{"id":343501,"date":"2026-07-17T15:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/343501\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:15:07","slug":"happening-this-weekend-events-happening-around-the-big-bend-and-south-georgia-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/343501\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND: Events happening around the Big Bend and South Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) \u2014 It&#8217;s going to be a<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/weather\/first-to-know-weather-a-stormy-weekend-ahead\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> stormy weekend;<\/a> however, the Saturday storms aren&#8217;t expected until the afternoon, so any morning plans should be safe. Below are some events happening around the Big Bend and South Georgia, Friday, July 17th through Sunday, July 19th.<\/p>\n<p>    Big Bend:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/visittallahassee.com\/tallahassee-restaurant-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tallahassee Restaurant Week:<\/a> July 17th-26th. 20+locally owned restaurants will be showcasing their culinary talents for locals to enjoy. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1742949949750665\/1742950019750658\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tallahassee Farmers Market: <\/a>July 18th from 8:00 a.m.-Noon off Kerry Forest Pkwy. Fresh produce, meats, baked goods, specialty beverages, jellies, jams, and pickled goods will be available. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tlhdowntown.com\/downtownmarket\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Downtown Market in Tallahassee: <\/a>July 18th from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at Ponce De Leon Park. There will be dozens of local artists, craft vendors, and food trucks.<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1587177562275114\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Together Festival in Tallahassee:<\/a> July 18th from 12:00-5:00 p.m. at Tom Brown Park. There will be music, vendors, giveaways, food trucks, and more. There will also be a kid zone that will have bounce houses, games, face painting, ballon art, and special activities for kids. That will cost $10\/kid. General Admission is free. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=122139382293038196&amp;set=a.122107014483038196\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tallahassee Flea Market Exchange:<\/a> July 19th from 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. off North Monroe St. There will be several vendors there offering a variety of goods. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/leoncountyfl.libcal.com\/calendar?cid=15236&amp;t=g&amp;d=0000-00-00&amp;cal=15236&amp;inc=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leon County Public Library<\/a> has several events over this weekend, from Story Time to Dinosaur Exploration: Prehistoric Journey to Story Builders Improv Club. They have activities for babies, all the way up to adults.<br \/>\n    South Georgia:<\/p>\n<p>Want to see more local news? Visit the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTXL ABC 27 Website. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stay in touch with us anywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WTXLABC27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like us on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wtxlabc27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram <\/a>and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/abc27\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) \u2014 It&#8217;s going to be a stormy weekend; however, the Saturday storms aren&#8217;t expected until&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[242,509,511,232,234,233,1916,562],"class_list":["post-343501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-abc-27","tag-big-bend","tag-south-georgia","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-weekend-happenings","tag-wtxl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}