Friday, August 6
Virgil Brawley, Lumpkins,Jackson, Noon to 2pm (blues lunch), no cover
Jason Bailey, F. Jones Corner, Jackson, 11-2 (blues lunch), no cover
Vasti Jackson, Underground 119, downtown Jackson, 9 PM
Stevie J & The Blues Eruption, F. Jones Corner, Jackson, midnight-4am, $10
Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival, August 6-8, Clarksdale, www.sunflowerfest.org
Jackie Bell with T-Baby, 930 Blues Cafe, Jackson, 9:30pm, $10
Mark Whittington & Fingers Taylor, Little Willie’s, 6-10pm
Saturday, August 7
Stevie J & The Blues Eruption, F. Jones Corner, Jackson, midnight-4am, $10
Jackie Bell with T-Baby, 930 Blues Cafe, Jackson, 9:30pm, $10
The EXtremeZ, McBees, Ridgeland, 8-11:30 pm, no cover
Sunday, August 8
Howard Jones Jazz w/Steve Kincaid, King Edward Hotel, downtown Jackson, 11-2 (jazz brunch), no cover
Jazz, Blues & More: The Musicians w/Sherrill Holly and others, Atwood Elks Lodge, Lynch Street, 7-9, $5
Norman Clark & The Smokestack Lightning Band, F. Jones Corner, 6-10 PM, free
Cat Head Mini Blues Festival II, Clarksdale, www.msbluestrail.org
Monday, August 9
Jesse “Guitar” Smith, F. Jones Corner, Jackson, 11-2 (blues lunch), no cover
Blue Monday, sponsored by Central MS Blues Society, Inc., Hal & Mal’s, Jackson, 8-11:30, $5 ($3 for CMBS members)
Tuesday, August 10
Jason Bailey, F. Jones Corner, Jackson, 11-2 (blues lunch), no cover
Scott Albert Johnson, AJ’s Seafood, Ridgeland, 6:30 pm, no cover
The EXtremeZ, Shuckers on the Rez, Ridgeland, 7:30-11:30pm, no cover
Central MS Blues Society All-Star Band, LD’s Kitchen, Vicksburg, 8:30-midnight, no cover
Coming Soon
* 8/12 Jarekus Singleton, Hal & Mal’s, downtown Jackson
* 8/13 Wes Lee, Hal & Mal’s Red Room, downtown Jackson
* 8/13 Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk and more, Art Remix @ MS Museum of Art, 6-10pm
* 8/18 Emma Wynters, Greg “Fingers” Taylor, Mark Whittington, Parker House, Ridgeland, 7-10pm, on the patio
* 8/26 Cary Hudson w/The Piney Woods Boys, Hal & Mal’s, downtown Jackson