Springtime Tallahassee 2023

Start: Friday, March 31, 2023 6:00PM
End: Saturday, April 1, 2023 5:00PM

The annual festival to mark the arrival of spring in Tallahassee is back. Springtime Tallahassee will once again bring the food, entertainment, krewes and fun when it returns March 31-April 1. Enjoy all of the festivities that this highly anticipated event has to offer. MusicFest; Jubilee in the Park; the Grand Parade; the Children’s Park and more are back and bigger than ever in what is sure to be a fantastic continuation of this yearly Tallahassee tradition. Visit SpringtimeTallahassee.com to learn more. About Springtime Tallahassee Springtime Tallahassee, Inc. was chartered as an organization dedicated to keeping Tallahassee as the state’s capital. In 1967, Florida had its first Legislature based on reapportionment when Southern and Central Florida Legislators suggested moving the capitol to Orlando. Local business and civic leaders met behind closed doors to map their strategy to keep the state’s capital in Tallahassee. The legislative delegation asked for help. At a luncheon of the Tallahassee Real Estate Association in May, the speaker suggested: “We should have a festival in the spring when Tallahassee is so beautiful!” By the fall, more than 20 groups were planning the First Annual Spring Festival March-April 1968. As a result, the Legislature historically chose to keep our state's capital in Tallahassee. With the passing of each festival, Springtime Tallahassee has grown a little bigger and better through the dedication of its community-minded members. Since 1968, Springtime Tallahassee continues to showcase and celebrate our Capital city! Springtime Tallahassee is a civic organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Tallahassee's history. The home and meeting place of the organization is the David S. Walker Library located in downtown Tallahassee. The building was built in 1903 and was named after David S. Walker, Governor of Florida from 1865-1868 and the founder of Tallahassee's first library. The Walker library was a functioning library until 1976 and then was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Springtime Tallahassee members have since raised the funds necessary to restore the building and it remains open to the public for viewing Monday through Friday.