It's called Fantasy Fest for a reason: Key West's colorfully raucous mega-party is an escape from reality. But reality crept in the last two years, when the COVID pandemic shut down the whole shebang.

KEY WEST, Fla. — Key West started to celebrate Fantasy Fest, a street festival held for the 47th year on Duval Street. This year, organizers said the theme of the events running through Sunday was ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — El desfile de Fantasy Fest, llamado “¡Es un Carnaval Cósmico Neón de los 90!”, llenó de color y energía Key West el pasado viernes. Andy Newman y Carol Shaughnessy, del Florida Keys ...

A large-scale unicorn duo presides over a crew of costumed “construction workers” during the Fantasy Fest Parade Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, in Key West, Fla. Attracting tens of thousands of spectators, ...

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Key West’s Fantasy Fest began Friday, launching a 10-day schedule of masquerades, elaborate parties and costume competitions. The masking and costuming festival is themed ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — Thousands of costumed revelers promenaded through Key West's Old Town Friday during the Fantasy Fest Masquerade March, a lively prelude to Saturday night's elaborate grand parade. The ...

Visitors to the Florida Keys and Key West are being invited to celebrate 1990s flashbacks and carnivalesque pageantry during Key West’s annual Fantasy Fest, set for 18th – 27th October. The ...

(WSVN) - Fantasy Fest returned to downtown Key West after a two-year hiatus. Decorated floats and costumed dancers entertained hundreds of spectators, Saturday night. The parade made its annual return ...

The masking and costuming festival is themed "Uniforms & Unicorns: 200 Years Of Sailing Into Fantasy" to salute the Florida Keys' 2023 bicentennial and that of the U.S. Navy's presence in Key West.