Music in Mississippi

F Jones Corner
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Intimate, no-frills cocktail joint featuring late-night performances by regional blues musicians. […]

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Cat Head Delta Blues Folk Art has been in operation in Clarksdale since 2002. Cat Head is also the base of operations for various blues festival, film, book and touring projects. […]

Ole Miss Blues Archive
The Blues Archive at the University of Mississippi is one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of blues-related materials. Located within the J.D. Williams Library in Oxford, the archive houses more than 60,000 sound recordings, 20,000 photographs, 1,000 videos, and […]

Dockery Farms Plantation
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Dockery Plantation was a 25,600-acre cotton plantation and sawmill in Dockery, Mississippi, on the Sunflower River between Ruleville and Cleveland, Mississippi. It is widely regarded as the place where Delta blues music was born. […]

BankPlus Amphitheater
BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove, formerly Snowden Grove Amphitheater, is a concert venue located at Snowden Grove Park in Southaven, Mississippi, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. Opened in 2006, the amphitheater features 4,000 fixed seats, with a lawn area able […]

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The Brandon Amphitheater is located between two interchanges along Interstate 20 near downtown Brandon, and is just 237 miles from Memphis, 197 miles from New Orleans, 229 miles from Shreveport, and 226 miles from Birmingham. The Brandon Amphitheater is the […]

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Landmarked, historic theater presents a variety of film screenings & live productions. Since 1942, the Alamo Theatre has evolved from a western and African-American film establishment to a place that hosted historic artists, such as B.B. King, Nat King Cole […]

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Beale Street and Elvis aren’t the only stars in Marc Cohn’s “Walking in Memphis”—Tunica’s own Hollywood Café was also immortalized in the hit song for its soulful live music. But this local eatery’s real claim to fame is the food. […]

Paul Overstreet Country Music Trail Marker
The Mississippi Blues Trail – Paul Overstreet – Raised in Vancleave, through the 1980s Paul Overstreet became one of Nashville’s most consistently successful and honored songwriters, penning major hits for George Jones, Randy Travis, Tanya Tucker, The Judds, Kenny Chesney, […]

Mississippi Country Music Trail – Chris LeDoux Trail Marker Location: Biloxi Marker Front: Born in Biloxi, Chris LeDoux (1948-2005), the Singing Bronc Rider, pursued dreams of success as both a competitive rodeo cowboy and latter day Western singing star and […]

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The Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra formed in 1962! The mission of the Gulf Coast Symphony is to bring quality music to the people of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. […]

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With over 500 games on a 30,000-square-foot casino floor, the WaterView Casino in Vicksburg, Mississippi is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for action-packed, Vegas-style gaming excitement. Rack up big winnings on the high-limit slots, or try […]