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The 48th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues & Heritage Festival ‘Home of the Blues’

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August 26, 2025
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The 48th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues & Heritage Festival is set to begin at Noon on the fairgrounds of the Washington County Convention Center, 1040 S. Raceway Road, Greenville, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, with a lineup of bluesmen and women that is unmatched by any other festival in the country, with exception of the Chicago Blues Summer Fest. However, it does have the distinction of being the oldest continuously running blues fest in the country, dating back to 1978.

The Mayor of Greenville, Mississippi, Erick D. Simmons, and the Mississippi Action for Community Education, Inc. (MACE), along with the Mississippi Delta Blues & Heritage Festival Advisory Committee, are welcoming blues lovers, friends, and family to help preserve the music that is the foundation for America’s Music…The Home of the Blues.

The 48th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues & Heritage Festival will feature live performances by entertainers showcasing musicians and vocalists from all age groups, representing the Boogie Woogie Blues, Low Country Blues of the Delta, Soul Blues, Southern Soul, and the Hill Country Blues of Mississippi, and a Touch of Zydeco Blues. The festival draws fans who come from all over the world on holiday, from Europe to Australia and across the United States. GRAMMY-winners, GRAMMY-nominated artists will appear. Festivalgoers can also interact with Delta natives and Mississippians, discovering cultural arts, crafts, and foods that are unique to the Birthplace of America’s Music.

The 2025 lineup for the 48th Annual Delta Blues & Heritage includes:

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Main Stage Lineup:

• Bad Bad Bobby Rush (3x-GRAMMY-winner)  

• Willie Clayton (Little Giant of Soul)                     

• FPJ                                                       

• Shirley Brown (Diva of Soul)            

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• STL Bluesman                                   

• S Dott                                              

• LJ Echols                                                        

• Bre Wooten

Juke Joint Stage Lineup:

• Jimmy “Duck” Holmes

• Little Jimmy Reed

• Mike & Jerry Kattawar

• Jake & The Pearl Street Jumpers

• Keith Johnson, “Prince of the Delta Blues (Great-nephew of Muddy Waters) & The Big Muddy Blues Band

• Rising Star Fife & Drum Band (GRAMMY-nominated) (Featuring Master Fife Player Sharde Thomas), granddaughter of legendary master fife player.

Ticket Locations:

• Disco Den & Scott’s Records, Greenville, MS

• S & S College of Hair, Indianola, MS

• Harris Shoe Shop, Greenwood, MS

• Looking Good, Cleveland, MS

• Davis Snack Shop, Shelby, MS

• Doc Hot Wheels, Lake Village, AR

• Also available online at www.impacttickets.com/events/119497.

Festival Guidelines:

• Small Coolers (12×12)

• Absolutely No Grills or Cookers

• Absolutely No Generators (Including Battery Powered)

• Battery-powered Fans Are Allowed

• Tents In Designated Areas Only

• No Golf Carts/ATVs inside festival grounds

Sponsors for the 48th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues & Heritage Festival are:

• Greenville Washington County Convention & Visitors Bureau

• Southland Management Corporation (SMC)

• Mississippi Humanities Council

• Washington County 

• City of Greenville

• Entergy Mississippi, LLC Home

For more information: Chauncy Wright, festival organizer, at 662-645-7045; MACE, Inc. at 662-335-3523; or visit www.deltabluesms.org.

Author
Brinda Fuller Willis

Dr. Brinda Fuller Willis was raised on a large farm in Attala County, just outside of Kosciusko, Mississippi. She is what some would call a “Double Identical” twin amongst a family of  sixteen siblings. She is a life-long member of the Palestine Missionary Baptist Church where she recited a many long and protracted Easter speeches because her speeches had to match her height; she has been 5’9” inches tall since grammar school.

Brinda graduated from McAdams High School and went on to Holmes Jr. College in Goodman, Mississippi graduating with a Social Science degree. Afterwards she graduated from Mississippi State University with degrees in Social Work and Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. In 2007, she received a (Ph.D.) in Theology from New Foundations Seminary in Terry, Mississippi.

Once she made the move from Chicago, Milwaukee and Atlanta then back to Mississippi she began writing the “Ask the Twins” advice column with her twin sister, Linda that appeared inside the historic Jackson Advocate Newspaper for several years garnering numerous faithful readers who sought to get answers for questions regarding love, faith, career, disability and education. Her audience ranged from young adults to sage seniors. Eventually, she took a break from the advice column to pursue other interests and obligations with the onset of becoming a grandparent, managing a blues singer and world traveler.

Presently, she is a freelance writer for the Jackson Advocate Newspaper (2001-Present) and the Jackson Free Press (2012-2019). She is a member of the Speakers Bureau with the Mississippi Humanities Council and is the recipient of the Council’s 2019 Educator’s Award. Additionally, she has written for BOOM Jackson Magazine, Our Mississippi Magazine and Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine.

Previously, she was married to Chick Willis, an internationally renowned blues singer with whom she had one daughter, Savannah. Dr. Willis is huge blues music fan and will travel anywhere to hear blues music at festivals, honky tonks and hole-in-the-wall jook joints. She and her twin sister are the owners of Twice As Nice Entertainment, LLC and are the managing agents for Keith Johnson “Prince of the Delta Blues” who is the great nephew of Muddy Waters.

Presently, she lives in Richland, Mississippi and is the proud grandmother of 5-year old, Charlotte Lucille Gray and 18-month old Liam Moberg.

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