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Ameristar, Vicksburg – Area Code 8 p.m.

Bonny Blair’s – Ronnie McGee Band 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Char – Bill Clark 6 p.m.

Cottonwood Public House, Vicksburg – DJ Freeze & DJ IE 10 p.m.

F. Jones – Big Money Mel & Small Change Wayne 10 p.m. $5; Sherman Lee Dillon & Jesse Robinson midnight $10

Fenian’s – Womble Brothers 10 p.m.

Fillup with Billups – Larry Brewer 6-9 p.m.

Georgia Blue, Flowood – Mayday

Georgia Blue, Madison – Brandon Greer

The Hideaway – Live Music 9 p.m.

Iron Horse – King Edward Blues 9 p.m.

ISH Grill & Bar – DJ Unpredictable 601, DJ Eightyate & DJ Frat House 10 p.m.

Kathryn’s – Lucky Hand Blues Band 7 p.m.

Martin’s – Toubab Krewe 10 p.m. $12 advance $15 door

McClain – Tommie Vaughn

MS Museum of Art – “Rise to the Future” feat. Kerry Thomas, Krystal Gem, Bamboo, Jamie Weems, PyInfamous & DJ Sean Mac 7-10 p.m. $10 advance $15 door

Pelican Cove – Jason Turner 6-10 p.m.

Pop’s Saloon – Burnham Road 9 p.m.

Shucker’s – The Axe-identals 3:30 p.m.; Roadhouse Atlanta 8 p.m. $5; Brian Jones 10 p.m.

Soul Wired – Ebony w/ Jeannie Holliday & Cortland Garner 8 p.m. $10

Thalia Mara Hall – MS Symphony Orchestra’s “Magical Moments” 7:30 p.m. $21-$64

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.