Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Fort Lauderdale, Verenigde Staten

Topdrukte — Cruise turnaround days, Winter high season

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Cruise turnaround days (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Winter high season (15 dec – 15 apr)

Topdrukte — Spring break, Cruise turnaround days

• Festival

  Fort Lauderdale Film Festival

  18–28 feb · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Spring break

  25 feb – 5 apr · meestalSchoolvakantiesDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Cruise turnaround days (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Winter high season (15 dec – 15 apr)

Topdrukte — Spring break, Cruise turnaround days

• Natuur

  Sea turtle nesting

  1 mrt – 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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Spring break (25 feb – 5 apr (meestal)), Cruise turnaround days (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Winter high season (15 dec – 15 apr)

Topdrukte — Spring break, Tortuga Music Festival

• Festival

  Tortuga Music Festival

  3–15 apr · meestalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Sargassum season

  15 apr – 30 sep · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Fort Lauderdale Air Show

  25 apr – 12 mei · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Spring break (25 feb – 5 apr (meestal)), Sea turtle nesting (1 mrt – 31 okt), Cruise turnaround days (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Winter high season (15 dec – 15 apr)

Druk — Fort Lauderdale Air Show

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sea turtle nesting (1 mrt – 31 okt), Sargassum season (15 apr – 30 sep (meestal)), Fort Lauderdale Air Show (25 apr – 12 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Stonewall Pride, Wilton Manors, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Risico

  Atlantic hurricane season

  1 jun – 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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Stonewall Pride, Wilton Manors

  14–24 jun · meestalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea turtle nesting (1 mrt – 31 okt), Sargassum season (15 apr – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Independence Day, Lobster mini-season

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  3–5 julNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Opening

  Lobster mini-season

  25–31 jul · meestalPlukseizoenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea turtle nesting (1 mrt – 31 okt), Sargassum season (15 apr – 30 sep (meestal)), Atlantic hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sea turtle nesting (1 mrt – 31 okt), Sargassum season (15 apr – 30 sep (meestal)), Atlantic hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sea turtle nesting (1 mrt – 31 okt), Sargassum season (15 apr – 30 sep (meestal)), Atlantic hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Druk — Fort Lauderdale Boat Show

• Festival

  Fort Lauderdale Boat Show

  25 okt – 5 nov · meestalGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sea turtle nesting (1 mrt – 31 okt), Atlantic hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Topdrukte — Fort Lauderdale Boat Show, Cruise turnaround days

• Seizoen

  Cruise turnaround days

  1 nov – 30 apr · meestalCruiseseizoenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 novNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Atlantic hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Fort Lauderdale Boat Show (25 okt – 5 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Cruise turnaround days, Winterfest Boat Parade

• Festival

  Winterfest Boat Parade

  8–16 dec · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Winter high season

  15 dec – 15 aprDroog seizoenDrukBoek vroeg

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Cruise turnaround days (1 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Thanksgiving (25–29 nov)