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Fantasy Fest was initiated in 1979 by Bill Conkle, Tony Falcone, Joe Liszka and Frank Romano to attract tourists during the slow season. [1] [2] In 1995 over 60,000 people attended and there were 70 floats, bands, costumed groups and "imprecision drill teams" in the parade. [3]
Key West’s 10-day Fantasy Fest masking and costuming festival gets underway Friday, Oct. 21, with a full slate of events, the first full festival since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020.
Richard Blaze, hired by a local restauranteur, created the sculpture over five years starting in 1980. [2] It represents the impact the species has had on the culture of South Florida. [3]
Key West is closer to Havana (about 106 miles or 171 kilometers by air or sea) [8] than it is to Miami (130 miles or 210 kilometers by air or 165 miles or 266 kilometers by road). [7] Key West is the usual endpoint for marathon swims from Cuba, including Diana Nyad's 2013 swim [33] [34] and Susie Maroney's 1997 swim from within a shark cage. [35]
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Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Key West in the the late 1930s with the original proprietor, Josie ‘Sloppy Joe’ Russell, center. Russell was immortalized by Nobel Prize winning author, Ernest Hemingway ...