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Movie “Dear William” Includes Scenes Shot in Cleveland
“This movie was truly a calling.” So said David Magee of his latest project “Dear William”, a highly-personal, independent film which included a “role” for Cleveland. Work began September 8 on this feature adaptation of the best-selling memoir by the Oxford native and current resident....
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This Mississippi Museum Inside An Old Freight Depot Tells The Whole Story Of The Delta Blues
Flat cotton fields, a quiet two-lane highway, and then a little downtown with brick buildings and colorful murals painted on the walls. Nothing about it shouts for attention, yet this corner of Mississippi gave the world one of its most important kinds of music. The blues grew up here, carried...
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Cleveland's Octoberfest brings good music and lines of handcrafting vendors of all paths to the town
CLEVELAND, MS - Cleveland’s Octoberfest packed the city with the sound of music and the smell of good food. After Friday brought teams of specialists to test their skills in the Delta BBQ Brawl, Saturday gave everyone a chance to enjoy good music and mild weather. "Little bit of music going, the breeze is good, the weather’s good," says John Garner, president of the local Kappa Sigma chapter. "We got some good vendors over there - I like the [vendor with] custom duck calls over there."
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Award-winning Nashville country singer-songwriter brings high-energy performance to Downtown Greenville
Award-winning country singer-songwriter Matt Rogers is bringing his signature blend of authentic storytelling, modern country sound, and high-energy live performance to Greenville this fall, where he will take the stage at the Delta Hot Tamale Festival on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Rogers will perform on the Main Stage presented by Regions Bank, opening for The Band Perry during one of the Delta region’s highly anticipated annual celebrations.
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The 49th Annual Mississippi Blues & Heritage Festival
On September 19, as we came out of the Red Hills into the Flats of the Delta Land, the harvest crop combines were rolling on both sides of Highway 82. The weather was hot, and so was the blues music that bellowed out of the speakers around the stage in the heart of the Birthplace of the Blues…the Mississippi Delta.
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15 Years of Showing Up: Mark & Rhonda DiBiase Named 2026 Delta Hot Tamale Festival King and Queen
Some people become part of an event because their name is on the program. Others become part of it simply because they keep showing up. For the Delta Hot Tamale Festival, Mark and Rhonda DiBiase have been showing up since Day One. Main Street Greenville and the Greater Greenville Development...
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Cotton fields once ruled this town, now murals do the talking in Clarksdale
The Delta’s art scene runs deeper than you’d expect. Downtown Clarksdale sits along the Sunflower River in the flat, wide-open heart of the Mississippi Delta, and at first glance it looks like a lot of small Southern towns. Brick storefronts, quiet sidewalks, a water tower. But walk half...
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Red Bird Farms to Honor Local Heroes with First Responders Appreciation Day
(Brian Montgomery) Red Bird Farms is saying thank you to the people who answer the call when the rest of us need help. On Saturday, October 3, Red Bird Farms will host a special Heroes Appreciation Day, honoring first responders and their families with a discounted day of fall fun. From 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., police officers, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, and other first responders, along with their family members, can get in for just $10 per person. Regular admission is $14.
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Golf and Gathering brings businesses together to support Washington County
GREENVILLE, Miss.- The 14th annual Golf and Gathering brought businesses, community leaders and golfers together at the Greenville Golf and Country Club. For Jay Wood, playing golf has been a longtime tradition. “I’ve been playing twenty years, probably,” Wood said. Wood says the event is also a way...
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Hollandale prepares for the 29th annual Sam Chatman Blues Festival
HOLLANDALE- On Saturday, this spot, also known as the "historic blue front" will be filled with blues enthusiast from all over for the town's annual Sam Chatmon blues fest. The event has been a Washington County mainstay for almost 30 years often following the Mississippi delta blues and heritage festival just up the highway in Greenville.
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Jim Abbott: Paper man chasing the truth in the Mississippi Delta
Paper Man Chasing the Truth in the Mississippi Delta is the must-read memoir of retired journalist and longtime editor of the Indianola Enterprise Tocsin, Jim Abbott. Released in early September and published by The Nautilus Publishing Company of Oxford, Paper Man is the compelling perspective of an older, wiser man who was once a good ole Mississippi frat boy standing on the sidelines cheering against James Meredith’s enrollment at Ole Miss in 1962.
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Delta Blues and Heritage Fest attendees look ahead, anticipate next year's 50th anniversary festival
GREENVILLE, MS - The 49th Annual Delta Blues Festival packed the lot with seekers and providers of the soulful blues the Delta is known for... But some guests at the festival - like first year guests Vincent and Marlo, from East St. Louis, Illinois - are already anticipating the next. "We’ll definitely be back next year. Bigger, and better," says Vincent. "Good music - that's what I want!" says Marlo.