Blow Up the Balloons & Light the Candles!! Tennessee Williams Festival
Mark your calendars because starting on Saturday, March 1, Key West rolls out the red carpet for a month-long birthday celebration honoring Pulitzer Prize-winning literary icon Tennessee Williams, who resided here for 34 years. Hosted by the Key West Art &...
Splash Down – Key Largo’s Vintage Dive Weekend
Imagine, if you will, an underwater hotel where scuba diving is the only way to get to your guest room. It may sound fantastical but if seeing is believing, you best mark your calendars for Vintage Dive Weekend on Saturday, May 4th and Sunday, May 5th. Presented by...
Spring Is In the Air! Key West’s Annual GardenFest & Green Marketplace
Just a few miles from Old Town Key West, yet far away from the maddening crowds of Duval Street, is a place where you can totally chill. A zen-like retreat, and the only frost-free sub-tropical native botanical garden in the continental US, the historical Key West...
It All Began With a Couple of Clothespins – The 60th Annual Key West Art & Craft Festival
Back in 1965, they called Key West's Old Island Days Art Festival the "Clothesline Art Show." It was a small Key West affair intended to raise renovation money for the historic building at 301 Front Street, now the home of the Key West Art Center. At the time, local...
Music to Your Ears! Key West’s Impromptu Concert Series
How did a single "impromptu dinner and concert" morph into one of Key West's most exciting concert series? Was it timing? Talent? Luck? Or perhaps a combination of all three? Whatever it was; the stars aligned one magical night on January 6, 1972. It all started when...
Key West’s Cultural Epicenter – The Studios of Key West Sets the Stage
Key West has been a haven for writers ever since Hemingway set down roots here in the 1930s. Over the years, our tiny island has blossomed into a thriving arts community dedicated to nurturing creative minds, hearts and souls. At the center of it all is The Studios...
