36th Tallahassee Museum Swamp Stomp Music Festival

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36thTallahassee Museum Swamp Stomp Music Festival

Saturday July 12, 2014 - 4 - 9 PM

Savor the summertime flavor of outdoor performances by singer-songwriters at the Tallahassee Museum's annual Swamp Stomp on Saturday, July 12, 2014.

Along with the music, you can enjoy outdoor games, close-up animal encounters, living history demonstrations, and environmental education activites.

For the main event, stake out a shady spot among the lakeside oaks and enjoy hours of great music into the cool of the evening.

The line-up includes contemporary acoustic, Americana, folk, bluegrass, and a special style of regional music that festival organizer Del Suggs calls saltwater music. "It's acoustic music with a sunburn," says Suggs, who made up the name to describe the north Florida music he's been playing for decades.

Like saltwater music, much of the acoustic music performed annually at the Swamp Stomp has the authentic sound and feel of Old Florida, evoking images of salt marshes, cool rivers, limestone sinks, and red clay roads. Over the years, it has by its singer-songwriter nature adopted the youthful sounds of contemporary acoustic music, rich with sincere lyrics and ripe for free-flowing jam sessions.