The U.S. Navy flight demonstration team Blue Angels and other military and civilian aerial performances will fill the skies at this free-admission, family friendly event. In addition to the Blue Angels, aerial demonstrations by military and civilian performers, and static military and vintage aircraft are planned., Contact: (305) 293-2673, Email: [email protected], Key West /4/02/2016, Keystock Music Festival: Huey Lewis & The News, Crowds are expected to gather at Truman Waterfront for an evening musical event that in the past has hosted Grand Funk Railroad, Doobie Brothers and Three Dog Night. No coolers or lawn chairs day of show. VIP tickets can be purchased through Lazy Lakes by calling 305-745-1079. General admission tickets available for purchase online., Contact: 305-745-1079, Islamorada /4/03/2016, BayJam 22, This music and art festival features local and guest artists performing on the shores of Florida Bay at the ICE Amphitheater at Founders Park, mile marker 87 on U.S. 1. Attendees can savor the sounds from midday through sunset and into the night from the hammock-like performance center set against the aqua waters of Florida Bay., Contact: 305-394-2765, Email: [email protected]
“Roberta Marks: a Retrospective,” a cohesive exhibition of nearly thirty years of her mixed media work, is to be on display at the Custom House Museum. Marks, whose work has won many awards and is widely collected and featured at numerous museums and galleries throughout the country, creates mixed media pieces via photographs, paintings, collages and constructions that investigate the mystery of being. Her constructions, fabricated using found, bought or gifted objects and materials, are portrayed as stage sets, representing the artist’s existence and personal landscape. The exhibit will open on Friday, 4/8 from 6:00-7:30, with special member VIP entry at 5:30 pm., Contact: 305.295.6616 x 112, Key Largo /4/09/2016, Native Plant Day: An Earth Day Event, Sponsored by John Pennekamp Coral Reef and Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Parks in celebration of Earth Day, this event is to be held 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, MM 102.5 Overseas Highway, oceanside. There will be informational booths from community organizations, concerned with the environment here in the Florida Keys. There will be a talk on using alternatives to non-native plants in our gardens, nature walks, and children’s activities. Native Keys plants grown by nursery volunteers are to be given away for planting at Keys’ residences. At 10:30 a.m., Florida Park Service Biologist Janice Duquesnell is to address participants at the Visitor Center & Aquarium auditorium in a one-hour talk entitled: “Native Alternatives to Non-Native Plants in Keys’ Gardens.” There will also be two 45-minute-long nature walks through the tropical hardwood hammock at 9:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m., Contact: Elena Muratori 305-451-1202, Marathon /4/09/2016, 35th Annual Seven Mile Bridge Run, A field of 1,500 runners participate in the annual foot race across the longest of the 43 bridges that help comprise the Florida Keys Overseas Highway. Sponsored by the Marathon Runners Club., Contact: 305-395-7040
Music, art, food and fun complement this annual art show with nearly 100 artists and crafters, live music and a “Taste of the Islands” foodie competition. Free admission, festival hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Founder’s Park, mile marker 87 bayside on Plantation Key. On-site parking for a $5 donation. Sponsored by the Islamorada Chamber of Commerce., Contact: Chamber of Commerce 305-664-4503, Email: [email protected], Key West /4/10/2016, Third Annual Cow Key Channel Bridge Run, Feel like running across a bridge in the Florida Keys without waking up early or breaking a sweat? Join zany-dressed participants for the world’s only Zero K across one of the shortest bridges in the Keys. The event is free to watch., Key West /4/10/2016, Key West Theater presents: Nick Norman, Joal Rush, Lewis Brice, Nick Norman is truly the man with a golden voice; a talented singer/songwriter who delights his audiences with soulful and inspirational performances. Don’t miss this exclusive intimate experience., Contact: 305-985-0433, Email: [email protected]
This four-day challenge is the ‘grand finale’ of the 4-leg Quest for the Crest Sailfish Series. Team cash prizes include up to $50,000 for first place and $18,000 and $10,000 to second- and third-place anglers, plus trophies, respectively. Early entry fee is available.
When two frustrated London housewives decide to rent a villa in Italy for a holiday away from their bleak marriages, they recruit two very different English women to share the cost and the experience. There, among the wisteria blossoms and Mediterranean sunshine, all four bloom again—rediscovering themselves in ways that they could never have expected. Tickets available online., Contact: 305-294-5015 Box Office
Florida Keys artists and sculptors are featured in this open-air exhibit at the Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden. Exhibit is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; an opening reception is planned 4/23 from 12-3 p.m., to meet the artists, enjoy a self-guided tour of the Art Garden, light refreshments. Entrance is free., Contact: 305-296-1504, Email: [email protected]
One of approximately 30 events held each year whose proceeds benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Highlights include a kick-off welcome reception with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and silent auction; daily continental breakfast and dockside lunch and beach buffet for anglers., Contact: Susan Ellis 305-664-2002, Email: [email protected]
In honor of the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary on 8/25,/2016, the National Park Service is inviting everyone to join its year-long centennial celebration, by offering free entrance days in/2016. Visitors are invited to celebrate the past 100 years of these glorious places nationwide that have been set aside for all generations. At Dry Tortugas National Park, please check in with our official providers of transportation to the park for schedules, prices, and reservations. (All transportation departs from Key West.) Ferries and seaplanes leaving from Key West will waive park entrance fees of $10 per visitor., Key West /4/16/2016, 19th Annual Earth Day 5k Run/Walk, Earth-friendly recyclable awards are to be given to the top overall male and female, top masters male and female and first- and second-place runners in each age group ranging from age 9 and under to 70-plus. Additional awards await top 5k walk finishers. Starts at 8 a.m., from McCoy Indigenous Park, located at Atlantic Boulevard and White Street., Key West /4/19/2016, Discovery Saturday Educational Series: Celebrate Earth Day, Kids in kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to join the free, fun-filled Discovery Saturday at the Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center (35 East Quay Road, Key West) from 10-11 a.m. Learn what each of the three R’s of Earth Day signify: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Free admission, free parking. Discovery Saturday is held the third Saturday of every month. Pre-registration is recommended. The Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center is located at 35 East Quay Road on the Truman Annex waterfront in Key West., Contact: 305-809-4750, Email: [email protected]