One gate time, one programme window
All three Street Fair days open the gates at 9 a.m. The programme runs 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 November. Sunday 22 November runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Miami Dade College Public Safety hand-checks bags, backpacks, purses and containers at the entrance. Firearms and other weapons stay off the grounds. A 9 a.m. arrival puts a visitor through that line before the programme opens.
Saturday holds the most sessions
Saturday 21 November carries the fullest grid of the three days. Room 8302, Building 8 third floor, runs the ReadCaribbean panels at 11 a.m., 12.30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Room 8503 on the fifth floor of the same building opens at 11.30 a.m. and holds its last session at 6.30 p.m. Room 8525 runs from 12 p.m. to 5.45 p.m. Building 3, Room 3315 carries three Seminario panels at 11 a.m., 1.15 p.m. and 2.35 p.m.
Several published sessions share the 11 a.m. hour. A visitor picks one and crosses the campus for a 12.30 p.m. start.
The last Spanish session of the day starts at 6.30 p.m. against a 7 p.m. grounds close. The guide prints no end time for it.
Children's Alley runs all three days
Children's Alley runs Friday to Sunday, 20 to 22 November, on the upper and lower plazas of Building 1. The programme lists English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. Four canopies carry it. Learn holds drumming, science shows and animal ambassadors. Create runs make-and-take stations with MOAD and The Bass. Participate holds a stage for theatre, dance and music. Innovate runs digital workshops on iPads.
Featured workshops take a free ticket. The 2026 guide reads: "Featured workshops have limited space, so be sure to pick up your free ticket at the Info Booth, sponsored by Carnival Cruise Line." Collect the ticket at the gate hour.
The guide also prints the author storytime clock. Saturday 21 November runs 12 p.m. Adam Mansbach and W. Kamau Bell, 1 p.m. Susan Rose and Silvia Lopez, 2 p.m. Brandon James Scott and 3 p.m. Ruth Behar and Gabriel Frye-Behar. Sunday 22 November runs 12 p.m. Alexandra Alessandri, 1 p.m. Brandon Vega and Phil Agnew, and 2 p.m. Daniela Jean.
What the day costs
Friday 20 November is priced at zero on the schedule block, which reads "Free for Everyone!" over hours of 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday run the ladder: $12 an adult, $7 a senior over 62 and $5 a teen aged 13 to 18. A Two Day ticket costs $18, $12 or $8 and covers both weekend days. Children 12 and under enter free. An MDC ID clears Miami Dade College students, faculty and staff.
The 2026 guide states that tickets are required for the Fair grounds and Street Fair, and that entry covers Off the Shelf, Children's Alley and non-ticketed weekend author sessions.
Arriving and parking
The Fair sits at 300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132. The MDC garage at 500 NE Second Ave. parks Fair visitors free from 15 to 22 November, with its entrance on NE Fifth Street between First and Second avenues and a one-block walk to the nearest entrance.
Streets close around the campus during the run, and the directions page routes drivers to 145 NE Fifth Street for mapping. Miami Parking Authority sells a flat $5 rate at College Station, 190 NE Third St. Ride-share and drop-off traffic uses the Green entrance at NE First Avenue south of NE Third Street.
The Fair publishes no hotel block and no coach shuttle on the pages read for this piece. Metrorail, Metromover, Brightline, Tri-Rail and the Miami Trolley carry visitors to the campus.
A free evening before the Street Fair
The Opening Day Block Party runs Sunday 15 November from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the Wolfson Campus Plaza. The guide reads "Free Admission | All Ages". Smorgasburg Miami supplies food and drink. Oscar G headlines the lineup.
The plan on one page
Saturday 21 November: gate at 9 a.m., Info Booth for a workshop ticket, first panel at 11 a.m., second at 12.30 p.m., third at 3 p.m., grounds close at 7 p.m. Sunday 22 November: gate at 9 a.m., programme from 10 a.m., last session before the 6 p.m. close.
Two timing items decide the day. The Sunday close comes an hour early. The 2026 guide and the weekend author grids sit on the Fair Guide page as PDFs, so the session grid follows the printed schedule.