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 & pie. Our celebrations are fun, odd & 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 & Limes!

Join us 2025 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 & 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 of Events:

10AM - 2PM: Matt's Stock Island Key Lime Brunch

Enjoy an unforgettable culinary experience at our dockside restaurant with unobstructed views of our state-of-the-art marina, good vibes, and your favorite cocktails.

Try our new Key Lime inspired menu items thoughtfully crafted for all the Key Lime lovers out there.

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10AM - 2PM: Key West Artisan Market : Red, White & Blue Edition - Higgs Beach, 1801 Atlantic Blvd

Celebrate Independence Week island-style at the Key West Artisan Market: Red, White & Blue Edition on Saturday, July 6! This patriotic pop-up is packed with summer vibes, fresh local finds, and a chance to make your voice count with on-site voter registration available during the event.

Free entry | Free parking | Pet friendly
Ride your bike!
BYOB (Bring Your Own Bags)

Vendor Registration

11AM - 2PM: Key Lime Pie Drop - Key West Lighthouse, 938 Whitehead St.

Come out to see Key West's most creative minds attempt to outsmart gravity by finding a way to drop a Key Lime Pie from the top of the lighthouse to the ground... without damaging the pie. Try dropping your own pie, or just enjoy the spectacle from the ground. 

Check in for Pie Droppers is from 11AM-NOON.
Pie Drop starts promptly at NOON.
Free to Watch | Free to Enter the competition
Winner will take home CASH Money $$$

*If you plan to drop your homemade contraption from atop the Lighthouse, you must register below and fill out your contestant form describing what you’ve built!

All contest forms should be emailed to: [email protected]

Register Here

Contestant Form

JF Haden's Battle of the Bartenders - Starboard @ The Marker Hotel, 200 Williams St - Free
Battle begins at 2PM | Pool Party & Live Music 2-5PM

Get into the spirit of summer with JF Haden's Key Lime Pie Liqueur and refreshing tropical cocktails at our Battle of the Bartenders event. This battle takes 6 amazing bartenders out of their "home" bars and puts them poolside where they will compete head-to-head. This competition highlights the best of bartending. You don't want to miss this!

Hush Hush Theatre X Key Lime Fest present… "L I M E L I G H T" An Ode to Island Wonders
La Concha Hotel Pool | 430 Duval St. | Doors at 7:30PM | Show at 8:30

Experience an original and immersive cabaret at the rooftop pool of one of Key West’s oldest landmarks, the La Concha Hotel— circa 1926. Expect the unexpected in this fanciful and elegant tribute to the island’s tropical fruit season featuring, you guessed it, the mighty key lime! The Hush Hush Theatre is a non-profit exploring new realms of storytelling through live music, dance, burlesque, drag, comedy and cirque (+ fire poi and synchronized swimming!) The Hush Hush Theatre encourages local talent, original work and the unconventional.
Where Hemingway began writing “To Have and Have Not” and where Tennessee Williams finished “A Street Car Named Desire”, La Concha is a time capsule awaiting your discovery. 
Suggested attire: Old Hollywood, Tropical Glamour

Buy Tickets

Frozen Pie Pick-Up & Ship
Take Key West home with you.
Kermit’s Key Lime Pie Shoppe - 200 Elizabeth St. & 335F Duval St (305) 296-0806
Key West Key Lime Pie Co. - 511 Greene St. (305) 517-6720
Be sure to call ahead and reserve your Pie!
Shipping dates based upon availability.