Check out all the events in the Florida Keys this weekend. January 12 to January 13, 2019
- Jan. 10, 2019 – Jan. 20, 2019 Location: Islamorada
- Uncorked … the Key Largo and Islamorada Food & Wine Festival
- 305-522-1300 Email Website
- The 10-day food, wine and spirits showcase features 30-plus savory events to please virtually every palate and budget, spread among numerous Upper Keys venues with fresh, locally sourced seafood and international-style dishes. The festival’s outdoor ‘A Grand Tasting,’ is set for Jan. 19. What better reason to ‘Uncork’ and unwind in the Florida Keys. For a complete events schedule, visit website.
- Jan. 10, 2019 – Feb. 2, 2019 Location: Marathon Category: Arts & Culture
- Marathon Community Theater presents: Drinking Habits
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- Drinking Habits takes place during the early 1960s in the impoverished Oregon convent of the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing. Two nuns at the ‘Sisters of Perpetual Sewing’ have been secretly making wine in order to keep their poverty stricken convent afloat – behind the back of their alcohol-detesting Mother Superior. Unbeknownst to them, a local wine (theirs) has won a $500,000 award, and Paul and Sally, two newspaper reporters, who are ex-fiancés, are trying to discover the winning winery and break the story. The reporters go undercover as a nun and a priest, but their presence, combined with the arrival of a new nun, spurs paranoia throughout the convent that spies have been sent from Rome to shut them down. Wine and secrets are inevitably spilled as everyone tries to preserve the convent and reconnect with lost loves. Show times 8 p.m.
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- Jan. 10, 2019 – Jan. 20, 2019 Location: Key Largo Category: Arts & Culture
- Uncorked … the Key Largo and Islamorada Food & Wine Festival
- 305-522-1300 Email Website
- The 10-day food, wine and spirits showcase features 30-plus savory events to please virtually every palate and budget, spread among numerous Upper Keys venues with fresh, locally sourced seafood and international-style dishes. The festival’s outdoor ‘A Grand Tasting,’ is set for Jan. 19. What better reason to ‘Uncork’ and unwind in the Florida Keys. For a complete events schedule, visit website.
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- Jan. 10, 2019 – Jan. 13, 2019 Location: Key West Category: Arts & Culture
- 37th Annual Key West Literary Seminar
- 888-293-9291 Website
- The 2019 topic is “Under the Influence.” Literary aficionados from around the world are to gather for readings, discussions and lectures led by some of contemporary literature’s most acclaimed writers. KWLS has assembled some of today’s most dazzling writers for a journey through literary archetypes—from Shakespeare and Homer to African folktales and early 20th-century novels and comic-book heroes—as we seek to understand the nature of literary influence.
- Jan. 11, 2019 – Jan. 13, 2019 Location: Marathon Category: Arts & Culture
- Island Boat Show & Festival
- Bob Phelps 239-691-3290 Website
- Come enjoy a great show with loads of the top boat brands , auction items, food, vendors featuring a variety of merchandise, great fishing seminars presented by local captains… all at a very reasonable $10 admission. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat & Sun., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday. A silent auction and fishing seminars hosted by Captain Rich Tudor, co-host of Saltwater Experience, and other Keys captains, round out the weekend. Venue at Hawks Cay Resort.
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- Jan. 11, 2019 – Mar. 30, 2019 Location: Key West Category: Arts & Culture
- Key West Burlesque presents: Backroom Burlesque
- 305.294.0555 Website
- Key West Burlesque is back and better then ever! It has found its home at the Back Space inside of SideBar, 504 Angela Street. Join the excitement two nights a week (Fri & Sat) for this amazing show. Ticket Prices are $35 VIP seating next to the stage; $25 High cocktail table and bar stool; $20 Standing room.
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- Jan. 12, 2019 Location: Key West
- Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride
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- From 10:30 a.m. to noon completes the warrior ride in South Florida, riding from Boca Chica Field at Naval Air Station, 12 miles to Bayview Park at 1320 Truman Ave., Key West. A community ride between 12:45 p.m. and 2 p.m., from Bayview Park to Truman Little White House, 111 Front St., guides warriors through Key West’s historical landmarks. This Solder Ride event kicks off the Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) 2019 Soldier Ride season that will take warriors across the nation, visiting dozens of American cities, including New York City; Chicago; San Diego; Portland; Pittsburgh; and Washington, DC.
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- Jan. 12, 2019 – Jan. 13, 2019 Location: Marathon Category: Arts & Culture
- The Florida Keys Celtic Festival
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- Some of America’s most celebrated Celtic musical masters are to be featured at the Marathon Community Park, MM 49. The festival will also feature Irish and Scottish dancing, Highland athletics, Celtic merchandise, food and beverage booths and children’s activities.
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- Jan. 13, 2019 Location: Key West Category: Arts & Culture
- Key West Impromptu Concerts presents: Chaz Bowers
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- Classical organist and improvisational artist Chaz Bowers has delighted audiences from his native Western Pennsylvania to the shores of Bermuda with masterful performances of pieces from the canon of great organ literature. Drawing on his own experience as church organist and the rich traditions of church music, Mr. Bowers presents programs that are designed to inspire. Show starts 4 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
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- Jan. 13, 2019 – Jan. 27, 2019 Location: Key West
- Key West Artisan Market
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- Art, food, wine, craft beer, shopping and entertainment. Free admission, from 10AM to 2PM at new location, Higgs Beach. January dates, 13 & 27. Bring your reusable bags.