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Weekly Highlights in Mississippi

Every featured event of the week, past and present

Caledonia Days Turns 22 in
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Caledonia Days Turns 22 in

The 22nd Annual Caledonia Days fills Ola J. Pickett Park in Caledonia, Mississippi with 130 arts and crafts vendors, 26 food vendors, a pet parade, a car show and the Bigfoot Monster Truck.

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Halloween Weekends at Askew's
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Halloween Weekends at Askew's

Two spooky weekends of campsite decorating, trick-or-treating, crafts and a costume contest at Askew's Landing RV Campground in Edwards, Mississippi, on Oct. 23–25 and Oct. 30–Nov. 1, 2026, with the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile rolling in Friday, Oct. 30 at 6 p.m.

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Bean Path 8th Anniversary in
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Bean Path 8th Anniversary in

The Bean Path marks eight years of bridging Mississippi's tech divide with a six-day celebration, October 19-24, 2026, at its North Gallatin Street makerspace in Jackson, capped by a free community block party.

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Military Monday at the
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Military Monday at the

The 167th Mississippi State Fair honors veterans and active-duty service members with free admission, vendor discounts and a complimentary brisket biscuit on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson.

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Disability Friendly Day at
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Disability Friendly Day at

Joni and Friends brings a low-sensory, wheelchair-accessible version of the Mississippi State Fair to the Jackson fairgrounds, with free admission for all.

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Hotel Transylvania at Olive
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Hotel Transylvania at Olive

Olive Branch's free Movies Under the Stars series brings Hotel Transylvania to the City Hall front lawn on Thursday, October 15, 2026, with Domino's on site from 6 p.m.

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JSU Homecoming Parade 2026
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

JSU Homecoming Parade 2026

Jackson State University's 2026 homecoming parade steps off Oct. 17 on a revised route through campus, with Dr. Hillard Lackey as grand marshal and the grandstand at Dalton and Lynch streets.

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Mississippi flag
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Black Hole Movies Talk at Ole

Astrophysicist Richard Anantua of UTSA speaks on the Event Horizon Telescope's coming black hole movies at Ole Miss's Lewis Hall on October 13, 2026.

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Tennessee Williams Festival
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Tennessee Williams Festival

The 34th annual Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival, October 15-17, 2026, brings porch plays, a Cutrer Mansion tour, and a reunion of This Property Is Condemned actors to Clarksdale.

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Let Freedom Ring in Jackson
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

Let Freedom Ring in Jackson

The 167th Mississippi State Fair opens October 8 with a patriotic theme, a first-ever military parade, and a security plan its organizers promise will keep the midway safe.

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Casper on the Lawn
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

Casper on the Lawn

Olive Branch brings back its free outdoor movie series, and the second Thursday belongs to a friendly ghost.

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Seniors with Seniors Picnic
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

Seniors with Seniors Picnic

A Vicksburg alderman's free intergenerational picnic pairs high school seniors with the city's older adults for food, games, karaoke — and a chance to close a generational divide.

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The House Where the King Was
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

The House Where the King Was

On the fifteen-acre Tupelo site where Elvis Presley entered the world, a new outreach push and a free Friday concert series are reframing a global tourist shrine as a local back yard.

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The Quietest Season Opener in
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

The Quietest Season Opener in

On a Saturday morning in Oxford, the fifth-ranked Rebels opened their season with a 4711 aggregate and a reigning NCAA air rifle champion most sports fans have never heard of.

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Forty-One Thousand Cowbells
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

Forty-One Thousand Cowbells

When Mississippi State hosted Missouri for its first SEC home game of 2026, a sellout crowd set a new mark for the most cowbells rung simultaneously — the latest chapter in a tradition that began with a wandering cow and survived a 36-year SEC ban.

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A Little Blue Tent on the
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

A Little Blue Tent on the

On a September evening, a small canopy across from Funky's will become the friendliest corner of Oxford's historic Square, staffed by officers whose only job is to help.

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Ten Bucks and a Trip to
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

Ten Bucks and a Trip to

Twice a year, the DeSoto County Animal Shelter opens its doors to every resident with a dog or cat, offering vaccines, heartworm tests, and microchips for the price of a fast-food lunch.

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After Fire, the Trade Mart's
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

After Fire, the Trade Mart's

When a predawn blaze gutted vendors' hopes at the Mississippi Trade Mart in March, the community rallied — and this September's Holiday Market marks a homecoming for more than a hundred small businesses determined to sell again.

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Badges and Community
Weekly Highlight Sep 7–13, 2026

Badges and Community

The annual Biloxi Community Festival Against Crime returns Sept. 12, turning a waterfront park into a celebration of public safety and community trust.

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Four Decades of Smoke and
Weekly Highlight Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

Four Decades of Smoke and

What began in 1985 as a small alumni gathering around a single roasted pig has grown into one of the Mississippi Delta's most beloved traditions, drawing thousands to Cleveland each September for barbecue, football, and homecoming-style fellowship.

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The Boom Comes Home: How a
Weekly Highlight Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

The Boom Comes Home: How a

For its second year, the HBCU Labor Day Classic Battle of the Bands brings ten legendary marching bands — including Bethune-Cookman’s first-ever Jackson appearance — to Veterans Memorial Stadium, where more than 50,000 fans are expected for a day of sound, soul, and tradition.

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Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

Sweet Fruit, Deep Roots: A Morning Among the Muscadines at MSU's McNeill Research Unit

Every August, Mississippi State throws open the gates of a century-old experiment station so growers and backyard dreamers can taste the ancient, overlooked grape that built the Southern table.

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Possum Town's Bookish Heart
Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

Possum Town's Bookish Heart

On the last Saturday of August, Columbus, Mississippi, becomes Possum Town once more as the third annual Possumtown Book Festival gathers fifty authors, poets, and readers in a free celebration of Southern storytelling.

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Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

Sweet Fruit, Deep Roots: A

Every August, Mississippi State throws open the gates of a century-old experiment station so growers and backyard dreamers can taste the ancient, overlooked grape that built the Southern table.

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A Taste of the South's Native
Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

A Taste of the South's Native

For the past fifteen years, Mississippi State's annual Muscadine Field Day has drawn home gardeners, commercial growers, and the merely curious to a pine-ringed research station in Pearl River County to taste, pick, and study the South's native grape.

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