Wednesday, October 24, 2012

PET MASQUERADE & PARADE
A magical carousel of frisky pets and playful owners delightfully disguised and ready to frolic for fame and fortune; Registration for competition is at 4:30 PM; Show starts at 5:30PM; FREE to watch; $25 to enter; benefits Lower Keys Friends of Animals; Casa Marina Resort; 1500 Reynolds St. For more information call 305-304-1026 or quepasakeywest@hotmail.com

LAZY GECKO REDNECK PARTY
Hey ya'll, come on down to the Lazy Gecko Redneck Party! Gussy up in your best camo or slide into your sexiest Daisy Dukes!! Prizes for the best Redneck, Redneck Babe, Redneck couple, and Team Redneck (yeah, that's you and your best bubbas!). Party starts at 7 PM Lazy Gecko 200 Duval St

THE "ORIGINAL HOMEMADE BIKINI CONTEST" AT THE SUNSET PIER
A bevy of 50 beauties vie for $2100 in prize money! Tropical libations and great drink specials, along with music from the island's best bands will ensure this is the place to party tonight!  Join the Backstage VIP section with an open bar, light food and a contestant meet & greet.  For contest entry information contact the Sunset Pier at 305-295-7047 or dining@oceankey.com  Contestant participation fee of $20 will be donated to Reef Relief. VIP Tickets available at keystix.com or at The Sunset Pier Tiki Bar. Party begins at 7PM Seating is limited. FREE 

CELEBRITY LOOK-A-LIKE CONTEST
Do people always tell you that you remind them of someone famous? Well then, this is your event! Imitators of the famous and fabled vie for cash and prizes; Crowne Plaza La Concha Hotel; 430 Duval St.; Contestant sign up 8:00 p.m.; FREE to watch; FREE to enter.

DUNGEON OF DARK SECRETS and FETISHES
Embrace your darkest desires… come one and come all (boys & girls, boys & boys, girls & girls) to play in our dungeon of fetishes! Play, voyeur, or take part in the show to unleash your darkest desires. Attire: PVC, leather, latex, uniform, period, levi, underwear, vintage, glam, cyber, burlesque, masks, wear as much or as little as you want, but dress to THRILL! 801 Bourbon Bar/Saloon 1, 801 Duval; (305) 294-4737 or (305) 731-9055; 9:00 p.m; $25 at Door $20 in Advance! Purchase Tickets online at: www.eventbrite.com/event/2305295200

FOGARTY'S RED NIGHT
Fogarty’s 11th Annual Red Party! Don’t miss this often imitated, but never duplicated party with a costume contest and door prizes! 227 Duval St.; (305) 294-7525; 9:00 PM; $10 per person.

MAD HATTER PARTY
It’s going to be an outlandish, whimsical evening at Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar. Join us for our Mad Hatter spectacle! Unleash your creativity and create a one of a kind head piece, whether it’s wickedly sexy or magically fun you are sure to have fantastic a time. Call for Special Table Party Packages and Pete’s will have multiple contests going on throughout the evening on the back patio. Cash prizes for the Best Mad Hatter! 9 PM; 218 Duval Street; (305) 292-7770; $

SWING & SKIN FREAK FEST PARTY
Freaky behavior dominates this affair. Charlie Sheen's own Goddess and adult film star, Bre Olson, invites the adventurous and risque to personally interact with her and super hot exotic dancers in an adult entertainment club setting while dancing to guest DJ's live in the mix. Dress in less sexy wear and enter the $700 Couples Pole Dancing Competition. Limited number of tickets available to the public for this private, star-studded, red carpet Extravaganza. Tickets available at www.keystix.com; Bare Assets 1029 Truman Ave; 305-304-1188; 10 pm; $

WHARFSTOCK AT THE SCHOONER WHARF BAR
Everyone’s favorite open-air bar is going back to the days of Peace, Love and Aquatic Afrolic Woodstock style, for this year’s Fantasy celebration. Schooner Wharf Bar is being transformed into “Wharfstock”, reliving the Summer of Love and recreating the concert that changed the world. Get groovy with tie-dye, flower power, aquatic creatures, psychedelic colors, and black lights, for your fantasy frolic this year. Expect customers and crew to get even deeper into the groove – and into the paint – during the Aquatic Afrolic Body-Painting Contest! Paints and brushes will be provided. Just bring a friend to paint you and your creativity, while enjoying live music, cold drinks and the humor of emcee Frank Everhart. Gary Hempsey and the Hippie Band will ensure that the tunes never stop, as they reach back in time for favorites from the Grateful Dead, Crosby, Stills and Nash and other Woodstock legends. Winners will receive cash prizes and gift certificates. 202 William St.; 305-292-3302; 10 PM.

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

DANTE'S 6TH ANNUAL HALOS & HORNS POOL PARTY AND WET T-SHIRT CONTEST
Whether you wear the halo of an ANGEL or prefer devilish HORNS, GET WET & WILD at Dante’s for a chance to win BIG $$$! Free body painting, Live Music, Great Giveaways, Fantastic food and drink specials & our one of a kind stage in the CENTER of the POOL! The party starts at NOON & goes till 6:00, pole dancing starts at 4:30; Dante’s Restaurant & Raw Bar; 951 Caroline St, next to the ferry terminal; Visit www.danteskeywest.com for more details

PRETENDERS IN PARADISE
The legendary costume competition with $10,000 in cash and prizes! Combining extraordinary creative genius and performing energy, this year's event promises to be a frolicking good time! Pier House Resort & Caribbean Spa, beachside; www.pierhouse.com; 8 pm; $

SLOPPY JOE’S 28TH ANNUAL TOGA PARTY
“Still The Best Ancient Roman Party in Town!” To enter the contest, contestants must be dressed in toga and are encouraged to use Fantasy Fest’s theme “A-Conch-Alypse” for inspiration. Three divisions: Groups/Couples - $500 first place prize; Men’s - $250 first place prize; and Women’s - $250 first place prize. Free to enter contest; registration at 8:00 PM and contest begins at 9:30 PM; 201 Duval St. Door charge.

EXPOSED AT THE BOURBON ST. PUB ADULT ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX
Looking for the most risqué party of this years Fantasy Fest? This party really plays into the theme, “Aquatic Afrolic,” Pool, Hot Tub and Foam Party all out doors, under the stars, complete with a black out / black light dance party inside. This all welcome, clothing optional, (Bare What You Dare) party, will include glow sticks, 2 DJ’s, dance floors, large projector screens (playing all your favorite fantasies), exotic dancers (male and female). VIP, front of the line, passes will be on sale at the New Orleans House starting October 1st; 9 pm - 4 am; 305-293-9800; 724 Duval St; www.Bourbonstpub.com

COWBOY BILL'S 6TH ANNUAL GIT-R-WET T-SHIRT CONTEST
Catch the hottest ladies competing for $1500 in cash prizes in this over the top competition. Contestants model the finest and most creative cotton wet t-shirts. Drink Specials all night. VIP seating available or watch the action live from our big screens! 610 1/2 Duval street; 10 PM; (305)295-8219; www.cowboybills.com; $

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; 601 Whitehead St.; (305) 294-6133; www.greenparrot.com; 10:00 PM; FREE

PAJAMA AND LINGERIE PARTY
The hottest Playboy model in the world Kristy Morgan from the reality TV show "Tila Tequila" encourages you to dress sexy for this skimpy affair. Enter the $700 Hugh Hefner and Marilyn Monroe look-a-like contest, plus enjoy guest D.J.'s live. This event is guaranteed to sell out! Purchase advance VIP tickets online at www.keystix.com; Mangoes 700 Duval St; (305) 304-1188; 10 PM $

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Friday, October 26, 2012

HAIR OF THE HOG, LEATHER AND LACE PARTY
Wake up with the hogs at our Bloody Mary Blow Out Breakfast! Wear your laciest lace or your luckiest leather and win $$$! Grey Goose Bloody Mary bar and beer specials. Featuring the Hog’s Breath awesome breakfast burrito! For more information visit www.hogsbreath.com; 400 Front St.; (305) 296-4222; 9:00 AM to noon

FANTASY FEST STREET FAIR
Duval Street’s mile-long eater-tainment extravaganza features arts and crafts, food vendors, lively libations and costumed frivolity; Noon to 10:00 PM

801 BOURBON BAR TEA DANCE
Plenty of sugar and spice at this “tea in the street” party; Live D.J., cool drinks, dancers, drag queens and celebrities; (305) 294-4737 or (305) 731-9055; 801 Duval St.; 1:00 PM; FREE

A MAYAN STATE OF MIND AT THE SOUTHERNMOST TEMPLE
Join the Southernmost Mayan Conch King and Queen for the last sacrifice at the Southernmost Temple before the A-Conch-alypse.  We are sending our plea for all Mayan Royalty, enemy warriors, and tribal women to come out and pay respects to our Southernmost Serpent Gods and celebrate the changing of the universe! Remember it “ain’t over til the Conch Queen Sings!”  Best Themed costume wins! Contest is poolside at the Southernmost on the Beach at 508 South Street from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Registration begins at 3:00 PM; Contest starts at 4:00 PM Then at 6:00 PM join us for the Masquerade March Half Way Party - FREE.

MASQUERADE MARCH
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 but revelers can join the mad march anywhere along the two routes! Start marching at 5:00 PM; All welcome; FREE

12TH ANNUAL LIVING ART AIRBRUSH EXPO
Contestants will use the human form as a living canvas for artistic expression in competition for $2000 in cash; drink specials and live entertainment! Painting and partying start at 6:00 PM, judging begins at 9:00 PM Sunset Pier at Ocean Key Resort; (305) 295-7045; FREE; Backstage VIP tickets available at www.keystix.com.

RUM BARREL'S 6TH ANNUAL PIRATE BASH
Dress and drink like a pirate at the Rum Barrel’s most outrageous pirate bash in the world! More than $1500 in cash prizes for the best pirate and wench costumes, great music on the rooftop stage, and awesome rum specials. For more info call (305) 292-7862 or get piratical inspiration at www.rumbarrel.com; 9:00 PM.

FETISH & FANTASY PARTY AT THE ISLAND HOUSE FOR MEN
Envision yourself in a maze of mystery and excitement. Pursue your fantasies at the only all male event held during Fantasy Fest. This clothing optional event for adult men is co-sponsored by the Key West Wreckers. Come feel the thrill. Doors open at 10:00 PM. Clothes check provided. $ 1129 Fleming St; 305-294-6284

PIMP AND HO PARTY
America's #1 movie star, Ron Jeremy, invites you to come fulfill your fantasy at this exotic dance party. Enter the $700 Mr. Pimp and Ms. Ho costume contest, plus enjoy guest D.J.'s live. This event is guaranteed to sell out. Purchase advance VIP tickets online at www.keystix.com; Red Fish Blue Fish 407 Front St. (305)304-1188; 10 PM $

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Saturday, October 27, 2012

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

EPIDERMAL ARTS AND TORSO TAPESTRIES
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 at 601 Whitehead St.; (305) 294-6133; www.greenparrot.com; 2:00 PM; FREE

CAPTAIN MORGAN FANTASY FEST PARADE
Join 70,000 frolicking partygoers as this year's parade surfs down Duval Street. Featuring glittering floats, marching bands and dancing groups, it doesn't get any wilder than this! Parade steps off at 7:00 PM; www.fantasyfest.com/parade.cfm; FREE