Key West, Florida celebrates Fantasy Fest

By Amy Hubbard

Sept. 30, 2007 12 AM PT

Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

Revelers can be as flamboyant as they want during this 10-day Key West festival that includes more than 30 events, many of them centered on wild costumes. Among highlights: Captain Morgan Fantasy Fest Parade, with outlandish get-ups and floats; a costume contest for pets and their owners; and the Goombay Festival, a dancing-in-the-street block party.

When, where: Oct. 19 to 28 at various locations in Key West. Goombay is Oct. 19 and 20 in Bahama Village on Petronia Street. The pet-and-people masquerade is Oct. 24 at Westin Key West Resort & Marina, 245 Front St. The Fantasy Fest Parade is Oct. 27 along Duval Street downtown.

Cost: Free to $30.

Info: (305) 296-1817, www.fantasyfest.net, www.goombay-keywest.org.

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Amy Hubbard

Amy Hubbard is a deputy editor on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. She’s worked in a range of departments at The Times since 1993, including as copy chief for daily Calendar, Travel, Books and the AM Copy Desk; SEO chief; morning editor on the Metro desk; and assistant newsletters editor. In 2015, she began a four-year stint at personal finance website NerdWallet, where she was the Banking editor. Hubbard is a graduate of the University of Missouri, Columbia, School of Journalism.

Key West, Florida celebrates Fantasy Fest

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