Posted on Jul 7, 2014

10 Cool Mississippi Events That Shouldn't Be Missed

Here are 10 Mississippi events that shouldn't be missed (in no particular order). Of course, there are a lot more than 10. Give us time, we'll get to all of them.

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Produced by Jim Albritton | Fifty-one teams competed in the 2014 Dragon Boat Regatta at the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The event, sponsored by the Madison County Chamber of Commerce, brings together businesses, nonprofits and other groups for a day-long competition that benefits MadCAAP. — buzzfeed.com

Produced by Jim Albritton | Fifty-one teams competed in the 2014 Dragon Boat Regatta at the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The event, sponsored by the Madison County Chamber of Commerce, brings together businesses, nonprofits and other groups for a day-long competition that benefits MadCAAP.

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Produced by Jim Albritton | Fifty-one teams competed in the 2014 Dragon Boat Regatta at the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The event, sponsored by the Madison County Chamber of Commerce, brings together businesses, nonprofits and other groups for a day-long competition that benefits MadCAAP.

Produced by Jim Albritton | Take flight with Treetop Flyer pilot Tim Slattery high above Canton at the Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest. — buzzfeed.com

Produced by Jim Albritton | Take flight with Treetop Flyer pilot Tim Slattery high above Canton at the Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest.

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Produced by Jim Albritton | Take flight with Treetop Flyer pilot Tim Slattery high above Canton at the Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Fest.

Produced by Jim Albritton | The Fifth Annual Renaissance Euro Fest Classic European Auto and Motorcycle Show in Ridgeland, Mississippi had something for everyone: a Morgan 3 Wheeler from New Orleans, a Porsche from Chicago, a Ferrari from Dubai and a DeLorean from Mississippi that sent everyone back to the future. — buzzfeed.com

Produced by Jim Albritton | The Fifth Annual Renaissance Euro Fest Classic European Auto and Motorcycle Show in Ridgeland, Mississippi had something for everyone: a Morgan 3 Wheeler from New Orleans, a Porsche from Chicago, a Ferrari from Dubai and a DeLorean from Mississippi that sent everyone back to the future.

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Produced by Jim Albritton | The Fifth Annual Renaissance Euro Fest Classic European Auto and Motorcycle Show in Ridgeland, Mississippi had something for everyone: a Morgan 3 Wheeler from New Orleans, a Porsche from Chicago, a Ferrari from Dubai and a DeLorean from Mississippi that sent everyone back to the future.

Produced by Jim Albritton | A rainbow of color, four songs and a good cause make this the ultimate three-minute Color Me Rad video. The second annual 5K in Jackson, Mississippi, a part of the 2014 Zippity Doo Dah Weekend in the city's Fondren neighborhood, benefits Friends of Children's Hospital which supports Batson Children's Hospital at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. | — buzzfeed.com

Produced by Jim Albritton | A rainbow of color, four songs and a good cause make this the ultimate three-minute Color Me Rad video. The second annual 5K in Jackson, Mississippi, a part of the 2014 Zippity Doo Dah Weekend in the city's Fondren neighborhood, benefits Friends of Children's Hospital which supports Batson Children's Hospital at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. |

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Produced by Jim Albritton | A rainbow of color, four songs and a good cause make this the ultimate three-minute Color Me Rad video. The second annual 5K in Jackson, Mississippi, a part of the 2014 Zippity Doo Dah Weekend in the city's Fondren neighborhood, benefits Friends of Children's Hospital which supports Batson Children's Hospital at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. |

Produced by Jim Albritton | Sawdust & Splinters draws top-ranked lumberjack competitors and chainsaw carvers from across the country to rural Mississippi. — buzzfeed.com

Produced by Jim Albritton | Sawdust & Splinters draws top-ranked lumberjack competitors and chainsaw carvers from across the country to rural Mississippi.

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Produced by Jim Albritton | Sawdust & Splinters draws top-ranked lumberjack competitors and chainsaw carvers from across the country to rural Mississippi.

Produced by Jim Albritton | The 32nd annual Mississippi Symphony Orchestra's Pepsi Pops concert drew thousands to Old Trace Park on the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The concert ended with a spectacular fireworks show over the water. — buzzfeed.com

Produced by Jim Albritton | The 32nd annual Mississippi Symphony Orchestra's Pepsi Pops concert drew thousands to Old Trace Park on the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The concert ended with a spectacular fireworks show over the water.

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Produced by Jim Albritton | The 32nd annual Mississippi Symphony Orchestra's Pepsi Pops concert drew thousands to Old Trace Park on the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The concert ended with a spectacular fireworks show over the water.

Produced by Jim Albritton | Hundreds celebrated National Train Day in McComb, Mississippi at the city's award-winning railroad museum. They toured passenger, sleeper and dining cars on Amtrak's "City of New Orleans" train and the historic postal and office railcars just added to the Steam Engine 2542 display next to the city's depot. CN (Canadian National Railway) provided rides aboard "Little Obie," their safety train for kids, and under the bridge "hobos" answered questions about life on the rails while live music and the smell of food filled the air all along Railroad Boulevard.
McComb, Mississippi was founded in 1872 after Col. Henry S. McComb of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, a predecessor of the Illinois Central Railroad (now part of the Canadian National Railway), decided to move the railroad's maintenance shops away from New Orleans and the negative influence of the city's saloons. — buzzfeed.com

Produced by Jim Albritton | Hundreds celebrated National Train Day in McComb, Mississippi at the city's award-winning railroad museum. They toured passenger, sleeper and dining cars on Amtrak's "City of New Orleans" train and the historic postal and office railcars just added to the Steam Engine 2542 display next to the city's depot. CN (Canadian National Railway) provided rides aboard "Little Obie," their safety train for kids, and under the bridge "hobos" answered questions about life on the rails while live music and the smell of food filled the air all along Railroad Boulevard.
McComb, Mississippi was founded in 1872 after Col. Henry S. McComb of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, a predecessor of the Illinois Central Railroad (now part of the Canadian National Railway), decided to move the railroad's maintenance shops away from New Orleans and the negative influence of the city's saloons.

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Produced by Jim Albritton | Hundreds celebrated National Train Day in McComb, Mississippi at the city's award-winning railroad museum. They toured passenger, sleeper and dining cars on Amtrak's "City of New Orleans" train and the historic postal and office railcars just added to the Steam Engine 2542 display next to the city's depot. CN (Canadian National Railway) provided rides aboard "Little Obie," their safety train for kids, and under the bridge "hobos" answered questions about life on the rails while live music and the smell of food filled the air all along Railroad Boulevard.
McComb, Mississippi was founded in 1872 after Col. Henry S. McComb of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, a predecessor of the Illinois Central Railroad (now part of the Canadian National Railway), decided to move the railroad's maintenance shops away from New Orleans and the negative influence of the city's saloons.

Produced by Jim Albritton | A quick look at Jackson, Mississippi's 32nd annual Mal's St. Paddy's Parade and Festival. The zany celebration marks the arrival of Spring and benefits Batson Children's Hospital. — buzzfeed.com

Produced by Jim Albritton | A quick look at Jackson, Mississippi's 32nd annual Mal's St. Paddy's Parade and Festival. The zany celebration marks the arrival of Spring and benefits Batson Children's Hospital.

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Produced by Jim Albritton | A quick look at Jackson, Mississippi's 32nd annual Mal's St. Paddy's Parade and Festival. The zany celebration marks the arrival of Spring and benefits Batson Children's Hospital.

Produced by Jim Albritton | Like so many things, Good Neighbor Day started in Mississippi and spread around the world. In 1994, the late Brook Jacobs Sr, a florist and owner of Greenbrook Flowers in Jackson, had a simple idea that caught on and blossomed quickly. Participants receive a dozen free roses. They're asked to keep one and pass the other 11 on to friends, family or total strangers.
Today, 20 years later, on the 12th anniversary of 9/11, Good Neighbor Day is as big as ever and has evolved into a way to support Batson Children's Hospital. Various items are raffled and donations are accepted on behalf of the Mississippi's only children's hospital. — buzzfeed.com

Produced by Jim Albritton | Like so many things, Good Neighbor Day started in Mississippi and spread around the world. In 1994, the late Brook Jacobs Sr, a florist and owner of Greenbrook Flowers in Jackson, had a simple idea that caught on and blossomed quickly. Participants receive a dozen free roses. They're asked to keep one and pass the other 11 on to friends, family or total strangers.
Today, 20 years later, on the 12th anniversary of 9/11, Good Neighbor Day is as big as ever and has evolved into a way to support Batson Children's Hospital. Various items are raffled and donations are accepted on behalf of the Mississippi's only children's hospital.

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Produced by Jim Albritton | Like so many things, Good Neighbor Day started in Mississippi and spread around the world. In 1994, the late Brook Jacobs Sr, a florist and owner of Greenbrook Flowers in Jackson, had a simple idea that caught on and blossomed quickly. Participants receive a dozen free roses. They're asked to keep one and pass the other 11 on to friends, family or total strangers.
Today, 20 years later, on the 12th anniversary of 9/11, Good Neighbor Day is as big as ever and has evolved into a way to support Batson Children's Hospital. Various items are raffled and donations are accepted on behalf of the Mississippi's only children's hospital.

Produced by Jim Albritton | Move over New York and LA, Mississippi is in the house and on the air in a big way. Ten radio stations, three days, 39 hours, three Radio People station groups and the state's only children's hospital make the Mississippi Miracles Radiothon one of the nation's largest. And dollarwise, it competes with the big boys and wins. The Radio People stations in Jackson, Meridian and Vicksburg that aired the 2014 Mississippi Miracles Radiothon include US96.3, Y101.7, Mix98.7, 100.9 Jack FM, 97OKK, 105.7 The Beat, Kiss 104.1, River 101.3, Q101 and K Hits 104.5.

Produced by Jim Albritton | Move over New York and LA, Mississippi is in the house and on the air in a big way. Ten radio stations, three days, 39 hours, three Radio People station groups and the state's only children's hospital make the Mississippi Miracles Radiothon one of the nation's largest. And dollarwise, it competes with the big boys and wins. The Radio People stations in Jackson, Meridian and Vicksburg that aired the 2014 Mississippi Miracles Radiothon include US96.3, Y101.7, Mix98.7, 100.9 Jack FM, 97OKK, 105.7 The Beat, Kiss 104.1, River 101.3, Q101 and K Hits 104.5.

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