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Ochlockonee, FL · Arts & Culture
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Havana PumpkinFest Is Back! Here’s What’s Happening in 2026
Looking for an easy fall day trip from Tallahassee? Havana PumpkinFest is returning to downtown Havana on Saturday, October 10, 2026, with a full day of fall activities, food, shopping and entertainment. The festival runs from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM and stretches through the streets of downtown Havana. It’s...
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Experience Asia festival returns to Tallahassee with 100-plus vendors and cultural performances
NORTHEAST TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) — Experience Asia festival returns to Tallahassee this weekend with vendors, performances and cultural traditions. The Experience Asia festival returns to Tallahassee this Saturday, bringing together more than 100 vendors, cultural performers and community members for a free, one-day event. The Asian Coalition of Tallahassee...
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What’s Brewing - 5th annual Faerie Festival
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Here’s what’s brewing in Tallahassee this weekend. People can check out the 5th annual Faerie Festival this Sunday at Lichgate on High Road from noon to dusk. The event is free to attend. The festival is a magical community gathering with live music, activities...
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John G. Riley Center celebrates namesake’s birthday, features Tallahassee African-American history exhibit
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A Tallahassee educator and civic leader who helped shape the capital city’s Black community is being remembered on his birthday. The John G. Riley Center and Museum opened its doors Thursday for a special birthday celebration honoring Riley and Tallahassee’s African-American history. The John...
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ON THE ROAD: Exploring Dewey City, Thomasville's first Black neighborhood, through stories and history
THOMAS COUNTY, GA (WTXL) — Dewey City dates back more than a century, to a time when segregation limited where Black families could live. So families built a community of their own — with homes, businesses, churches, and schools. Now, some of those places are gone or look completely different.
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Thomasville to host its first-ever PorchFest, turning historic neighborhood into live music venue
THOMAS COUNTY, GA (WTXL) — Thomasville is joining the PorchFest tradition for the first time, bringing neighbors together to enjoy local music while celebrating the city's historic neighborhood. WATCH FULL REPORT BELOW:. 10 local bands and musical acts will perform along East Jefferson Street, transforming front porches into live...
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LeMoyne Chain of Parks Annual Art Festival – April 17 & 18 2027
LeMoyne’s 27th Annual Chain of Parks Art Festival returns to downtown Tallahassee on April 17 and 18, 2027. This free, family-friendly festival brings more than 170 juried artists from across the country to Bloxham, Lewis and Randolph parks. Visitors can browse and purchase original paintings, photography, sculpture, jewelry, ceramics...
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GOV’T MULE – Warren Haynes
Fall is here and fantastic Florida shows are still occurring. One not to miss is the Dreaming the Same Dream Tour with GOV’T MULE, ZIGGY MARLEY, and an opening DJ set by YOLA. Florida fans can experience this phenomenal show September 30th in Key West at Coffee Butler Amphitheater, October 2nd in Hollywood at Hard Rock Live, October 3rd in St. Augustine at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, October 4th in Clearwater at The BayCare Sound, October 6th in Fort Myers at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, and October 7th in Tallahassee at the Adderley Amphitheater.
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Tallahassee radio personality Cedrick "Doc" Foster to be inducted into National Black Radio Hall of Fame
NORTHWEST TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) — Cedrick "Doc" Foster is set to be inducted into the National Black Radio Hall of Fame on Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina. Foster said the honor is especially meaningful after years of perseverance. "I've been nominated three times to the National Black Radio Hall...
Tallahassee Democrat
The value of knowing the history of what surrounds us | Opinion
Preserving the history of people and places provides a blueprint for current and future generations to know and glean from the significance of what, why and how of buildings, streets, and communities that exist today. Without this, present and future generations lose benefit of what it feels like to have models, mentors and monuments to guide and discipline their journeys through life. As Tallahassee historian Delaitre Hollinger said at the Florida Civil Rights unveiling this month, “buildings change, communities disappear, people pass away and sometime within only a generation or two we can drive across land daily and not know who and what was there; who struggled, lived there, is buried there or what had to happen for the community that we live in to be what it is today. This recording of history, interrupts this forgetting." More: Florida TaxWatch honors Dominic Calabro with building naming This came to mind as I read in a recent edition of the Tallahassee Democrat that the former church building at Bronough Street and Park Avenue, now the TaxWatch location, was named for the organization’s longtime president and CEO Dominic Calabro. This historic pastoral edifice was the home church of John Gilmore Riley. Named
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The Business of Disc Golf
The game of disc golf came about in the ’60s, played casually and unofficially using object courses made up of trees, water fountains, and light posts as targets. An official Disc Pole Hole was invented by Ed Headrick in 1976, and the game began gaining traction nationally. Still, disc...
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Something Good: Grammy Award-winning artist, Quincy native donates guitars to alma mater
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - It’s time for something good featuring a homecoming with a musical twist!. Grammy Award-winning artist and Quincy native Billy Dean returned to his alma mater Robert F. Munroe Day School to educate and inspire kids. On Monday, he donated 10 guitars to the music program....