Calendar of Events
Current Florida Keys Arts & Culture Events
- Jun 3, 2019 - Sep 2, 2019 Location: Islamorada Category: Arts & Culture
- History of Diving Museum Salutes Military with FREE Admission
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- History of Diving Museum is once again participating as a Blue Star Museum. Since the programs’ inception in 2010 HDM has collaborated with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense, along with more than 2,000 museums across America. This unique platform offers free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel and up to five family members, from Armed Forces Day to Labor Day. Over 1,500 individuals have benefited by visiting the History of Diving Museum alone.
- Jun 3, 2019 - Dec 31, 2019 Location: Islamorada Category: Arts & Culture
- Diving With a Purpose, 15 Year Odyssey: Restoring Our Oceans, Preserving Our Heritage
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- Multiple groups such as Diving With a Purpose, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Biscayne National Park, and more have spent 15 years working together to showcase cultural and natural resources throughout the country. They focus in the protection, documentation, and interpretation of African slave trade shipwrecks and the maritime history and culture of African-Americans. This new exhibit at the History of Diving Museum, mile marker 82.9, highlights several shipwrecks and aircraft and the archaeological processes used to study them.
- Aug 23, 2019 - Aug 25, 2019 Location: The Florida Keys Category: Arts & Culture
- Special Museums and Attractions Weekend
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- Organized by WLRN, South Florida's National Public Radio affiliate, in partnership with the Florida Keys tourism council, the sixth annual Florida Keys & Key West Museum and Attractions Weekend event provides free or value-added admission passes to participating museums and attractions in the island chain. The program is essentially a cultural pass for South Florida residents and visitors to discover the history of the Florida Keys by offering free- or reduced-admission incentives to experience 20 participating museums and attractions. Register free online, download and print your pass.
- Aug 29, 2019 - Sep 2, 2019 Location: Key West Category: Arts & Culture
- 10th Annual Key West Brewfest
- 800-354-4455 Email Website
- Nearly 200 beers and micro-brews are on tap at this "tasty" annual event that benefits the charitable efforts of the Key West Sunrise Rotary Club of the Conch Republic. Events from beer dinners, beer brunches, happy hour parties, pool parties, late-night parties, seminars and the Signature Tasting Festival Event (Aug. 31) are some of the offered activities.
- Aug 30, 2019 - Sep 1, 2019 Location: Marathon Category: Arts & Culture
- Heroes Salute Tribute Weekend
- 1-877-484-9342 Website
- Each fall, Hawks Cay Resort on Duck Key hosts an annual Heroes Salute program to honor military, fire and rescue, law enforcement and medical personnel; a special Labor Day Weekend event is planned to include an All-American barbecue, heroes tribute, live music concert and fireworks show.
