I have been with the sunset celebration performing and enjoying it as a spectator for 32 years now. In the early days it really wasn’t an organized event, just a spontaneous thing that sort of happened. The locals would come down and hang out here, share a glass of wine or some other adult beverage, and actually applaud when the sun went down. It just became a ritual.
When I discovered the sun set celebration something within me yelled out to me. It was special. It was more than just an event, more than just a sunset, it was almost a sacrament. People came here to commune with each other, and with nature. I have yet to find that magic in any other pitch anywhere in the world.
-Will Soto, wire walker in Key West, father to my friend Nick, on Conch TV
Conch TV! Tooting the shellfish through Florida and beyond. Rubbing the cold and the Midwest out of you in a briny embrace of coastal juices.