Oct. 17-18 – Fall Flower and Garden Fest (exhibits, vendors, seminars, fun run), MSU Truck Crops Experiment Station, Crystal Springs, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 601-892-3731
Oct. 17-19 – Great Mississippi River Balloon Race Festival (Alvin Youngblood Hart, The Revivalists, Soul Asylum, more), Rosalie Bicentennial Gardens, Natchez. 337-781-9044 or natchezballoonrace.com.
Oct. 17-18, 24-25, 30-31 – Tupelo Community Theatre’s Haunted Theatre, Lyric Theatre, Tupelo ($15), 7 p.m. (not recommended for children under 10). 662-844-1935 or tct.ms.
Oct. 18-19 – Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport, Alabama ($10/day; $15 weekend). 205-758-1257 or kentuck.org/festival.
Oct. 22 – Lyle Lovett, Riley Center, Meridian ($53-59). 601-696-2200 or msurileycenter.com.
Oct. 25 – R. Kelly, BancorpSouth Arena, Tupelo. 662-841-6573 or bcsarena.com.
Oct. 26 – R. Kelly, Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
Oct. 30 – Robert Earl Keen, Riley Center, Meridian ($37-47). 601-696-2200 or msurileycenter.com.
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