This year, the 33rd Annual Underwater Music Festival held on the Looe Key Reef featured 2 mermaids, a Sponge Bob, and ‘musicians’ playing August Power’s whimsical sea life-inspired musical instruments. Thanks, co-founder Bill Becker of US1 radio and Big Pine Key’s Strike Zone dive shop for another fantastic event!

Islanders gather for Independence Day celebrations at Higgs Beach and the Casa Marina Resort  

Kicking off this year’s Key Lime Festival, the inaugural Pie Drop from the top of the Lighthouse fulfills everyone’s fantasy of throwing stuff from the tallest structure on the Island to see what happens

LThe Truman Little White House plays host to this year’s collection of tropical fruit, trees, recipes, smoothies, Key Limeade, music, games and even a mounted police visit

Historic Tours of America sponsor a Turtle benefit at the Key West Aquarium  

Key West Pride mixes things up this year with the annual Pride Parade starting at the Atlantic and finishing at the Gulf. Can’t you see?  

Saturday proved to be hot & sunny for Key West’s Pride Street Fair and Stoli KW Cocktail Classic

The Key West Firehouse Museum hosts a police/firemen cookoff, a Boy Scout dedication of a ceremonial fire-pit and  tops it all off with two scoops of homemade Mamey tree ice cream

Key West celebrates its residents with Bahamian roots and declares Green Turtle Cay as a sister city

Traditionally following Mother’s Day, the 34th Annual Queen Mother Pageant takes over Duval St at LaTeDa