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 & 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 2024 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:
7:30AM - 4PM: Moondog’s Key Lime Brunch and Bakery
823 Whitehead St
Moondog will be featuring their Key Lime French Toast along with their made from scratch Key Lime Pie.
Taste key lime inspired drinks, a fresh salad with a key lime vinaigrette, and for dinner - a key lime inspired fish dish.
10AM & Noon: Mini Key Lime Pie Class
Key West Key Lime Pie Co., 511 Greene St.
Learn the secret recipe, get in the kitchen and create your very own mini key lime pie!
Call to reserve your spot (305)517-6720
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.
Pir 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
Noon – 5PM: Key Lime Rum Tasting
Key West First Legal Rum Distillery, 105 Simonton St.
Free
4 - 6PM: Wheeling & Dealing Hot Wheels Race
Mary Ellen’s Bar, 420 Applerouth Ln
Test your driving skills on our Applerouth Track. Epic thrills and revving creativity. Do you have what it takes to win the race?!?
Free - *must register below*
Register Here
7PM: Key Lime Unity Table Dinner @ William’s Hall
William’s Hall and Great Events Catering have joined forces to present a delectable 5 course Key Lime Dinner at William’s Hall.- 729 Fleming St
1st course: Seared Sea scallop, Key Lime, tomato and ginger consumme
2nd course: Watermelon, Stone crab salad with grilled Key Lime dressing.
3rd course: Chipotle Duck Tostada, Key Lime cream, butter poached black beans and oven dried cherry tomatoes 4th course: Black Grouper with dehydrated Key Lime Panko crust, mango sauce and spiced rice
5th course: Dessert Trio: Black bottom Key Lime Pie and chili ganache Sopadilla, Key Lime curd and white chocolate shavings Key Lime Beingets.
$175/Person + Tax
