Year: 2018

events

Key West Songwriters’ Festival

Key West Songwriters’ Festival Event Date: 2019-05-08 00:00:00 Cost: The annual showcase of musical magic features America’s foremost performing songwriters,…

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Florida Ride for Autism 2019

Registration is open for the Key Largo to Key West 100-mi charity bike ride for autism! Bike to the Beach…

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history

Today in Key West History – Dec. 18, 1955 – The Ferry from Key West to Havana Completed Testing

Now, more than 50 years after Fidel Castro’s takeover of Cuba it remains a mysterious forbidden and a foreign place.…

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December 17, 1899 – More than a Year After The Sinking of the Maine, Bodies of Victims Were Recovered By the Military

The night seemed like any other. It was February 15th and the crew of the battleship Maine had been dispatched…

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Key West

Bret Michaels

Bret Michaels Event Date: 2019-03-17 20:00:00 Cost: $85.00 – $115.00 As front man for the legendary rock band Poison, Bret…

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Key West Artisan Market

Key West Artisan Market Event Date: 2018-12-02 00:00:00 Cost: Browse among culinary, textile, jewelry, wood, artists & crafters, curiosities, live…

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history

December 15 – The Underwater Cable System Connection Key West to Havana was Started

From much of its early history, Key West stood in relative isolation due to the lack of regular mail service…

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history

December 14 – The Contract for the Building of the Key West Custom House was Awarded

As Key West became increasingly wealthy, the four story architectural marvel known as the Custom House was built, and it…

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December 13 – Key Deer Were Hunted on Big Pine Key

On December 13, 1928, this small paragraph appeared in the Key West Citizen. “The Turtelino hunting crowd killed a large…

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December 12 – Key West Had the Only English Wesleyan Methodist Church in the United States.

The congregation was originally known as the “Gulf of Mexico Mission with Cayo Hueso”. The local history informs us that…

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