Festival Guide - Visit Mississippi

Festival
Guide
Vasti Jackson, Bluesman
January
Mississippi Blues Marathon
& Half Marathon
January 7 - 8, Jackson
www.msbluesmarathon.com
info@msbluesmarathon.com
International Blues Challenge
January 26 - 30, Memphis, TN
www.blues.org
901-527-2583
Clarksdale Film Festival
January 28 - 30, Clarksdale
www.clarksdalefilmfestival.com
February
Biloxi Blues Festival
February 13, Biloxi
www.gulfcoast.org
228-594-3700
3rd Annual Barks,
Blues and BBQ
February 27, Jackson
www.visitjackson.com
601-209-0667
March
Blues for Willie Festival
March 3 - 5, Columbus
www.columbus-arts.org
662-328-2787
Blue Front Cafe, Bentonia
Mississippi Blues Fest
March 5, Greenwood
www.mississippibluesfest.com
info@mississippibluesfest.com
Port Gibson Main Street
Heritage Festival
March 26, Port Gibson
www.portgibsonms.org
601-437-4500
Southern Miss Jazz
& Blues Festival
March 26, Long Beach
www.usm.edu/gulfcoast/jazz-blues
228-865-4500
Foxfire Blues Fest
March 26, Waterford
www.facebook.com/
events/1134494069901599/
662-801-7085
Stella’s Blues & BBQ Festival
March 26, Bay St. Louis
www.mswestcoast.org
228-463-9222
April
Natchez Bluff Blues Festival
April TBA, Natchez
World Catfish Festival
April 2, Belzoni
www.worldcatfishfestival.com
catfish@belzonicable.com
662-247-4838
Belzoni Catfish Museum Artwork
Bobby Rush at Red’s
Catfish in the Alley
April 2, Columbus
www.visitcolumbusms.org
662-329-1191
Juke Joint Festival &
Related Events
April 14 - 17, Clarksdale
www.jukejointfestival.com
662-624-5992
Crawfish Music Festival
April 14 -17 & April 21 - 24, Biloxi
www.mscoastcoliseum.com
800-726-2781
RiverFest Music &
Arts Festival
April 15 - 16, Vicksburg
www.riverfestms.com
601-634-4527
2nd Street Blues Party I
April 15 & 17, Clarksdale
www.blues2rock.com
662-592-5144
Alcorn State University
Jazz Festival
April 16, Vicksburg
www.alcorn.edu/jazzfest
601-877-6602
Crosstie Arts & Jazz Festival
April 16th, Cleveland
www.crosstiefestival.com
crosstiefestival@yahoo.com
662-417-3869
Birthplace of the Blues Marker, Cleveland
Cat Head Mini
Blues Fest (Spring)
April 17, Clarksdale
www.cathead.biz
Robert Johnson
Blues Festival
April 30, Greenwood
May
2016 Blues Music Awards
May 5, Memphis, TN
www.blues.org
901-527-2583
Jerry Clower Festival
May 6, Yazoo City
www.visityazoo.org
662-746-7676
21st Annual Market
Street Festival
May 6 - 7, Columbus
www.marketstreetfestival.com
662-328-6305
Jimmie Rodgers
Music Festival
May 6 - 7, Meridian
www.jimmierodgersmusicfestival.com
601-485-1808
Clarksdale Caravan
Music Fest
May 6 - 8, Clarksdale
www.blues2rock.com
Jimmie Rodgers’ Memorial, Meridian
Deep Delta Blues
Heritage Festival
May 7, Rolling Fork
www.lowerdelta.org
662-873-6261
Mother’s Day
Blues Festival
May 8, Laurel
www.jonescounty.com
601-649-3031
Leland Crawfish
Festival
May 14, Leland
www.lelandms.org
662-347-4223
Mississippi Saxophone
Harmonica Fest
May 21 (tentative),Clarksdale
B.B. King
Homecoming Festival
May 28 - 29, Indianola
www.bbkingmuseum.com
12th Annual Jazz
in the Pass
May 28 - 29, Pass Christian
www.gulfcoast.org
228-452-3315
Lake Fest
May 28, Vicksburg
www.eaglelakematters.com
601-209-7503
B.B. King, Club Ebony, Indianola
FestivalSouth
May 30 - June 18, Hattiesburg
www.festivalsouth.org
info@festivalsouth.org
601-296-7475
June
Tupelo Elvis Festival
June 2 - 5, Tupelo
www.tupeloelvisfestival.com
info@tupelomainstreet.com
662-841-6598
Delta Jubilee
June 3 - 4, Clarksdale
www.clarksdale-ms.com
662-627-7337
Lauren Rogers Museum
of Art’s Blues Bash
June 3 - Laurel
www.LRMA.org
601-649-6374
59Twenty Music Festival
June 11, Meridian
www.59twenty.com
601-693-1306
4th Annual Juneteenth
Family Fun Festival
June 11, Horn Lake
www.dcaahs.com
901-481-3968
Elvis Presley Statue, Tupelo
Blueberry Jubilee
June 11, Poplarville
www.blueberryjubilee.org
601-795-0578
Greenwood Balloon
& Music Festival
June 16 - 18, Greenwood
www.greenwoodms.com
662-453-9197
Bentonia Blues Festival
June 18, Bentonia
www.visityazoo.org
662-528-1900
North Mississippi Hill
Country Picnic
June 24 - 25, Waterford
www.nmshillcountrypicnic.com
July
Southside/Townsend
Park Blues Festival
July 1 & 2, Columbus
662-251-9034
Gospel Fest Homecoming
July 4, Canton
www.cantontourism.com
601-859-1307
29th Annual
Slugburger Festival
July 7 - 9, Corinth
www.mainstreetcorinth.com
662-287-1550
Balloon Festival
Grassroots Blues Festival
July 13 - 14, Duck Hill
www.facebook.com/grassrootsblues/
662-809-7002
Oxford Blues Festival
July 15 - 16, Oxford
www.oxfordbluesfest.com
662-259-7190
3rd Annual Bay Harbor Fest
July 17 - 19, Bay St. Louis
www.gulfcoast.org
571-228-2506
August
Bikes, Blues & Bayous
August 6, Greenwood
www.bikesbluesbayous.com
662-453-4152
Ramcat Rhythm
& Brews
August 6, Greenwood
www.greenwoodms.com
662-453-7625
Sunflower River Blues
& Gospel Festival
August 12 - 14th, Clarksdale
www.sunflowerfest.org
662-902-2587
2nd Street Blues Party II
August 13 - 14, Clarksdale
www.blues2rock.com
662-592-5144
Steel Guitar, Greenwood
Cat Head 14th
Anniversary Blues Party
August 14, Clarksdale
www.cathead.biz
Jackson Rhythm
& Blues Festival
August 19 - 20, Jackson
www.jacksonrhythmandbluesfestival.com
601-960-1891
September
Otha Turner Picnic
September 1 - 2, Senatobia
www.othaturner.com
662-552-7606
Black Prairie
Blues Festival
Formerly known as Howlin’ Wolf Festival
September 2, West Point
www.wpnet.org
662-295-8361
38th Annual Prairie
Arts Festival
September 3, West Point
www.wpnet.org
662-295-8361
Mississippi Jazz and
Heritage Festival
September 5, Greenwood
www.juneteenthjazz.com
662-392-2016
Howlin’ Wolf Memorial, West Point
24th Annual Mississippi Gulf Coast
Blues & Heritage Festival
September 12, Pascagoula
www.gulfcoast.org
228-497-5493
39th Annual Mississippi Delta
Blues & Heritage Festival
September 17, Greenville
www.deltablues.org
888-81-BLUES
Bridging the Blues
September 22 - October 9
Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi
www.bridgingtheblues.com
1-800-467-3582
Sam Chatmon Blues Festival
September 23 - 24, Hollandale
www.facebook.com/SamChatmonBlues
662-827-2241
Wing Dang Doodle Festival
September 24, Forest
www.forestareachamber.com
601-469-4332
26th Annual Hog Wild BBQ Festival
September 29 - October 1, Corinth
www.mainstreetcorinth.com
662-287-1550
Mighty Mississippi Music Festival
September 30 - October 2, Greenville
www.mightymississippimusicfestival.com
662-335-7275
Biloxi Lighthouse
Mississippi Delta Regional
Blues Challenge
TBA, Indianola
www.indianolablues.org
662-887-4913
11th Annual Shedhead Family
Reunion & Blues Festival
TBA, Ocean Springs
www.gulfcoast.org
228-875-9590
October
Downtown Vicksburg
Fall Festival
October 1, Vicksburg
www.downtownvicksburg.com
601-634-4527
Loblolly Festival
October 1, Laurel
www.loblollyfestival.com
601-433-3255
41st Annual Ole
Brook Festival
October 3, Brookhaven
www.brookhavenchamber.org
info@brookhavenchamber.com
601-833-1411
King Biscuit
Blues Festival
October 6 - 8, Helena/West Helena, AR
www.kingbiscuitfestival.com
870-572-5223
Jimmy Duck Holmes, Bluesman, Bentonia
2nd Street Blues Party III
October 8 - 9, Clarksdale
www.blues2rock.com
Octoberfest
October 8, Cleveland
www.visitclevelandms.com
662-843-2712
Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (Fall)
October 9, Clarksdale
www.cathead.biz
662-624-5992
Pinetop Perkins
Memorial Homecoming
October 9 - Clarksdale
www.hopsonplantation.com
662-624-5756
5th Annual Sun & Sand –
MS Film & Music Festival
October 9 - 17, MS Gulf Coast
www.gulfcoast.org
504-610-7212
Deep Blues Fest
October 12 -16 (tentative), Clarksdale
www.deepbluesfest.com
Delta Hot Tamale Festival
October 13 - 15th, Greenville
www.hottamalefest.com
662-378-3121
Bukka White Blues Festival
October 14 - 15, Aberdeen
www.bukkawhitefestival.com
662-436-8560 or 662-369-9440
The Late Pinetop Perkins
Balloon Race Festival
October 14 - October 16, Natchez
www.natchezballoonrace.com
601-807-3448
Great Delta Bear Affair
October 22, Rolling Fork
www.greatdeltabearaffair.org
662-873-6261
6th Annual Leland
Frog Fest 2016
October 24, Leland
www.lelandchamber.com
662-379-3764
Hambone Festival
October 27 - October 30, Clarksdale
www.stanstreet.com
662-403-8810
Venues
Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale
662-621-9009
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Red’s
Clarksdale
662-627-3166
Shack Up Inn
Clarksdale
662-624-8329
www.shackupinn.com
Bobby Rush at Red’s, Clarksdale
Club Ebony
Indianola
662-887-9539
Po Monkey’s
Merigold
Doe’s Eat Place
Greenville
662-334-3315
www.doeseatplace.com
Neon Pig
Tupelo, MS
662-269-2533
www.neonpig.net
Blue Canoe
Tupelo
662-269-2642
www.bluecanoebar.com
Thacker Mountain Radio Show
Oxford
662-380-0125
www.thackermountain.com
End Of All Music
Oxford
662-281-1909
www.theendofallmusic.com
Ajax Diner
Oxford
662-232-8880
www.ajaxdiner.net
Weidmann’s Restaurant
Meridian
601-581-5770
www.weidmann1870.com
Elbow Room
Columbus
662-328-3931
Thirsty Hippo
Hattiesburg
601-583-9188
www.hattiesburglivemusic.com
Boom Boom Room
Hattiesburg
601-544-7757
www.bennysboomboomroom.com
T Bones Records
Hattiesburg
601-583-0099
www.tbonescafe.com
Government St. Grocery
Ocean Springs
228-818-9410
Blind Tiger
Bay St. Louis
228-220-0162
www.theblindtiger.biz
Smoot’s Grocery
Natchez
601-870-6882
www.smootsgrocery.com
The Thirsty Hippo, Hattiesburg
Bully’s Soul Food
Jackson
601-362-0484
Hal & Mal’s
Jackson
601-948-0888
www.halandmals.com
Museums
B.B. King Museum
400 Second Street
Indianola, 38751
www.bbkingmuseum.org
info@bbkingmuseum.org
Tues-Sat 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.,
Sun 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
also by appointment
Delta Blues Museum
No. 1 Blues Alley
Clarksdale, 38614
www.deltabluesmuseum.org
info@deltabluesmuseum.org
Summer (Mar-Oct): Mon-Sat 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Winter (Nov-Feb): Mon-Sat 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Howlin’ Wolf Museum
307 West Westbrook Street
West Point, 39773
662-605-0770
Wed-Sat 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
also by appointment
Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum
306 Elvis Presley Drive
Tupelo, 38801
www.elvispresleybirthplace.com
Summer (May-Sep): Mon-Sat 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Winter (Oct-Apr): Mon-Sat 9 a.m. – 5 p.m,
Sun 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., also by appointment
Highway 61 Blues Museum
307 North Broad Street
Leland, 38756
662-686-7646
www.highway61blues.com/highway_61_blues_museum.htm
info@highway61blues.com
Mon-Sat 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., also by appointment
Jimmie Rodgers Museum
1725 Jimmie Rodgers Drive
Meridian, 39307
601-485-1808
www.jimmierodgers.com
Tues-Thu 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
also by appointment
GRAMMY Museum®
Mississippi
800 West Sunflower Road
Cleveland, 38732
662-441-0100
www.grammymuseummississippi.com
info@grammymuseumms.org
Mon-Sat 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Sun 12 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Mississippi Music Museum
38 North Ragsdale Avenue
Hazlehurst, 39083
601-894-3752
www.msmusic.org/mississippi-music-museum.html
Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m., 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Back in the Day Museum
208 Young Street
Greenwood, 38930
662-392-5370
www.deltablueslegendtours.com
Mon-Sat 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
www.msbluestrail.org
Visit Mississippi
P.O. Box 849
Jackson, MS 39205
Phone: 601-359-3297
visitmississippi.org