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It’s a beautiful day, and the perfect Saturday to head to Gillespie Street in Belhaven for an outdoor music festival sponsored by the Jackson Free Press to benefit Jubilee! JAM. Hurry to get your free “I Get It Once a Week” bumper sticker. There will great music all day and lots of beer to buy. See you there! Go right now: Starts in 15 minutes! With The Vamps, David Womack and Don Henry, Eric Stracener, Delta Mountain Boys, The Moils, Geehawks and more. $10. 700 block of Gillespie in Belhaven, between State St. and Jefferson. 601-960-0781.

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Here’s the Belhaven Jam schedule, BTW: Belhaven! Jam May 21, 12-8 p.m. The Suitors noon-12:30 p.m.; Don Henry with David Womack 12:45-1:30 p.m.; The Hard Stuff 1:45-2:15 p.m.; The Vamps 2:30-3:15 p.m.; Eric Stracener with Bob Pietcyzk 3:30-4 p.m.; The Moils 4:15-5 p.m.; The Delta Mtn. Boys 5:15-5:45 p.m.; The Circuit Riders 6-6:45 p.m.; Cary Hudson 7-8 p.m. $10. Jubilee Jam benefit. 700 block of Gillespie, Belhaven, between State St. and Jefferson. 601-960-0781.

#87045 | Author: DonnaLadd | Date: May 21 2005

Founding Editor Donna Ladd is a writer, journalist and editor from Philadelphia, Miss., a graduate of Mississippi State University and later the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she was an alumni award recipient in 2021. She writes about racism/whiteness, poverty, gender, violence, journalism and the criminal justice system. She contributes long-form features and essays to The Guardian when she has time, and was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Jackson Free Press. She co-founded the statewide nonprofit Mississippi Free Press with Kimberly Griffin in March 2020, and the Mississippi Business Journal named her one of the state's top CEOs in 2024. Read more at donnaladd.com, follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @donnerkay and email her at donna@mississippifreepress.org.