Carnival of Flesh

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Miami-Dade and Broward can hardly stomach each other most of the time. They’re up there and we’re down here, and mostly that’s the way we’d like to keep it. But when it comes to watching scantily costumed ladies dance to reggae, calypso, soca, and other steel-drum-heavy Caribbean music, well, that seems like something we can all agree on. Take what happens in Rio de Janeiro in the spring (minus the floats and totally exposed boobies), throw some Caribbean jerk spice on it, and you have Miami Carnival(not to be confused with Carnaval Miami on Calle Ocho), which straddles the county line. The carnival is about much more than cheap thrills, but honestly, that’s a pretty big lure. The ladies dance along with a procession of bands starting on NW 37th Avenue at 199th Street and travel east until they reach 26th Avenue, where they head north to Sun Life Stadium. Once the bands reach the stadium, they battle for band-of-the-year honors and, of course, county bragging rights. The street procession is free, but tickets to the stadium show cost $20 in advance and $25 at the gate, which opens at 11 a.m. Call 305-653-1877 or visit miamibrowardcarnival.com.
Sun., Oct. 10, 11 a.m., 2010