07 What/When is Fantasy Fest?
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This article is from the Key West FAQ, by Rob Miracle rwm@MPGN.COM with numerous contributions by others.
07 What/When is Fantasy Fest?
Fantasy Fest is an annual festival held in the streets and
establishments of Key West. The Festival is best described as Key
West's Mardi Gras. There are parades, wild costumes (to no costumes),
music, dancing in the streets and so on. Fantasy Fest is held the last
week of October, with the main events happening on Friday and Saturday
of Halloween Week. Each year the Fest has a theme. The 1995 Fantasy
Fest was held Oct 22 - Oct 28. The 1995 theme was "Tinseltown Dreams
... Lights, Camera, Fantasy" which drew another large crowd. Over
50,000 people showed up for the Saturday evening parade. The 1996
theme is "Call of the Wild".
The 1994 Fantasy Fest lived up to everyone's expectations. The
estimate for the Twilight Fantasy Parade was over 55,000 people lining
Duval and Whitehead. The crowd was the densest between Sloppy Joe's
and Maragritaville with some locations so packed with people that the
float that I was walking with had trouble getting down the street.
Fantasy Fest is protected by trademark and is the property of the Key
West ATD and is used with permission.
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