KEY WEST DROPS INTO 2025 FEATURING WILD COUNTDOWNS

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Hundreds of revelers watch feminine impersonator Christopher Peterson on the annual ‘Pink Shoe Drop,’ on New 12 months’s Eve final yr on the Bourbon St. Pub Complicated. CAROL TEDESCO/Contributed

Lighthearted takeoffs on the normal ball drop in New York’s Occasions Sq. spotlight New 12 months’s Eve in Key West. And since “winter” within the subtropical spot means balmy breezes slightly than blizzards, revelers can go away their winter coats behind.

Standout celebrations on Tuesday, Dec. 31, embody the midnight “drop” of feminine impersonator Randy Roberts in a spangled super-sized pink excessive heel shoe. Hundreds of individuals collect exterior the Bourbon St. Pub/New Orleans Home advanced, 724 Duval St., as Roberts takes heart stage on the annual extravaganza.

As well as, a streetside present on the bottom under begins at 9 p.m. and options native and nationwide performers.

Simply earlier than midnight, the shoe carrying Roberts is lowered from the advanced’s balcony, touchdown as midnight strikes and 2025 begins.

Road viewing of the present and “pink shoe drop” is free. VIP tickets can be found for unique balcony viewing, and embody a top-shelf open bar and plentiful hors d’oeuvres. For tickets, name 305-293-9800 or 888-293-9893 (no on-line gross sales). 

a woman on a giant pink object in front of a crowd

Celebration individuals on decrease Duval Road can watch the thirty first annual “drop” of a huge artifical conch shell to the flat roof of Sloppy Joe’s Bar, 201 Duval St. Festivities are emceed by a rooftop host and, as an enormous clock counts all the way down to midnight, the enormous shell begins to descend. 

On the Key West Historic Seaport, Schooner Wharf Bar is the middle of New 12 months’s Eve merriment. Simply earlier than midnight a “pirate wench” is lowered from atop the towering mast of the tall ship America 2.0 — finishing her descent because the clock strikes and cannons increase to welcome 2025. The occasion contains dwell music, dancing and festivities on the Schooner Wharf. 
A “Gatsby New 12 months’s Eve” gala is deliberate on the authentic house of Pan A.m. World Airways, that includes the midnight “touchdown” of a reproduction Pan Am plane carrying a costumed flight attendant. At the moment known as First Flight Island Restaurant & Brewery, the constructing now situated at 301 Whitehead St. was Pan Am’s first ticket workplace in 1927. Points of interest on the ticketed soiree embody a full open bar, chef-manned meals stations, dwell music and DJ performances. Attendees are inspired to put on formal Nineteen Twenties Gatsby-era costumes. Go to firstflightkw.com/nye.

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