Important WEST, Fla. — Countless numbers of costumed revelers promenaded by Key West’s Old City Friday during the Fantasy Fest Masquerade March, a energetic prelude to Saturday night’s elaborate grand parade.
The substantial-spirited procession was a emphasize of the island’s Fantasy Fest costuming and masking pageant that carries on by Sunday.
Lots of Masquerade March members wore costumes motivated by the 2023 Fantasy Fest topic, “Uniforms and Unicorns … 200 Several years of Sailing into Fantasy,” picked to salute the Florida Keys’ bicentennial and that of the U.S. Navy in Key West.
Standouts involved a uniformed quintet with massive blue wings depicting the Navy’s elite Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron, groups of vividly costumed unicorns, and an 85-member crew dressed as pilots and flight attendants from Pan American Airways — an aviation giant introduced in Key West in 1927.
Among other notable individuals were being a troupe portraying characters from the well-known “Barbie” film and marchers paying out tribute to late singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett, a previous Critical West resident who drew inspiration from the island to shape his musical type.
Saturday night’s Fantasy Fest Parade is predicted to attract some 60,000 folks to Crucial West’s historic downtown. Each and every year the parade options dozens of elaborate motorized floats, costumed going for walks teams and island dancers in colorful feathered attire.
Fantasy Fest concludes Sunday with events together with a children’s carnival and an afternoon dance celebration.
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