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You could have heard, the Savannah Bananas are coming to city for 3 sold-out video games, so visitors and parking close to Doak Campbell Stadium may very well be loopy on Saturday.
Last weekend’s “The Tempest” soared by way of a moist opening, a venue change to Theatre Tallahassee on a stormy Saturday and a return to Cascades with cool breezes on Sunday. A lovely crescent moon supplied the suitable environment on Friday.
Southern Shakespeare’s Facebook post says all of it: “That’s a wrap on The Tempest and the 2026 Shakespeare in the Park Festival! Thank you, William Ragsdale, for leading our incredible cast. A thousand thanks to our amazing cast, crew, staff, volunteers, partners, sponsors, vendors, the Bardlings, and the Tallahassee community.”
Here’s a roundup of entertaining occasions round Tallahassee, culled from emails, the Council on Culture & Arts, on-line listings and elsewhere.
1. Enjoy music for a trigger at Field Day
Field Day Music Festival returns for its ninth annual celebration from 2-7 p.m. Sunday, March 1, remodeling the pastures of Phipps Farm into an enthralling live performance expertise. There might be garden video games, native beer, and three powerhouse acts making a day of music and neighborhood on this profit for pancreatic most cancers consciousness. The music lineup options Eddie 9V, Crowe Boys, and native act, King Cotton. Tickets are $39.12. Visit eventbrite.com.
The occasion is a profit for the Judy Field Memorial Foundation, which was began by the late Judy Field’s household for the aim of elevating funds and consciousness for pancreatic most cancers.
2. P-Funk it up with Danny Bedrosian
Brett Eugene will get the occasion began at Blue Tavern, 1206 N. Monroe St., at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, with particular visitor David Kelsay. Then at 7:30 p.m. lock in for Danny Bedrosian. The keyboardist for Parliament Funkadelic for the final 24+ years, and finest promoting creator, is having a particular live performance on the Blue Tavern. His latest guide “Make My Funk the P-Funk” might be out there in Tallahassee for the primary time at this present.
Bedrosian might be performing P-Funk classics and rarities from 71 years of P-Funk music, in promotion of his new guide. Sponsored partially by Matt Gauding and the “Overeducated and Underemployed” Podcast. This very particular onetime efficiency of curated tunes was put collectively only for this present. $10 cowl.
3. Get a transfer on with Improvement Movement
Atlanta crooners Improvement Movement, fashioned by a rotating forged of Atlanta musicians, might be stopping in Tallahassee earlier than hitting the street opening for Iron & Wine. Improvement Movement will play at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at 926 Bar & Grill, 926 W Tharpe St. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $21. Visit eventim.us.
Opening for them is Whelmed, a band led by vocalists Seesí AF and Brooke Issitt, recognized regionally for his or her sold-out stint with Zest Celeste at Blue Tavern the night time earlier than the COVID shutdown. Both bands are recognized for his or her terrific, spellbinding harmonies. Joining Whelmed might be a rhythm part of native veterans, Will Hollimon, son of Loranne Ausley, who performs drums in half of the native bands, and Adam Smith.
4. Listen in to ‘Echoes of the Heart’
Florida A&M University’s Essential Theatre will current “Echoes of the Heart: A Musical Revue,” an emotionally pushed musical manufacturing conceived by Ryan Pettaway and directed by Jae Edwards on Feb. 25-March 1 at Charles Winter Wood Theater, Tucker Hall, 510 Orr Drive. The revue brings collectively highly effective vocal performances and storytelling to discover themes of affection, vulnerability, and human connection.
Weekend performances will happen Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and eight p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for senior residents age 62 and older, FAMU staff, and army members with ID, $10 for non-FAMU college students and youngsters ages 4–18, and $5 for FAMU college students with ID. Visit famu.edu/essentialtheatre.
5. Celebrate tradition at Harambee Festival
Florida A&M University will host the 2026 Harambee Festival on the Will Packer Amphitheater, 1675 S Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., bringing collectively college students, alumni and the Tallahassee neighborhood for a day centered on unity, tradition and celebration from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28.
Now in its ninth yr, the Harambee Festival is considered one of FAMU’s signature cultural occasions celebrating Black historical past and Black History month, heritage and neighborhood connection. The phrase Harambee, a Swahili time period that means “all pull together,” displays the spirit of collective accountability and cultural satisfaction that anchors the annual celebration.
Bonus occasion: thirty ninth Mahaska Whitley Student Exhibition
LeMoyne Arts opens the thirty ninth Mahaska Whitley Student Exhibition: High School Art and Senior Portfolio Competition with an exhibit and awards ceremony at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 5, within the Kelly Simmons Dozier Sculpture Garden and Thomas A. Guilday Celebration Gazebo. This annual occasion gives highschool college students all through Leon County the chance to showcase their art work in an expert gallery setting.Founder Mahaska Whitley, esteemed former Leon High School artwork trainer and artwork division director, alongside LeMoyne Arts’ founding Executive Director Dick L. Puckett, created this exhibition to encourage and acknowledge native younger artists. Leaders in arts and training, together with Mahaska Whitley, Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna, scholarship founders, and LeMoyne Arts Board members, will current awards and scholarships to the scholars.
OTHER EVENTS
Amicus Brewing: Final Friday with 911 Band, 6-11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, 717 S Gadsden St.
The Bark: Broken Heart Fundraiser Supporting The American Heart Association with Cowl, June the Phrog, Backwards Driving, Only Skin, Mutual Disdain, Cooking Show, 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27. Doors open at 8 p.m. 507 All Saints St.
Bird’s Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack: SAIL High School Music Ensemble, 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, 325 N Bronough St.
Blue Tavern: 4th Saturday Old Time Jam, 4 p.m., 1206 N. Monroe St., adopted at 8 p.m. by JC & the Backscratchers, roots blues combo, with Chris “JC” Balding, Zavian Orton, Deb Berlinger, Janelle Frost. $10 cowl. Piano bar with Matthew Cravener at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, adopted at 8 p.m. by Bluesday Tuesday: Blues Meets Girl. $5 cowl. Happy Hour Rad Reading within the tavern at 5 p.m. March 4, adopted at 8 p.m. by Open Mic Night. First Thursday Bluegrass Jam at 5 p.m. March 5, adopted at 8 p.m. by Paddy League Trio. Grammy-nominated and Global Music Award-winning guitarist Paddy League is joined by bassist Brian Hall and drummer Gordon Cortney. $5 cowl.
Crooked River Lighthouse: Twilight on the Tower, 4-7 p.m. Sunday, March 1, in Carrabelle. Admission is free and climbs are $6.
Fire Betty’s Arcade Bar: Rescheduled present for Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, 8 p.m. Sunday, March 1. Doors: 7 p.m. 1122 Thomasville Road. Tickets $39.19. Visit eventbrite.com.
The Getaway Grille and Bar: National touring blues band Sunny Bleau & The Moons, 7-10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, 2386 Allen Road.
Goodwood Museum: Pig & Pearl: Preservation on the Halfshell, The Apalachicola Sound, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, profit for Goodwood Museum & Gardens, 1600 Miccosukee Road. Tickets are $87.21. Visit eventbrite.com.
Have a Heart for Horses: Benefit for Triple R’s Horse Rescue, 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, on the eleventh Annual “Have a Heart for Horses” Fundraiser & Gala, at The Homestead Barn, 519 Whitehouse Road in Monticello. Tickets are $65 upfront and $75 on the door. Children 10 and underneath attend free. Tickets, donations, and silent‑public sale contributions can be found attriplerhorserescue.org. Guests will get pleasure from gourmand eating by Chef Eric Pelletier of EP Designs, stay music and dancing with native favourite Baby Gray, and a energetic silent public sale, raffles, and video games.
Panacea Gumbo Cook-Off: noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, Sawgrass Zoo, The Dusty Gravelers, The sevens at Woolley Park, 48 Mound St., Panacea.
Rainbow Concert Of World Music: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, FSU’s Opperman Music Hall, 200 W. College Ave. $5-$10.
Southwood Golf Club: BabyGray, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, 3750 Grove Park Drive.
Tallahassee Contra Dance: Runaway Biscuits @ Tally Contra Dance, 7:30-10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, Tallahassee Senior Center, 1400 N Monroe St. $10 for sdults, $9 seniors, $6 for college students, free for youths underneath 12.
Tallahassee Punk Pioneers: A series of concerts, panel discussions and art exhibitions stretching over 4 days referred to as “Trouble with a Capital T,” March 5-8, at RCT Underground, 621 Gallery and the Bark. Details on facebook.com.
Tallahassee Film Society: 2026 Oscar Short Films, 7 p.m. Feb. 27, 5 p.m. March 1 and three p.m. Feb. 28, Challenger Learning Center IMAX, 200 S. Duval St. $11 basic admission, $9 for TFS members and college students. Visit tallahasseefilms.com
Theatre Tallahassee Studio: “The Mountaintop” by acclaimed playwright Katori Hall, operating Feb. 26-March 15 at The Studio, 1861 Thomasville Road. Shows are at 8 p.m. Feb. 26-28 and a couple of p.m. March 1, with extra occasions the next week. Tickets are $27.50-$17.50. Visit theatretallahassee.org.
Word Garden: Tallahassee Nursery’s month-to-month Word Garden readings will happen underneath the gazebo from 3:30-5 p.m. Sunday, March 1. Readers embrace Brett Corteletti, Olga Mexina, Collin Callahan and Jay Snodgrass. 2911 Thomasville Road.
Have an occasion arising? Email particulars to [email protected].
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