Ten years on, the Word of South Festival of music and literature has become a unique signature event for Tallahassee.
Among the featured musicians this year, were the Flaming Lips, George Clinton and the Blind Boys of Alabama.
There were also lots of literary folk, such as Chuck Peerce, Salvation South editor who's been a festival fixture since 2017.
"The relationships that come out of a festival like this, you can never tell what might happen," he remarked, adding that this is a unique chance for creative types of all persuasions to network and form collaborations.
For Tallahassee writer Ely Rosario, it was an exciting first appearance.
"I am all about adventures in Tallahassee and I was actually very humbled to be here. It's just sinking in."
Perhaps no one was happier than Word of South Founder, Mark Mustian.
"There really is nothing like it. If you Google 'book and music festival' you don't get anything, at least nothing in the U.S. And so we've been fortunate to do it for 10 years and make it work and get really great people and really unique stuff. So I'm very proud of it."
