April 5-6 – Azalea Festival (food, children’s games, music and azaleas), Veterans Park, Tupelo, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.
April 12 – Aaron Neville, Riley Center, Meridian ($46-52). 601-696-2200 or msurileycenter.com.
April 13 – Juke Joint Festival (with Blue Mother Tupelo, Scott Albert Johnson, Scissormen and more), Clarksdale. Get tickets at jukejointfestival.com
April 19 – Boz Scaggs, Riley Center, Meridian ($63-69). 601-696-2200 or msurileycenter.com.
– Brantley Gilbert, BancorpSouth Arena, Tupelo. 662-841-6528 or bcsarena.com.
April 22 – Acoustic Night with David Lindley, Bama Theatre Greensboro Room, Tuscaloosa, 8 p.m. ($20 advance; $25 at door). 205-758-5195 or bamatheatre.org
April 25 – John Mayer (with St. Paul and the Broken Bones), Tuscaloosa Amphitheater ($45-75). 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
– “Don Quixote” by the Russian National Ballet, Ford Center, Oxford ($28-34). 662-915-2787 or fordcenter.org.
April 27 – North Mississippi Soul & Blues Jam (Mel Waiters, Charles Jones, Theodis Ealey, Omar Cunningham), BancorpSouth Arena, Tupelo ($37-47). 662-841-6528 or bcsarena.com.
April 28 – Oak Ridge Boys 40th Anniversary Tour, Ford Center, Oxford ($52-70). 662-915-2787 or fordcenter.org.
April 26 – Jewel, Riley Center, Meridian ($63-69). 601-696-2200 or msurileycenter.com.
May 5 – The Band Perry, Thalia Mara Hall, Jackson ($25-43). 601-960-1537.
May 9 – Blues Brothers Revue, Riley Center, Meridian ($39-45). 601-696-2200 or msurileycenter.com.
May 17 – The Time Jumpers (Vince Gill, Dawn Sears, Kenny Sears, Ranger Doug Green), Riley Center, Meridian ($63-69), 602-696-2200 or msurileycenter.com.
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