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Hear that sound? It’s music blowing on the October breezes. Check it out:
Get rootsy on the river
There will be a whole lotta pickin’, grinnin’, dancin’ and campin’ going on this weekend when the tribe of twang gathers for Suwannee Roots Revival (once known as MagnoliaFest) Friday through Sunday at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park near Live Oak. This year’s lineup includes the Sam Bush Band, Del McCoury Band, The Travelin’ McCourys, Donna the Buffalo, Peter Rowan, the Jon Stickley Trio, Verlon Thompson, The Grass Is Dead, the Jeff Mosier Ensemble, The Lee Boys, Dread Clampitt and more. Weekend tickets (which include camping and parking) are $200 at the gate for the general public, $175 for students and members of the military. Two-day Saturday/Sunday tickets are $150 for the general public, $130 for students and military, and single-day tickets are $80 for Friday and Saturday, $50 for Sunday. Visit www.suwanneerootsrevival.com.
Lady sings – and plays – the blues
Joyann Parker backs up her big, soulful voice with serious multi-instrumental chops on guitar, piano and trumpet. She’s also a skilled producer and songwriter who blends soul, blues, R&B, jazz and gospel in her own pulse-thumping tunes. Parker and her band command the corner stage at 9 p.m. Friday at Bradfordville Blues Club, 7152 Moses Lane. Tickets are $20 advance, $25 at the door. Visit www.bradfordvilleblues.com.
Strings ’n’ things
The 2019 Florida Guitar Festival & Competition kicks off with an opening concert featuring Leon High School Frets, directed by Ed Prasse, and award-winning Romanian guitarist Dragos Ilie at 7 p.m. Friday in FSU’s Dohnanyi Recital Hall. The festival will spread its wealth throughout the weekend with workshops, lectures and performances, all of which are free. The Kithara Duo and Rene Izquierdo perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Dohnanyi Recital Hall, and the festival closes with an awards ceremony and performance by Elliot Frank at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Dohnanyi Recital Hall. For a full schedule and more information, visit https://floridaguitarfestival.wordpress.com.
Simmer down with ska
Put your skankin’ shoes on for Skamania at 7 p.m. Friday at the American Legion Hall at Lake Ella. The lineup features South Florida posse Skajamz, DJ Johnny/B.S. Sound and Lester Sterling, alto sax man and founding member of legendary ska band The Skatalites. Admission is $15. Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skamania-tickets-65859388203.
Three for the show
Northside Stage presents a tandem performance by Perry Osborn and Phil Adams, with opener Drew Tillman, from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Northside Community Center, 8005 Oak Grove Road. It’s free; donations are appreciated. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2345060259077610/.
Oompah in Apalach
Sip fine brews from Oyster City Brewing and chow down on German fare provided by The Chowder House at ApalachOktoberfest 2019 Friday through Sunday in the funky seaport on the coast. Music will be provided by brewmaster and singer/songwriter Clayton Mathis and the Bo Spring Band on Friday. Saturday’s lineup includes John Sutton, Grayson Capps, Cat Braaten, Brian Bowen and Ten Pound Pancake. The party moves onto two stages for performances by The Currys, Sticky Too, Matt Law and the Usual Suspects, Johnny Barbato and The Krickets on Sunday. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2427327827546393/ to find out more.
Hurry, Sundown
The Sundown Concert Series presents Austin blues-rocker Emily Wolfe with local heroes Revival from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Capital City Amphitheater in Cascades Park. Attendees are welcome to bring a picnic and a cooler, although there will be food and beverage trucks on site and 100 percent of alcohol sales go to local nonprofits. Bring the kiddos, too – they can romp in the Imagination Fountain or the Discovery Playground to the beat of the music. Free admission. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2245437852413678/.
Harping on it
Harmonica ace and singer Chris O’Leary apprenticed in Levon Helm’s band the Barnburners for six years before striking out on his own with a six-piece band that includes the World Famous Bonneville Horns. The band mixes up a potent cocktail of roadhouse blues that encompasses boogie-woogie, electric Chicago riffs, Louisiana swamp blues and Crescent City second line rhythms when it hits the corner stage at 9 p.m. Saturday at Bradfordville Blues Club, 7152 Moses Lane. Tickets are $20 advance, $25 at the door. Visit www.bradfordvilleblues.com.
Witchy business
The Red Hills Pagan Council hosts the “Witch, Please! 19th Annual Witches Ball” at 8 p.m. Saturday at the American Legion Hall at Lake Ella. The Mae West Band will provide the enchanting tunes, and the festivities will include a performance by the Darkly Sparkly Belly Dancers, a costume contest, a silent auction full of witchy goodies and tarot card readers. A portion of the proceeds will benefit NAMI Tallahassee. Admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted. Visit https://redhillspagans.org/event/19th-annual-witches-ball/.
From A to Zwilich
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for music, will be feted at an 80th Birthday Celebration Concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Opperman Music Hall. The concert will feature selections from nine different compositions by Zwilich, an FSU alumna and FSU faculty member, performed by the FSU Chamber Choir conducted by Michael Hanawalt, violinist Shannon Thomas, cellist Evan A. Jones, pianist Heidi Louise Williams and 12 graduate student instrumentalists from the College of Music, including members of the Eppes String Quartet and Trio Nobile. Admission is free. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/493776778125924/.
Woohoo, it’s Longineu!
The Longineu Parsons Ensemble – featuring Parsons on trumpet and other wind instruments, Darryl Steele on guitar, Robert Griffin on keyboards, Steve Fryson on drums and Sam Dingle on bass – will fire up the tiki torches with Parson’s patented mix of jazz, soul, funk, blues and world music from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Waterworks, 1133 Thomasville Road. Cover is $5. Call 850-224-1887.
Symphonic strength
FSU’s University Symphony Orchestra salutes the strength of the human spirit and the power of music at “Voices of Resistance,” a concert inspired by James A. Grymes’ book “Violins of Hope,” at 3 p.m. Sunday in Ruby Diamond Concert Hall. The program includes works by Pavel Haas, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Max Bruch, Bohuslav Martinů and Dmitri Shostakovich. Tickets are $10 adults, $7 seniors and non-FSU students, free for FSU students with valid IDs. Call 850-645-7949.
Musical youth
The Tallahassee Youth Orchestras opens its 30th season with “Great Stories Told Through Music,” a concert featuring three major ensembles, at 3 p.m. Sunday in Opperman Music Hall. The program features the premiere of “The Witch King” by FSU music composition major Christopher Tomlinson, among other selections. Tickets are $10 adults, $5 children; FSU, FAMU and TCC students get in free. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1131739460370189/.
Hit up Retrofit
Perhaps you saw Retrofit Records owner Sharod Bines in the latest issue of Tallahassee Magazine, where he and his store are featured in a story about the resurgence of vinyl records. Bines has been catering to vinyl aficionados for close to a decade from his storefront at 439 W. Gaines St., and he’s throwing a party to celebrate Retrofit Records’ eighth anniversary at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Singer-songwriter Juan Wauters, who was born in Uruguay and now lives in Queens, will headline a bill that also includes Galion and DJ Brad Ashwell. It’s free and open to all. Call 850-597-9046 to find out more.
Dynamic duo
Supremely skilled multi-genre fiddler Holly Riley, who can sweeten the sound of everything from folk to blues to bluegrass, joins singer-songwriter Eliza Schneider-Green for what’s being billed as an evening of “songs of hope, loss, and independence on the guitar, fiddle, banjo, and sweet lady harmonies part-inspired and catalyzed by times of growth and transition” at 8 p.m. Thursday at Blue Tavern, 1206 N. Monroe St. Cover is $2. Call 850-212-5204.
Go, go, Gomes!
Triple-threat bluesman Anthony Gomes – he shreds! he sings! he writes great songs! – has a new album called “Peace, Love & Loud Guitars.” The record, which was named Best Blues Album of 2018 by Blues Rock Review, brings Gomes’ experience as a touring, recording and creative artist together in one thrilling whole that pushes blues music to new heights while honoring its roots. Gomes lights up the stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at The Junction at Monroe, 2011 S. Monroe St. Tickets are $10 general admission, $16 reserved seating. Visit www.junctionatmonroe.com.
And the beat goes on . . .
Cat Family Records presents Pre-Cat Fest 4 featuring Boys Who Cry, Artisan P, The Young Something, M3 and Witchbrew at 9 p.m. Friday at The Wilbury, 513 W. Gaines St. Cover is $5 21-plus, $7 under-21. . . . Piano man John “J.B.” Babich joins percussionist Paul Harvey at 8 p.m. Friday at Blue Tavern, 1206 N. Monroe St. Cover is $5. Call 850-212-5204. . . . BabyGray plays from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday at Southwood Golf Club, 3750 Grove Park Drive. No cover. Call 850-942-4653. . . . SonicBoom launches into the weekend from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday at Tamara’s Tapas Bar in Apalachicola. No cover. Call 850-653-8272. . . . Three Billy Goats Gruff play at 8 p.m. Friday at Fathoms Steam Room & Raw Bar in Carrabelle. It’s free. Call 850-697-9712. . . . Whatever Whatever, Mother Brain, Phlox and Cameron Gibson join forces at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at The Bark, 507 All Saints St. Admission is a suggested $5 donation. Call 850-900-5936. . . . Camerata South presents Mozart’s “Bastien und Bastienne,” Thomasville’s first live opera performance, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Thomasville Center for the Arts, 600 E. Washington St. in Thomasville, Ga. Tickets are $25. . . . Flipturn joins BAET, Dorms and Cutting Bureau for a show at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at The Wilbury, 513 W. Gaines St. Tickets are $8 advance, $10 day of show, with a $2 under-21 fee at the door. . . . The Bob Dogan Trio leads the way at the monthly jazz jam at 8 p.m. Saturday at Blue Tavern, 1206 N. Monroe St. Cover is $5. Call 850-212-5204. . . . Three Billy Goats Gruff rattle the rafters at 9 p.m. Saturday at Tamara’s Tapas Bar in Apalachicola. No cover. Call 850-653-8272. . . . Capital City Band of TCC performs its fall concert “All American Autumn,” featuring works by Copland, Mancini, Sousa and more, at 7 p.m. Monday in TCC’s Turner Auditorium. It’s free. . . . Jon Copps sits in as guest host of the Lost Mondays excursion into old acoustic blues at 8 p.m. Monday at Blue Tavern, 1206 N. Monroe St. Cover is $2. Come on back for Stories at Blue, when featured storytellers Linda Schuyler Ford and Pat Nease will share favorite spooky stories and songs, at 8 p.m. Tuesday. No cover. Call 850-212-5204. . . . The TCC Jazz Band presents its fall concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Turner Auditorium. It’s free. . . . Lil’ Grizzly Boogie Band entertains diners and shoppers at Food Truck Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Shops at Lake Ella on North Monroe Street. The food trucks will be open for business at 5:30 p.m. No admission fee.
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