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Martini Room, Regency – Soulful Saturdays 6 p.m.

Hot Shots, Byram – Karaoke 8 p.m.

Martin’s – Archnemesis

Irish Frog – Karaoke

Ruth’s Chris – Renegade

Ole Tavern – JAG w/ Hotel War

Suite 106 – Nameless Open Mic Night

Soul Wired Cafe – Build Soul’s Kitchen Music Festival 2 6 p.m. $5

Club Magoo’s – Longreef

Debo’s Lounge – 39 South 7 p.m.

Reed Pierce – Monkeybone

Olga’s – Chris Link

Cerami’s – Ron Sennett

Fenian’s – The Rumprollers

Sam’s Lounge – That Scoundrel, Hail the Titans, & Bantam Foxes

F. Jones Corner – Pat Brown and the Millineum Band

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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.