Friday, Aug. 23-Saturday, Aug. 24
■ Gospel Convention: The Mississippi State Southern Gospel Singing Convention will be held at The Highland Oaks in Sturgis on Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m. More info: facebook.com/mstategsc/

Saturday, Aug. 24
■ Possumtown Book Festival: Friendly City Books and the Friendly City Books Community Connection, a special project of the CREATE Foundation, will be bringing a one day book festival to Columbus. The festival will be at the Columbus Arts Council’s Rosenzweig Arts Center.

Wednesday, Aug. 28
■ Get Swept Up!: The Greater Starkville Development Partnership is holding its annual city-wide cleanup day starting at 8 a.m. at Fire Station Park. More info: starkville.org/event/get-swept-up-starkville/
■ Community Event Series: The Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum is hosting speaker Katie Robertson, speaking about the history of handkerchiefs at 10:30 a.m. She will be showing her collection of handkerchiefs.

Thursday, Aug. 29
■ Annual Campaign Kick Off: United Way of the Golden Triangle Region is hosting its $50K Your Way raffle and annual campaign kick-off at Munson and Brothers from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Raffle winners will be announced. There will also be food trucks, live music and inflatable jumpers for children.

Saturday, Sept. 7
■ Butterfly Bonanza: The Lowndes County Master Gardeners will be hosting its annual Butterfly Bonanza at the Butterfly Garden at 40 Moore’s Creek Road. The event will be from 9-11 a.m. and will include Mississippi State University handouts and kids activities.
■ OCHS Dog Paddle: The Oktibbeha County Humane Society will be hosting its annual dog paddle at Moncrief Pool. Early online registration is available until Aug. 28 for $25. Day-of registration will be available for $30. Each additional dog is $10. Or, humans without dogs present can pay a $5 spectator fee at the door. More info: ochs.org/event/dogpaddle.

Tuesday, Sept. 10
■ The Troubadour Project: As a part of the Mississippi State University Lyceum Series, the Troubadour Project, which recreates music from iconic rock bands from the 1970s, will be performing at 7 p.m. in Bettersworth Auditorium at Lee Hall. Tickets can be purchased at msstate.universitytickets.com.

Thursday, Sept. 12
■ Grillin’ with Dads: The Columbus Recreation Department and Northeast Mississippi Healthy Start Program are hosting a pop-up village event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the East Columbus Gym, 222 Lawrence St. Vendors will be providing information about nutrition, parenting, newborn care, health insurance, early childhood development and mental health services. Hot dogs and hamburgers will also be provided. For more information, contact Jennifer Briggs at (662) 370-1272.
■ Tim Easton and Erin Erinder: The Barn Concert Series continues with a performance by Gabe Lee and Holley Rumbarger. Doors open at 6 p.m., with music starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are available online at barnconcertseries.com.

Friday, Sept. 27
■ Charlotte’s Web: A stage adaptation of E.B. White’s “Charlotte’s Web” will be staged at 7 p.m. in McCool Hall as a part of the Mississippi State Lyceum Series. For more information, go to studentactivities.msstate.edu/lyceum.

Thursday, Oct. 10
■ Katie Boeck and J.M. Stevens: The Barn Concert series continues with a performance by Katie Boeck and J.M. Stevens. Doors open at 6 p.m., with music starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are available online at barnconcertseries.com.

Saturday, Oct. 12
■ Downtown Art Walk: Main Street Columbus is hosting its downtown art walk from 3-6 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 18
■ John Paul White Concert: Grammy winning musician John Paul White will be performing at the Hump at Mississippi State University, alongside the Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the performance starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at msstate.universitytickets.com.

Friday, Oct. 25
■ Welty Gala: Mississippi University for Women’s annual Welty Gala is returning to the Trotter Convention Center at 7 p.m. Celebrated author Jeannette Walls, best known for her best-selling memoir, “The Glass Castle,” will be the featured speaker.

Tuesday, Dec. 3
■ Columbus Christmas Parade: The Main Street Columbus Christmas Parade will once again be rolling through the city at 7 p.m.