BUY TICKETS FOR BEST OF TALLAHASSEE!

Best of Tallahassee will be November 11, 2026 at THE MOON!

Join us as we celebrate 28 unforgettable years of THE BEST. Dress in your best Met Gala-inspired couture. Dress Suggestion: Met Gala-Inspired Glamour. Interpret high fashion with bold, creative looks worthy of the red carpet.

General Admission Tickets $75: Access to the event including a welcome drink, heavy hors d’oeuvres, participation in all the event entertainment: Photo Opp, dancing, and more! Doors open at 6pm with event starting at 6:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.

VIP Tickets $125: In addition to everything the General Admission Ticket holders will receive, you will also have early access starting at 5:30pm, welcome to a VIP lounge with additional bites and libations, VIP reserved area in the main event space and a special VIP swag bag.

***PLEASE REVIEW YOUR ORDER CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCESSING. ABSOLUTELY NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES ARE AVAILABLE. PLEASE BE WARY OF OTHER WEBSITES, EMAILS OR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TRYING TO SELL TICKETS. TALLAHASSEE MAGAZINE AND 850 TIX ARE THE ONLY PLATFORM AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE TICKETS.***

Thank you to our amazing partners of this year’s event: presenting sponsor Ox Bottom Animal Hospital, venue The Moon, beneficiary Big Bend Hospice, Metronet, Capital City Bank Group, Social Catering, Ted’s Montana Grill, Penta Tequila, Smile in Style Events, Narcissus, Drip Drop Fitness, A Country Rose, Birdie Cocktails, LIVE! in Tallahassee, The Greg Tish Show and Adams Radio Group.

Interested in becoming a sponsor or have questions, please contact McKenzie Burleigh at mburleigh@tallahasseemagazine.com. To stay up-to-date on the event and for more information, please visit tallahasseemagazine.com/best-of-tallahassee.

Thank you for voting in the 2026 Best of Tallahassee readers poll! We can’t wait to announce the winners!

For more than 48 years, the award-winning Tallahassee Magazine has captured the essence of Florida’s vibrant capital and shared it with readers. Our features, quick reads, and department stories are provocative, in tune with the area and its people, and are chock full of useful information highlighting life, style, culture and food.

Our capital city is a resilient and enterprising place where parents raise children, students earn degrees, elected officials shape Florida’s course and men and women pursue business and professional success. We work and play together in a place we are proud to call home.

For over 28 years, the annual Best of Tallahassee event has celebrated the best of the best as voted on by Tallahassee Magazine readers. Each year’s winners reflect the business establishments that serve our favorite meals, provide the highest quality of healthcare, dress us in the latest fashions, manage our finances and every other service that makes life in the capital city the BEST.

Winners of each category will be posted on tallahasseemagazine.com on November 1 and will be featured in the November/December 2026 issue of Tallahassee Magazine.

THANK YOU!

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2025 Best of Tallahassee event!

The public celebrated alongside the 27th annual Best of Tallahassee winners as voted by the readers of Tallahassee Magazine! At The Moon on the perfectly cool evening of November 4, not only were the 114 winners celebrated with awards and toasts, but fans and community members came in force to get the party started—almost 750 dressed in gorgeous shades of white.

For a full recap of the evening’s festivities, click here.

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Videography by Live in Tallahassee/Silver Media Productions

Representatives of Tallahassee’s finest businesses gathered at The Moon on Nov. 16 to dance, boogie and “celebrate good times, come on!” at the 2023 Best of Tallahassee event — a soirée honoring winners in Tallahassee Magazine’s annual reader’s poll.

Read the full recap of the evening here.