There is only one mega dance club on the island, but there is plenty of music. Every place has live bands. These bands start at noon and go until closing. It won't take long to see the same artist pop up later in the day at another club with different band members. It's the unofficial Key West Musical Tour, and it keeps the musicians employed enough for enable them to keep hanging around.
Visitors come to Key West to get wild in the town's many saloons.
Or, one can hole up at one of the traditional pubs like Sloppy Joe's or Hog's Breath and wait for the entertainment to come your way. Sunsets on Mallory Square Thousands gather on the dock at Mallory Square to see the sunsets. Here, the disappearance of the sun is a ritual, toasted each day as annual festivals are celebrated at other places. Thousands gather on the sidewalk each evening, entertained by street performers, high-wire artists and others locals, many of whom earn their living doing this each evening. Music of all kinds fills Mallory Square at sunset.