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Natchez Balloon Festival releases 2023 musical lineup – Mississippi’s Best Community Newspaper
Natchez Balloon Festival releases 2023 musical lineup
Published 3:39 pm Wednesday, August 2, 2023
- Sister Hazel will headline the 2023 musical lineup at the Natchez Balloon Festival.
The Natchez Balloon Festival is excited to announce the music line-up for 2023, the 38th year of the annual event.
The festival kicks off on Friday, Oct. 20, with Bag of Donuts, an amazing superpop cover band from New Orleans with a flair for kabuki make-up and extravagant costumes.
Local rockers Elanore Swede will open the festival on Saturday, Oct. 22, followed by Kevin and the Blues Groovers, a mix of soulful singing and dazzling blues piano.
Next on the line-up is Rumours, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band that you’ll swear is the real deal. After that is The Suffers, a Gulf Coast soul band from Houston, Texas, that brings elements of classic American Soul and rock and roll to crowds that love to dance. The headliner will be Sister Hazel, the longtime southern and alternative rock band known for their smash hit “All for You.”
The festival will take place Oct. 20-21 at the Bicentennial Garden on the grounds of historic Rosalie Mansion. Online tickets are on sale now at www.natchezballoonfestival.com. Tickets also are on sale now at the Historic Natchez Foundation,. Weekend passes are $35, Friday tickets are $15, and Saturday tickets are $30. Children 10 and under are free.
The Natchez Balloon Festival, established in 1986, is a weekend of hot air balloons and outstanding live music that has become the longest running festival in Southwest Mississippi. Sponsors include Visit Natchez, United Mississippi Bank, Magnolia Bluffs Casino and Hotel, Budweiser/Southwest Distributors, Coca-Cola, Scott Petroleum, Listen Up Y’all Media, Hampton Inn & Suites, and Holiday Inn Express & Suites. A full list of all sponsors is available on the Natchez Balloon Festival website at www.natchezballoonfestival.com
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Thanksgiving on Mississippi Public Broadcasting Think Radio, set to air on Thursday, November 28th
MISSISSIPPI (KTVE/KARD) — For Thanksgiving, on Thursday, November 28, 2024, the Mississippi Public Broadcasting Radio will air a special programming.
Photo courtesy of Mississippi Public Broadcasting
According to officials, “Turkey Confidential” and “Feasting with the Great American Songbook: An Afterglow Thanksgiving Special” will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Francis Lam will be taking calls and help those in need of Thanksgiving cooking tips for the biggest cooking day of the year.
According to officals, “Feasting with the Great American Songbook: An Afterglow Thanksgiving Special” will explore classic jazz and popular songs about food by singers like Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan, and Fats Waller, perfect for listening while sitting at the table.
MISSISSIPPI (WKRG) — It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas on the Gulf Coast and that means Santa Claus will be heading to town for multiple parades around the area.
WKRG has compiled a list of Christmas parades coming to Southeast Mississippi.
Christmas on the Water — Biloxi
- Dec. 7
- 6 p.m.
- Begins at Biloxi Lighthouse and will go past the Golden Nugget
Lucedale Christmas Parade
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) – The Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport is spreading holiday cheer with a new event, ‘’A Magical Mississippi Christmas.’
The aquarium held a preview Tuesday night.
‘A Magical Mississippi Christmas’ includes a special dolphin presentation, diving elves, and photos with Santa.
The event also includes “A Penguin’s Christmas Wish,” which is a projection map show that follows a penguin through Christmas adventures across Mississippi.
“It’s a really fun event and it’s the first time we really opened up the aquarium at night for the general public, so it’s a chance to come in and see what it’s like in the evening because it’s really spectacular and really beautiful,” said Kurt Allen, Mississippi Aquarium President and CEO.
‘A Magical Mississippi Christmas’ runs from November 29 to December 31.
It will not be open on December 11th, December 24th, and December 25th.
Tickets can be purchased online or at the gate.
The event is made possible by the city of Gulfport and Coca-Cola Bottling Company.
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