Was ist los in Fort Lauderdale, Vereinigte Staaten – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – Cruise turnaround days, Winter high season

Im Januar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Cruise turnaround days (1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)), Winter high season (15. Dez. – 15. Apr.)

Hochbetrieb – Spring break, Cruise turnaround days

• Festival

  Fort Lauderdale Film Festival

  18.–28. Feb. · meist

  Ten days of premieres and documentaries across Broward, anchored on the restored Savor Cinema in Flagler Village. The festival has moved between autumn and late winter, so check the dates before planning around it. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Spring break

  25. Feb. – 5. Apr. · meistSchulferienVoll

  Tamed a long way from the 1980s version, but March still fills A1A and the beach bars. Las Olas and the strip run at capacity through the middle three weekends. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Cruise turnaround days (1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)), Winter high season (15. Dez. – 15. Apr.)

Hochbetrieb – Spring break, Cruise turnaround days

• Natur

  Sea turtle nesting

  1. März – 31. Okt.

  Leatherbacks from March, loggerheads from April and greens from May, with the peak in early summer. Beachfront lighting is restricted for the whole season and the nests are staked out. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Spring break (25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)), Cruise turnaround days (1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)), Winter high season (15. Dez. – 15. Apr.)

Hochbetrieb – Spring break, Tortuga Music Festival

• Festival

  Tortuga Music Festival

  3.–15. Apr. · meistVollFrüh buchen

  Three days of country music on the sand at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park in early April, with a conservation angle built into it. The beach road closes and the hotels sell out. Quelle ↗

• Risiko

  Sargassum season

  15. Apr. – 30. Sep. · meist

  The Atlantic seaweed belt pushes ashore from late spring, worst between May and August, and it smells as it rots. Which beach is clear changes week to week and with the wind. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Fort Lauderdale Air Show

  25. Apr. – 12. Mai · meistGroßes FestivalVoll

  A weekend of military and civilian display flying straight off the beach, free from the sand between Las Olas and Sunrise. A1A closes for it and the oceanfront hotels sell their balconies separately. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Spring break (25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)), Sea turtle nesting (1. März – 31. Okt.), Cruise turnaround days (1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)), Winter high season (15. Dez. – 15. Apr.)

Viel los – Fort Lauderdale Air Show

Im Mai beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Sea turtle nesting (1. März – 31. Okt.), Sargassum season (15. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)), Fort Lauderdale Air Show (25. Apr. – 12. Mai (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Stonewall Pride, Wilton Manors, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Risiko

  Atlantic hurricane season

  1. Juni – 30. Nov.

  Statistically the risk sits in August, September and October. Most weeks pass with nothing but afternoon storms, which is why late summer is also the cheapest time to be here. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Stonewall Pride, Wilton Manors

  14.–24. Juni · meistVoll

  One of the few Pride parades in the country that steps off after dark, down Wilton Drive five miles inland from the beach. Around fifty thousand people, and the Drive is shut to traffic from the afternoon. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Sea turtle nesting (1. März – 31. Okt.), Sargassum season (15. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Independence Day, Lobster mini-season

• Feiertag

  Independence Day

  3.–5. JuliNationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Quelle ↗

• Eröffnung

  Lobster mini-season

  25.–31. Juli · meistSammelsaisonVoll

  The last Wednesday and Thursday of July, when sport divers get the spiny lobster two days before the commercial season opens. Every ramp and dive charter on the coast is booked out and the size limits are policed hard. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Sea turtle nesting (1. März – 31. Okt.), Sargassum season (15. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)), Atlantic hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.)

Viel los – Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im August beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Sea turtle nesting (1. März – 31. Okt.), Sargassum season (15. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)), Atlantic hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.)

Hochbetrieb – laut Reisenden Hochsaison, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im September beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Sea turtle nesting (1. März – 31. Okt.), Sargassum season (15. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)), Atlantic hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.)

Viel los – Fort Lauderdale Boat Show

• Festival

  Fort Lauderdale Boat Show

  25. Okt. – 5. Nov. · meistGroßes FestivalVollFrüh buchen

  The largest in-water boat show in the world, five days across seven marinas at the turn of October into November. Hotel rates spike and the bridges over the Intracoastal are up constantly. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Sea turtle nesting (1. März – 31. Okt.), Atlantic hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.)

Hochbetrieb – Fort Lauderdale Boat Show, Cruise turnaround days

• Saison

  Cruise turnaround days

  1. Nov. – 30. Apr. · meistKreuzfahrtsaisonVoll

  Port Everglades runs several ships turning round on the same weekend morning through the winter. The airport queues, the 17th Street bridge goes up constantly and taxis to the beach disappear until midday. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Thanksgiving

  25.–29. Nov.NationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Atlantic hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.), Fort Lauderdale Boat Show (25. Okt. – 5. Nov. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Cruise turnaround days, Winterfest Boat Parade

• Festival

  Winterfest Boat Parade

  8.–16. Dez. · meistWeihnachten & NeujahrVoll

  A hundred lit boats down twelve miles of the Intracoastal on a Saturday evening in mid-December. Every waterfront bar and back garden on the route is a grandstand. Quelle ↗

• Saison

  Winter high season

  15. Dez. – 15. Apr.TrockenzeitVollFrüh buchen

  Dry, warm and rain-free, which is why the whole northeast is here and the rates double. Everything about this coast is priced around these four months.

Läuft noch: Cruise turnaround days (1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)), Thanksgiving (25.–29. Nov.)