The small business bazaar is a marketplace event that brings out the communities best entrepreneurs in one community event.

OPA-LOCKA, FL, January 18, 2019— The Opa-locka Community Development Corporation (OLCDC) is bringing together the best of arts, entrepreneurship and health in a free, full-day family-friendly community block party in the heart of downtown Opa-locka on Saturday, February 9. This event, which will take place at The ARC, 675 Ali Baba Ave, Opa-locka, FL 33054, is just one example of the OLCDC’s commitment to supporting entrepreneurship, arts and families in the North Miami-Dade corridor.

Families will have the opportunity to enjoy shop and support food, apparel and hair care entrepreneurs at the Small Business Bazaar, which opens at 11:00 a.m., followed by Poppin’ the Lock, a bi-monthly live hip-hop show at 1:00 pm. The show will feature local freestyle artists taking the stage in improvised sessions, known as cyphers, where emcees, singers, beatboxers, and musicians collaborate in a spontaneous combustion of pure skill. In addition, the Florida Department of Health will be on site in honor of National Black AIDS Awareness Day to host free, on the spot HIV/AIDS screenings.