My Key West Portal is the Social Calendar for the Florida Keys and Key West

1st Saturday of the Month Hazardous Waste Drop Off
2018-01-06 08:00 - 12:00 UTC | Indigenous Park, 1801 White Street, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
This Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Drop-off Day provides a safe and environmentally sound way to get rid of hard-to-dispose-of items.
Important Musts:

1. City of Key West Residents Only
2. No Businesses

Accepting: Household Chemicals and Electronics
Gasoline (up to 5 gallons in a leakproof container)
Paints
Stains
Preservatives
Pesticides
Fertilizers
Roofing Compounds
Waste oil and Cooking oil
Resins and Solvents
Adhesives and Caulks
Corrosives and Acids
Cleaning Products
Automotive Fluids
Electronics are also be accepted: microwaves, TVs, computers, game systems, speakers, telephones, circuit boards, etc.

For more information contact the City of Key West: at 305-809-3776, or Waste Management: at 305-296-8297.

MOTM - Parrot Heads in Paradise
2018-11-03 | Casa Marina, 1500 Reynolds St, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Meeting of the Minds Convention!
*Must be a member of the Parrot Head Club to register for this convention
**Registration link listed below

7am

"Team ParrotHead" & Zonta Walk/Run

Salute Restaurant, 1000 Atlantic Blvd.

9:30am - 11:30am

Registration

Casa Marina Ballroom

9am - 3pm

Mini Mart Open

Casa Marina Ballroom

10am - 11am

Parrot Heads General Meeting

Casa Marina Ballroom

11am - 12pm

The Lone Palm Foundation

Casa Marina Ballroom

11am - 12pm

Aaron Scherz

Casa Marina Main Stage

12pm - 12

The Girlz Rule Band

Casa Marina Main Stage

1:30pm - 2pm

The Young Rebel goombas

Casa Marina Main Stage

2pm - 3:30pm

The Beachside Album Hour

Casa Marina Main Stage

3:30pm - 4pm

MOTM & PHIP Scholarship Raffle Drawings Including PHIP Presentations and Grand Prize Raffle Winner

Casa Marins Main Stage

4pm - 5:30pm

Howard Livingston and MM24 Band

Casa Marina Main Stage

5:30pm - 6pm

The Sauce Boss

Casa Marina Main Stage

6pm - 7:30pm

Marshall Chapman and the Wild Elephants

Casa Marina Main Stage

8pm - 9:30pm

Mac McAnally with Coral Reefer Percussionist Eric Darken

Casa Marina Main Stage

10pm - 11:30pm

Jimmy and the Parrots

Casa Marina Main Stage

Flip Out Fridays
2018-09-07 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) | Key West Sports Academy, 700 Truman Ave, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Open Gym

Tumble track
Bars
Beams
Vault

*Supervised time to work on existing skills...non-instructional
Pricing:

$15 members
$20 non-members
$50 punch card available for members (5 visits)

Younger Kids Capoeira Gymnastics
2018-07-20 18:15 - 19:15 (America/Halifax) | Spirit Play Gymnasium, 5800 Overseas Hwy, Ste 40, Marathon, FL, 33050, United States
Weekly Tumbling Classes
What’s included:

Physical activity, creative and dramatic play, and music are key to lifelong and personal success.
A rich combination of dance, acrobatics, self-defense techniques and music, capoeira is a uniquely effective tool for activating the minds and bodies of children of all ages.

Promotes physical fitness and health by increasing strength, flexibility, and endurance.

Friday: 4 yrs - 8 yrs
"Capoeira Tumbling – An Afro- Brazilian Martial Art that cultivates self- transformation through physical, mental, and spiritual Reiki.Combining dance, and self-defense, it builds gymnastic skills and flexibility, strength and a heightened awareness of one’s body. Practiced to the rhythm of ancient African instruments, Capoeira encourages self-expression and resourcefulness--- it is an intense fitness program that can be adapted to any body or physical ability."
https://www.facebook.com/events/240225256560108/?event_time_id=240229263226374

Friday Block Party
2018-08-03 18:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | Bike Path at Mile Marker 104, Key Largo, 33037, United States
This monthly event features amazing vendors and wonderful food!
Come enjoy the fun or BE A PART OF IT

CALLING ALL

Keys Artists
Crafters
Local Galleries
Etc

Contact events@fkrm.com for more information on how to get involved

Lego Club
2018-07-13 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax)
LEGO CLUB
**NO registration required
If you love Legos and being creative, then join us every Friday to build some adventures!

Legos are provided by the library

Lego donations are appreciated

MOTM Pit Stop Party Tour
2018-10-29 11:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Caribbean Club, 104080 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, FL, 33037, United States
Phollow The Phlock 2018
**MOTM: Meeting of the Minds
"The ‘Phollow The Phlock’ Pit Stop Party Tour provides our premium sponsors with the ability to focus the considerable 'Parrot Head' purchasing potential on their products, services, and locations. The 'Tour' kicks off above Tampa and rolls down the 'Tamiami Trail' through Cape Coral, Naples, Fort Myers down US 1/Florida Highway A1A to Key Largo and Islamorada and all the way to Key West.
The Parrot Heads, 'Trop Rock' Music Fans and Musicians following the 'Phlock' with us will be introduced to and continually exposed to our sponsoring brands to encourage the consumption and purchase of the products, services, and activities mentioned, displayed and broadcast at each event site. For nine full days of 'Phlocking', Radio A1A will be incorporating Tropical Music, Radio Streamcasts, Event Updates, Product Display/Demonstrations and the Charitable efforts of the 'Phlock' into our programming… as the Parrot Heads visit every 'Pit Stop' and ‘Party With A Purpose”’ along the way and during their annual convention, ‘Meeting Of The Minds’ ( M.O.T.M.) in Key West."

Hand Painted Artisan Crafted Nutcrackers
2018-11-01 10:00 - 18:00 (America/Halifax) | The Studios of Key West, 533 Eaton St., Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Come See One of a Kind Nutcrackers
Local artist, Tom Jorris, molded 12 nutcrackers that are replicas of the piece used in Nutcracker Key West.
Other local artists and artisans have embellished, painted, and re-imagined them into unique art.
Theses nutcrackers will be on display!!

Artists include:

Adam Russel
Christine Fifer
Deborah Moore
Marky Pierson
Pam Hobbs
Andy Thurber
Fran Decker
Carrie Disrud
Michael Epperhart
Tony Gregory
Carol Osborn
Ric McCausland

Trop Rock Music Association Awards
2018-11-02 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Casa Marina, 1500 Reynolds St, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
The Annual TRMA Trop Rock Awards provide an opportunity for the association and it's members to recognize outstanding artists, sonwriters, fans, radio stations, venues, and others.

MOTM - Parrot Heads in Paradise
2018-11-02 | Casa Marina, 1500 Reynolds St, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Meeting of the Minds Convention!
*Must be a member of the Parrot Head Club to register for this convention
**Registration link listed below

9am - 12pm

Mini Mart Open

Casa Marina Ballroom

9am - 1pm

Blood Drive Buses

In front

10am - 12pm

Jim Hoehn

Casa Marina Beach Stage

12pm - 5:30pm

The Lone Palm Foundation Meeting of the Minds Street Festival on Duval St.

12pm The Trop Rock Junkies
2pm The Divers
4pm The Boat Drunks

6:30pm - 8pm

Registration

Casa Marina Ballroom

7pm - 9pm

The Trop Rock Music Awards Show

Casa Marina Main Stage

9:30pm - 10:30pm

Brendan Mayer

Casa Marina Beach Stage

10:30pm - 1am

The Friday Night Hootenanny

3 hours of music with various artists

Bike Night
2018-05-24 18:00 - 23:00 UTC | Mellow Cafe, 1605 N Roosevelt Blvd, Suite 1, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Ride your bike to Mellow Cafe Key West and receive 50% food and a chance to win a FREE BIKE

Entertainment by Ike Kanakanui from 6-9pm
Raffle:First Thursday of the month

PROMOTING SAFE BIKING IN KEY WEST!

MOTM Pit Stop Party
2018-11-01 11:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax) | Dante's, 951 Caroline St, Key West, FL, 33040, United States

Cupcake Sushi Live roll
2018-06-28 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Stock Island Marina Village, 7005 Shrimp Road, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Weekly Live Roll
Enjoy an elegant, bit size piece of art with a complimentary champagne pairing EVERY THURSDAY

MOTM - Parrot Heads in Paradise
2018-11-01 | Casa Marina, 1500 Reynolds St, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Meeting of the Minds Convention!
*Must be a member of the Parrot Head Club to register for this convention
**Registration link listed below

9am - 11am

Mini Mart Party

More Vendors than ever
Casa Marina Mini Mart (Courtyard)

9am - 9pm

Registration

Casa Marina Front Lobby

9am - 7pm

Mini Mart Open

Lots of all things Parrot Head sold from a variety of vendors
Casa Marina Ballroom

9am - 5pm

Blood Drive Buses

Zonta ABC/Walk registration
Casa Marina Courtyard

11:30am - 1:30pm

The Coral Reefer Band Alumni Set Featuring Roger Bartlett

Casa Marina Beach Stage

1pm - 2pm

PHiP Breakout Session

Casa Marina Tarpon Room #245

1:30pm - 3pm

Donny Brewer and the Dock Rockers

Casa Marina Main Stage

3pm - 3:25pm

Tropical Soul

Casa Marina Main Stage

3:30pm - 5pm

The Thom Shepherd Band

Casa Marina Main Stage

5:30pm - 7pm

Will Kimbrough and Friends featuring Nashville's Tommy Womack

Casa Marina Main Stage

7:30pm - 9:30pm

The Peter Mayer Group

Casa Marina Main Stage

10pm - 11:30pm

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Casa Marina Main Stage

11:45pm - 1:30am

Don Middlebrook with Special Guests

Casa Marina Beach Stage

Family Fried Chicken Night
2018-07-25 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | The Perry Hotel, 7001 Shrimp Rd, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Night Fried Chicken Night!
Matt's Stock Island Kitchen, The Perry Hotel
What's included:

Fried chicken
Cornbread mash
Citrus coleslaw
Roasted corn on the cob

Available for additional purchase:

Craft beers on tap
Craft cocktail's
Craft beer growlers
Happy hour drink specials from 6pm-8pm

Jerry Diaz's Sunset Booze Cruise
2018-10-31 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | Sebago, 205 Elizabeth St., Unit i, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Sail with Sebago on a 2 hour sunset cruise with Jerry Diaz and Mike Nash!
Unlimited drinks and food are included with ticket
To book or to find out more information, call 305-676-7234

Younger Kids Capoeira Gymnastics
2018-07-18 16:15 - 17:15 (America/Halifax) | Spirit Play Gymnasium, 5800 Overseas Hwy, Ste 40, Marathon, FL, 33050, United States
Weekly Tumbling Classes
What’s included:

Physical activity, creative and dramatic play, and music are key to lifelong and personal success.
A rich combination of dance, acrobatics, self-defense techniques and music, capoeira is a uniquely effective tool for activating the minds and bodies of children of all ages.

Promotes physical fitness and health by increasing strength, flexibility, and endurance.

Wednesday: 18 mos. - 3 yrs
"Capoeira Tumbling – An Afro- Brazilian Martial Art that cultivates self- transformation through physical, mental, and spiritual Reiki.Combining dance, and self-defense, it builds gymnastic skills and flexibility, strength and a heightened awareness of one’s body. Practiced to the rhythm of ancient African instruments, Capoeira encourages self-expression and resourcefulness--- it is an intense fitness program that can be adapted to any body or physical ability."
https://www.facebook.com/events/240225256560108/?event_time_id=240229263226374

Tiki Cocktail Class
2018-07-04 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Halifax) | Tiki House Key West, 430 Greene St, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Learn how to make authentic tiki cocktails
The workshop is an intimate 2-hour experience where you will be guided through the fundamentals of tiki mixology while also learning a bit about tiki culture.

You will learn

How to do a proper rum tasting
How to light drinks on fire
Make one of the first recorded rum cocktails from the 1800s
Make one of the most famous tiki libations - the Mai Tai

Admission price includes 1 rum tasting and 4 cocktails

must be registered by 11am , 2 hours before the class

**Max of 6 people per class
**Accommodations can be made if you want to learn another day, just send a message over facebook

MOTM Parrot Heads in Paradise
2018-10-31 09:00 - 23:00 (America/Halifax) | Casa Marina, 1500 Reynolds St, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Meeting of the Minds Convention!
*Must be a member of the Parrot Head Club to register for this convention
**Registration link listed below

9am - 11:30am

Calypso Nuts Gift Bag Stuffing

Entertainment featuring Lynley Tolls and Robbie Meade
Casa Marina Ballroom

10am - 12pm

Charlie Imes & Friends

Casa Marina Beach Stage

12pm - 2pm

James T Slater Trio

Two time Grammy nominated singer/songwriter
Casa Marina Beach Stage

2pm - 4pm

Jerry Diaz and Friends

Casa Marina Beach Stage

4pm - 6pm

The Sunny Jim Band

20th year at MOTM!
Casa Marina Beach Stage

6:30pm - 8pm

Steve Hopper and the Wolf Island Band

Casa Marina Main Stage

8pm - 8:30pm

Halloween Contest

Prizes will be awarded
Casa Marina Main Stage

8:30pm - 11pm

Big Bamboo Band with special guests

Welcome to Key West Party
Casa Marina Main Stage

Farmer's Market
2018-06-27 09:00 - 14:00 (America/Halifax) | Sugarloaf Lodge, 17001 Overseas Hwy, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Weekly Farmer's Market!

The cheese lady, Produce
Ribs
Kombucha
Popcorn
Orchids
Crafts
Bread
So much more..

Preschool Playdate
2018-09-12 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Halifax) | Key West Sports Academy, 700 Truman Ave, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Wednesday Preschool Playdate!
Open gym, bars, ropes, trampolines, and more...
A great play date for both parents and kids!
Ages: 2-6 yrs

Plogging the Keys
2018-08-22 08:00 (America/Halifax) | White Street Pier, 1800 White St., Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Plogging is the process of picking up litter while exercising!
How to prepare:

Be prepared to get dirty
Wear good shoes
Join or start a group
Walk, jog, swim, bike...and PLOG!

Weekly, everyone will meet up at the White St. Pier and take a walk to anew path.
This is a great opportunity to make a difference, exercise, and socialize with like-minded individuals!

Dress Like Elvis Discount
2018-10-19 | Two Friends Patio Restaurant, 512 Front St
Fantasy Fest 2018
Oh, The Games We Play
Dress Like Elvis
15% off for everyone who dresses like elvis

Full Metal Trivia
2018-07-03 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) | Mary Ellen's, Applerouth Lane, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Random Questions. All Categories. Cool Prizes.
EVERY TUESDAY!

Categories could be current news, local, knowledge, birds, rock and roll, etc... endless possibilities
Prizes could include gift cards up to a $50 value
Trivia entry is FREE

6th Annual "Tuesday on the Island" Party
2018-10-30 16:00 - 19:30 (America/Halifax) | Sunset Pier, 0 Duval st, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
"Tuesday on the Island"
Enjoy drink specials, sunset views, and wonderful music!

4pm-5pm: Steve Hopper
5pm-7:30pm: Donny Brewer and Mark Mireles

Body Painting and Sunsets
2018-10-19 13:00 (America/Halifax) | Sunset Pier, 0 Duval st, Key West, FL, 33040, United States
Fantasy Fest 2018
Oh, The Games We Play
Femme Fatale Quatre Body Art
Become a Canvas and join the premier all girl team of body artists daily!

Small body art pieces
Full body art pieces
Waterproof and sweat proof options
Bling bar
Sunset viewing
Food and drink available for purchase

Book appointments NOW by calling or texting 850-596-4065
**Walk up may be available, but not gaurantee**
Check out the FB page "Femme Fatale Quatre Body Art" to check out some work
