May 9 – Blues Brothers Revue, Riley Center, Meridian ($39-45). 601-696-2200 or msurileycenter.com.
May 11 – Crossroads Blues & Heritage Festival, Rosedale, Miss. rosedaleblues.com.
May 11-12 – 42nd Annual Gumtree Festival (visual arts, music, more), downtown Tupelo. 662-844-2787 or gumtreefestival.com.
– 8th Annual White Buffalo Pow Wow, Tupelo Buffalo Park. 662-844-8709 or tupelobuffalopark.com.
May 15-18 – 10th annual Tupelo Film Festival; 800-533-0611 or tupelofilmfestival.net.
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.
May 18 – Natchez Trace Parkway 75th Anniversary Celebration (historical re-enactors, discovery walk, mock archaeological dig, more), free, Visitor Center at milepost 266 near Tupelo, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 662-680-4027 of 800-305-7417.
June 1 – 16th annual Freedom Creek Blues Festival (Microwave Dave and the Nukes, “Birmingham” George Conner, Mississippi Blues Boys, more), 1438 Wilder Circle, downtown Aliceville, Ala., 11 a.m-until. $10. freedomcreek.org.
June 2 – “The Addams Family” National Broadway Tour musical, Ford Center, Oxford. 662-915-7411 or fordcenter.org.
June 6-9 – Tupelo Elvis Festival (Cowboy Mouth, Montgomery Gentry, more). 662-841-6598 or tupeloelvisfestival.com.
June 6-July 7 – Oxford Shakespeare Festival, various locations, Oxford. 662-915-7411 or shakespeare.olemiss.edu.
June 14 – Brad Paisley (with Chris Young, Lee Brice), ($55-67). Tuscaloosa Amphitheater ($35-75). 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
June 16 – Earth, Wind & Fire, Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
June 28-29 – North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic (North Mississippi Allstars, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jimbo Mathus, more.) Waterford, Miss. (near Holly Springs). nmshillcountrypicnic.com.
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