Eight days, three street-fair days
Miami Book Fair runs November 15 to 22, 2026. The Street Fair takes the last three days, Friday November 20 through Sunday November 22.
Programs sit at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132. The organiser counts hundreds of authors across English, Spanish and Haitian Creole and dates its own history to 1984.
Gates at 9, floor at 10, close at 7
The Street Fair page prints the hours day by day. Friday November 20: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday November 21: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday November 22: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Gates open at 9 a.m. on all three days, one hour before the floor. Friday carries a second line on both pages: free for everyone.
The $12 ticket and the $86 room
Single-day tickets read adult $12, senior $7 over 62, teen $5 for ages 13 to 18. Multiday tickets read adult $18, senior $12, teen $8. Children 12 and under enter free, and MDC students, faculty and staff enter free with a valid MDC ID.
The Dayuse Miami page read on 18 October 2026 prints a city average day rate of $113.76. YVE Hotel Miami, in Downtown Miami, lists US$86 for a window against a comparative US$220 overnight rate, 64 percent lower.
A Saturday guest pays $12 at the gate and $86 for the room. The room costs seven times the ticket and replaces a night the same property quotes at US$220.
The closest card sits a quarter mile away
YVE Hotel Miami sits 0.22 straight-line miles from the Wolfson campus, 0.28 road miles on the OSRM routing check. That is a short walk to the campus and one minute by car.
Two cards in the 18 October read carry a Downtown Miami breadcrumb: YVE at US$86 and Gale Miami Hotel and Residences at US$148. The other 18 sit across Miami Springs, Miami, Doral, Flagami, West End, Aventura, South Beach and Mid-Beach.
What a 10-to-6 window leaves
YVE lists 10am to 6pm and 2pm to 8pm at US$86. The first window opens with the floor and leaves the last hour of a Saturday. The second opens at 2 PM and covers the 7 PM close.
Gale Miami Hotel and Residences lists 8am to 2pm and 9am to 4pm at US$148 and finishes before the 7 PM close.
Parking is free for the eight days
The Fair prints free parking at the MDC Wolfson Campus Parking Garage from Sunday November 15 to Sunday November 22. The garage sits at 500 NE Second Ave., with the entrance on NE Fifth Street between First and Second avenues.
A one-block walk separates the garage from the closest Fair entrance. The Fair asks drivers to route to 145 NE Fifth Street.
Paid options run through the Miami Parking Authority. College Station sits at 190 NE Third St. with access via NE Second Street. The Convention Center garage sits at 100 SE Second St. in the Bank of America Building.
Bags are hand-checked at the gate
The Fair bars firearms and other weapons from the grounds. Every attendee is subject to a hand-check of bags, backpacks, purses and containers by Miami Dade College Public Safety officials.
A day room takes the suitcase out of that line. A guest who leaves a bag at a Downtown property reaches the gate with a tote.
A 6 p.m. close and a 23-minute run to MIA
Miami International Airport sits 11.8 road miles and about 23 minutes from the campus on the OSRM routing check. A Sunday close at 6 p.m. leaves the evening before a late flight.
The shower sits between the floor and the terminal. A 2pm to 8pm window holds the close and the change.
Florida sits on the restricted list
hotelSlots covers 46 states with 103,857+ hotels offering day-use rooms. Its home page carries this line: A few states (FL, HI, IA, WA) restrict day-use bookings under state travel laws.
Its Florida directory path returns a 404 with a two-byte body. The windows and rates in this piece come from dayuse.com, which publishes the city average and each property window. Confirm the state rule before any card is charged.
The order to book in
Buy the Street Fair ticket online and skip the gate queue, as the Fair asks. Friday needs no ticket at all.
A Saturday gate at 9 a.m. runs to a 7 p.m. close, and the 2pm to 8pm window covers the last five hours. A Sunday gate at 9 a.m. runs to a 6 p.m. close, and the 10am to 6pm window matches it hour for hour.
Confirm the checkout hour in writing before the card is charged.
