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Ameristar, Vicksburg – Nu Corp 8 p.m.

Bonny Blair’s – Luckenbach 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Canton Multipurpose Complex – “Young Gun Southern Soul Celebration” feat. Greg Patterson, Mz. Kathy, Emerson Hill, 601 Live, Larry Milton & more 7 p.m. $15 advance $20 door

Char – Bill Clark 6 p.m.

F. Jones – Big Money Mel & Small Change Wayne 10 p.m. $5; Tiff Star Haywood midnight $10

Fenian’s – Ariel Blackwell & TJ Russell 10 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood – Chad Wesley

Georgia Blue, Madison – Brandon Greer

Hal & Mal’s – “Tacky Christmas Party” feat. DJ Mario 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $25

The Hideaway – Live Music 9 p.m.

Iron Horse – Johnnie B. Sanders & Ms. Iretta 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s – Lucky Hand Blues Band 7-10:30 p.m.

Lounge 114 – Urban Mystic & Fat Tony 9 p.m.

The Lowry House – The Guiding Lights, Spirituals & Rod Smoth 7-11 p.m. $5

Lucky Town – “Priced to Move, Vol. 9” feat. Spacewolf & Vibe Doctors w/ 5th Child 3-10 p.m. free

Martin’s – The Quickening 10 p.m.

McClain – Stevie Cain

MikeTown – Young Ages’ “Xmas Kickback” 8-11 p.m. $15

Pop’s Saloon – Barefoot Highway 9 p.m.

Shucker’s – Big Al & the Heavyweights 3:30 p.m.; Mississippi Queen 8 p.m. $5; Brian Jones 10 p.m.

Soulshine, Flowood – Phil & Trace 7 p.m.

South Street Live – Mr. Sipp 7 p.m.

Table 100 – Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

Underground 119 – Southern Komfort Brass Band 9 p.m. $15

WonderLust – Drag Performance & Dance Party feat. DJ Taboo 8 p.m.-3 a.m.

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The Mississippi Free Press produced this story through the MFP Solutions Lab, supported by the Solutions Journalism Network. This series digs into Mississippi’s systemic issues and sheds light on responses to them in other communities. Beyond just reporting on problems, these stories interrogate their causes and inspect potential solutions.

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.