Fantasy Fest

A vibrant parade down Duval Street.
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Fantasy Fest

Summer vacation is just over and already the question arises where to spend a few more warm and exciting days in the fall. The ten-day Fantasy Fest in Key West celebrates a carnival-like spectacle. Visitors can look forward to masquerade balls, costume contests, street fairs and more.

Highlights among the dozens of events organized during the festival include the coronation of the Fantasy Fest royal couple, a wacky pet dress-up show and the Key West Business Guild’s Headdress Ball, where the contestant wearing the most impressive headdress wins. On the final weekend of the festival, nearly 70,000 spectators are expected to descend on Whitehead and Duval streets for the spectacular Bud Light Fantasy Fest Parade. The parade is a dazzling procession of large floats, costumed marching groups and bands. Both the floats and costumes are inspired by the theme of the day.

Revelers costumed as weird space creatures travel on a float down Duval Street Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, in Key West, Fla., during the Fantasy Fest Parade. The nighttime extravaganza was the highlight event of the 10-day Fantasy Fest costuming and masking celebration that ends Sunday, Nov. 1. The 2015 theme is “All Hallows Intergalactic Freak Show.” FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
Revelers in the Fantasy Fest Masquerade March proceed down Fleming Street Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, in Key West, Fla. Thousands of participants strolled in one of the highlight events of the 10-day Fantasy Fest masking and costuming festival that ends Sunday, Oct. 26. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, costumed revelers, identifying themselves as Republican presidential candidate “Donald Trump’s Illegal Immigrants” proceed down Fleming Street Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, in Key West, Fla., during the Fantasy Fest Masquerade March. Thousands participated in the event that was one of the highlights of the subtropical island’s annual Fantasy Fest costuming and masking festival set to conclude Sunday, Nov. 1. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
Costumed participants in the Zombie Bike Ride pedal down South Roosevelt Boulevard in Key West, Fla. More than 8,500 “zombies” cycled for more than four miles during the event that coincided with the beginning weekend of Key West’s annual 10-day Fantasy Fest costuming and masking celebration that continues through Sunday, Nov. 1. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Rob O’Neal/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
Virginia Wark competes in the Fantasy Fest Headdress Ball Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in Key West, Fla. Wark was among those who took honors in the contest for her interpretation of the festival’s “Time Travel Unravels” theme. Fantasy Fest concludes Sunday, Oct. 29, highlighted by a planned Saturday, Oct. 28, evening parade down the island’s Duval Street. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Rob O’Neal/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)
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