Urban Beach Week

[1] Urban Beach Week has been likened to a de facto continuation of Freaknik's cultural activities.

[1][6] While Urban Beach Week is a hip-hop dominated music event, major reggae artists from the US and abroad have also appeared.

[3] Major artists who have performed at Urban Beach Week related shows include Flo Rida,[5] Twista,[5] Mr. Vegas,[3] Shaggy,[3] Lil Bow Wow, Funkmaster Flex,[7] Fat Joe,[7] Marcia Griffiths,[7] and Pitbull.

[5] Instead, the city and the Police Department increased the turnout of law enforcement in 2012, with a tougher stance on minor infractions.

[5] Civil-rights groups expressed their concern in a letter signed by executive director of the ACLU of Florida, Howard Simon, former president of the Greater Miami ACLU chapter, John de Leon, and Bradford E. Brown, president of the Miami-Dade NAACP, which said that Miami Beach officials were attempting "to make this event as difficult as possible for visitors to attend, creating the appearance that it is trying to discourage African Americans from visiting the City.

Clubs and music venues on and around Ocean Drive, South Beach are the center of Urban Beach Week's activities.