The Big List o' Events: 4/29/22
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There may or may not be a full-on roundup for this week, but here are the events you should know about!
Shameless plug for a friend: you should totally come see Backlash w/ The Retrograde & Thunder The Snake at The Bark on Saturday, April 30, 2022. 8pm/$8/all ages. The more you know!
Thanks to /u/clearliquidclearjar on the /r/Tallahassee subreddit for their tireless work on their now-resumed weekly local events list, and I hope I grow up to have their work ethic, but I would even settle for just their energy levels. Onward we go!
Ongoing and Multi-Day Events
Tallahassee Jazz and Blues Festival 2022 at the Tallahassee Junior Museum
Come out to the Tallahassee Museum for one of the region’s best two-day jazz, swing, and rhythm and blues music festivals! Get up and dance, sit back and enjoy the music, or take part in fun activities on the 1880’s Farm. The Tallahassee Museum outdoor stage area is truly the most gorgeous venue in town, and one of the few places fans can bring their families to hear live music. Plenty of tasty treats and frosty beverages will be available at the cafe and cash bar! Come on out and enjoy one of the Tallahassee Museum’s great concerts! Guests are welcome to bring camp chairs and blankets. Saturday & Sunday, 11am-4pm
Currently Running Outdoor Markets
Frenchtown Market
524 N MLK Jr Blvd. Saturdays, 10am to 2pm. Come grow community and support your local farmers and makers, while you get your groceries for the week! Don’t forget! We match SNAP/EBT, so you DOUBLE your money to go towards locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables!
Downtown Market
Monroe Street & Park Ave. Saturdays, 9am to 2pm. Wake up to some Tallahassee Goodness this Saturday at the Tallahassee Downtown Market from 9 am until 2 pm. Fresh from the garden local produce for fixin up that cool melon bowl. Fresh baked bread with jams and jellies just like granny made. Unique arts and craft gifts for you and yours all hand made by the artist in the booth. Come relax under the majestic oak on Park Ave at Monroe street. Want to be a vendor please join us!
Tallahassee Farmers Market
2904 Kerry Forest Pkwy, 8am to Noon. Come see us at Tallahassee's longest-running farmers market! We are a year-round market, featuring local farms and vendors that provide the best seasonal produce, meats, baked goods, and more. We welcome you and your whole family (leashed pets included) to come out and meet your local farmers! Ample parking is available between our lot and the shopping center lot next door (by Red Elephant) Come early for the best selection.
WEDNESDAY WEEKLY
The Wednesday Night Lab Session hosted by Jim Crozier
Bird's Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack. 6pm (can’t verify, but ask around!)
D&D Experience
Tara Angel’s Magic: Adult (18+) Group. Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition - Candlekeep Mysteries. A one-shot is a D&D event that starts and finishes in the same session, typically lasting 3 - 4 hours. We have pre-generated characters for players to choose from. WHAT TO BRING: Pencils, Dice (can be purchased in store), Mask (encouraged for unvaccinated participants), Enthusiasm! Please sign up in advance to reserve a spot in this campaign. Tickets can be purchased in-store, over the phone, or on the website. For more information, please email sales@taraangelsmagic.com, or call: (850) 878-4555 6pm-9pm
Three different Wednesday trivia options:
Oyster City Brewing: Trivia. 7pm
Proof: Trivia. 7pm
Pepper’s: Trivia Night. 7pm
Open Mic at House of Music
House of Music: Join us Wednesday nights for open mic in the bar with host Mike Ingram of The Brown Goose. Come early for Happy Hour and dinner! 8pm
Warehouse Wednesdays Open Mic Night
Blue Tavern: The open mic night that has run continuously for almost 20 years, once housed at the Warehouse, lives on at the Blue Tavern. Doc Russell continues as the host with the most. Sign up starts at 8pm/free to attend
Two choices for Wednesday karaoke:
Fire Betty’s: Karaoke. 9pm
The Bark: Karaoke with DJ Nathan. Best karaoke DJ in town. 9pm [Editor’s note: good to know!]
Dragged Out Wednesday
926 Bar & Grill
[Editor’s note: this event passed already this week, but this one sounds like it was incredible and it’s the second or third drag event I’ve missed, so I’m including it here so we all know what’s up. It may come back next week if you want to follow them. Here’s last week’s event details:]
In the grand tradition of Halloween's Revolving Door, it's time to dust off that tall hat, break out the pocket watch and be off....with their heads to the Dance Deck! Alice's birthday is right around the corner and we're celebrating early! Join us for an enchanting evening of chessmen, playing cards, crazy royalty, wild adventure and spastic rabbits! Are you getting curiouser and curiouser? Want to perform? Are you down for the show?
Our Rising Star Competition starts at 10:30pm. All submissions must be sent in Mp3 form to draggedoutwednesdayboss@gmail.com by 5pm show day. Call time is 10:00pm.
Come show us whatcha got and win a gift card and a place in The Hot Friday Night Talent Competition! (Winners are selected by audience applause, so bring extra hands with you!) Then stick around to watch Drag Shows at Midnight and dance the rest of the night with DJ Matt East!!!Pub opens at 4pm. Door begins at 10pm. $5 Cover 18+ Full Menu and kitchen open late with Chef Kyle. (Go getcha "Eat Me" on!) And make sure to check with our Master of Potions, Kodi, for the best Wonderland "Drink Me" concoctions. Who knows what can happen?
Local Businesses will be on the Deck selling their wares and showing you great places that support our community, so come help show them some Love and #supportlocalbusiness So come take an amble in our garden and follow the Right Rabbit! Come play with us! Or else we'll all be Mad here!
THURSDAY WEEKLY
Weekly Open Blues Jam
Dreamland BBQ: * If you'd like to sing, please bring your own mic.* 6pm
Four fine Thursday trivias to think through:
World of Beer: Trivia Night. 7pm
7th Hill: Trivia with Sean Anderson. 7:15pm
Smitty's Taphouse: Trivia Lab Thursdays. Teams of 6 or fewer players can compete for $30 / $20 / $10 Prizes + The Golden MacGuffin prize table! New format! Interactive smartphone answering for your comfort and safety! 6 Fun Rounds - 42 Total Questions. 7:30pm
Poor Pauls: Trivia. 8:30/21+
Two Thursday karaokes to know:
House of Music: Prime Rib Thursday & Karaoke. 7:30pm
926: Karaoke. 9pm
Shifty Comedy
Shifties: 9pm/free
FRIDAY, 4/29
Souvineer @ Blue Tavern
5pm-7pm
Pigmania
Goodwood: Pigmania festival back! Explore an extravaganza of Southern Food including roast pigs, sausages, raw oysters, and all the fixin's. This party is a true celebration of Southern cuisine and hospitality. The whole roasted hog will be displayed at the beginning of the event before we dig in. All you can eat until the pig, oysters, and bourbon milkshakes run out! 6pm/$80+
Sauce Boss and XXXtra Sauce
Oyster City Brewery: 6-9 p.m. Friday, April 29, at Oyster City Brewery in Tallahassee, 603 W. Gaines St. Bill Wharton will be making gumbo and serving to all who attend. No cover.
Brett Young in Concert
Cascades Park: Gates open at 6 p.m. with a 7 p.m. showtime. Tickets are $25-$55. To purchase tickets, visit CapitalCityAmphitheater.com or call 850-878-6900.
Little Mike & The Tornadoes
Little Mike & The Tornadoes blow up a storm at the Bradfordville Blues Club, 7152 Moses Lane, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, under the oaks, weather permitting. This powerhouse blues and rock n’ roll band from is led by songwriter, producer, and harp master, Mike Markowitz. The band is well-known for its flawless, high energy blues sound, modeled after the great Chicago bands of the '50s.
Advance tickets are $20 at bradfordvilleblues.com. Cover at the door is $25.
Bring chairs and blankets if outdoors. Bring a hankering for Ms. Ernestine's world famous fried catfish served fresh from the fryer next to the bonfire.
Crum Box Gastgarden: Trivia With Hank
* 5 rounds, 10 questions each, from the silly to the serious. Music and picture rounds included! Claim your table at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/313050310907 to play!* 7:30pm/$20 per table (up to 6 players)
Night of the Ninja Action Packed Triple Bill!
Cap City Video Lounge: Join us for an evening of non-stop ninja action with a triple dose of darkly clad cheesy 80's ninja movie action sure to rock your trashy little socks off! Schedule: 7:30pm: Ninja III: The Domination. 9:15pm: Miami Connection. 11pm: New York Ninja. $8
Drag Queen Dance Party
Happy Motoring: Put on those dancin' shoes Desperados, we're back with our wildly popular Drag Queen Dance Party. Hostess Vashai Avionce will have you strutting, shimmying, and shakin' out on the lawn with a full DJ set and performances throughout the night. All seating and space is first come, first served and as always you're welcome to bring your own chairs and blankets. 8pm
Girls Night Out the Show
Fire Betty's: GIRLS NIGHT OUT THE SHOW is an intensely exciting Sex God, Ab Party, that will drive you absolutely WILD...in the best possible way of course! The Show is a Whirlwind of Sexy Goodness as these ripped Adonis Men bring down the house with a Man-tastic Night of Fun & Excitement. Get ready for the BEST GIRLS NIGHT EVER! Whether you're celebrating a Birthday, Bachelorette Party, Divorce, Dirty Thirty or your Sheer Awesome Self; You will meet your party match with "GIRLS NIGHT OUT THE SHOW"!* 8pm/21+/$15-$40
Jamell Richardson
House of Music: "The Gulf Coast Blues Boy". 8pm
JB and members of the Zydeco Zoo
Blue Tavern: 8pm
FRIDAY WEEKLY
Outdoor Headphone Yoga in the Sunken Gardens
Goodwood: 10:30am-11:45am
MTG Friday Night Magic
Gamescape: FORMAT: Standard Constructed. Swiss rounds as determined by the number of players with a maximum of 5 rounds. 7pm/$5
Karaoke with DJ Nathan
Ouzts Too: Best karaoke DJ in town. 8pm
The Hot Friday Night Party and Drag Show
926: Again, we'll be bringing you 2 drag shows at 10:30 and midnight. DJ Moe and DJ Carben are on the decks to keep you dancing all night long!! Capacity is limited and masks are strongly suggested if you haven't been vaccinated. 9pm/$5/18+
SATURDAY, 4/30
Pioneer Breakfast 2022
Tallahassee Junior Museum: Pioneer Breakfast is back again for 2022! Come out and join us on the 1880’s Big Bend Farm for a hearty breakfast to start the day! We will be serving scrambled eggs, pancakes, Register’s sausage, grits, and of course, piping hot coffee along with milk and orange juice! Start off your weekend with good eatin’ for a good cause! The Museum’s Board of Trustees will serve up heaping helpings so come support the Museum at our longest on-grounds fundraiser! After you fill up your stomach, make a weekend of visiting the Museum and stay for the Tallahassee Jazz and Blues Festival on Saturday and Sunday from 11-5 pm and enjoy wonderful live music on the Museum grounds! 8am-11am/Child, $7; Adult, $9
Tallahassee Cardboard Boat Race
Maclay Gardens State Park: This is the first cardboard boat race in Tallahassee for the public to enter! We are excited to bring this to town and look forward to a splashing good time! The purpose is to raise money for chronically homeless and at-risk veterans in North Florida. All proceeds will go to this purpose. Free to watch but pay to play! 8:30am-1:30pm
Annual Cat Whiskers Plant Sale Benefit
545 John Knox Rd: A group of plant lovers with green thumbs have generously organized a plant sale to benefit our rescue efforts! Stop by for tons of gorgeous plants at affordable prices while also supporting The Leon County Humane Society at this benefit. 9am-2pm
KidsFest 2022
Cascades: You will not want to miss Kids Incorporated of the Big Bend’s Annual Kidsfest! Kidsfest includes free activities for children of all ages, giveaways, entertainment, and so much more. There is no admission fee. It is completely free to the public! Vendors will be providing food for sale! Kids incorporated will also be collecting children’s books for our new “Tiny Library” project. Please feel free to bring a children’s book to donate. 10am-3pm/free
TFP Fairy Festival
The Fuzzy Pineapple: Bring your best costume! Join us in shopping local and shopping small from awesome artisans. Enjoy music, good eats, and celebration. This event is free to the public and pets are welcome. 11am-10pm
Lloyd Music Festival 2022
Windy Hill Vineyard: 1pm
Redneck Cinema Marathon
Cap City Video Lounge: Hey Gang! The Primal Root here, inviting YOU to join us Saturday, April 30th as we kick back with a cold can of suds and enjoy a plethora of our finest selection or Redneck Cinema Classics as guided by none other than prolific redneck, Joe Bone Briggs. It's gonna be a fun day of sweaty, swampy seventies southern action filled with fun, booze, violence and questionable content all mostly with a PG rating. DISCLAIMER: These are all films from another era and the MPA ratings system was a bit more easy going. You may encounter nudity, profanity, violence, drug use and questionable content. Viewer Discretion is STRONGLY Advised. Schedule: 2pm: White Lightning. 4pm: The Gumball Rally. 5:45pm: Smokey and The Bandit. 7:30: Convoy. 9:45pm: Jackson County Jail. 11:15pm: Nashville Girl. 2pm/$10
Finn & The Kingsnakes
Red Shed: 5pm
D. Scott Riggs
Blue Tavern: 5pm
Tallahassee Soccer Club Season Opener vs Jacksonville Armada
Gene Cox Stadium: https://www.tlhsoccerclub.com/ 7pm
The 850
Oyster City Brewing: 7pm
Joe Connors With The Howell Brothers Band
Bradfordville Blues Club: 7:30pm
Backlash w/ The Retrograde & Thunder The Snake
The Bark: 8pm/$8/all ages
Cow Haus Presents:
A local band show with BACKLASH, THE RETROGRADE & THUNDER THE SNAKE!
Saturday, April 30, 2022 @ The Bark
507 All Saints St Tallahassee FL
Doors open @ 8:00pm, show @ 9:00pm
$8 over 21, $10 under 21
all ages
[Editor’s note: If you happen to go, you might see me there watching my friend’s new band play. Neat! You should do that.]
Honey Hounds
Fire Betty’s: 8pm
St Wallace, Ace Volar, Jae Fable, and Dirtball Boog
621 Gallery: A night filled with interactive art, local clothing brands, and drinks available for those twenty-one plus. A creative showcase of musicians that are bound to show out and bring the energy to Tallahassee. We're very excited to see you and spend our Saturday evening with together and celebrate new art. Food and Drinks will be able available to purchase at the venue. 8pm
Billy Rigsby Band
House of Music: 8pm
SATURDAY WEEKLY
Free Capoeira in the Park
Cascades Park: Come join us for family fitness and fun. This class is geared towards families, homeschoolers, and anybody wanting to build their fitness through martial arts, dance, and acrobatics. 10am
Donation Yoga
Optimist Park: Open level yoga (meaning the amount of challenge is entirely up to you) with equal amounts relaxation and strengthening/stretching. Donate whatever amount is comfortable for you- any contributions will go towards the continuation of these classes. 11am
Laughterday Night Fever
Bird’s Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack: Join us every Saturday at Bird's Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack for a free comedy show beginning at 8:30! April 16th join us for the Wake (Roast) of Heather Goode as we celebrate her 40ish birthday! 8:30pm
SUNDAY, 5/1
May Day March!
Cascades Park: Join FRSO, SDS, TCAC, FAMU Gen Action, and Student Farmworker Alliance for May Day! We’ll be marching from Cascades to the Capitol. Unable to join the march? Meet up with us at the Capitol! 2pm
Auditions Open Call - Queer As Faust
Mickee Faust Theater: OPEN CALL - all performers are welcome. Be a part of Community Theater for the Weird Community. This radically inclusive cabaret wants you. Our annual Queer As Faust Festival will be held the entire month of June culminating in our 15th Queer As Faust Cabaret on June 23-25 & June 30 - July 2. Come out and play! No need to prepare a monologue or scene, simply join us with your charming wit and friendly face. As usual if you can't make it to those dates, but would like to participate, please let us know. 2pm
TYO Spring Concert: What the Future Holds
Ruby Diamond: What the future holds remains the subject of idle conjecture, animated conversation, and fierce debate. In this concert, we present the hope and talent contained here in our youth. We invite you, upon hearing this concert, to form your own opinion of what may be coming in our lives. Enjoy the youth. Enjoy the music. Our concert features TYO Symphony’s Filippo Aldrovandi-Reina, winner of the 2021 TYO Concerto Competition, performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto. Our concert theme “What the Future Holds” is the title of the piece that TYO’s Symphony percussionist Bryden Reeves composed and will conduct at this exciting concert! You will also enjoy TYO’s Chamber Orchestra and Intermezzo Strings performing pieces by Florence Price, Antonio Vivaldi, and more! 3pm
Sunday Oyster Shuck
Oyster City Brewing: 3pm
Juke Joint Jam
Bradfordville Blues Club: The jam is open to all comers at all levels and is free to participants and the public. Show up and sign up as usual. In addition to the backline drum kit and bass amp, we will also have a backline guitar amp. As usual the house band will kick it off with a few songs. 3pm
Cap City Video Lounge: Join us, a Sunday, May 1st at 5pm here at Cap City Video Lounge as we return to our beloved home away from home, David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks for the harrowing final two episodes of the original run of the show. 5pm/$5
SUNDAY WEEKLY
Pokémon League
Gamescape: Come learn, play, and trade with the Pokémon Trading Card Game and the Pokémon video games! We LOVE seeing new players, so come learn how to play! We play both the Trading Card Game and the Video Game casually and competitively. The store offers lots of different seating arrangements to meet our group's needs, as well as food, drinks, and Pokémon products for purchase. We are also hold regular, officially sanctioned tournaments for Pokémon Trading Card Game and Video Game Competitions! 2-4pm
Songwriter Sunday
House of Music: Songwriters of Tallahassee hosted by Rachel Hillman. Bring your original songs on Sunday - sign up is at 4:30. No Cover Songs please - this is an event celebrating original music. Accompanists and Bands Welcome - you must be able to set up within two minutes, so no crazy pedals or amp shenanigans. No Backing Tracks - Please find someone to play your song with you. 5pm
Sunday Funnies Free Comedy Show
Bird’s Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack: 7:30pm/free
MONDAY WEEKLY
Cha Cha - Weekly Lessons
American Legion Hall: 6:15pm/$5
Cornhole Mondays
Township Tallahassee: Join your friends every Monday at 6:30pm to begin practicing for the 7:30pm cornhole tournament! 6:30pm
Karaoke with DJ Nathan
Shifties: Best karaoke DJ in town. 8pm
TUESDAY, 5/3
Frank Lindamood
Blue Tavern: 8pm
TUESDAY WEEKLY
Tuesday Night Karaoke & Margaritas
House of Music: 5:30pm
Beer-Go
Oyster City Brewing Tallahassee: Come hang out at Oyster City every Tuesday for a couple of rounds of Beer-Go! Beer, games, prizes, what could be better? 6pm-8pm
Karaoke with DJ Roldus
Burrito Boarder: 8pm
Professor Jim's Tuesday Night Trivia
4th Quarter: Popular for a reason! 8pm
Trivia Tuesday
Argonaut Coffee: 8pm
Tacos and Trivia
926 Bar & Grill. Trivia has returned to its original night: Tuesdays. The host and the bartender are the same, but now there are tacos and alliteration. Join or make a group to indulge in brain teasing trivia for intellectual thrills. No more themes! The theme is general, something for everyone. 9pm
Comedy Show
Fire Betty’s: 9pm/21+