Fiesta Calle Orange

About this happenin

Ten blocks of Orange Avenue close for Fiesta Calle Orange, a Hispanic heritage street party that has run in downtown Orlando for more than two decades. Each of the three themed streets has its own stage, and between them you'll hear salsa, merengue, bachata, freestyle and hip hop, the last two on a throwback stage a block from the others. Ballet folklorico dancers turn on the closed asphalt while a car and motorcycle show fills a side street. Along the route, vendors sell Puerto Rican, Colombian, Venezuelan and Mexican food. The festival takes a Sunday from noon to 10 p.m. General admission covers all three stages, and VIP seating is sold separately by stage. Buying online in advance is the cheapest way in. At the gate, admission costs less before 2 p.m. than after, and nothing for children 12 and under. Streets close before dawn and stay shut until 2 a.m., with LYNX bus routes detouring around the closures, so plan on parking outside the closed streets and walking in. Ten hours outdoors on pavement means shade and comfortable shoes earn their keep.

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Where

Downtown Orlando, N Orange Avenue · 415 N Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32801