Hva som skjer i Key West, United States gjennom året

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Christmas and New Year

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas and New Year (20. des – 3. jan)

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong

• Festival

  Key West Art & Craft Festival

  21.–22. febKunstfestival

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Spring break peak, Spring break i United States

• Helligdag

  Spring break peak

  1. mar – 15. apr · vanligvisSkoleferieMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Spring break peak, Conch Republic Independence Celebration

• Festival

  Conch Republic Independence Celebration

  17.–26. aprStor festivalMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Key West Songwriters Festival

  29. apr – 3. maiMusikkfestival

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Spring break peak (1. mar – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Key West Songwriters Festival (29. apr – 3. mai)

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Hurricane season

  1. jun – 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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Independence Day, Hemingway Days

• Helligdag

  Independence Day

  3.–5. julNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Hemingway Days

  22.–26. julStor festivalMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Regel

  Lobster mini-season

  24.–31. jul · vanligvisSankesesongMye folkRisiko

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Toppsesong — Key West Lobsterfest, Summer break i United States

• Festival

  Key West Lobsterfest

  5.–9. augMat- og drikkefestivalMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Travelt — Summer break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Travelt — Fantasy Fest

• Festival

  Fantasy Fest

  16.–25. oktKarnevalMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Travelt — Thanksgiving break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Hurricane season (1. jun – 30. nov)

Toppsesong — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year

  20. des – 3. janJul og nyttårMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗