9/29 (Sat) – Highway 61 Blues Festival (with Holly Ridge Jam on 9/30)
Leland, Mississippi
MOVED FROM USUAL JUNE DATE! Great authentic, Mississippi blues line-up every year. Also visit the Highway 61 Blues Museum while you’re in town. (Click link for info.)
The lineup so far… Pat Thomas, Eddie Cusic, T-Model Ford, John Horton Band, Eden Brent, Lamar Thomas, Jimmy Phillips and the Ruminators, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Lightnin’ Malcolm, The Cedric Burnside Project, Dwyane Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers.
9/29 (Sat) – Indian Bayou Arts Festival 2012
Indianola, MS – across from BB King Museum on Indian Bayou
Artists, live blues and more! 9am-4pm.
9/29 (Sat) – WING DANG DOODLE FESTIVAL
Forest, Mississippi
www.wingdangdoodlefestival.com
Annual festival — 8am-3pm. EVENTS: Magnolia Hall Line Dancers, Rooster Crowing Contest, Cheerleaders performing, Wing Eating Contest, and 5K Run/Walk & fun run beginning at 8am. ENTERTAINMENT: Cross Roads (Blue Grass), Mickey Wooten (Country Gospel), Uncle Pug Syrup Meal Band (Blue Grass), Pilgrim Family (Gospel Blue Grass), The Houserockers (BLUES… former house band at the legendary Subway Lounge), and Rowdy South (Southern Rock). While you’re in Forest, be sure to check out the MS Blues Trail Marker there!
9/29 (Sat) – Gateway to the Delta Festival
Courthouse Square, Charleston, MS
5K run, BBQ contest and live music by Kudzu Kings, Super Chikan, Blue Mountain and Alphonso Sanders, www.charlestongatewayfestival.com