Richard Smith started playing the guitar at age 5 and has never looked back. Focusing early on with the fingerstyle guitar of Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, he began transcribing everything from classical music, jazz, the gypsy style of Django Reinhardt, bluegrass, ragtime and the...
Bay Jam 28 get underway at noon at Islamorada's Founders Park with free admission. Bands include the Carousers & Micah, the Lower Matt Cats, Scott Youngberg, the Key Largo Jam Band, Uncle Rico, Celtic Sands and Gypsy Sally. There will be arts & craft and...
The 6th annual festival features delicious seafood samplings from Upper Keys restaurants and collectible wares from dozens of juried artisans. There will be live music from acclaimed local performers, local craft beers and libations for sale, a dog-friendly pet station and other happenings throughout the...
Intended for novice anglers, this weekend is about learning and a nonintimidating, fun competition with the "Ladies Let's Go Fishing" university organizers. Participants can charter a professional boat or fish on their own boat. This is a casual tournament with prizes for the heaviest offshore...
Celebrate Fat Tuesday at Florida Keys Brewing Company with live music from the Lady A and the Blues band in the beer garden. A special feature of the night will be the Girl Scout Cookies and Beer Pairing - a selected flight of five fresh...
To help reduce the amount of debris impacting our islands, I.CARE is hosting its first Trash Derby, sponsored by National Marine Sanctuary Foundation in support of clean seas. Register to team with a private dive operator or form your own team for either private boat...
Dr. Grace Klinges with Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium is the speaker for this installment of the Winter Lecture Series. Her research here in the Keys centers around the discovery and characterization of a prolific bacterial parasite of Caribbean "reef building corals" that contributes to...
You'll find bargains on everything nautical including clothing, fishing and diving gear, boats, motors and more. There's fun for all the family! Gates open at Founders Park at mile marker 87 bayside at 8 a.m. There will be food trucks spread around the park. Parking...
Honoring the memory of Nick Sheahan, a Florida Keys student, this tournament benefits a namesake community scholarship fund that has distributed over $360,000 to date. Hosted at Tavernier Creek Marina, the event features cash prizes and $25,000 to the angler with a dolphin fish that...
The Florida Keys Brewing tasting room and beer garden welcomes everyone for a family- and pet-friendly fun day with live music, food trucks, face painting, art vendors and special release local beers from noon to 10 p.m. The music lineup include Cortadito with traditional Cuban...