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Ameristar, Vicksburg – Sail On (Beach Boys tribute) 8 p.m.

Char – Bill Clark 6 p.m.

F. Jones Corner – Big Money Mel & Small Change Wayne 10 p.m. $5; 19th Street Red midnight $10

Georgia Blue, Flowood – Brandon Greer

Georgia Blue, Madison – Jason Turner

Hal & Mal’s – “Freak Fest Halloween Bash” feat. DJ Rozz 8 p.m.

Iron Horse Grill – Eric Deaton Blues 9 p.m.

ISH – DJ Unpredictable 601 9 p.m.

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

Lounge 114 – Dr. Dee w/ Dan’El 9 p.m. $10 before 10 p.m.

Martin’s – Opposite Box w/ Hood Baby & the Barnacles 10 p.m.

McClain – Tommie Vaughn

Pelican Cove – Stace & Cassie 6-10 p.m.

Pop’s Saloon – Prom Knights 9 p.m.

Shucker’s – Acoustic Crossroads 3:30 p.m.; Faze 4 8 p.m. $5; Josh Journeay 10 p.m.

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

WonderLust – Drag Performance & Dance Party feat. DJ Taboo 8 p.m.-3 a.m. free before 10 p.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.