High 5 enjoyable issues to do round Tallahassee this weekend

How sizzling is it? Hotter than a $2 pistol. Hotter than blue blazes. Hotter than Satan’s home cat. It’s so sizzling the ice cream truck is melting. Hello, August.

Stay hydrated. Have a frozen daiquiri. It’s a First Friday, so artwork takes heart stage at Venvi Gallery and it is shining vibrant from 6-9 p.m. at Railroad Square, and across the space.

Comedy followers who caught Nate Bargatze’s present on July 20 at The Tuck, might have famous the large crowd. The Grammy and Emmy-nominated comic, actor, writer, podcaster, director and producer set a brand new document for essentially the most tickets ever bought by a comic within the venue’s historical past, drawing a crowd of 9,353 followers, in accordance with a press launch from the Tucker Civic Center.

Here’s a roundup of entertaining occasions round Tallahassee, culled from emails, the Council on Culture & Arts, on-line listings and elsewhere.

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1. Light up Opening Night reception at Gadsden Arts

This summer season, Gadsden Arts celebrates a longstanding custom with the thirty seventh Annual Art in Gadsden Juried Exhibition. Opening at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, this anticipated exhibition will function 117 authentic artistic endeavors by 91 artists from throughout North Florida and South Georgia.

The Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony begins at 5 p.m. with music and refreshments, and the Awards Ceremony will start promptly at 6:15 p.m. Admission is free for kids and museum members, and $5 for nonmember adults.

Founded over three a long time in the past, Art in Gadsden has grown into one of many area’s most anticipated artwork exhibitions, spotlighting each established and rising expertise. Artists residing inside 200 miles of Quincy — or with roots in Gadsden County — are invited to use annually, making a vibrant mixture of native heritage and recent imaginative and prescient. During the primary two days of the exhibition (Aug. 1–2), discover the Art in Gadsden Flash Sale and buy works on show and help each the artists and the museum.

Gadsden Arts is positioned at 13 N. Madison Street, Quincy, 20 miles from Tallahassee. It’s open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays – Saturdays. Admission is free for members, youngsters ages 17 and beneath, households on Saturdays, and $3 – $5 for nonmember adults. For extra data, go to gadsdenarts.org.

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2. Let the circle be unbroken at Venvi Gallery

Venvi Art Gallery, 2901 E. Park Ave., opens “In The Round: The Circular Paintings of Jack Reilly” with a gap reception from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1. These mesmerizing works shall be on show by way of Oct. 19.

“In The Round: The Circular Paintings of Jack Reilly” showcases 21 of Reilly’s work completed on formed canvas, with 13 extra prints. This exhibition emphasizes the circle and its robust significance as a basic geometric form and its function in astronomy, arithmetic and physics. Circles could be discovered inside non secular traditions, signifying life’s cyclical nature, together with sacred and non secular ideas.

Each round portray has a border of concentric circles composed of over a whole lot of carefully condensed brush strokes. Alongside his prolific artwork profession, Reilly is also professor emeritus with California State University, and at the moment maintains his studios in California and Florida.

Gallery hours are 12:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Visit venviartgallery.com.

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3. Catch brand-new Anhinga Music & Art Festival

Tallahassee Downtown and the Council on Culture & Arts are introducing the brand-new Anhinga Music & Art Festival from 3-9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, downtown on Kleman Plaza.

A vibrant celebration of creativity and group is deliberate with dwell music, native artists, and meals vehicles.Here’s the lineup of musical artists: Rachel Hillman Band (3-4 p.m. ) Miss Mango (4:30-5:30) Revival (6-7 p.m.) Grass Is Dead (7:30-9 p.m.)

4. Meow now: Cat Video Fest

Tallahassee Film Society presents Cat Video Fest 2025 this weekend. The annual compilation of the perfect and newest cat movies, curated from numerous submissions and basic web sources, is offered in theaters throughout the US and around the globe. The competition options a mixture of humorous, heartwarming, and distinctive cat-related content material, typically together with animations, music movies, and standard web sensations.

A portion of the ticket proceeds shall be shared with the native feline 501C3 group It’s Meow Or Never For Ferals, Inc. Showtimes are 3 p.m. Aug. 2 and 5 p.m. Aug. 3 on the Challenger IMAX, 200 S. Duval St.Tickets are $11 basic admission, $9 for TFS members and college students. Advance tickets could be bought at tallahasseefilms.com.

5. Grateful Dead tribute and extra at Blue Tavern

Turner Sperry fires up joyful hour at Blue Tavern, 1206 N. Monroe St., from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 1, with cello music. Then have fun Grateful Dead Night with the LCP Band from 8-11 p.m. in honor of Jerry Garcia’s birthday and the sixtieth anniversary of the band. The 5-piece band will play 3 units of Dead songs with Lee C. Payton on guitar & vocals, Ben Banks on bass & vocals, Jeremy Sullivan on lead guitar, Deb Berlinger on drums & Mike Stone on percussion. $10 cowl.

1st Saturday Jug Band Jam cranks up at 4 p.m. on the tavern, adopted at 8 p.m. by Peak Dive on Aug. 2. The band has carved out a distinct segment with a sound rooted in indie rock, post-punk revival, and alt-country. Their music seems like a misplaced basic rediscovered. $10 cowl.

OTHER EVENTS

Blue Tavern: Kelly Goddard performs joyful hour at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5 at Blue Tavern, 1206 N. Monroe St. , adopted at 8 p.m. by Bluesday Tuesday with Blues Meets Girl. $5 cowl. Colten Hood performs at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, adopted at 8 p.m. by Open Mic Night. 1st Thursday Bluegrass Jam with host Dennis Hardin cranks up at 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, adopted at 8 p.m. by Pat Puckett. $5 cowl.

Great Oaks Pub in Southwood: Raise your spirit with “Seminole Uprising” at Great Oaks Pub, 3750 Grove Park Drive, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1. The group consists of Bill Enright, Noelle Enright and Bowdi Miller. They convey a full repertoire of rock classics. Full bar and restaurant, public welcome, no cowl, name 850-942-4653 for reservations.

Quincy Music Theatre: The regional premiere of “Be More Chill,” a high-energy sci-fi musical a couple of teen who takes a pill-sized supercomputer to turn out to be standard, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1; 2:30 and seven:30 p.m. Aug. 2, and a couple of:30 p.m. Aug. 3, Quincy Music Theatre, 118 East Washington Street, Quincy. Visit quincymusictheatre.thundertix.com

Summer’s Smokehouse: Tallahassee acoustic duo Hot Tamale shall be providing their distinctive fashion of upbeat acoustic music at Summers Smokehouse on the River, 9330 W. Tennessee St., from 7 until 9 p.m. It’s “folk music Friday” hosted by Bill Rodda.

Seed Library Kickoff: Leon County Government invitations the group to have fun a decade of progress on the Fall Seed Library Kickoff from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 2, on the downtown Leon County Main Library, 200 West Park Avenue. This yr marks 10 years of the Leon County Seed Library Program, which has offered greater than 1.3 million seeds to encourage wholesome consuming habits.

The Sound Bar: Wild Ginger performs the Sound Bar, 1105 W. Tharpe St., at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1.

Have an occasion arising? Email particulars to limelight@tallahassee.com.