Annual pet masquerade deserves a treat
Costumed canines and other furred and feathered critters and their human companions rocked the stage at Key West’s Fantasy Fest Pet Masquerade on Oct....
Key West’s Headdress Ball hits the high notes
Key West’s annual Headdress Ball, one of the highlights — literally — of Fantasy Fest, is not your kid’s costume contest. Now in its 43rd...
In pictures: Fantasy Fest Masquerade March meanders through Old Town
KISS took over the streets of Key West Friday night. So did Freddie Mercury. And a few thousand of their closest friends. It was...
Key West’s Goombay celebration connects island cultures
Key West’s 2026 Goombay Festival ushered in the week of Fantasy Fest and filled the Bahama Village neighborhood with two days and nights of...
Fantasy Fest flashbacks: The shaved dog & the purple mortgage banker
Many years ago during Key West’s Fantasy Fest celebration, a local doctor friend of mine went crazy. Renowned for healing people in pain, Doc...
Iconic Schooner Wharf Bar, featured in Kenny Chesney video, gets new owners
It was 1984. Michael Jackson’s hair caught fire. MTV awarded its first Video Music Awards. Kevin Bacon cut “Footloose.” In Key West, that was also...
A small parade started Key West’s 10-day parade — nearly 50 years ago
If you lived in Key West in 1979 and were in town in October, that meant a couple things. One, you couldn’t afford to...
Sign up to join a rolling Jimmy Buffett tribute in Fantasy Fest parade
Forty-one years after Jimmy Buffett served as a grand marshal of the Fantasy Fest Parade, Margaritaville Cafe, Just a Few Friends Key West and...
Fantasy Fest crowns king & queen; royal court raises $201K for animals
Six weeks of tireless fundraising events, thousands of text messages and phone calls and countless hours of hard work and planning culminated Oct. 16...
Thousands of two-wheeled zombies roll through Old Town Key West
Traffic was a nightmare in Key West Sunday night. But the drivers weren’t the problem. Thousands of zombies took to the streets for the annual...
