This year, the annual Mississippi State Fair will run from October 8-18, 2026, at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. A new local concert series is being added to the many annual state fair attractions this year and will feature live musical performances from local bands across the state. Headlining the state fair this year is A-list hip-hop artist Flo Rida, performing on Thursday, October 15, at 7:00pm in the Coliseum. This year, the Mississippi State Fair's theme is "Let F

The 49th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues & Heritage Festival is taking place on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at the Washington County Convention Center Fairgrounds in Greenville, Mississippi. Gates open at 10:00am, and the festival begins at 12:00pm. Founded in 1978, it remains the longest-running blues festival in America. The tradition continues with a lineup of legendary names in Blues, Soul, and R&B, such as "King of the Chitlin' Circuit" Bobby Rush, Eddie Cotton Jr., Ede

Amanda Shaw is making her way back to the Mississippi Gulf Coast on Saturday, September 12th at 7:00pm at the Ground Zero Blues Club in Biloxi, Mississippi. Shaw is an American Cajun singer, songwriter, and fiddler prodigy. You might even recognize her from the 2005 Disney Channel movie "Now You See It...". She is classically trained in violin and has been since she was four years old. The Louisiana Music Hall of Famer recently released a brand-new album titled "Rhythm of my