3 King's Parade Lights Up Miami's Little Havana

MIAMI, FL — Sunday marks the return of Miami's colorful Three Kings Day Parade. The event commemorates the arrival of the three wise men after the birth of Christ. It is the day that children traditionally receive gifts in a number of Latin American countries. In Spanish, the holiday is known as El Día de Los Tres Reyes Magos.

The parade was set to begin at noon in Little Havana and end around 4 p.m. The parade will travel along SW 8th Street from 4th Avenue to 17th Avenue, where it turns north and ends at SW 6th Street.

Miami police announced the following traffic changes around the event:

• Beginning on Sunday, at 6 a.m. eastbound traffic on SW 8th Street from SW 19th Avenue to SW 4th Avenue will be closed. Traffic traveling eastbound on SW 8th Street will be detoured North or South at SW 19th Avenue.
• SW 12th Avenue and SW 8th Avenue will remain open only for north and southbound traffic. There will be no traffic allowed eastbound on SW 8th Street. All roads will be closed by 10:30 a.m.
• Miami-Dade Transit buses which normally travels along SW 8th Street will be detoured. Please check with Miami-Dade Transit Agency for further information.
• SW 7th Street will remain open westbound until SW 12th Avenue. At SW 12th Avenue, westbound traffic on SW 7th Street will be detoured northbound.
• Residents that live in the area will be allowed to travel along SW 7th Street on the north side or on the south side of SW 9th Street.
• Motorists are encouraged to take alternate routes if they need to travel in the vicinity. City of Miami Police officers will be placed along the closure to provide assistance.
• SW 8th Street will reopen for vehicular traffic by 6 p.m.

Photo courtesy city of Miami