Articles tagged with 'Arts & Culture' | Florida Keys

Lighted and decorated boats of all shapes and sizes are to illuminate the sparkling waters of the Florida Keys in December, drawing visitors to local hubs and hotspots to watch festive boat parades and revel in the Keys’ holiday spirit.From Key Largo...

Celtic culture, music, food and history are to be celebrated at the annual Florida Keys Celtic Festival, a favorite family event in the Middle Keys set for Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 6-7, 2024.The traditional Kilts in the Keys lead-in to the festival ...

The wild and wonderful Sunshine State is to take center stage for writers and literature fans Thursday through Sunday, Jan. 11-14, as the Key West Literary Seminar presents “Florida: The State We’re In,” a cultural exploration held in an open-air set...

Key West may be Florida’s subtropical southernmost island, but revelers can enjoy events as seasonal as Santa’s North Pole celebrations during the 2023 Key West Holiday Fest that runs through Dec. 31.The festivities are to begin Wednesday, Nov. 22, w...

Bright and beautifully “belighted” subtropical holidays in the Florida Keys & Key West are filled with warmth, inspiring good cheer throughout the 125-mile-long island chain. From Key Largo to Key West, the 2023 holiday season features spirited event...

BIG PINE KEY, Florida Keys — Sleigh rides and snowball fights aren’t on the menu of holiday amusements in the subtropical Lower Florida Keys, but visitors don’t need them to celebrate the season at the Lower Keys’ Island Art Festival.The open-air fes...

KEY WEST, Florida Keys — Film buffs can savor cinema in a breezy, subtropical setting as nearly 75 contemporary films are screened Wednesday through Sunday, Nov. 15-19, during the 12th annual Key West Film Festival.The 2023 fest’s emphasis on powerfu...

KEY LARGO, Florida Keys — Light Up Key Largo brings the holiday spirit to the Florida Keys Saturday, Nov. 18, with the lighting of “Holly,” the 45-foot-tall Key Largo holiday tree, and loads of fun activities for kids at the Murray E. Nelson Governme...

MARATHON, Florida Keys — Florida’s stone crab claw harvest season runs from Oct. 15 to May 1, and in the Florida Keys, the annual Stone Crab Eating Contest is an undisputed highlight of the season. This year set for Saturday, Nov. 4, the munch-a-thon...

KEY WEST, Florida Keys — Revelers can marvel at huge and extravagant floats, masked and costumed characters, and exotically garbed marching groups Saturday, Oct. 28, during the Bud Light Fantasy Fest Parade through Key West’s historic downtown.The la...

KEY WEST, Florida Keys — As Halloween approaches, Key West’s historic Fort East Martello Museum has been chosen one of the United States’ 10 best haunted destinations in the 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Award contest sponsored by USA Today.Announced...

KEY WEST, Florida Keys — Revelers can enjoy island-style music, food and a high-energy celebration of the cultural connection between Key West and the Bahamas at the annual Goombay street festival set for noon to midnight Friday and Saturday, Oct. 20...

ISLAMORADA, Florida Keys — A vibrant Dia de los Muertos celebration is to take place in Islamorada Friday, Nov. 3, with a sugar skull-making workshop for kids, live music, a traditional procession and an Afro-Mexican Fandango with special guest chore...

KEY WEST, Florida Keys — Dozens of masquerade contests, themed parties and other spectacles are to challenge the creativity of mask and costume designers during Key West’s Oct. 20-29 Fantasy Fest celebration — but none more than the eagerly anticipat...

KEY WEST, Florida Keys — The 40th annual Headdress Ball, an over-the-top showcase for mask-makers and costumers, is to take place Thursday, Oct. 26, at Key West’s Coffee Butler Amphitheater in Truman Waterfront Park.Celebrating the creative and enter...

KEY LARGO, Florida Keys — Divers interested in participating in the 25th annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest Saturday, Oct. 28, should pack carving tools along with their dive gear for the quirky event in Key Largo waters.Crafty carvers are to ...

More than 400 years after two majestic galleons from Spain's 1622 fleet sank off Key West, a comprehensive new exhibit tells their story in the context of their time.

Known for its year-round subtropical weather, playful festivals and welcoming "One Human Family" atmosphere, Key West is to sizzle Wednesday through Sunday, Aug. 9-13, during the Tropical Heat celebration for gay men age 21 and over....

Those who revere beer or love lager can indulge their cravings in the Florida Keys over Labor Day weekend during the annual Key West BrewFest.

An intriguing array of literary events awaits readers and writers during Hemingway Days 2023, set for Tuesday through Sunday, July 18-23. The festival celebrates the talent and Key West lifestyle of author Ernest Hemingway, who lived on the island fo...

Just across Cow Key Channel from Key West, Stock Island is the heart of the Florida Keys' commercial shrimping industry, alive with colorful marinas, eclectic arts emporiums and inviting waterfront bars and restaurants. The island's seafaring spirit,...

Local parades, beach parties, glittering fireworks and the creation of the world's largest Key lime pie are to highlight Independence Day celebrations throughout the Florida Keys.

More than 125 stocky, bearded men are to gather on the island Ernest Hemingway called home to emulate the author's appearance and larger-than-life character during Sloppy Joe's 42nd annual Hemingway® Look-Alike Contest. ...

Ernest Hemingway fans can celebrate the late author's literary accomplishments and colorful Key West lifestyle Tuesday through Sunday, July 18-23. The annual Hemingway Days festivities salute the legacy of the Nobel Prize winner who lived and wrote o...

One of Key West's most notable indigenous delicacies, the mango, is to take center stage Thursday through Sunday, June 22-25, when the island city's seventh annual Mango Fest salutes the flavorful fruit and its heritage....

Visitors can celebrate diversity and mark the 20th "birthday" of Key West's famed 1.25-mile sea-to-sea rainbow flag with a three-night laser light show during Key West Pride 2023, scheduled Wednesday through Sunday, June 7-11. Presented by the Key We...

Florida Keys visitors and residents can commemorate the subtropical island chain's bicentennial Saturday, June 10, during a gala sea-to-table dinner in Islamorada, famed as the Sportfishing Capital of the World....

Audiences can enjoy three days of multicultural music with an all-star South Florida lineup of Afro Roots artists in Islamorada Friday through Sunday, May 19-21, during Afro Roots Fest.

Recycled art and people-powered mobile sculptures highlighted Earth Day in Key West, as the Papio (pronounced POPPY-OH) Kinetic Sculpture and Art Bike Parade rolled through the island's historic downtown....

Featuring more than 250 performing songwriters including multi-genre singer/rapper Jelly Roll, fresh from his triple win at the Country Music Television Music Awards, the 27th annual Key West Songwriters Festival is to feature an unparalleled five-da...