{"id":20956,"date":"2025-04-06T20:27:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T00:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=20956"},"modified":"2025-04-06T20:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T00:41:27","slug":"femmes-and-funk-get-the-crowds-dancing-at-this-years-word-of-south-festival","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/femmes-and-funk-get-the-crowds-dancing-at-this-years-word-of-south-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Femmes and Funk get the crowds dancing at this year&#8217;s Word of South Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20956-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2025\/04\/wosmusic0407full.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2025\/04\/wosmusic0407full.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2025\/04\/wosmusic0407full.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Since 2015, Tallahassee&#8217;s Word of South Festival has given thousands of local residents and out-of-town visitors a unique mix of literature and music. Nearly ideal weather enhanced the festive atmosphere at this year&#8217;s Cascades Park event over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Friday night&#8217;s headline music act was the Violent Femmes, joined by the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. The performance included the group&#8217;s first big hit from their inaugural album in 1983, &#8220;Blister in the Sun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday evening, Tallahassee&#8217;s own Master of Funk, the incomparable George Clinton, took the stage of the Adderley Amphitheatre. 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