51 will be providing live coverage of the festival starting at 11:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. on telemundo51.com.
The festival will also feature some Telemundo stars, according to the network, including actors Kimberly Dos Ramos, Scarlet Gruber, Isabela Castillo y Cynthia Olavarría, from the telenovela "Tierra de Reyes."
For reference, here is map of where all the stands will be located.
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