Latest Style Blog: Festivals: The Fantasy Fest
Fantasy Fest is a 10-day parade for grown-ups. Started in 1979 by a small group of Key West locals, the party was created to bring visitors to the island. Fantasy Fest has been growing by leaps and bounds ever since. Fun loving revelers from all over the world bring along their creativity and imaginations to the festival and descend upon Key West for 10 days complete with costuming, parades, libations and other excitement. This festival is quite popular. According to Key’s tourism officials, Fantasy Fest brings about $30 million in annual revenue to the island chain. This year its being held in October and the theme will be “In tune but off Key- Celebrating 40 years of Fantasy”. The 2019 Fantasy Fest Parade begins on Saturday, October 26th at 7 pm.