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FAMU homecoming, T-Pain double-billing, FSU’s Halloween Circus flying, “Sweeney Todd” cooking. Oh, what a weekend!
Florida State heads west to California to play Stanford for a sport that does not begin till 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. FAMU seeks a homecoming win in opposition to Alcorn State at 4 p.m. in Bragg.
Celebrate stone crab season, Blue Tavern’s ninth birthday and Mickee Faust’s Festival of Fears. Catch the Sounds of Downtown music crawl on Oct. 17.
Here’s a roundup of entertaining occasions round Tallahassee, culled from emails, the Council on Culture & Arts, on-line listings and elsewhere.
1. Meet me on T-Pain Lane
T-Pain is bringing his hometown moniker to life with a free block social gathering beginning at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, on T-Pain Lane — the road devoted in his title earlier this 12 months. “We’re shutting the block down and hosting games, activities, karaoke, food, music and more to celebrate and give back to the community that helped me get to this 20-year milestone,” he introduced in a Facebook publish.
T-Pain takes the present inside on the Tucker Civic Center at 8 p.m. Tickets starting from about $55 to $206 stay out there by way of Ticketmaster for the TP20: Celebrating 20 Years of T-Pain live performance.
2. FAMU Homecoming parade
The FAMU Homecoming parade begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at Althea Gibson Way and Wahnish Way. Get prepared for the battle in opposition to Alcorn State University early with the annual Homecoming Parade which options organizations just like the Marching 100, Strikers Dance Troupe, the Royal Court and extra native teams. The sport kicks off at 4 p.m. in Bragg Stadium.
3. Meet the ‘Demon Barber’
Florida State University’s School of Theatre opens “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical thriller, this weekend. Performances are 8 p.m. Oct. 17-18 and a pair of p.m. Oct. 19 on the Richard G. Fallon Theatre, 540 W. Call St. Additional exhibits run Oct. 22-26.
Set in Victorian London, this story follows the vengeful barber Sweeney Todd as he returns from unjust imprisonment, searching for retribution. When he reunites with the resourceful Mrs. Lovett, their twisted partnership takes a sinister flip that can eternally change Fleet Street.
“Murder, meat pies and mayhem set against some of the most complex and wonderful music ever written,” stated Chari Arespacochaga, the manufacturing’s director and FSU affiliate professor.
Tickets are $30-$10, out there at tickets.theatre.fsu.edu. For extra data, go to theatre.fsu.edu.
4. Be crabby: Head to the Stone Crab Festival
Florida’s Stone Crab Season opened on Oct. 15 and St. Marks is able to have fun.
Stop by the Riverside Cafe for the twenty ninth Annual Stone Crab Festival from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, in St. Marks. Enjoy dwell music, scrumptious stone crab claws, and extra actions for the entire household.
Stone crab season runs by way of May 1, and closes for intervals every year to assist maintain the stone crab inhabitants.
5. Flying High Circus haunts once more
After a one-year hiatus because of twister injury, Florida State University’s Flying High Circus is again beneath the massive high for its fifteenth annual Halloween Show Series on the FSU Circus Lot, 269 Chieftan Way.
The family-friendly Halloween-themed performances will happen at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17; Saturday, Oct. 18; Friday, Oct. 24; and Saturday, Oct. 25. Doors open one hour earlier than showtime. Tickets are $25-$17. Visit circus.fsu.edu.
Bonus occasion: Wicked enjoyable with Mickee Faust: Festival of Fears
The Mickee Faust Club unleashes its newest community-devised cabaret: “Faust’s Festival of Fears” this fall with an particularly depraved brew at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays: Oct. 17–18, 24–25, Oct. 31 & Nov. 1 at The House of Music Tallahassee, 2011 South Monroe St. Tickets are $20 basic, $15 college students, seniors and individuals with disabilities. Visit mickeefaust.com.
For practically 4 a long time, this “community theater for the weird community,” has been throwing open its doorways to an ever-changing mixture of Tallahassee locals. Even earlier than the curtain rises, you’ll be swept into the festivities by a gaggle of Mis-Fortune Tellers wanting to doom-scroll your future. It’s scary. It’s satirical. It’s Faust at its terrifying finest. Come in costume on Halloween or Day of the Dead and get a shock! Visit mickeefaust.com.
Bonus occasion: FAMU cooks up ‘Fat Ham’
The Florida A&M University Essential Theatre presents “Fat Ham,” the Pulitzer Prize successful play written by James Ijames and directed by Luther D. Wells, Associate Director of the FAMU Essential Theatre, working Oct. 22-26 at Charles Winter Wood Theatre. Show occasions are 8 p.m. Oct. 22-23 ($15-$8) and Oct. 24-26 ($25-$10).
A hilarious and heart-stirring reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, “Fat Ham” follows Juicy, a queer younger Black man grappling along with his father’s loss of life, his mom’s remarriage, and his personal identification. Visit cssah.famu.edu.
Bonus occasion: Old-time music with Hubby Jenkins
Hubby Jenkins, a proficient multi-instrumentalist who endeavors to share his love and data of old-time American music, brings an Opening Nights present at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, to Goodwood Museum & Gardens, 1600 Miccosukee Road. Tickets are $55/$45. Born and raised in Brooklyn he delved into his Southern roots with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, following the thread of African American historical past that wove itself by way of nation blues, ragtime, fiddle and banjo, and conventional jazz. Visit openingnights.fsu.edu.
OTHER EVENTS
Bird’s Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack: Kenny Hill Band, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 17, 325 N. Bronough St.
Blue Tavern: Turner Sperry performs a enjoyable evening of Bach and the weird at completely satisfied hour from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, at Blue Tavern, 1206 N. Monroe St., adopted at 8 p.m. by Conor Churchill and The Branches. $10 cowl. third Saturday Irish Session kicks off at 4 p.m., adopted at 8 p.m. by Blue Tavern’s ninth Birthday Bash. Admission is free all day, then songs by some within the tavern & courtyard and a potluck, plus ticketed live performance subsequent door on the Req Room: Loud Ass Country Band beginning at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. Marlon J. Williams performs at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, adopted at 8 p.m. by Bluesday Tuesday with Donny Shrum. $5 cowl. Elizabeth Fravel performs at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, adopted at 8 p.m. by Open Mic Night. Mes Amis performs at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, adopted at 8 p.m. by the Kenny Hill Band.
Crooked River Lighthouse: The Crooked River Lighthouse, together with the Big Bend Filipino-American Association, will probably be providing a lantern-making workshop from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at C-Quarters Marina, 501 St. James Ave. (Hwy 98), Carrabelle. Attendees will make conventional Filipino Parols, 3D star lanterns. Guests can savor scrumptious Filipino meals. Cost is $10. Reservations are required by contacting the Crooked River Lighthouse at [email protected] or 850-697-2732.
Cultural Days and Pow-Wow: The Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe holds its 53rd Annual Cultural Days And Pow-Wow, Oct. 17-19. Featuring: Friday Night Gospel Sing; Stomp Dancing, Intertribal Dancing, Vendors, Silent Auction, Muskogee Living History Village, Dance Competition, Tama Tribal Town, 107 Tall Pine Drive, Whigham, Georgia. Drum: Medicine Lake – Cherokee, NC; Head Dancers, Kim Wildcat and Skylar Bachenbau, Cherokee, NC. For extra data, contact Chief Marian “Vonnie” McCormick, 229-762-3165.
Fire Betty’s Arcade Bar: Seminole Uprising Band, Saints Of Saturn, and Palace Rats, 8 p.m. Friday, Oct 17. $10 cowl. Revival, 8 p.m., Oct. 18, 1122 Thomasville Road. $15 on the door.
Goat Day in Blountstown: fortieth Anniversary of Goat Day in Calhoun County, an annual competition that celebrates a creature that was as soon as part of each day life for households within the Florida Panhandle. Gates open at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at Sam Atkins Park in Blountstown, with a big selection of meals, crafts, video games and vacation reward concepts. $5 entry payment.
Great Oaks Pub at Southwood: A twin invoice with the Intoxicators and particular company the Disasternauts from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, at Great Oaks Pub, 3750 Grove Park Drive. The Intoxicators are the quintessential surf rock band bringing sounds from California to the Gulf Coast. Founded in 2001, the group consists of Gary Evans, Adam Watson, Brian Crum, and George Dyal. Full restaurant and bar, no cowl. Call 850-942-4653 for reservations.
Octronica: Five performing acts mild up their gear to unleash a full spectrum of sequenced sound within the coronary heart of downtown Tallahassee, 8-10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, RealCoolTime Underground, 1733 N Monroe St. $3 cowl.
Sounds of Downtown: Get able to groove to the colourful melodies on the Sounds of Downtown occasion on Friday, Oct. 17, that includes native bands staggered throughout downtown companies all through the night on Friday, making a music crawl. Here’s the lineup: 7 p.m. La Florida – Tracy Hornbein (Once Great Estate); 7:30 p.m. JoEllen’s – Dabbit; 8 p.m. – Harry’s – Jen Clark and Doug McQueen; 8:30 p.m. – Hayward House – The Dolce Trio.
Spirits of Goodwood: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, Main House, Goodwood Museum, 1600 Miccosukee Road. Step into the shadows on the entrance garden for a night of ghostly tales and chilling legends set in opposition to the backdrop of the historic Goodwood Main House and its moss-draped oaks. Tickets, $45. Visit goodwoodmuseum.org.
The Sound Bar: NightShift, 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, 1105 W. Tharpe St. Delta Circle, 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18.
Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra Classical Prodigies: Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra Classical Prodigies7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, Ruby Diamond Concert Hall. Doors open at 6 p.m. $37-$64. Visit tallahasseesymphony.org.
Have an occasion arising? Email particulars to [email protected].
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