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October 17 – 26, Key West – USA
FANTASY FEST
In October Key West celebrates Fantasy Bahama Village. Other festival highlights
Fest, a free, ten- day mix of masquerade include Tuesday’s Headdress Ball, a
balls, quirky costume competitions and showcase of imaginations-gone-wild,
other weird and wonderful events, themed featuring fierce competition for the “best
“Pirates, Pundits and “Political Party crown” trophy.
Animals” in 2008. Strutting their stuff on Saturday evening,
It all started more than 25 years ago is a feather-bedecked procession of
when locals of the island nicknamed “Key marching groups, called The Captain
Weird”, decided to liven up the autumn Morgan Fantasy Fest Parade. Meanwhile,
season. Fantasy Fest is now internationally Caribbean bands and huge, lavish floats
recognized as the Keys’ event of the year. can be enjoyed flowing down Key West’s
Kicking off proceedings is the Royal famed Duval Street, in view of thousands
Coronation Ball to crown the King and of enthusiastic spectators.
Queen of “Masked mayhem”. Friday also
http://www.fla-keys.com/
sees the start of Goombay, a street party
that runs for two days in the historic
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