Nightlife

Check the "Limelight" section of Friday's Tallahassee Democrat (www.tallahasseedemocrat.com) for weekend entertainment listings.

As a college town, Tallahassee has numerous pubs and clubs with live dance music, not to mention a multitude of sports bars. Pick up a copy of Break and other entertainment tabloids at Barnacle Bill's Seafood Restaurant or other venues.

West Tennessee Street is where you'll find most of the happening bars in town. One of the best bars in Tallahassee is Bullwinkle's Saloon, 620 W. Tennessee St. (tel. 850/224-0651; www.bullwinklessaloon.net), a capital institution with a laid-back vibe and even a Thirsty Moose Club, in which members never pay a cover and drink free every Wednesday and Friday. For live music, Floyd's Music Store, 666 W. Tennessee St. (tel. 850/222-3506; www.floydsmusicstore.com), features local and national bands and, for the daring, a mosh pit that fills up quickly, so get here early.

The major performing-arts venue is the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center, 505 W. Pensacola St. (tel. 800/322-3602 or 850/222-0400; www.tlccc.org), which features a Broadway series, concerts, and sporting events including Florida State University (FSU) collegiate basketball games. Special concerts are presented by the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra (www.tsolive.org) at FSU Ruby Diamond Auditorium, at College Avenue and Copeland Street (tel. 850/224-0461). The FSU Mainstage/School of Theatre, at the Fine Arts Building, Call and Copeland streets (tel. 850/644-6500), presents excellent productions, from classic dramas to comedies.