June 12 – SOPOCU Con (Southern Popular Culture Convention), Trade Mart, Jackson. sopocu.com.
June 13-15 – Sesquicentennial of the Battles of Brice’s Crossroads and Tupelo/Harrisburg (Children’s Discovery Day, living history, battle re-enactment, more), CR 833 and Highway 370/battlefield site, Tupelo. 662-365-3969 or
June 14-19 – USA/IBC International Ballet Competition, Thalia Mara Hall, Jackson. 601-973-9249 or usaibc.com/tickets.
June 16 – Fantasia and Joe (with Lyfe Jennings), Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
June 19 – Test screening of “Earthrise,” a feature-length film by Tupelo filmmaker Glenn Payne, Malco Tupelo Commons Cinema, 7:30 p.m. ($10). facebook.com/earthrisethemovie.
June 20-22 – Live Broadway play “Love Struck,” Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa ($19.50). 205-369-2240 or bamatheatre.org.
June 21 – Bentonia Blues Festival, Bentonia. mwhomecoming.com.
June 26 – Eric Benet, Riley Center, Meridian ($42-48). 662-696-2200 or msurileycenter.com.
June 27-28 – North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic (Kenny Brown Band, Alvin Youngblood Hart, many more), Waterford, Miss. nmshillcountrypicnic.com.
June 28 – Southern Rock & Roll Blues Show, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 205-758-5195 or bamatheatre.org.
July 3 – Mary J. Blige, Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
July 11 – The Beach Boys, BancorpSouth Center, Tupelo. 662-841-6528 or bcsarena.com.
– Miranda Lambert (with Neal McCoy and RaeLynn), Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
July 11-12 – 11th annual Grassroots Blues Festival, Duck Hill, Miss. 662-565-2478 or grassrootsblues.com.
July 18 — Peter Frampton and The Doobie Brothers, Tuscaloosa Amphitheater ($16-71 on sale now). 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
July 18-19 – 36th annual Mississippi Watermelon Festival (Aaron Tippin), Sullivan’s Hollow, Mize. 601-733-5647 or mswatermelonfestival.com.
July 26 – Tony Bennett, Riley Center, Meridian ($82-88; pre-show party at 6 p.m.) 662-696-2200 or msurileycenter.com.
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