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Key West Lobsterfest 2024
There are many events, celebrations and festivals held in Key West throughout the year. And, Lobsterfest is one of the most popular of these events. This year, the festival will…
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Key West Celebrates 200th Anniversary
Key West Beginnings On March 25, 1822, Navy Lieutenant Matthew Perry sailed the schooner Shark to Key West, claiming the island for America. Key West is strategically located, guarding Florida…
Lobsterfest 2021
Lobster season opens on August 6th, and Key West will once again celebrate with the four day event, Lobsterfest. Thousands of lobster loving tourists come to Key West to eat…
Key West Artisan Market
4/5/21 If you are in Key West on select Sundays, you should check out the Key West Artisan Market. Currently, this open air bazaar is being held every other Sunday…
Key West Resorts Are Beautiful
Why You Should Visit Key West
February 19, 2020 - If you have ever read Patricia Schultz's, 1,000 Place to See Before You Die, you would know that Key West is one of the places that…
Key West Poker Run – 2013
In just a couple of days we will start hearing the rumbling of Harley's and other motorcycles makes making their way down US 1 for the Phil Peterson's 41st Key…
Key West Events | Watch the Sailboat Races
If you are into sailing or if you just think that sailboats are romantic, then you really need to come to Key West for the Quantum Key West Sailboat Races…
Swim Around Key West
Tomorrow, June 23, 2012 is the 36th Annual Swim Around Key West. This is a 12.5 mile swim, clockwise around the island. Generally the waters are about 85 degrees and…
Key West Event | 3rd Annual Bacchanalia
For the past couple of years, the biggest foodie event in Key West has been Bacchanalia. This competition of local celebrity chefs benefitting the Darrel Gwynn Foundation allows for celebrity…
Key West: Florida Keys Art Guild Festival
Running from December 27th through the 31st is the Florida Keys Art Guild Festival, a free art festival held at Bayview Park. It was billed to have dozens of artists from around the country joining local artisans to display their work, ranging from fine jewelry, sculpture, paintings and photography as well as fine crafts. However, I would be surprised if there were a dozen total vendors peddling their wares.
We stopped by yesterday thinking it would be a fun afternoon. It took us maybe a half hour to peruse the few tents. There were some great products there; some beautiful paintings and photographs along with some slightly disturbing works of art. There were really nice jewelry pieces there as well with reversible stones set in silver. My favorite display was of the rock oil candles. The artist takes natural stones, attaches part of a recycled bottle to the bottom as a reservoir for oil, and drills a hole in the top and attaches a fiberglass wick that never needs replacing. Ingenious! (more…)
Key West – The End of Hurricane Season 2011
So, today is November thirtieth. Officially this is the last day of the Atlantic hurricane season! I am surprised that someone in Key West has not started the “End of Hurricane Days Festival” or something like that to draw in crowds and have another excuse to party on Duval Street.
Key West Fantasy Fest is Almost Here!
Well October is here, the weather is starting to cool slightly, and Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas displays are already going up in the stores. That means Fantasy Fest is just around the corner. I always equate this annual festival to Mardi Gras. We have a ton of celebrations during these days (October 21 – 30) including parades, costume parties and contests, street fairs, body painting, and all sorts of wacky events.
I have an entire section of this blog dedicated to Fantasy Fest information. You can check it out HERE!