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FSU Pow Wow
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Amy Schumer with the Golden Girls at Pow Wow in 2016
Type Homecoming event
Headquarters Tallahassee, Florida
Location
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Pow Wow is the signature homecoming event at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. It is held in Florida State's Donald L. Tucker Civic Center before the Florida State Seminoles football teams' annual homecoming game, usually on a Friday night. Pow Wow features performances by several student groups after holding auditions each year. Previous student performers have included the FSU cheerleaders, the FSU Golden Girls, FSU Flying High Circus, as well as various other student organizations.

The main function of Pow Wow is to function as a pep rally. The voice of the Seminoles, Gene Deckerhoff, hosts the event. Appearances by popular Florida State figures, including head football coach Bobby Bowden and the Seminole football team, Leonard Hamilton and the men's basketball team, Sue Semrau and the women's basketball team and Bob Braman and the track and field teams, often occur.

Pow Wow culminates with a headlining comedian. Headliners in the past include (in order of most recent appearances); Amy Schumer, Kenan Thompson, Nick Offerman, Kathy Griffin, Craig Ferguson and many more have made appearances in the past.

Performers

Year Performer Location
1965 Peter, Paul & Mary Gym
1966 The Letterman Gym
1967 Al Hirt Gym
1968 Ray Charles & The Raelettes Gym
1969 Stevie Wonder, Bar Kays, Oliver, Jennifer Warnes, Stu Gilliam Stadium
1970 Chambers Brothers and Sugarloaf Stadium
1971 Ike and Tina Turner Stadium
1972 Association, Bob Seger, Brownsville Station Stadium
1973 The Fantasmagical Flash & Filigree Holocaust Flash Cadilac, Steve Martin Stadium
1974 Seals & Croft Stadium
1975 Stephen Stills and the Outlaws Stadium
1976 Cheech and Chong, Little River Band, Meisburg & Walters Stadium
1977 Kris Kristofferson, Rita Collidge, Billy Swan, Barbara Carroll Stadium
1978 Winter Brothers Band Union Green
1979 Bill Cosby, Sea Level & Leroux Stadium
1980 Little River Band, Dirt Band Stadium
1981 Beach Boys Civic Center
1982 Bob Hope, Gary U.S. Bonds Civic Center
1983 Talking Heads Civic Center
1984 Chicago, Alan Kaye Civic Center
1985 Chuck Berry, Martha Reeves, Sam Moore Civic Center
1986 Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band Civic Center
1987 The Outfield, Jimmy Davis & Junction Civic Center
1988 Rod Stewart Civic Center
1989 Jay Leno, Cherelle Stadium
1990 Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Richard Jeni Civic Center
1991 Dennis Miller, Jeff Foxworthy Civic Center
1992 Bobcat Goldwaite, Neven Nealson, J. Sweeney Civic Center
1993 Howie Mandel Civic Center
1994 Jeff Foxworthy, Chris Spencer Civic Center
1995 Adam Sandler Civic Center
1996 Carrot Top Civic Center
1997 David Spade, J.B. Cook Civic Center
1998 Jay Mohr Civic Center
1999 Sinbad Civic Center
2000 Dave Chappelle Civic Center
2001 Andy Dick, Vic Henly Civic Center
2002 Rudy Rush, Dane Cook Civic Center
2003 Cedric the Entertainer Civic Center
2004 Jamie Kaler, Larry the Cable Guy Civic Center
2005 Dave Attell, Carlos Mencia Civic Center
2006 Stephen Colbert Civic Center
2007 Sarah Silverman Civic Center
2008 Jimmy Fallon Civic Center
2009 Jim Gaffigan Civic Center
2010 Fred Armisen, John Oliver Civic Center
2011 Craig Ferguson Civic Center
2012 Kathy Griffin Civic Center
2013 Nick Offerman, Retta Civic Center
2014 Kenan Thompson, Colin Jost Civic Center
2015 Amy Schumer, Rachel Feinstein, Mark Normand, Kyle Dunnigan Civic Center
2016 Whitney Cummings, Judah Friedlander, Nicole Byer Civic Center
2017 Hannibal Buress, Jak Knight Civic Center
2018 Nick Kroll Civic Center
2019 Pete Davidson Civic Center
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