The Big List o' Events: 4/22/22
Music, art, and just generally a whole mess of activities
What’s that on the horizon? Why, it looks like…stuff to do! That’s right, spring is more sprung than ever right now in T-Town, and that means people are ready for festivity. Here’s just about damn near everything I could find going on in the next seven days, split into loose categories. (Descriptions are lifted unless otherwise noted.)
Want to see something specific? I’d love to hear about it!
Food & Festivals
LeMoyne’s 22nd Annual Chain of Parks Art Festival
Saturday, April 23-24, 2022 / Bloxham, Lewis, and Randolph parks / Various times
LeMoyne’s 22nd Annual Chain of Parks Art Festival will be held on Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, April 24, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Bloxham, Lewis and Randolph “Chain of Parks,” located in Downtown Tallahassee. Known as a premier fine art event, visitors can view and purchase unique works of art from 150 carefully selected fine artists, while enjoying a weekend filled with local heritage re-enactments, various artistic creations, family fun, mouth-watering culinary creations, interactive children’s art activities and foot-stomping live entertainment.
Thomasville Rose Show and Festival
Friday/Saturday, April 22-23, 2022 / Thomasville, GA / Multiple times and locations
THE ANNUAL THOMASVILLE ROSE SHOW & FESTIVAL HAS BEEN GOING STRONG FOR 100+ YEARS! JOIN US APRIL 22-23, 2022! Held in historic Downtown Thomasville, the Rose Show has been a Southwest Georgia tradition since 1922. Over the years, flower shows, entertainment, an artisan market, an antique car show, parades, and much more have been added to create a true community celebration. We invite you to plan a visit to our beautiful city and enjoy our Rose Show & Festival with us!
31st Annual Carrabelle Riverfront Festival
Saturday, April 23, 2022 / Historic Marine Street, Carrabelle, FL / 10 am
(Explicitly pet friendly event!)
The 31st Annual Carrabelle Riverfront Festival in Carrabelle, Florida is a full day of free, family-friendly activities, live music, entertainment, unique and colorful arts & craft vendors and delicious food planned for Saturday, April 23, 2022 from 10 am – 6 pm. There will be plenty of activities for the kids, young & old along the beautiful, historic waterfront. Returning again this year is the fun and raucous Captain Davy’s Adventure Show and his fun-filled band of pirates with music, magic and mayhem. The popular free children’s mini-train rides and bouncy house will be back again too. There will be plenty of family friendly fun entertainment for the grown-ups to enjoy too!
90’s Hip Hop Brunch
Sunday, April 24, 2022 / Happy Motoring / 11 am
🚨90’S HIP HOP BRUNCH IS BACK!🚨 This Sunday, 11am - 2pm we’ve got everything that matters in life: Mimosas, coffee, carbs, and music. The weather is gonna be perfect, so join us along with @expandingcirclestlh @artisanp 🔊🔊Sunday just got a lot better.
Art & Culture
Student Concert at MoFA
Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 / Museum of Fine Arts, FSU / 2 pm
Join us Saturday, April 23rd, at 2:00 p.m. for an electronic music composed by digital synthesis students in MoFA’s galleries. Sit and enjoy, or let the music guide you as you explore the graduating MFA and BFA thesis exhibitions, Bodies of Meaning and Begin from Anywhere. This event is free and open to the public, and registration is not required—contact program coordinator Annie Booth (albooth@fsu.edu) with any questions ahead of the event.
Art for Dinner
Saturday, April 23, 2022 / 621 Gallery / 6 pm / $60+
Art for Dinner is an immersive & unique fine dining experience featuring elaborate table displays and performances by local artists. Each table is a work of art, curated by an art professional and host, offering a decorative and enchanting atmosphere. Each year a special theme is picked to inspire the artists creating this magical event. It kicks-off at cocktail hour, featuring live music then followed by catered vegetarian and meat dinner options. Exciting your taste buds is just the beginning! Each table includes an ART Menu outlining the featured performances of the night. A diverse variety of LIVE art performances entertain guests at their tables, providing a genuinely immersive art experience for the adventurous art lover. This benefit helps sustain 621 Gallery as a platform for multiple art forms in the Tallahassee area. What more is there to love, but to share this experience with a loved one?! With your help, 621 Gallery can continue to bring contemporary art and innovative programming to the community.
"Spectrum" by Dan Taylor
Friday, April 1, 2022 - Sunday, May 15, 2022 (ongoing) / Venvi Art Gallery
Venvi Art Gallery is pleased to present “Spectrum” a solo exhibition by local artist, Dan Taylor. Returning for his fifth solo show with Venvi, Taylor is bringing a new focus to this body of work by exploring and celebrating humanity’s wide spectrum of diversity through colorful abstract compositions. The wide array of colors, textures, and compositions that make up the show, is inspired by the artist’s contemplations on the world and our society. This embrace of diversity shows Taylor’s appreciation for all of mankind and a celebration of our uniqueness. The past few years have brought a lot of these differences to the surface and sometimes it's hard to remember our shared humanity; but Taylor hopes that as you peruse the walls filled with his diverse body of work, you are reminded of the beauty that is in everyone.
DEATHTRAP Auditions
Sunday/Monday, April 24 & 25, 2022 / Theatre Tallahassee / 7 pm
Editor’s note: you might be wondering—why the hell would I audition for a play? I don’t know. Do you want to? Theatre is fun, and community theatre is just other people just like you, who live and work in town, learning lines in their free time and making live entertainment. There’s no rules, and it’s expected that everyone is an amateur. You might even meet some interesting people. Be bold, and dare to dream! -TY
DEATHTRAP Written by Ira Levin
Audition Dates: Apr 24 & 25 at 7pm, Performance Dates: June 9-26, 2022, Directed by Matthew Watson
Casting: 3 men & 2 women, ages 20s-50s. All roles open to any race/ethnicity.
Auditions will consist of readings from the script sides. Please download an audition packet for more information.
SYNOPSIS: In Ira Levin’s classic comedic thriller, Deathtrap, a washed-up playwright finds a chance to rise to the top once more, a shot he’d be willing to kill for. Sidney Bruhl hasn’t written a hit play for 18 years when he receives a script from a former student, Clifford Anderson, that’s a guaranteed success. His wife, Myra, suggests the two men could collaborate; Sidney jokes that it’d be just as easy to murder the young man and steal the script for his own. When Clifford arrives later that evening, no one--not even the visiting psychic--could predict where the dark events of the night will go. Who is innocent? Who only seems that way? Deathtrap is a sharply funny play full of twists and turns that keep an audience on the edge of their seats. Is anyone really safe when a man sees a clean shot at success?
History at High Noon Series: Refuges of Freedom
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 / Museum of Florida History / 12 pm
Refuges of Freedom: Free Blacks and Maroon Communities in Colonial Florida
Senior Curator Michelle Hearn examines the complexity that people of African descent faced in their pursuit of free lives in a Florida that was of political interest to France, Britain, Spain, Creeks, Seminoles, and the United States. Self-emancipated people and free Blacks created havens of freedom in Florida generations before the Emancipation Proclamation, aligning with and assisting others in the pursuit of liberty.
Rock Trivia Presented by 621 Gallery
Thursday April 28, 2022 / 621 Gallery / 6 pm / $3+
Rock music themed trivia night at 621 Gallery. Jeopardy style trivia with a grand prize! Dress up as your favorite musician for a free drink $8 per table | $3 single player 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Midtown Reader Poetry Open Mic Night
Thursday April 28, 2022 / Midtown Reader / 7 pm
Join Midtown Reader in celebrating National Poetry Month as we host our first Open Mic Night featuring poets in our community! Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tdiePMb06D6mkwuJZKv14Aa643JYApAnRiNoiLVawyE/edit?usp=sharing
Live Music
Shawn Holt & The Teardrops
Friday, April 22, 2022 / Bradfordville Blues Club / 7:30 pm / $25 ($20 advance)
The teardrops rain upon the BBC again, this time with Shawn “Lil Slim” Holt turning on the faucet. That’s right, Shaw Holt & The Teardrops come to the BBC on Friday, with Shawn fronting The Teardrops—the band that backed up the legendary Chicago bluesman Magic Slim, a/k/a Morris Holt for 35 years. Magic Slim’s tabletop portrait has graced the BBC for 20 years. Shawn took over the reins when his father passed away in 2013. The booming, thumping, powerhouse Chicago blues style lives on with Shawn’s thumb picking guitar incorporating the Mississippi to Chicago tradition of old school electric blues. “Lil Slim plays with just a thumb pick (similar to his dad’s style of playing), plucking out most of his notes with his thumb and occasionally using his other fingers, but no flat pick, so he is able to get that tone that you just can’t get any other way.
Pops in the Park
Saturday, April 23, 2022 / Southwood Town Center / 7:30 pm / $15
Gates open at 6:00pm and the concert begins at 7:30pm. We are back for the 9th annual Pops in the Park at Southwood! This year’s program features music by Aaron Copland, John Williams, Leonard Bernstein and John Phillip Sousa. You’ll also enjoy our guest vocalist Hannah Zazzaro with popular favorites like I Put a Spell on You, At Last, Feelin’ Good, and more! JB’s Zydeco Zoo will open the show at 6pm! TSO Pops in the Park is a springtime tradition of outdoor music overlooking Southwood’s Central Park Lake. There is no better way to celebrate the arrival of Tallahassee’s glorious spring than by gazing skyward into a clear night while our orchestra serenades you from the stage. Groups of family and friends enjoy picnic dinners while children can be seen playing and dancing on the lawn. General Admission: $15* Kids 5 and under FREE
Tarton Terrors
Thursday, April 28, 2022 / Opperman Music Hall / 7:30 pm
With an arsenal featuring classic bagpipes and fiddle, driving drum tones, and signature guitar styles, audiences will understand why Dig This Magazine declares the Tartan Terrors “one act to keep an eye on!” The Tartan Terrors use their sonic blitz to underscore award-winning Step and Highland Dancers and internationally recognized comedic performers alike. The Terrors have performed on four different continents, in some of the most prestigious festivals, highland games and theaters of North America.
Brett Young
Friday, April 29, 2022 / Capital City Amphitheater / 7 pm / $25+
Young has captured the hearts of fans everywhere through his honest lyrics and West Coast-meets-Southern sound, aptly dubbed “Caliville” style. With an undeniable string of hits and two albums defined by a transcendent romantic spark, he has cemented his status as Country’s master over matters of the heart. The star broadened his emotional scope on WEEKENDS LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THESE DAYS following his GOLD-certified sophomore effort TICKET TO L.A., which debuted atop the Billboard Country Albums chart.