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 "The
Florida Keys. Some call this 150-mile chain of islands at Florida's
southern tip one of the most diverse and important ecological features
of North America. Some refer to the Keys simply as 'Paradise." The
Keys attract an estimated four million visitors each year, many
of whom come to dive and fish on the United States' only living
coral reef tract.
Most visitors, however, area unaware that there is much more to
the nature of the Keys than the coral reefs. Wide expanses of seagrass
beds, mysterious mangrove forests, lush tropical hardwood hammocks,
rocky pinelands, and a variety of freshwater and saltwater wetlands
are as much a part of the Keys as are the reefs. The subtropical
climate and proximity to the Gulf Stream have allowed a unique blend
of West Indian and temperate plants and wildlife to become established
on these coral islands....Come and explore the natural wonders of
an island paradise -- The Florida Keys... "
KEY WEST EVENTS
April 2009:
thru April 18 ~ Sculpture Key West outdoor sculpture exhibition at Fort Zachary Taylor State Park
Contact: 305-295-3800
April 9-10 ~ 15th Annual Robert Frost Poetry Festival
Contact: (305) 292-7963
April 10-14 ~ World Sailfish Championship
Contact: (305) 395-3474
Email: lemmole@worldsailfish.com
April 17-26 ~ 27th Conch Republic Independence Celebration
Parades, bed races, parties.
Contact: (305) 294-2298
April 20 ~ 14th Annual Taste of Key West
Truman Waterfront overlooking Key West Harbor, from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Email: pamela.d@aidshelp.cc
April 29 - May 3 ~ 14th Annual Key West Songwriters’ Festival
Better Angels Music 14th annual Key West Songwriters Festival benefiting Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation
Email: kwswf@aol.com
June 2009:
June 6-14 ~ Pridefest 2009
Contact: (305) 292-3223
July 2009:
July 04 ~ Conch Republic Ladies Dolphin Championship
July 04 ~ Crime Stoppers Run
July 04 ~ Annual 4th of July Fireworks Celebration
July 10 ~ Key West Offshore Challenge
July 18 ~ Hemingway 5K Sunset Run
July 21 ~ Del Brown Permit Tournament
July 21-26 ~ Hemingway Days 29th celebration
Contact: (305) 296-2388 (Look-Alike); 294-0320 (literary)
July 22 ~ Loraine Hemingway's Short Story Competition Reading
July 22 ~ Key West Marlin Tournament
Contact: (305) 292-2710
July 23 ~ Sloppy Joe's Papa Look-a-Like Contest
July 24 ~ Loraine Hemingway's Short Story Competition Awards Ceremony
July 25 ~ ReMARCable Ice Cream Social
July 25 ~ Helpline's Hemingway Street Fair
July 25 ~ Celebration of the Sea Music and Film Festival
July 29 ~ MINI Lobster Season
August 2009:
August 7-9 ~ Key West Lobsterfest
Contact: (305) 294-2000
September 2009:
September 8-13 ~ Key West WomenFest 2009
Contact: (800) 535-7797 or (305) 294-4603
September 11-13 ~ Mercury SLAM Celebrity Tournament
Contact: (305) 664-2002
Email: redboneinc@aol.com
September 17-21 ~ 37th Annual Key West Poker Run
Contact: (800) 545-2561 or 877-MIAMI-HD
October 2009:
October 15 ~ Island Learning: Education Exploration Week
October 23 ~ Coronation for King and Queen of Fantasy Fest
October 23-November 1 ~ 31st Annual Fantasy Fest
Contact: (305) 296-1817
November: 2009
Novembe 5 ~ 2009 Parrotheads Meeting of the MInds
November 8 ~ Super Powerboat Races
November 13 ~ Ice Cream Social, a benefit for the Nutcracker KW
November 22 ~ New Town 25th Annual Arts & Crafts Show
November 30 ~ 2009 KW Fishing Tournament closes
December 2009:
December 1 ~ AIDS Help Tree of Hope
December 5 ~ Holiday Historic Inn Tour
December 6 ~ Sugarloaf's School 20th Annual Arts & Crafts Show
December 10 ~ AIDS Help Share the Wreath
December 12 ~ Holiday Historic Inn Tour
December 31 ~ Key West New Year's Eve Celebrations
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