Events for the Delta Region

Over 400 outstanding events occur throughout Mississippi each year, and are just waiting to turn your visit into a fun-filled vacation extravaganza. Arts and crafts festivals, music festivals, and Civil War reenactments are just the beginning.

Learn more about the exciting events listed below by clicking on Events in the left navigation. This will enable you to search our entire events database.

1. Tunica Rivergate Festival - Tunica
A Memphis in May-sanctioned barbecue-cooking contest featuring 30 cooking teams, live music, food, games and children's activities.

2. World Catfish Festival - Belzoni
This whiskers and fin festival celebrates the South's largest catfish fry. Over 200 arts and crafts exhibitors, coronation of Miss Catfish, live entertainment and lots of fun for the complete day.

3. Delta Jubilee & Barbecue-Cooking Contest - Clarksdale
Live music, a carnival, arts and crafts, volleyball tournament, go-cart racing add to this giant barbecue-cooking contest. RV parking available.

4.Annual Crosstie Arts Festival - Cleveland
Experience this juried arts show and jazz competition, also featuring entertainment, children's area and food.



5. Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival - Greenville
Second oldest blues festival in the United States. Enjoy food and craft vendors along with the sounds of "down-home" blues.