•  We are a leading provider of

BLUES PERFORMANCES

and CULTURAL HERITAGE EXPERIENCES

Our MISSION

We PRESERVE • PRESENT • PROMOTE and CELEBRATE 

the treasured art form born in the Mississippi Delta and loved around the world

THE BLUES

Our program of work includes signature events and activities

The Mississippi Juke Joint Experience

Vicksburg Blues Challenge

Heritage Music Series

Artist Development

"Mississippi - Birthplace of America's Music"

We present

Concerts / Performances /  Cultural Heritage Events and Activities

Ameristar BOTTLENECK BLUES BAR Vicksburg

Home of the Vicksburg Blues Challenge since 2012

Vicksburg Blues Challenge 2018 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

 

Our Venues include Restaurants, Bars, Auditoriums, Festivals, Museums and More

•  We are recipients of Tourism Development Grants

From the Mississippi Development Authority - Dept. of Tourism

The City of Vicksburg

Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau

  

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Within our program of work we celebrate the life and works of

 WILLIE DIXON

 "Poet Laureate of the Blues"

(July 1, 1915 - January 29, 1992) 

Born in Vicksburg

American Blue Mmusician, vocalist, Blues Songwriter

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 AND 

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 ARTIE "Blues Boy" WHITE

(April 16, 1937 - April 20, 2013)

An important figure in contemporary blues and one of the artists who helped bridge the gap between the blues of the postwar era and the contemporary hybrid “soul-blues” style

Born in Vicksburg

         

 

•  We Affiliates of The BLUES FOUNDATION

       

 

We are participants, FINALISTS and WINNERS in the

International Blues Challenge

Memphis, TN