Included are the upcoming events for Fantasy Fest 2006. I am currently planning on being there in 2006. Whenever I get back (after October 2006), I'll post my photos. Until then, enjoy the previous year's pictures of Fantasy Fest.

Friday, October 20
GOOMBAY
Tastes, sights and sounds of the Caribbean in Bahama Village , located at Duval and Petronia streets. The lively street party continues Saturday! Noon - midnight ; FREE

ROYAL CORONATION BALL
Meet Key West's Royal Family and vote for the King and Queen of Fantasy Fest® 2006; a benefit for AIDS Help, Inc.; entertainment and fanfare on the oceanside lawn at Wyndham Casa Marina Resort; www.wyndham.com ; 6 pm - 10 pm; $

Saturday, October 21
GOOMBAY
The party continues in Bahama Village ! Noon - midnight ; FREE

Sunday, October 22
BLAME IT ON ROBERT! A Night of 101 Hauntings, Scares and Screams
Key West's famous bewitched doll—Robert—invites you to celebrate the start of his 2 nd century at a spirited island-style party at the hauntingly historic East Martello Museum on the Atlantic. Full bar, Caribbean cuisine and music, Fat Tuesday's frozen drinks, costume contest and museum exhibit preview. Find out why you can blame all your Fantasy Fest® mischief on Robert! Sponsored by Century 21 Prestige Realty Group; benefits Easter Seals Florida/Keys Region and Key West Art and Historical Society; 305-295-6616; www.kwahs.com ; East Martello Museum; 7:30 pm to 11 pm; $$

Monday, October 23
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
A leather fetish party that's definitely not for the timid or shy! 801 Bourbon Bar; 9 pm; $

Tuesday, October 24
REDDY ICE FANTASY FAÇADE ™ COMPETITION
Festively decorated homes and businesses compete for cold cash! To enter, call 305-296-5334; FREE OFFICIAL FANTASY FEST® POSTER SIGNING PARTY - Meet the artist, of this year's poster; Crowne Plaza La Concha Hotel, Crown Room; www.laconchakeywest.com ; 5 pm; posters for sale - 2006 art has not yet been chosen.

BARK AT THE MOON
Fat Tuesday goes wild and retro with “80's Flash Back Dance Party!” 9 th annual costume contest with $1,000 in cash prizes; frozen drinks, hot DJ's; Fat Tuesday; 8 pm - close; FREE

24 th ANNUAL HEADDRESS BALL
It's “Lights, Camera, Action!” when the Key West Business Guild goes to the movies with “Hollyweird,” a gala gathering where the headdresses are the stars of the show; $1,500 in cash prizes for most creative rendition of “Hollyweird”; www.gaykeywestfl.com/events.htm; 305-294-4603; Atlantic Shores Resort; 9 pm; $

PARTY IN PLAID
Swing into Fantasy Fest® at legendary landmark Capt. Tony's Saloon! www.capttonyssaloon.com ; explore your fantasies in naughty or nice plaid attire. Meet good friends, enjoy live music and rum specials all night long; Capt. Tony's Saloon; 9 pm; FREE

Wednesday, October 25
WKEY PET MASQUERADE & PARADE
A magical carousel of frisky pets and playful owners delightfully disguised and ready to frolic for fame and fortune; Wyndham Casa Marina Resort; www.wyndham.com ; registration for competition at 4:30 pm, show starts at 5:30 pm; FREE to watch; $ to enter benefits Lower Keys Friends of Animals .

CELEBRITY LOOK-ALIKE CONTEST
Imitators of the famous and fabled vie for cash and prizes; Crowne Plaza La Concha Hotel, Crown Room; www.laconchakeywest.com ; contestant sign up 8 pm; FREE to watch; FREE to enter.

CHEESEBURGER'S FEELIN' LUCKY LUAU
Get lei'd Hawaiian style - Cheeseburger Key West invites you to kick off your shoes for a night of feasting & fun. The coconut telephone calls to all you pineapple papas and mango mamas to put on your sunglasses and grass skirts, bring out the ukulele and join Cheeseburger for their first annual Luau. Beachfront the Duval Ocean of revelers, Mai Tais, Limbo Rock and a bona fide pig roast are prepared to tantalize your senses. Prizes for the “Best Big Kahuna Costume” and the most “Inventive Hula Dance.” 9 pm; More info at (305) 296-9466; $

RED NIGHT
Fogarty's “Red Party” celebrates its 5 th year with cool drinks, live music and red-hot contests! See, be seen and enjoy the Red Balloon, Cherry Jell-O, Tricycle Race and “Best Use of Red” costume contest. Red attire strongly encouraged! A benefit for Monroe County Schools; www.fogartyskeywest.com ; Fogarty's and Flying Monkeys; 9 pm; $

BEACH PARTY
Hog's Breath Saloon proudly presents the 19 th Annual Fantasy Fest® Beach Party, featuring the world famous Hog's Breath Homemade Bikini Contest. Details of contest at www.hogsbreath.com or (305) 296-4222; 10 pm; $

Thursday, October 26
NIGHTMARES IN DREAMLAND
Moonstruck madness with divas, drag queens, dancing and drama at a sublime poolside soiree; $1,000 in cash prizes for best costumes; Atlantic Shores Resort; www.atlanticshoresresort.com ; 7 pm - 11 pm; $

PRETENDERS IN PARADISE ™- Theme TBD
The legendary costume competition with $10,000 in cash prizes! Combining extraordinary creative genius and performing energy, this year's event promises to be eye popping entertainment; Pier House Resort and Caribbean Spa, beachside; www.pierhouse.com ; 8 pm; $

FREEKFEST BALL AND FETISH CONTEST
The very edge of Halloween's Key Weird on the Dis-Oriented Express™. Fetish competition, debauchery theater, dark violet dance music with host, Master Moore Betti Paige. Expose your darkest desires at Freekfest and escape 351 days of reality here at www.freekfest.org . Big Daddy Conch's; 511 Greene St.; hosted by Master Moore.

SLOPPY JOE'S BAR 23 rd ANNUAL TOGA PARTY
An unrestrained array of ancient fashions accented with attitude! $1,000 in cash prizes! Details of contest at www.sloppyjoes.com or (305) 296-2388 x21; contest begins promptly at 10 pm; $

MONSTERS' BALL
Sea serpents, mermaids and other bizarre creatures of the deep! What lurks below and who's dancing on the reef? Dive into this annual costume party and explore some surreal fantasies and some-too-real fantasies that should perhaps remain submerged! Green Parrot Bar; www.greenparrot.com ; 10 pm; FREE

Friday, October 27
ANNUAL STREET FAIR
Duval Street's mile-long eater-tainment extravaganza features arts and crafts, food vendors, lively libations and costumed frivolity; Duval St. from 2 pm - 10 pm; FREE

11th ANNUAL MARCHING MASKED MANIA COSTUME CONTEST
A rollicking pre-event to the Halfway Party of the Masquerade March ™ . Great prizes for the most outrageous attire. Southernmost Hotel, poolside; www.southernmostresorts.com ; 4 pm - 6 pm; contestants sign up 2 pm; FREE to watch; FREE to enter

FAIRVILLA MEGASTORE MASQUERADE MARCH ™
An odd squad of comical conductors hop on the Dis-Oriented Express™ and head for Key Weird!. Join the crowd as they parade through Old Town with music and noisemakers; thirst quenchers provided at selected guesthouses. Begins at the Key West Cemetery Frances Street entrance; costumed revelers can join the mad march anywhere along the two routes; 5 pm; All welcome; sponsored by Fairvilla Megastore; FREE; www.fairvilla.com

801 BOURBON BAR TEA DANCE
Plenty of sugar and spice at this tea in the street party; D.J. Babb, cool drinks, dancers, drag queens and celebrities; 5 pm; FREE

5th ANNUAL OCEAN KEY RESORT & SPA “LIVING ART” AIR BRUSH EXPO
Contestants will use the human form as a living canvas for artistic expression in competition for more than $1,500; drink specials and live entertainment; Sunset Pier at Ocean Key Resort; www.oceankey.com or (305) 296-7701; painting and partying start at sunset; judging begins at 9 pm; $

PIMP AND HO PARTY
America 's #1 movie star, Ron Jeremy, invites everyone to come ride the train at this erotic and exotic dance party.  Enter the $500 Mr. Pimp and Miss Ho costume contest and enjoy guest DJs live.  This event is guaranteed to sell out.. Purchase advance VIP tickets on-line at www.keystix.com . Crabby Bills, a.k.a. Big Daddy Conch; 511 Greene St.; (305) 304-1188. 10 pm. $

Saturday, October 28
DUVAL STREET PROMENADE ™
Sassy entertainers, enticing food and spirited libations tempt costumed merrymakers as they party from the Gulf to the Atlantic; Noon - 10:30 pm; FREE

BOURBON STREET PUB TEA DANCE
A taste of New Orleans decadence in Key West's old town; D.J. Bo, beads, boys and booze; Noon; FREE

EPIDERMAL ARTS AND TORSO TAPESTRIES CONTEST
Art lovers gather for this bona fide cultural event to determine the best-illustrated bodies. The battle of the emblazoned bods elevates this art form to something aesthetic, creative and maybe even poetic; Green Parrot Bar; www.greenparrot.com ; 3 pm ; FREE

CAPTAIN MORGAN FANTASY FEST® PARADE
Join 70,000 exuberant partygoers as this year's parade derails in Key Weird™. Featuring glittering floats, marching bands and dancing groups, it doesn't get any wilder than this! Parade route includes Whitehead, Front and Duval streets; 7 pm ; FREE

Sunday, October 29
IT AIN'T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS TEA BY THE SEA
Last chance to be quirky, dorky and divine! Music, entertainers, dancing and gaiety oceanside; Atlantic Shores Resort; www.atlanticshoresresort.com ; 7 pm - 11 pm; FREE