Prime 5 enjoyable issues to do round Tallahassee this weekend

Students are again! The AC continues to be blasting. Book your tickets for fall occasions, keep hydrated and catch an outside live performance at The Adderley.

Oyster City Brewing Co. is celebrating its 4th anniversary on Gaines Street with 4 new beers and music all weekend.

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. The Downtown Concert Series winds up

Tallahassee’s Downtown Concert Series is again for its remaining present of the tenth season from 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at The Adderley Amphitheater in Cascades Park. The Retrograde will headline, and Peak Dive will open. BYOB, picnic blanket, chairs, and pals to the free live performance. Snack away on the scrumptious meals provided at vehicles on-site and benefit from the sounds of a late summer season night.

2. Birthday enjoyable at The Sound Bar

The beat goes on at The Sound Bar at 1105 Tharpe Street as they work out a number of working particulars. This week it is Queen High Straight at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22. $10 cowl. At 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, Tallahassee Vinyl Club might be readily available for Operation Roots & Culture. Be there to assist have fun Brett Wellman’s Birthday Bash, which will get going at 8 p.m.

3. Calling all Parrotheads

The Tallahassee Parrothead Club presents the nineteenth annual Parrothead Phrenzy, a live performance to learn Alzheimer’s Project, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at The Moon, 1105 E. Lafayette St. Jimmy Buffett tribute band Jimmy Parrish & the Waves will carry out. Learn extra at tallahasseeparrotheadclub.com. General admission is $47. Visit moonevents.com.

4. Catch jazzy Quanta, indie June Star

Chris Seepersaud and “The Drummer on the Moove” Marlon Williams crank up blissful hour at Blue Tavern, 1206 N. Monroe St., from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, adopted at 8 p.m. by a weekend gig from Quanta with blues, jazz, and some originals. Jack Quine might be enjoying piano and singing. Richard Bertram might be including his versatile instrumental expertise on sax, clarinet, bass, and percussion to the combination. $10 cowl.

Runaway Biscuits is internet hosting the 4th Saturday Old Time Jam at 4 p.m., adopted from 8-11 p.m. by Americana and alt-country tunes from Baltimore’s June Star (Andrew Grimm and Dave Hadley). The duo’s aching vocals and plaintive people preparations characteristic Grimm’s wealthy baritone voice and Hadley’s atmospheric, elegiac pedal metal. Be captivated by tales of fractious love, quixotic nervousness, and the ability of redemption. $10 cowl.

5. A contemporary breath of ‘Palm Tree Country’

Get prepared for “Palm Tree Country” when Scott Carswell and Six String Southern Productions current nation famous person Brian Kelley and his headlining Sunshine State of Mind Tour at The Moon in Tallahassee on Thursday, Aug. 28. The former Florida George Line singer and solo artist mixes twang and tan strains for the final word getaway anthem. The breezy beachfront ballad was written by Kelley with Jake Rose, Blake Redferrin, and Canaan Smith.

Doors open at 6 p.m., present at 7 p.m., at The Moon, 1105 E. Lafayette St. Tickets are $40, day of present $40; basic admission is $28, day of present $33. Visit moonevents.com.

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OTHER EVENTS

Aloft Hotel: — Richie Summa Trio will carry out at Aloft Hotel, 200 N. Monroe St., from 7-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22. Richie on guitar, Burt Wolff, bass & Steve Fryson, Jr., drums.

The Bark: Medians, Gods, Ravenous Taniuki and Backwards Driving, 8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug 22, The Bark, 507 All Saints St.

Camp Gordon Johnson WWII Museum: Carrabelle museum presents a particular exhibit on the tip of WWII via Aug. 30. Open Tues-Sat, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 1873 Hwy 98 West, Carrabelle, Donations welcome.

Corner Pocket Bar & Grill: Welcome again College Football with Tom & the Cats “Nuthin but a Party” at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, Corner Pocket Bar & Grill, 2475 Apalachee Pkwy. Dance within the coming soccer season. $5 cowl.

Fish Camp Tally: J Morgan band, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 22, Fish Camp, 12062 Waterfront Drive. Conor Churchill and The Branches, 1:30-4:30 p.m. and the Allie Cats at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug 23.

Getaway Grille and Bar: Stranger Than Fiction, 7-10 p.m. Friday, Aug 22, at The Getaway Grille and Bar, 2386 Allen Road.

Great Oaks Pub at Southwood: The “You Two” duo, composed of Paul Boyle and Bill McGuire, play 6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, on the outside gazebo at Great Oaks Pub, 3750 Grove Park Drive. The better of basic rock, nation and Americana. Call 850-942-6453 for reservations, public welcome, no cowl.

926 Bar and Grille: Banquet, The Village Idiots and Inonit, 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug 23. 926 W. Tharpe St. Tickets $13.60.

Req Room: Laura Floyd’s Whimsical Paint Class on the Req Room, 1208 N. Monroe, on Aug. 26. The Pop Up Craft Market on the Req Room, Aug. 28. Priestess versus Patriarchy, (Letters to Hestia), one-act play by Linda Marie on demise, rebirth, and survival, 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug 24.

Salty Dawg Pub and Deli: Wild Ginger Duo: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, 3813 N. Monroe St.

Train Night: The area’s historic railroads take the highlight at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, at Challenger Learning Center’s IMAX Theater. “Train Time,” an IMAX documentary might be screened and visitor speaker for the lecture is Gulf Wind Chapter member Richard C. Hall, Ph.D. Visit gulfwindnrhs.org.

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

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