Hosted by Just a Few Friends, Conch Republic Seafood Company and Key West Legal Rum Distillery as the first official event kicking off the labor day celebration. Keep Key West Beautiful and Plogging the Keys sponsor regular Friday morning cleanups and you're invited to take part in this important event.

Join us for 1 hour picking up litter this week at Greene Street, Simonton Street and other areas in Old Town. Meet us in front of Conch Republic Seafood Company at the bar on the corner of Greene and Elizabeth to pick your parking pass (if you need one), vest, gloves, bucket and picker! We will work our way to end at Simonton Beach (0 Simonton Street) and then finish back at the Conch Republic Seafood Company or as we locals like to call it, the Conch Farm. 1 hour makes a HUGE difference. If you're coming for the festival start your vacation in the best way possible working side by side with Key West locals to keep our community beautiful. Free to participate.

After the morning cleanup and before the proclamation ceremony, join us for a buffet brunch hosted in the air-conditioning comfort of the Conch Republic Seafood Company overlooking the historic seaport. Enjoy an array of delicious food and bottomless bloody marys and mimosas. There will be trop rock music and free leis! Tickets are $85 per person inclusive of tax and gratuity. 

Meet your fellow fans and relax at the beautiful historic waterfront for 2 hours of leisurely noshing and drinking then walk out the door for the Jimmy Buffett day proclamation ceremony in the pocket park in front of Shrimpboat Sound Studios.

Here's the scrumption menu:

🦐 Unlimited All-You-Can Eat Chilled Key West Pink Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce, Lemon, and Horseradish

🐟 Locally Sourced Mahi and Wahoo Smoked Fish Dip with Assorted Flatbreads, Crackers and Jalapenos Slices

🥧 Chef’s Breakfast Quiche with Glazed Ham and Cheddar Cheese

🥧 Vegetarian Quiche featuring Spinach, Feta, and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

🍳 Loaded Scrambled Eggs with Cheddar Cheese and Bacon Bits (on the side)

🥓 Crispy Bacon

🐖 Pork Sausage Links

🥔 Chef’s Breakfast Potatoes

🍞 Powdered French Toast with Hot Syrup and Butter

🍩 Assorted Pastries featuring Cheese Danishes, Blueberry, Raspberry, and Guava filled Pastries

🥯 Fresh Bagels with Cream Cheese and Assorted Jellies/Jams

🧀 Chef’s Fresh Fruit and Cheese Display

Beverages: Unlimited Bloody Mary’s and Flavored Mimosas!

🍹Bloodys

Buffet Bloody Mary: Old Bary Seasoned Rim with a Key West Pink Shrimp

Garden Bloody Mary: Vegetable Garnish

Bloody Maria: Tequila Based Bloody Mary with garnishes

Caliente Bloody Mary: Spicy, spicy, spicy!

🥂 Mimosas:

Traditional Mimosas

Bellini

Mango Mimosa

Poinsettia

Raspberry Mimosa

Blood Orange Mimosa

Pink Lemonade Mimosas and more!

Also includes unlimited soda, iced tea, coffee, lemonade, fruit punch, root beer and juices.

Cash bar for all other drinks.

For Fresher Seafood, You’ll Have to Catch it Yourself!

𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬: 𝟐𝟎% 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮! 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐋𝟐𝟎 𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐮𝐭.

Proclamation ceremony ==> https://www.facebook.com/events/1190349418913547

Historic Seaport cleanup ==> https://www.facebook.com/events/799801675361349

Join City, County & State leaders along with local celebs, officers from the Conch Republic and members of the Key West Parrot Head Club at the pocket park in front of Shrimp Boat Sound studios at the historic Key West Seaport for a reading of the official proclamation for Jimmy Buffett Day declared by the Florida State Legislature. This welcome ceremony will kick off the full events of the Just a Few Friends labor day weekend celebration.

90 minute guided walking tour taking you to some of the most celebrated Key West haunts frequented by our favorite son over his expansive history here. You'll visit the outside of his beloved music studio where you may leave your momento or sticker, and hear stories about his pirate life in the Keys.

Billboard’s 14th biggest hit of 1977 was a happy-sounding sad song that arrived from a specific time in an extremely specific space. Five decades later, “Margaritaville” is included in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress and Jimmy Buffett is being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

But Buffett wasn’t always the pied piper of beaches, bars, and laid-back living. Born on the Gulf Coast, the son of a son of a sailing ship captain, Buffett scuffed around New Orleans in the late sixties, flunked out of Nashville (and a marriage) in 1971, and found refuge among the artists, dopers, shrimpers, and genuine characters who’d collected at the end of the road in Key West. And it was there, in those waning outlaw days at the last American exit, where Buffett found his voice and eventually brought to life the song that would launch a lifestyle.

Today, Margaritaville is a mall and Key West is packed. Can you see what was from what it all became? Sure you can.

About the Presenter:

Once upon a time, Ryan White was twice named one of the top writers in the country by the Society for Features Journalism. He spent nearly 16 years at the Oregonian newspaper covering sports, music, and culture. He’s appeared here and there, including on the public radio show Live Wire, as both an essayist and an interviewer. The author of Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way and Springsteen: Album by Album, he lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan and currently spends his days at the same Detroit ad agency that once employed Elmore Leonard. That’s all they have in common.

Funding for this program was sponsored in part by Aloys & Carol Metty and The John & Marilyn Rintamaki Family Charitable Fund. Sponsored and produced by the Key West Art and Historic Society. For more info about them and other programs and exhibits ==> https://www.kwahs.org/https://www.kwahs.org/.

Presented by Yoder Smokers: Competition Grade BBQ Products

🍔 🍔🏝️ Who Makes the Best Hamburgers with Cheese in a Tropical Place? You be the judge at our beachside competition!

Join us for an unforgettable evening on the southernmost beach with Yoder Smokers, where we'll crown the champions of cheeseburgers in two categories: Best Traditional and Most Creative. Sample mouthwatering creations from top contenders and cast your vote!

We've narrowed down the competition to what we think are the six of the best burgers on the island. 

Big Cheezees Pub & Grub - Chef Matthew Headley

Key West First Legal Rum/Chef Distilled - Chef Paul Menta & "Chef Distiller" CJ Wagoner

Mac's Place - Chef Claudia & Chef Laura

Oceans Edge Resort & Marina / Yellowfin Bar &Kitchen - Chef Yeni Mendoza

Southernmost Beach Café at the Southernmost Beach Resort - Chef Kimba Dreifort

Southernmost VFW Post 3911 - Chef/ Butcher Mark Johnson

🎶 Live Entertainment:

Enjoy a live performance by the nationally touring tribute band, "Buffett’s Margaritaville - Legendary Tribute to Jimmy Buffett". Savor cheeseburgers, sip on margaritas, and dance with your toes in the sand as they play all the iconic hits that make you feel like you’ve stepped back in time to your favorite concert.

🎟️ Tickets: Get your tickets now before they sell out!

♨️ About Yoder Smokers:

Yoder Smokers are not your average barbecue pits. These American-made grills and smokers are designed for the biggest BBQ competitions and your backyard cook-offs. Built to last a lifetime, they're guaranteed against burnout. Whether you're a seasoned competitor or a backyard BBQ enthusiast, Yoder Smokers deliver unbeatable performance. See them in action at our event!

Don't miss this chance to enjoy great food, fantastic music, and a beautiful beach setting. Get your tickets today and join the fun!

Join our hosts at the Pint for a great evening of outdoor entertainment, great food and the best brews in town as we watch Tales From Margaritavision. Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and producers Mike Ramos and Stan Kellam have collected rare Buffett music videos and live footage from his concert appearance to create this compilation, augmented with documentary footage.

Our hosts at the Pint are a very small and family owned cozy brewpub & restaurant, where they make Blast Beer craft beers in house along with an ever changing menu of delicious gluten free dishes. Blast Beer Company started in 1990 as the brainchild of beer-loving Purdue University student Tadd Maudlin. With the craft brew movement just kicking off, Tadd drove hundreds of miles to find ingredients and bought books to learn all about how great beers are made. After educating himself with a little-known brewing process that breaks down gluten in beer he's brewed in Mexico, traveled the Caribbean extensively with his wife Lindsay, sailed their catamaran across the Atlantic Ocean to the UK, over to Europe, down to Africa and back again. Since then, he has enjoyed brewing beer and sharing the process with friends and family. We look forward to serving you, as well!