Was ist los in Key West, Vereinigte Staaten – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – laut Reisenden Hochsaison, Christmas and New Year

Im Januar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Christmas and New Year (20. Dez. – 3. Jan.)

Hochbetrieb – laut Reisenden Hochsaison

• Festival

  Key West Art & Craft Festival

  21.–22. Feb.Kunstfestival

  The island's long-running juried art fair, formerly Old Island Days, fills Truman Waterfront Park for a weekend in February with artists' booths and live demonstrations, run by the Key West Art Center. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Spring break peak, Spring break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Feiertag

  Spring break peak

  1. März – 15. Apr. · meistSchulferienVollFrüh buchen

  March is usually the busiest month of the year, with spring-break families on top of the winter crowd; hotels run close to full, rates and airfares peak, and Duval Street is loud late. Book well ahead or come in May. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Spring break peak, Conch Republic Independence Celebration

• Festival

  Conch Republic Independence Celebration

  17.–26. Apr.Großes FestivalVoll

  Ten days of tongue-in-cheek independence parties around 23 April, the anniversary of the 1982 mock secession: a parade down Duval, a harbour boat parade and a mock surrender ceremony with the Coast Guard at the Historic Seaport. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Key West Songwriters Festival

  29. Apr. – 3. MaiMusikfestival

  Nashville writers play their own hits in bars, theatres and on waterfront stages for five days around the turn of April into May; many shows are free, the bigger ones ticketed. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Spring break peak (1. März – 15. Apr. (meist))

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

Im Mai beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Key West Songwriters Festival (29. Apr. – 3. Mai)

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

• Risiko

  Hurricane season

  1. Juni – 30. Nov.

  The island is four feet above the sea at the highest and reached by one road with forty-two bridges, so evacuation is ordered early and the Overseas Highway closes long before landfall. September is the peak. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Independence Day, Hemingway Days

• 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 ↗

• Festival

  Hemingway Days

  22.–26. JuliGroßes FestivalVoll

  Five days around Hemingway's birthday: a look-alike contest at Sloppy Joe's that men enter for a decade before winning, a marlin tournament and a running of the bulls on wheels. Quelle ↗

• Regel

  Lobster mini-season

  24.–31. Juli · meistSammelsaisonVollRisiko

  The last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday of July, when recreational divers get two days on the spiny lobster before the commercial season opens. Every boat in the Keys is out and the reefs are genuinely crowded. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.)

Hochbetrieb – Key West Lobsterfest, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Festival

  Key West Lobsterfest

  5.–9. Aug.Food- & Drink-FestivalVoll

  A street fair on Duval in the deadest week of the tourist year, which is exactly the point: cheap rooms, a lobster boil and the town to itself. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.)

Viel los – Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im September beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.)

Viel los – Fantasy Fest

• Festival

  Fantasy Fest

  16.–25. Okt.KarnevalVollFrüh buchen

  Ten days of costume parties ending in a parade down Duval, and comfortably the busiest and dearest week of the Key West year. It is adults-only in practice; book a year out or stay up the Keys. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.)

Viel los – Thanksgiving break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im November beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Hurricane season (1. Juni – 30. Nov.)

Hochbetrieb – Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Feiertag

  Christmas and New Year

  20. Dez. – 3. Jan.Weihnachten & NeujahrVollFrüh buchen

  The start of the winter high season and the fortnight the island charges the most. New Year's Eve is marked by several competing drops on Duval rather than one, which tells you most of what you need to know. Quelle ↗