FAQs
The Shakespeare in the Park Festival is takes place February 19-22, 2026 at Cascades Park. The mainstage production is preceded by events such as readings by our sonnet contest winners and an abridged production by our junior troupe the Bardlings.
The 2026 Festival will be held Thursday, February 19 – Sunday, February 22.
This Festival is FREE of charge and you are welcome to come and go as you like throughout the Festival hours!
Seat reservations are now available! As always, our Festival is free and open to the public. For those who’d like a guaranteed spot, reserved seating is now available for a small fee. Choose the front row, an aisle seat, or the back row for the full view—reservations are available up to 24 hours before curtain.
Important seating notes:
• Saturday & Sunday reserved seats begin at 6:30 PM, after the Bardlings performance concludes
• Hill/grass seating remains open and unreserved
Reserve your seats here: https://cur8.com/19713/project/136205
The mainstage performance typically begins at 7:30 pm each evening. Audiences are welcome to arrive as early as 4 pm to take advantage of the food trucks and beauty of Cascades Park, and on the weekends when the Bardlings perform at 5:30 pm, arriving as early as 4:00 pm is welcome.
If you’re coming in from out of town, we recommend booking from our block of rooms at the Holiday Inn on Appalachee.
Apart from seating reserved for Festival sponsors and those audience members who need specific accommodations (such as the Deaf and hard of hearing), the 3,500 seats of the Capital City Amphitheater are open and available to the public, first come, first seated!
Some audience members prefer to sit on the lawn area with their own collapsible chairs and a picnic, which is also an option.
Seat reservations are now available! As always, our Festival is free and open to the public. For those who’d like a guaranteed spot, reserved seating is now available for a small fee. Choose the front row, an aisle seat, or the back row for the full view—reservations are available up to 24 hours before curtain.
Important seating notes:
• Saturday & Sunday reserved seats begin at 6:30 PM, after the Bardlings performance concludes
• Hill/grass seating remains open and unreserved
Reserve your seats here: https://cur8.com/19713/project/136205
Open Now! Apply to become a General Vendor or Food Vendor. Questions? Email Festival@southernshakes.org.
Southern Shakespeare Company’s FREE Shakespeare in the Park Festival invites an annual audience of up to 4,000 over a four-day weekend to enjoy the fun and fanfare as we bring stunning Shakespeare productions to Cascades Park in Tallahassee, Florida. The festival will run from February 19-22, from 4pm – 10pm.
While guests in wheelchairs and motorized wheelchairs may find some of the grassy areas more challenging to travel, there are sidewalks leading to the amphitheater and reserved parking for guests with disabilities. The back row of the Adderley Amphitheater has spaces for wheelchair parking as well as companion seating.
If a person requires accommodation to participate or if special seating arrangements are needed, requests should be made to the event coordinator seventy-two (72) hours prior to the event.
If you require assistance, please contact bianca@southernshakes.org so we can help!
Yes, our ASL interpreted performance is scheduled for Saturday, February 21 at 7:30 PM during our festival weekend. If you plan to attend a performance for the ASL-interpretation, please email bianca@southernshakes.org so we can arrange for your seating.
Our festival performances are outdoor by nature, and we are committed to our team and audience’s safety. As such, if there are unsafe weather conditions (such as lightning within eight miles of the performance site) during a performance, we will alert everyone present on the loudspeaker and advise all to seek shelter. If the weather does not pass quickly or is predicted to occur for the majority of a planned performance, we may need to make the call to cancel a performance. Updates about these decisions, which we make with respect for safety as well as city ordinates for public spaces, will be announced on our social media and website.
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