Welcome to the Key Lime Festival: America's Favorite Citrus Celebration! In the Florida Keys we like to celebrate the things that make our islands unique. Citrus, eccentrics, people and pie. Our celebrations are fun, odd and unforgettable. Our people are too. Come on down to the birthplace of Key Lime Pie for a little taste and you'll see what we mean. Love and Limes!
Join us 2023 is shaping up to be the best Key Lime Festival yet. We're pleased to offer a full 5 days of culinary events for every taste, including favorites from past years like the Key Lime Cocktail Sip and Stroll and Key Lime Pie Hop and new favorites for Key Lime lovers! We've also added a few intimate culinary events for our VIP Key Lime lovers!
Schedule
June 30, 2023
7:30AM - 2 PM: Moondogs Key Lime Brunch and Bakery
823 Whitehead St
Key Lime Bike Tours
Grab your crew and come cruise the best of old Key West!
Discover the wonders of Key West by bicycle and see the sights of the city from a local's perspective! Cruise around Old Town, visit iconic landmarks, hear stories of old time sailors, and at the end, cool off with a slice of Key West's most famous dessert the Key Lime pie!
Tour starts at 10AM | 122 Ann St
10 AM and Noon: Mini Key Lime Pie Class
Key West Key Lime Pie Co., 511 Greene Street
Learn the secret recipe, get in the kitchen and create your very own mini key lime pie!
Noon – 5 PM: Key Lime Rum Tasting
Key West First Legal Rum Distillery, 105 Simonton Street
Key Lime Kick Off!
5 – 6:30 PM: Cookbook Signing and Champagne Reception
Curry Mansion, 511 Caroline St.
Sip Champagne on the veranda of the 1869 mansion where Key Lime Pie was first created and meet Key
Lime Festival co-founder and Key West Key Lime Pie Cookbook author, David L. Sloan.
Autographed Cookbook and Champagne Reception : $30
Champagne Reception Only: $10
6PM: Key Lime Trivia
The Marker Hotel | 200 Williams St
Put your Key Lime knowledge to the test! Join us at The Marker, poolside!
$55++ / person - includes two drinks and all-you-can-eat Key Lime inspired buffet
6 - 8PM: Miss Key Lime Pageant
General Horseplay - 423 Caroline St
Categories : Talent, Q&A, Evening Wear
Must be 21 to enter
Living The Key Lime Life Dinner
Kaya Island Eats cordially invites you to join us for a celebration of the Key lime life we all enjoy here in paradise! A beautiful 4 course meal prepared by Chef Scott Taylor and the Kaya culinary team.
1st Course : Hurricane seasoned fresh Key west pinks and key lime cocktail sauce
2nd Course : Cuban Hand Roll / mojo Roast pork /Swiss cheese /pickle/ egg roll cilantro key lime sauce
3rd Course : Floribbean Fish - Locally caught fish, Jamaican **** seasoned Mahi Mahi, Fresh Pineapple/mango salsa, Goat cheese / coconut saffron rice
*Chicken or Portobello options available
4th Course : Made from scratch Key lime pie
After dinner join us for live Reggae music in the backyard bar.
$75 PP++