Only In Your State - Strangest Town in the Deep South July 2023

In the strangest town in Mississippi, Clarksdale, you will surely be captivated by the city’s distinctive blend of art, history, and blues. There’s no other place quite like it, with its peculiar charm and allure that make every visit an unforgettable experience.

As your adventure in Clarksdale winds down, don’t let your journey through Mississippi end there. Extend your exploration with a visit to Buon Cibo. Famous for its unique pizzas named after regional towns in Mississippi, it’s the perfect place to savor the diverse flavors of the state. Don’t forget to share your favorite moments or comment below about your visit to Mississippi’s strangest town.

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Music Cities Awards Nominations

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September 1, 2020

The Music Cities Awards, put on by Music Cities Events, has announced the 2020 nominees for their 9 categories. Visit Clarksdale has been nominated in TWO categories!

“The Music Cities Awards is a global competition designed to acknowledge and reward the most outstanding applications of music for economic, social and cultural development in cities and places all around the world.

The awards also aim to promote best practice and demonstrate the value of music to the world.

​The ceremony will be held on September 23rd 2020.”

Read more on Music Cities Events website.

Mississippi's best writers, artists, musicians and more: MIAL announces winners

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Clarion Ledger

JUNE 17, 2020

The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters has announced its 2020 award winners for excellence in the arts.

An out-of-state panel of specialty judges selected artists, writers and musicians for this distinction who demonstrate high-quality skills in works published, performed or shown. These are the winners, according to a news release from MIAL Friday.

The Mississippi Tennessee Williams Festival won the Special Achievements Award.

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John Ruskey, Champion of the Lower Mississippi River

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Terrain By Nick Tilley

JUNE 17, 2020

John Ruskey is, by any estimation, a modern-day Renaissance Man. He’s an artist, musician, writer, speaker, educator, entrepreneur, and conservationist. The man himself would claim he’s a frontiersman, one in the spirit of Meriwether Lewis and John Muir. More modestly, he’d say, “I’m just a river rat, a worker bee in the service of my queen, the Mississippi River.”

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Hot on the trail of tamales, on a road trip through the Mississippi Delta

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Chicago Tribune By Alexandra Marvar

FEB 14, 2020

Along the mighty Mississippi, lies a 200-mile diamond-shaped swath of fertile farmland and floodplain known as the Mississippi Delta. It’s a region rich with blues music, civil rights sites, and agribusiness (especially cotton). It’s also the spiritual home of a beloved snack called the hot tamale. 

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With the Juke Joint Festival, a Mississippi city aims to lose its economic blues

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PBS News Hour By Jeffrey Brown and Frank Carlson

JUN 14, 209

In Mississippi’s Clarksdale, the heart of the rural Delta, a celebration of the blues has been drawing thousands of fans to the area for the past 16 years. The Juke Joint Festival, named for bars and informal music venues scattered throughout the African American South in part as a response to whites-only clubs, has helped revitalize a city whose economy was struggling. Jeffrey Brown reports.

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