Get able to make a splash at one of many world’s quirkiest live performance experiences — the forty first annual Decrease Keys Underwater Music Pageant is about to rock the reef Saturday, July 12, at Looe Key. Photograph Courtesy of Frazier Nivens/Florida Keys Information Bureau
LOOE KEY, Florida Keys — The Decrease Florida Keys’ vibrant underwater world is about to remodel right into a one-of-a-kind live performance venue through the forty first annual Decrease Keys Underwater Music Pageant, happening Saturday, July 12, on the iconic Looe Key Reef.
This immersive expertise invitations divers and snorkelers to dive right into a whimsical undersea soundscape the place marine melodies meet conservation messaging — all beneath the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., company can swim amongst colourful coral formations and tropical fish whereas listening to ocean-themed music broadcast underwater by way of audio system suspended from boats.
Songs like Jimmy Buffett’s “Fins” and “A Pirate Seems at 40,” The Beatles’ “Octopus’s Backyard,” and The Little Mermaid soundtrack are just some of the fin-tastic favorites that usually floor on the playlist, courtesy of US1 104.1 FM.
Including to the aquatic spectacle? Costumed mermaids, sea creatures, and “submerged musicians” pantomiming together with whimsical devices in a surreal underwater jam session.
The musical merriment has a critical facet, too: it’s all about selling coral reef preservation. Interspersed between tunes are eco-friendly dive ideas, from utilizing mooring buoys and avoiding contact with coral to understanding why reefs are often called “the rainforests of the ocean” for his or her unbelievable biodiversity.
The festivities start the night earlier than with a free welcome occasion on Friday, July 11, from 6 to eight p.m. at Mote Marine Laboratory’s Elizabeth Moore Worldwide Heart for Coral Reef Analysis & Restoration on Summerland Key. Visitors can tour the state-of-the-art facility and find out about groundbreaking coral cultivation and reef restoration efforts from the consultants serving to deliver Florida’s reefs again to life.
The competition is offered by the Decrease Keys Chamber of Commerce and US1 Radio, and held at Looe Key Reef, a part of the Florida Keys Nationwide Marine Sanctuary — a protected space positioned about six miles south of Large Pine Key that’s dwelling to the continental U.S.’s solely residing coral barrier reef.
Need to be a part of this only-in-the-Keys custom? You’ll be able to e book a seat with native dive and snorkel charters or launch your personal boat from space ramps and marinas. Costumes inspired. Reef respect required. Enjoyable assured.
E-book a dive/snorkel constitution:
visitfloridakeys.com/lower-keys/diving
