Key West Festivals and Events

Do it up this Thanksgiving on board Key West's one of a kind Sunset Dinner Cruise. With an all you can eat Thanksgiving buffet featuring all your holiday favorites, and unlimited drinks, this is the best way to make your Thanksgiving holiday in Key West one to remember!

From writing his creative novels in his home and studio on Whitehead Street, to fishing for big game fish like Blue Marlins on his day out for some deep sea fishing, Ernest Hemingway made his mark on his beloved Key West since leaving it in the 1940’s. So naturally, Key West throws a festival in the accomplished author’s name. Anyone wanting to enjoy a Key West vacation and is a huge fan of Hemingway’s work will surely want to be here for all the outrageous things to do in Key West for this festival.

For any vacationers planning on visiting Key West toward the end of the month in July, will have a special festival, in which the whole family will be able to treasure memories from. This special festival is the golden opportunity to enjoy the nautical life of the Keys’ culture, and getting to meet some of the locals who are passionate about one thing: treasure. The event we’re speaking of is, of course, the Mel Fisher Days festival.

Musicians, music lovers, and songwriters should all be racing to Key West for this number one music festival in South Florida. This is the number one festival for people to discover up and coming musicians and music artists that flock to Key West for a showcase of what they have to offer. The Key West Songwriters Festivals is a one of a kind festival that the whole family could agree on for a Key West vacation. This festival is the one place there will be a Grammy, CMA and ACM award winning musicians and songwriters, and all in one room.

Nothing could correlate with the Florida Keys and Key West better than the famous citrus it grows on the islands. This bitter fruit is of course the deliciously bitter Key Lime. And in Key West, what better way to honor this fruit than to give it attention with a festival that lasts the whole weekend.

Key West and the Florida Keys are already known for having some of the best fishing in the world, but it’s also a fact that it has the best fishing tournaments around. While many visitors flock to the Keys for a Key West vacation getaway, even more amount to the islands for all the different fishing tournaments held here.

If anyone has ever had the pleasure to have a Key West vacation in the winter months, can appreciate the cool, crisp breezes while being outdoors. The weather of the Florida Keys during the winter months has been described as the perfect time to be exercising outdoors. Some days may be a little too nippy for a dip in the ocean, but working up a sweat while feeling cool is a great duo.

The Key West Literary Seminar was made and catered toward writers, and gives writers the chance to gather and bounce ideas off of one another. The writers that attend this seminar will be completely inspired by their tropical and lush surroundings of Key West.

The annual Florida Keys Seafood Festival is an event no self-proclaimed seafood lover will want to miss. Another phenomenal festival to attend, but what makes this one different is that it involves all of the Florida Keys.