JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI (and nearby Bentonia/Yazoo City):
Blue Front Cafe – owned by bluesman Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
Bentonia, MS
Occasional blues (including during blues festival week in June).
https://www.facebook.com/bluefrontcafeblues/
9/20-21 – 71st Anniversary of the Blue Front Cafe… featuring Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, RL Boyce, Roosevelt Roberts, Jr. and more! (Details on Facebook.)
Yazoo Music Festival
Yazoo City, MS
9/14 – Blues, jazz, rock, country, R&B, pop and soul. Syleena Johnson headlines. Info: info@visityazoo.org
F Jones Corner
Farish Street in Jackson, MS
Blues/soul every Fri-Sat, midnight to 4am.
Thursdays – Open Mic hosted by Maya Kyles & F Jones Corner Band, 10pm
Fridays/Saturdays – live blues at midnight – TBA
Iron Horse Grill
Jackson, MS
Mississippi Marshall 12 Sep Thu 6 PM
Brint Anderson 13 Sep Fri 9 PM
Chris Gill & the Soulshakers 14 Sep Sat 9 PM
19th Street Red 19 Sep Thu 6 PM
Bernard Jenkins 20 Sep Fri 9 PM
Anissa 21 Sep Sat 9 PM
Ben Peyton 26 Sep Thu 6 PM
Lucky Hand Blues Band 27 Sep Fri 9 PM
Bill Abel 28 Sep Sat 9 PM
Hal & Mal’s
Jackson, MS
Mondays – Central MS Blues Society Blue Monday blues jam!
Martin’s
Jackson, MS
tba
Underground 119
Jackson, MS
www.underground119.com
House band every Thursday night, plus on weekends:
tba
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