There are Civil War re-enactments and pilgrimages in the Mississippi River towns of Natchez and Vicksburg, where women wearing fancy period dresses welcome visitors to antebellum homes. Ocean Springs has a festival dedicated entirely to the art that same month. Crowds are regaled with tales in Cajun, black, Appalachian, Indian and Good Ole Boy style. In Greenville each September, about 15,000 people from across the country attend the Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festiva organized by civil-rights leaders more than two decades ago. Also in Greenville, the local newspaper hosts a festival that includes a pond-raised catfish race.
Gospel singers celebrate in downtown Jackson.
Car show and live entertainment. Focuses on state's musical heritage, with performances and lectures. Tractor pull, flower exhibit and children's entertainment. Street dance, bingo, pet show, quilt exhibit and hunter trophy-rack contest. Fence post throwing contest, art exhibit and petting zoo.