Key Weird on the Dis-Oriented Express^TM
October 20 - 29, 2006
Don't miss this year's weird and wonderful spectacle and be sure to visit these party-minded establishments every time you follow your fantasies to Key West!



INDECENT EXPOSURE - Party like Adam and Eve day and night at the Garden of Eden, clothing optional rooftop bar, above the Bull & Whistle on the corner of Caroline and Duval in the 200 block. Nude body painting; Open 10 am - 4 am every day; $

FANTASY CYBER SOUVENIRS - Visit the Fantasy Fest® Store anytime at www.fantasyfest.net for memorabilia that makes the fantasy a reality! Official posters, T-shirts and limited edition medallions. To purchase the Official 2006 T-shirt please call Keyboard Advertising at (305) 292-9315.

FANTASY FEST® NORTHERNMOST PARTY -
Brought to you by the Waterfront Bar & Grille & Big Pecker Wines!
On Friday, Oct 20, drive up for free Fantasy Fest shirts and beads and the big Saturday kick-off, Oct 21, featuring music by InJade at 2 pm, a Big Pecker Beach Barbeque featuring all the fixings, a full beach-front bar with martini and margarita specials and a beach volleyball tournament! The rest of the week features daily specials, free giveaways, free t-shirts to the first 100 guests and free Parrotdise and Big Pecker tattoos and beads. Sunday, Oct 29, closes out with a Happy Hangover Party! with great specials on food and drinks and awards for "Most Beads" and "Best Left-Over Body Paint"; Parrotdise Bar & Grille, Little Torch Key; 305.872.9989; Noon - Close; FREE

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ROYAL CORONATION BALL
Meet Key West's Royal Family and vote for the King and Queen of Fantasy Fest® 2006; a benefit for AIDS Help, Inc.; entertainment and fanfare on the Pier at The Westin Key West Resort & Marina, 245 Front Street; 6:00 pm to 10 pm; $

Saturday, October 21
GOOMBAY
The party continues in Bahama Village! Noon - midnight; FREE

Sunday, October 22
HOT WENCH AND WICKED PIRATE TEA DANCE
Key West Party Company, "The Party People," present the 1st Annual Pirate Tea Dance, featuring costume competitions -- Each with a cast of Infamous Locals as judges for best costume! Competitions held for Blackbeard look-alike, Jean Lafitte (Best Pirate), Pirate Jenny (Best Wench), Queen Anne's Revenge (Best Drag Wench) and the Jolly Roger Grand Prize for best costume in any category. All landlubbers and buccaneers don your eye patches, grab your cutlasses, then swagger down to Fantasy Fest's biggest pirate bash! A massive tent party with grand stage featuring multiple DJs. Compete to be the Hottest Wench or Wickedest Pirate for great prizes, or swing by to pillage for booty -- Yo-Ho-Ho and a bottle of FUN! Visit the Key West Party Company at 1001 Truman Avenue for costumes in advance and receive a 10% discount by mentioning this event. For more information call 305-296-3862; 4 - 8 pm; FREE ADMISSION; Booty from cash bar to benefit Mel Fisher Maritime Museum.

Monday, October 23
CAYO HUESO IN DISGUISE
Bone Island Bar brings you a night of unmatched revelry conjured from the deepest depths of this wild isle. Just when you thought you knew what Fantasy Fest was all about, Bone Island throws a blindfold over your eyes and leads you into a mystic realm to the other side of Key West, Cayo Hueso. You may never make it back, but we guarantee, you'll never want to leave. Wet t-shirt and 'bone in the sock' contest for cash and prizes; Bone Island Bar; for info call (305) 296-6362;430 Greene St.; 7 pm; $

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
A leather fetish party that’s definitely not for the timid or shy! 801 Bourbon Bar; 9 pm; $

Tuesday, October 24
REDDY ICE FANTASY FAÇADE ™ COMPETITION
Festively decorated homes and businesses compete for cold cash! To enter, call 305-296-5334;

FREE OFFICIAL FANTASY FEST® POSTER SIGNING PARTY
Meet the award-winning artists, of this year's poster, JT Thompson & Jon McIntosh; Crowne Plaza La Concha Hotel; 5 pm; posters for sale.

BARK AT THE MOON
Fat Tuesday goes wild and retro with “80’s Flash Back Dance Party!” 9 th annual costume contest with $1,000 in cash prizes for best 80s ensemble; frozen drinks, hot DJ’s; Fat Tuesday; 8 pm - close; FREE

LIVIN' ON KEY WEIRD TIME
An Island Party Concert & Live CD Recording! Enjoy an island party with Nashville recording artist and the Florida Key's own Howard Livingston and the Mile Marker 24 Band at a concert celebrating our Key Weird distinctiveness! This concert party takes place at the spectacular ocean side setting of The Westin Key West Resort & Marina located next to Mallory Square. Come join us for the fun! $2,000 in prizes and a chance to win a spot on the Mile Marker 24 float during the Fantasy Fest® Parade. Prizes will be awarded in two categories - Best Banana Head Dress and Best "Livin' on Key Weird Time Sign". So get creative with fruit (fake or real), markers and your hot glue gun and take home your share of the bounty! Tickets available for advance purchase or at the door; The Westin Key West Resort & Marina, Waterfront Pier; 245 Front Street; 8 PM; $

24 th ANNUAL HEADDRESS BALL
It's "All Aboard!" when the Key West Business Guild jumps the tracks on the "Exotic Erotic Express," a gala gathering where the headdresses are the stars of the show; $1,500 in cash prizes for most creative rendition of the"Exotic Erotic Express"; 305-294-4603; Atlantic Shores Resort; 9 pm; $

PARTY IN PLAID
Swing into Fantasy Fest® at legendary landmark Capt. Tony’s Saloon! Explore your fantasies in naughty or nice plaid attire. Meet good friends, enjoy live music and rum specials all night long; Capt. Tony’s Saloon; 9 pm; FREE

WILD, WILD KEY WEST
Yeehaw! Strap on your denim, fringe, spurs and saddle up to the woodwork at Bottlecap Lounge & Liquor for a night of hot holsters and sizzling saddles. The live country rock and funk band will buck the party into full swing while cash prizes will be awarded for best "bikini in boots" and "chaps and just chaps" contests! We welcome you to wild, wild Key West. 1128 Simonton St, 305-296-2807; 9 pm; $

Wednesday, October 25
WKEY PET MASQUERADE & PARADE
A magical carousel of frisky pets and playful owners delightfully disguised and ready to frolic for fame and fortune; Held at The Westin Key West Resort & Marina; Call 305-296-7511; registration for competition at 4:00 pm, show starts at 5:30 pm; FREE to watch; $ to enter benefits Lower Keys Friends of Animals.

CELEBRITY LOOK-ALIKE CONTEST
Imitators of the famous and fabled vie for cash and prizes; Crowne Plaza La Concha Hotel. Contestant sign up 8 pm; FREE to watch; FREE to enter.

CHEESEBURGER’S FEELIN' LUCKY LUAU
Get lei’d Hawaiian style - Cheeseburger Key West invites you to kick off your shoes for a night of feasting & fun. The coconut telephone calls to all you pineapple papas and mango mamas to put on your sunglasses and grass skirts, bring out the ukulele and join Cheeseburger for their first annual Luau. Beachfront the Duval Ocean of revelers, Mai Tais, Limbo Rock and a bona fide pig roast are prepared to tantalize your senses. Prizes for the “Best Big Kahuna Costume” and the most “Inventive Hula Dance.” 9 pm; More info at (305) 296-9466; $

ROCK 'TIL YOU HIT BEAR BOTTOM PARTY
Rock and roll 'til you drop at the Bear Bottom Beach Club. Let Matt Avery spark your dance fever on their enormous dance floor with the quintessential rock ballads that you all know and love. Enter or be entertained by the “Best Bear Bottom” contest where contestants vie to win $1,000 cash. As Queen said it best, "We will rock you.” For more information call (305) 292-0486; 9 pm; 218 Duval St.; $

RED NIGHT
Fogarty's celebrates it's 5th annual RED PARTY! Master of Ceremonies, Shelly D, rocks the house with costume contests, the infamous tricycle race, live music and the best frozen drinks south of the mainstream! Fogarty's & Flying Monkeys; 227 Duval St. $10 cover; proceeds to benefit Monroe County Schools.

BEACH PARTY
Hog’s Breath Saloon proudly presents the 19 th Annual Fantasy Fest® Beach Party, featuring the world famous Hog’s Breath Homemade Bikini Contest. For details of contest call (305) 296-4222; 10 pm; $

Thursday, October 26
NIGHTMARES IN DREAMLAND
Moonstruck madness with divas, drag queens, dancing and drama at a sublime poolside soiree; $1,000 in cash prizes for best costumes; Atlantic Shores Resort. 7 pm - 11 pm; $

PRETENDERS IN PARADISE ™- Broke...Back in the Saddle
The legendary costume competition with $10,000 in cash prizes! Combining extraordinary creative genius and performing energy, this year’s event promises to be eye popping entertainment; Pier House Resort and Caribbean Spa, beachside. 8 pm; $

FREEKFEST BALL AND FETISH CONTEST
An explicit Bead Dance Party. Costume Contest, Amateur/Pro Fetish Arts Talent Competition, "Behind the Mask" guests participate in Sado theater and a Profesional halloween slave auction act. Also just added a Miami light show and ATL's high end music production. See the Freekfest Dancers. VIP Freeksection to get your maximum freek on. Hosted by Master Moore, (619) 218-1018 Where: Big Daddy Conch's huge bar and concert hall. 511 Greene Street, off Duval; 10pm; $

SLOPPY JOE’S BAR 23 rd ANNUAL TOGA PARTY
An unrestrained array of ancient fashions accented with attitude! $1,000 in cash prizes! For details of contest call (305) 296-2388 x21; contest begins promptly at 10 pm; $

MONSTERS’ BALL
Sea serpents, mermaids and other bizarre creatures of the deep! What lurks below and who's dancing on the reef? Dive into this annual costume party and explore some surreal fantasies and some-too-real fantasies that should perhaps remain submerged! Green Parrot Bar; 10 pm; FREE

Friday, October 27
KEY WEST ALOE ANNUAL STREET FAIR
Duval Street’s mile-long eater-tainment extravaganza features arts and crafts, food vendors, lively libations and costumed frivolity; Duval St. from Noon - 10 pm; FREE

11th ANNUAL MARCHING MASKED MANIA COSTUME CONTEST
A rollicking pre-event to the Halfway Party of the Masquerade March ™. Great prizes for the most outrageous attire. 1319 Duval Street; 4 - 6 p.m.; contestants sign up 2 pm; FREE to watch; FREE to enter; (305) 296-6577

FAIRVILLA MEGASTORE MASQUERADE MARCH ™
An odd squad of comical conductors hop on the Dis-Oriented Express™ and head for Key Weird!. Join the crowd as they parade through Old Town with music and noisemakers; thirst quenchers provided at selected guesthouses. Begins at the Key West Cemetery Frances Street entrance; costumed revelers can join the mad march anywhere along the two routes; 5 pm; All welcome; sponsored by Fairvilla Megastore; FREE

801 BOURBON BAR TEA DANCE
Plenty of sugar and spice at this tea in the street party; D.J. Babb, cool drinks, dancers, drag queens and celebrities; 5 pm; FREE

WYLAND GALLERIES' "FANTASY OF ART" EXTRAVAGANZA
Meet America's leading masters of fantasy, surrealistic and dreamscape art at this high-energy creative gala. Discover the enchanted images of John Pitre, Jim Warren, and James Coleman at Wyland's 623 Duval St. gallery - and the vibrant visions of Walfrido at Wyland's 102 Duval St. gallery. Plus, be part of the creative process as all four artists celebrate Fantasy Fest's revelry by painting new fantasies on canvas. 6-10 p.m; For information call (305) 292-4998 or (305) 294-5240; FREE

6th ANNUAL OCEAN KEY RESORT & SPA “LIVING ART” AIR BRUSH EXPO
Contestants will use the human form as a living canvas for artistic expression in competition for more than $1,500; drink specials and live entertainment; Sunset Pier at Ocean Key Resort; painting and partying start at sunset; judging begins at 9 pm; for more information call (305) 295-7045; FREE

PIMP AND HO PARTY
America 's #1 movie star, Ron Jeremy, invites everyone to come ride the train at this erotic and exotic dance party.  Enter the $500 Mr. Pimp and Miss Ho costume contest and enjoy guest DJs live.  This event is guaranteed to sell out. Big Daddy Conch's; 511 Greene St.; (305) 304-1188. 10 pm. $

Saturday, October 28
DUVAL STREET PROMENADE ™
Sassy entertainers, enticing food and spirited libations tempt costumed merrymakers as they party from the Gulf to the Atlantic; Noon - 10:30 pm; FREE

BOURBON STREET PUB TEA DANCE
A taste of New Orleans decadence in Key West’s old town; D.J. Bo, beads, boys and booze; Noon; FREE

EPIDERMAL ARTS AND TORSO TAPESTRIES CONTEST
Art lovers gather for this bona fide cultural event to determine the best-illustrated bodies. The battle of the emblazoned bods elevates this art form to something aesthetic, creative and maybe even poetic; Green Parrot Bar; 3 pm; FREE

CAPTAIN MORGAN FANTASY FEST® PARADE
Join 70,000 exuberant partygoers as this year’s parade derails in Key Weird™. Featuring glittering floats, marching bands and dancing groups, it doesn’t get any wilder than this! Parade route includes Whitehead, Front and Duval streets; 7 pm; FREE

Sunday, October 29
IT AIN’T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS TEA BY THE SEA
Last chance to be quirky, dorky and divine! Music, entertainers, dancing and gaiety oceanside; Atlantic Shores Resort; 7 pm - 11 pm; FREE

PARROTDISE BAR & GRILLE HAPPY HANGOVER PARTY
End your wild week with this Daily Diversion

CHILDREN’S DAY
A family event featuring food, games, arts and crafts and a costume contest for children; Bayview park at Truman Avenue and Eisenhower drive; Noon - 5 pm; FREE

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