About this episode

The episode explores the history of Cascades Park and the Word of South Festival in Tallahassee.

Welcome back to Season 4 of Overeducated and Underemployed! To kick off the new season, we are diving deep into the heartbeat of Tallahassee’s cultural scene: the Word of South Music, Arts, and Literature Festival. In this episode, we chart the fascinating, sometimes dark, and deeply resilient history of Cascades Park—from its origin as a toxic gas plant graveyard to holding the Prime Meridian of Florida and becoming home to the Adderley Amphitheater. We also take a nostalgic trip through iconic festival mashups of the past (including running slides for Lee Bains III & John T. Edge) and break down a legendary 2018 Muscle Shoals Eddie Hinton tribute set. Finally, we take you behind the scenes of the 2026 festival, including a killer late-night set by Taylor Hollingsworth at the Blue Tavern, watching Earth, Wind & Fire side-stage with Lee Bains, Danny Bedrosian’s comic book panel, and an unexpected backstage hang with Amythyst Kiah and Chuck Reece (Salvation South). ⚠️ VISUAL NOTE: This episode features tons of exclusive video clips and archival photos from the festival! If you're listening on an audio-only platform, head over to our YouTube channel to see the full…

People in this episode

Host: Feddun

Topics covered

• Cascades Park history
• Word of South Festival
• Tallahassee cultural scene
• music history
• environmental cleanup
• festival experiences

Keywords

• Cascades Park
• Word of South
• Tallahassee
• music festival
• Eddie Hinton
• Florida history
• environmental cleanup
• cultural scene

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Word of South

Places: Cascades Park, Florida

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