Sushi New Year

Unlike other premier gay resort destinations, Key West is a place where the good times know no season and the year-round climate is as warm as the community’s welcome.  Located 159 miles southwest of Miami, at the very tip of the Florida Keys, Key West is the only frost-free city in the continental United States — featuring an average annual temperature of 77.7 degrees and sunshine nearly 365 days a year.

The festivals and parties go on all year round too, so, as they say, it’s always a good time to visit the city.

In late October each year, virtually the entire island sheds its everyday persona and slips into the realm of fantasy — Fantasy Fest, that is.

As at Mardi Gras or Rio’s Carnival, attendees at this internationally renowned 10-day masking and costuming soiree are invited to discard their inhibitions and express their innermost desires.

Drag abounds, as do elaborate and kitschy costumes of all sorts, and the event is capped with an outrageous parade whose world-class floats, costumes and revelry must be experienced to be believed.