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1908 Provisions – Andrew Pates 6:30-9 p.m.

Ameristar, Vicksburg – Doug Allen Nash 8 p.m.

Bonny Blair’s – Ronnie McGee Band 8 p.m.-midnight

Castlewoods Country Club – Jason Turner 7 p.m.

Char – Ronnie Brown 6 p.m.

Drago’s – Hunter Gibson 6-9 p.m.

F. Jones Corner – Stevie J Blues midnight $10

Farish Street – “Farish Street Heritage Fest” feat. Iam Smoke, Terrell Brinson, Karma, Cupid & more 5-11 p.m. $10 single-day $30 both days

The Flamingo – “Country Cousinz Concert Series: JXN vs. Louisiana” feat. KC Young Bone, Bluz Brothers, JT ALI, Chris Valentine, Ray Kincaid, Jay Da Wizard, Sean Elliot, Southn Belle & Irai Ouree 8 p.m.-midnight

Georgia Blue, Flowood – Phil & Trace

Georgia Blue, Madison – Shaun Patterson

Hal & Mal’s – Crooked Creek String Band 7-10 p.m.

Iron Horse Grill – Casey Phillips 9 p.m.

Kathryn’s – Acoustic Crossroads 7 p.m.

Last Call – DJ Spoon 9 p.m.

Lounge 114 – Amira Carey 9 p.m.

Martin’s – Stace & Cassie 6-8:30 p.m. free; Fides w/ Schaefer Llana 10 p.m.

MS Museum of Art – Sonja Stamps 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. free

Pelican Cove – Road Hogs 6 p.m.

Pop’s Saloon – Time to Move 9 p.m.

Shucker’s – Gena Steele & Buzz Pickens 5:30 p.m.; Mississippi Moonlight 8 p.m. $5; Jonathan Alexander 10 p.m.

Soulshine, Flowood – Ron Etheridge 7 p.m. free

Soulshine, Ridgeland – Barry Leach 7 p.m. free

Table 100 – Tommie Vaughn 6 p.m.

WonderLust – DJ Taboo 8 p.m.-2 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.