Kanapaha Spring Gardens Festival

Every spring, Kanapaha hosts its Annual Spring Garden Festival, the region's premier horticultural event. The weekend affair features more than 200 booths offering plants, landscape displays, educational materials, arts and crafts, and food. Educational seminars and entertainment are offered throughout and both live and silent auctions offer many bargains on arts, crafts, plants, and gardening supplies.

Springtime Tallahassee Festival

03/27/10
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This years 42nd annual Springtime Tallahasse Festival kicks off in downtown Tallahassee. This event has been voted as one of the top events in Florida. There will be food, art, and live jazz for entertainment. There will also be a parade and a 10k race.

Florida State Bluegrass Festival

04/01/10-04/03/10
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The annual Florida State Bluegrass Festival will be held at Forest Capital State Park. The event will feature dozens of country and bluegrass music peformers.

Wakulla Wildlife Festival

03/19/10-03/20/10
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The annual Wakulla Wildlife Festival will be held at Wakulla Springs State Park. The weekend will be packed with various events including: Art on the Terrace, Living History, live music, wildlife shows by the Center for Wildlife Education, and much more.

Wild Azalea Festival

03/20/10
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Join the Town of White Springs and the State of Florida’s Nature & Heritage Center as they celebrate the spring bloom of wild azaleas along the Suwannee River.

Antique Tractor and Gas Engine Show

04/02/10-04/04/10
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Farm machinery representing 200 years of American history. Vintage farm equipment, tractor pulls and races for adults. Children's games and races. Demonstrations of farm traditions.

Florida Wine Festival

03/19/10-03/20/10
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The 8th Annual Florida Wine Festival will take place at Klemen Plaza in downtown Tallahassee. The 2 day event will feature food, live music, grape stomping, an auction and of course wine tasting. The event on Saturday is free to the public.

Jazz & Blues Festival

03/13/10-03/14/10
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The Jazz and Blues Festival will feature great music from various jazz musicians. The event will take place at the outdoor stage of the Tallahassee museum. Food, fun and activities for people of all ages!

Levy County Fair

04/08/10-04/11/10
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The annual Levy County Fair has moved to the spring this year. The fair will be complete with entertainment, food, games, a livestock show and much more!

Flying High Circus

04/02/10-04/17/10
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Rivaling any professional circus, the FSU Circus is primarily an aerial and stage presentation with three rings of spellbinding entertainment for everyone.

Open Air Arts

03/20/10
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Melrose Bay Art Gallery, Bellamy Road Fine Arts and Shake Rag Artists' Collective will host this 4TH annual Melrose "en plein air" event. Artists from the region will be making art to celebrate the beauty and heritage of north Florida. As always, the celebration will include art, music, food and festivities.

Tallahassee Film Festival

04/08/10-04/11/10
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A three-day celebration of professitonal and emerging talent in the North Florida film, music and related arts industry. The theme for this year is "See you in the Dark." The festival will feature films, workshops and film lectures.

Suwannee Valley Quilt and Old Time Craft Festival

03/13/10
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The festival will center around a Railroad Depot in downtown Trenton. There will be Antique Dealers and Crafters, Antique Cars and Tractors, the Cross Creek Cloggers and the Patchwork Fiddlers, Music by Amos and the Philman Family, a Re-Enactment Group and a group of Seminole Indians, a Quilt Turning and a Quilt Appraiser. All in all it promises to be a fun-filled day!

Welcome To North Florida -- the original Florida tourism destination.

There are off-beat and old-fashioned towns to explore where you can still savor a slice of life from bygone days. This region is also home to the largest collection of natural springs in the world, amazing sunsets, wonderfully quiet recreational rivers and trails, and world-class flora and fauna. With no crowds and no palm trees, it'll break your stereotypes of the state. As you wander along the tree-lined and scenic roads winding through the region, you'll forget that you are in the fourth largest state in the US.

It's a "come as you are" kind of place, where you'll find people very down home and very sophisticated, natural and nice, all at once.

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Explore a short video on the outdoor tourism opportunities in the region.