As any longtime Tallahasseean is sure to know (and new-comers will quickly find out), there are a wide variety of local annual events to look forward to year-round. Each season has its highlights, and there seems to be a little something for everyone. Please add your favorite annual event to the list (in alphabetical order) and create a page for it:
JANUARY
Camellia Month
Chili Fest
First Christmas Celebration/deSoto Camp
First Day Hikes/State Parks
Souper Saturday
Three Kings Day Celebration
Take Me Home Pet Adoption, North Florida Fairgrounds
FEBRUARY
American Heart Association Wear Red Day
BIG Event
Capital Chordsmen Barbershop Harmony Chorus
Daddy/Daughter Dance
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Open House
Operation Valentine
Random Acts of Kindness Week, 2nd week in February
Saturday Matinee of the Arts
Seven Days of Opening Nights begins, usually lasts through April
Share the Love at Mission San Luis
Super Clean Sweep
Urban Gorilla Bicycle Ride
MARCH/SPRING
Abandoned Fields Race, Urban Disturbance, Tom Brown Park
Bradwell Bay Swamp Stomp
Capital City Senior Games
Community Forums
Green Arts Fest
Jazz For Justice
Jewish Food and Cultural Festival/Temple Israel
Leon County Spring Home Expo
Re-Enactment of the Battle of Natural Bridge
Saturday in the Park
Tallahassee Film Festival
Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans
Women's History Month
Word of South Festival
APRIL
Community Forums
Family Safety Fair
Garnet and Gold Spring Football Game
Jazz Appreciation Month
LeMoyne Chain of Arts Festival
Regatta at Shell Point
Stand Down
USTA Tallahassee Tennis Challege
Sopchoppy Festival/Worm Grunting
Thomasville Rose Show & Festival
Wild About Wakulla Week/Wakulla Wildlife Festival
MAY
Bike Week
Blue Crab Festival at Panecea
Capital Cusine Restaurant Week
Children's Week at the Capitol
Endangered Species Day
Wade Tract Birding Hike
JUNE
Get Outdoors Month
Latin Dance Festival
Seventeenth Century Military Muster
Southern Shakespeare Festival
Sizzling Summer Concerts at Kleman Plaza begin--through end of July
JULY
Fourth of July: Tom Brown Park "Celebrate America"
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AUGUST
Purple Heart Day
SEPTEMBER
Downtown Getdowns begin, last during football season
National Public Lands Event at Marianan Caverns
Neighborhood Leadership Academy
North Florida Wine and Food Festival
Porch Fest at Quincy
OCTOBER
Blessing of Animals at Mission San Luis
Color the Town Pink/ Breast Cancer
Elder Care Services Oktoberfest
Ghost Tours in Downtown Tallahassee
Halloween Howl
Homecoming Games/FSU and FAMU
Leon County Fall Home Expo
Monarch Butterfly Festival/St. Marks
Pumpkin Patch at several local churches
Seacrest Wolf Preserve Howl-O-Ween
YMCA Trick or Trot 5 k
NOVEMBER
Bradley's Fun Day at Bradley's Country Store
Big Bend Habitat for Humanity Festival of Trees
Bird Song after Thanksgiving hike
Camellia Christmas at Maclay Gardens
Elf Night at Dorothy B. Oven Park
Giving Tuesday
Greek Food Festival
Florida Seafood Festival, Apalachicola
MatchDay
North Florida Fair
Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival,Thomasville
Turkey Trot, Gulf Winds 5 k or 10k
Whopping Cranes arrive at St. Marks
DECEMBER
Ability First Capital City Bikefest
Alternative Christmas Markets
Big Bend Community Based Care annual holiday party for foster children
Blanket Day
City of Bristol, train rides (Veterans Memorial RR)
Deck The Halls, Senior Center
Commemorative First Christmas Mass
Elf Night/ Dorothy Oven Park
Florida Historic Capitol Museum, annual Holiday Music Series
Gift Giving
Havana's Lawn Mower Parade
Ice Skating/Kleman Plaza
Just One More Art Show
Laughing Stock (Fl.s Musically Twisted Political Cabaret) annual New Year's Eve show.
New Years Eve Celebration/Kleman Plaza
Pearl Harbor Remberance/VFW
Singing Christmas Tree
Snow Festival
Soul Santa , Frenchtown
Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra/Ruby Diamond
Thomasville Victorian Christmas
Tour of Lights
Urban Disturbance Obstacle Race
Winter Solstice at Mission San Luis
World Wide Candle Lighting for the children/Kleman Plaza
Wreaths Across America, Oakland Cemetery, honoring fallen soldiers
