Thursday, Feb. 26
12:00 p.m. Brown Bag Lecture – “John Work and Field Recording” Mr. Evan Hatch – Barnard Observatory
3:00 p.m.”M for Mississippi” Film Screening and Panel Discussion – Barnard Observatory
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6:00 p.m. Thacker Mountain Radio – Music by: Kenny Brown, Cedric Burnside, and Lightnin’ Malcolm at Lyric Theater
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Dinner on your own
9:00 – 11:00 p.m.Highway 61 Radio Blues Party Music by: David Evans, Jake Fussell, George Mitchell, and others at the Powerhouse
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10:00 p.m. Blues on the Oxford Square at Rooster Blues
Friday, Feb. 27
9:30 a.m.The Mississippi Lomax Recordings – First public showing of commercially unreleased footage by Greg Johnson at the UM Blues Archive
11:00 a.m.Living Blues/Blues Archive Trail Marker Dedication – Mississippi Blues Commission Speeches and Music at {rokbox title=|Barnard Observatory Lawn| size=|700 450|}http://www.olemiss.edu/cmap/building.php?building=barnard&location=1{/rokbox}
Lunch on your own
1:30 p.m.Blues Field Work 1960s and 70s Early Wright Keynote Lecture – Dr. David Evans at the UM Blues Archive
2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion: Field Recording – David Evans, George Mitchell, Art Rosenbaum, Sy Oliver
Moderated by Jim O’Neal at the UM Blues Archive
4:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: Blues Record Labels – Jim O’Neal, Roger Stolle, Larry Chambers Moderated by Scott Barretta at UM Blues Archive
Dinner on your own
8:00 p.m. Mavis Staples Concert – Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Click here for ticket information
10:30 p.m. Blues on the Oxford Square – Duwayne Burnside at Rooster Blues
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Blues Today Symposium Concludes
Saturday, Feb. 28
Visitors may wish to explore the Mississippi Delta on their own. Scott Barretta, former Editor of Living Blues, will provide a special guided tour of the BB King Museum in Indianola at 2:00 p.m. (No transportation will be provided).
10:00 p.m. Blues on the Oxford Square “Big Jack Johnson” at Rooster Blues
**All lectures and panel discussions are free and open to the public.