Miami's Diverse Cultures

Greater Miami & Miami Beach is a cultural melting pot. People from all over the world come to Miami, sharing their customs, languages, food, music and art, and creating new communities.

One of Miami’s oldest neighborhoods, Historic Overtown, was long known as “the Harlem of the South” because of its Black cultural scene. Visit today and you’ll still see evidence of this renaissance, whether it’s at a comedy or jazz show at the Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater Cultural Arts Complex, comfort food at the Michelin-recognized Red Rooster Overtown or the colorful murals of Black artist Purvis Young.

Little Havana has been a hub of Cuban culture in Miami since the 1960s, when Cuban exiles fled economic and political turmoil. The neighborhood is known for its traditional Cuban cigar shops, historic monuments and Cuban restaurants on and near Calle Ocho (Southwest 8th Street). Head to Little Haiti and explore its colorful Haitian art, attend a vibrant street festival, dance to soca music or buy Haitian goods at Little Haiti’s Caribbean Marketplace.

There is a strong Jewish community in Miami that dates back to 1913, when Jewish immigrants started settling in Miami Beach’s South of Fifth neighborhood. Learn more about it when you explore the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU (housed in the first synagogue in Miami Beach), visit the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, go on the Miami Design Preservation League’s Jewish Miami Beach Walking Tour or enjoy Israeli cuisine at Abbale Telavivian Kitchen.

From national heritage months and annual international festivals to cultural celebrations, concerts and more, Miami celebrates its diversity everywhere you look.