Organizers announced the lineup for the Burnside Music Fest, scheduled for Saturday, June 6, in historic downtown Ripley, Mississippi. They said the daylong event will celebrate the legacy of blues musician R.L. Burnside.
Event activities are scheduled to begin at noon, with vendors, food trucks and a rib cookoff starting at that time, organizers said. Live music will begin at 2 p.m., they added.
Organizers listed the performing acts as Kody Shade Harrell; Pistol and the Queen; The Pip Project; Titus Gillard; Cedric Burnside; Lena Beach and Boo Mitchell; Garry Burnside; and a closing jam session.
Organizers encouraged attendees to bring chairs and friends and to plan to spend the day in downtown Ripley, they said.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
