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Watch Tallahassee Museum visitor animal, binturongs, have a snack
A pair of binturongs, often known as bearcats, have a midmorning snack of their habitat.
We could also be in a drought, however the spring floodgate of festivals and enjoyable is huge open.
Just this week, there’s the P-Funk Festival, the Tallahassee Museum’s Jazz & Blues Festival and Pioneer Breakfast, the Worm Gruntin’ Festival in Sopchoppy and the debut of a brand new Music Under the Oaks competition on April 9.
Young Actors Theatre ventures “Into the Woods,” LeMoyne Arts opens a brand new nature-focused exhibit and “Charlie Brown” takes the stage at Tallahssee State College.
Here’s a roundup of entertaining occasions round Tallahassee, culled from emails, the Council on Culture & Arts, on-line listings and elsewhere.
1. Keep on funkin’ on the P-Funk Festival
George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic have a good time seven many years of music with the Inaugural P-Funk Festival: “Let’s Take It To Tha Stage” from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at The Phipps Farm, 4300 Meridian Road. Tickets begin at $108; VIP tickets begin at $372. VIsit pfunkfest.com.
This yr, George Clinton turns 85, marking greater than half a century as one of the vital consequential architects of recent sound. As the visionary pressure behind Parliament-Funkadelic, Clinton constructed a musical universe that continues to form generations of artists throughout hip-hop, rock, and past.
Kicking off the P-Funk Festival, Leon County Commissioner Nick Maddox will current a proper proclamation recognizing “85 Years of Funk History” with opening performances by the Godby Marching Band adopted by an onstage ribbon-cutting ceremony. “I look forward to honoring Clinton, as he continues making a cultural and economic imprint in our community,” Maddox stated.
2. Tallahassee Museum dishes up breakfast and blues
The Tallahassee Museum, 3945 Museum Drive, invitations guests to have a good time the season with two of its most anticipated annual occasions: the Pioneer Breakfast and Tallahassee Jazz & Blues Festival this weekend. These back-to-back festivities promise a weekend full of scrumptious meals, music, historical past, out of doors enjoyable, and wildlife.
“This weekend is one of our community’s favorite traditions,” stated Russell Daws, Tallahassee Museum President/CEO. “It blends our love of heritage, music, and nature into one dynamic and engaging experience for families, couples, students, and visitors alike.”
Visit the Eighties Big Bend Farm and dig into an actual southern breakfast from 8-11 a.m. April 11. Add a combo ticket to incorporate full museum admission and spend the remainder of your morning exploring 52 acres of nature trails, historic buildings, and native wildlife earlier than the Tallahassee Jazz and Blues Festival kicks off. Breakfast is $10 adults, $8 for youngsters. Two days of dwell jazz, swing, and rhythm and blues, takes place beneath the timber on the Tallahassee Museum from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. April 11-12. Festival tickets are $12.50 to $17.50. Visit tallahasseemuseum.org.
Here’s the lineup for Saturday, April 11: 11 a.m. – Tallahassee State College Jazz Band; Noon – Thursday Night Music Club; 1 p.m. – Tallahassee Swing; 2 p.m. – Yellow Dog Jazz Band; 3 p.m. – Rhythm Remedy; and 4 p.m. – Warren Sutton. There’s extra on Sunday, April 12: Noon – Quanta; 1 p.m. – Billy Rigsby; 2 p.m. – Swingin’ Harpoon Blues Band; 3 p.m. – Jerry Thigpen Trio; and 4 p.m. – JC & The Backscratchers.
3. When ‘Charlie Brown’ involves city
In the play based mostly on the beloved Charles Schulz cartoon, “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,” Theatre TSC explores life by way of the eyes of Charlie Brown and his associates within the Peanuts gang as they play baseball, wrestle with homework, sing songs, swoon over their crushes, and have a good time the enjoyment of friendship.
Show instances are April Sept. 11 and 17-18 at 7 p.m. and April 11 & 19 at 2 p.m. All performances happen at TSC’s Turner Auditorium, 444 Appleyard Dr. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and $10 for non-TSC college students and youngsters. TSC college students, college and employees obtain free admission. Tickets might be reserved on-line at tallystate.com/theatre.
4. What may go improper with ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’?
The Florida State University School of Theatre presents “The Play That Goes Wrong,” a comedy by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, opening at 8 p.m. Friday, April 10, at The Richard G. Fallon Theatre.
The present follows a troupe of actors who show that even when their play unravels right into a theatrical symphony of disasters, the present should go on.
Performances will run at 8 p.m. Friday, April 10, 8 p.m. April 11 and a pair of p.m. April 12, with extra exhibits by way of Sunday, April 19, on the Richard G. Fallon Theatre. Tickets, $10-$30, can be found at tickets.theatre.fsu.edu.
5. Wiggle on all the way down to the Worm Gruntin’ Festival
The twenty fourth Annual Worm Gruntin’ Festival runs all day Saturday, April 11, in downtown Sopchoppy. It begins with a Wiggle Worm Fun Run at 8 a.m. and the Worm Gruntin’ contest at 9 a.m. adopted by storytelling, historic excursions and leisure. The music begins round 11:30 a.m. and contains: Hot Pepper Steppers & Runaway Biscuit Stringband; Charlie Brown Band, The Currys and the Funky Taters. The Worm Grunters’ Ball is from 6:30-9:30 p.m. with the Rick Ott Band at Civic Brewing Co.
Bonus Event: The Pete Here Now Tour
Comedian Pete Holmes brings the laughs to The Moon, 1105 E Lafayette St., for Opening Nights at 7 p.m. p.m. Friday, April 10. Tickets are $15-$55. Visit openingnights.fsu.edu
Holmes is the creator and star of HBO’s “Crashing” (produced by Judd Apatow) and TBS’ “The Pete Holmes Show” (produced by Conan O’Brien). He’s additionally the star of CBS’ “How We Roll” in addition to two HBO stand-up comedy specials. Pete’s additionally the voice of the e*commerce child and was a visitor author/star on a number of episodes of “The Simpsons.”
Bonus occasion: Follow ‘The Shepherd and the Bear’
Set excessive within the majestic French Pyrenees, “The Shepherd and the Bear” explores a battle provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears within the midst of a standard shepherding neighborhood. The movie’s breathtaking mountain vistas and lyrical portraiture can have full expression on the five-story IMAX display screen on the Challenger Learning Center, 200 S. Duval St., which presents the movie together with the Tallahassee Film Festival, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 10. Tickets are $10 on the door.
The movie follows an growing old shepherd who struggles to discover a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who turns into obsessive about monitoring the bears. British filmmaker Max Keegan lived for 2 years among the many neighborhood he documented.
OTHER EVENTS
926 Bar & Grill: Maris, Abigail Jennings, Hardstuck, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 12, doorways open at 7:30 p.m. 926 W Tharpe St.
Blue Tavern: Happy hour on the tavern, 1206 N. Monroe St., with Durham & Skene at 5 p.m. Friday, April 10, adopted at 8 p.m. by Songwriters within the Round with host Craig D. Hardin, that includes Ben Banks, Katherine Easterling and David Starling. $10 cowl. Old Time Jam begins at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 11, adopted at 8 p.m. by Wiley Gaby and Gamble Cosmos. $10 cowl. Happy hour piano with Jack Quine at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, adopted at 8 p.m. by Blues Meets Girl. $5 cowl. Happy hour Rad Reading at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, adopted at 8 p.m. by Open Mic Night. Science Salon with Tallahassee Scientific Society at 6 p.m. options Rebecca Means of Conservation Pathways. Seep’s Gumbo Nation runs from 8-11 p.m. as Chris Seepersaud leads his trio with Reo Morris & Jack Straub.
Blue Jeans & Bourbon Benefit: Great bourbon, nice meals, and an excellent better function to assist The Kearney Center’s efforts to battle homelessness. 6-9 p.m. Thursday, April 16, Proof Brewing, 1320 S. Monroe St. Tickets are $125. Visit kearneycenter.org.
Challenger Learning Center: Special free screening of the award-winning documentary “Unchained: A Long Way Home,” 6 p.m. Thursday, April 9, 200 S. Duval St., adopted by a dialogue with internationally acknowledged elephant conservationist Carol Buckley and filmmaker Alex Rivera, who will be a part of the occasion through Zoom. “Unchained” tells the highly effective story of elephants rescued from many years of laborious labor and exploitation in Southeast Asia. Buckley’s work additionally has a powerful connection to the Tallahassee area. Elephant Aid International operates a refuge for elephants in close by Atapulgus, Georgia.
Fire Betty’s Arcade Bar: The Rockitz, 9 p.m. Friday, April 10, Doors open 7:30 p.m, 1122 Thomasville Road.
The Fuzzy Pineapple Fairy Festival: The Fuzzy Pineapple Shop invitations the neighborhood to step right into a whimsical world of magic and creativity from noon-7 p.m. Saturday, April 11, on the store, 1205 S. Adams St. This family-friendly celebration will remodel into an enchanted house full of fairy-themed actions, interactive artwork, photograph moments, and neighborhood connection.
FSU Opera: Così fan tutte, one in all Mozart’s best-loved comedian operas, 7:30 p.m. April 10 and April 11 and three p.m. April 12. Ruby Diamond Concert Hall. Tickets are $10-$20.
LeMoyne Arts: “The Nature of Kinship” opens that includes Mifflin Hollyday, Alexa Kleinbard, Mark Messersmith, and Lillian Garcia Roig with a reception from 5-7:30 p.m. April 9, 125 N. Gadsden St. Muffins & Mimosas with Panel Discussion, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 11. Panel Discussion with Alexa Kleinbard, Mark Messersmith & Lilian Garcia Roig. In-house mimosas, baked items from Uptown Cafe, and sizzling espresso supplied by Argonaut Coffee.
MoFA Gallery: The Florida State University Department of Art and Museum of Fine Arts can have a gap reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, April 10, showcasing the work of the division’s 10 graduating MFA studio artwork college students. “Decentered Reframed” affords a group of latest artworks spanning set up, sculpture, print, video and efficiency initiatives. The exhibit will run by way of May 2, with a meet-and-greet adopted by a sequence of artist talks from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 16.
The Moon: Six String Southern & Scott Carswell Present Texaphonic Tour 2026 with Eric Johnson, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 12, 1105 E. Lafayette St. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets $42-$116. Visit moonevents.com.
Nene Fest: Magnolia South, 4-9 p.m. Saturday, April 11, Optimist Park, 1806 East Indianhead Drive. Visit ihlna.org.
NorthFlora Collective: The Soular System, 8-10 p.m. Friday, April 10, NorthFlora Collective in Railroad Square, forward of performing on the P-Funk Festival on April 11.
Salty Dawg Pub and Deli: Famous Acoustic Jam, 6-9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 11, 3813 N. Monroe St.
Young Actors Theatre: “Into the Woods” (April 10-19) and “Into the Woods JR.,” (April 11-24) inviting audiences of all ages to step right into a world the place fairy tales collide and tales tackle new life, Young Actors Theatre, 609 Glenview Drive. Tickets begin at $25. For full instances and dates, go to youngactorstheatre.com.
Have an occasion developing? Email particulars to [email protected].
(This story was up to date so as to add new info.)
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