The 26th annual Carnaval on the Mile was set to kick off in Coral Gables Saturday morning.

Melanie Garcia has been crowned queen at the 43rd annual Miss Carnaval Miami.

Carnaval on the Mile in Coral Gables happens the weekend of March 5 and the Calle Ocho street festival in Little Havana is March 13.

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. No soy muy emocional, pero esto (la cancelación del Carnaval) remueve las emociones", dijo Jonas dos Santos, que ha estado a cargo de un grupo de bate-bolas durante 31 años. La gente acude, la calle está llena, pero este año no tendremos esto. Sentimos un vacío; la gente dice que algo falta". Copyright 2021 The Associated Press.

MIAMI – The Kiwanis Club of Little Havana announced Tuesday that this year’s Calle Ocho Music Festival and Carnaval on the Mile will be canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “The pandemic has affected the ability to carry out our largest special event fundraising initiatives,” said Jorge Fernandez, president of Kiwanis Club of Little Havana. The organization also provided more than 2,000 toys to underprivileged children in South Florida during the holidays and distributed more than 30,000 meals to families in need. “It is disappointing that this will be the second year in a row without a Calle Ocho Music Festival, but public health is the priority,” the organization said in a news release. “We look forward to dancing in the street together again in 2022.”Carnaval on the Mile is scheduled to take place from March 5-6 in 2022, and Calle Ocho is expected to be held on March 13, 2022.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – The Local 10 News team will be celebrating Carnaval on the Mile this weekend in Coral Gables. If you're going to be there this weekend, be sure to stop by and say hello.