Where there is something for every
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atchez is in full swing all year round. Whether your pleasure is touring historic homes, soaking in the sounds of opera, blues or jazz, or just watching the sun set over the Mississippi, there is alway something to do in Natchez.
JANUARY
• Christmas in Natchez • Christmas Victorian Luncheon at Magnolia Hall • Caroling in the Park • Library Tour of Homes • A Natchez Christmas Carol • Natchez Festival of Music’s Christmas Concert • Children's Victorian Christmas Trees at Jefferson College
FEBRUARY
• Eleventh Moon Storytelling Festival • Martin Luther King Day Celebrations • Natchez Little Theatre presents Tom Stoppard's "Rough Crossing" • Evangelization 2009
• Black History Month Celebrations • Mardi Gras Celebrations • Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration • River City Classic 10k, 5k and Fun Run • Natchez Little Theatre presents Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird"
MARCH
SUMMER
• Natchez Spring Pilgrimage • Historic Natchez Pageant • Southern Exposure • Southern Road to Freedom • Pow Wow at the Grand Village • St. Patrick’s Day Parade
JUNE • Natchez Juneteenth Celebration • Flag Day Celebrations • Pioneer Week at Jefferson College • Rosalie celebrates Weddings
NOVEMBER • Art & Soul Festival • Fall Arts and Crafts Show • Angels on the Bluff Cemetery Tour • Civil War reenactment at Historic Jefferson College • Natchez Little Theatre presents Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"
APRIL • Natchez Spring Pilgrimage • Historic Natchez Pageant • Southern Exposure • Southern Road to Freedom • Songs of the South • Dance for Preservation • Natchez Bluff Blues Fest • Delta Music Festival
MAY • Natchez Festival of Music, celebrating opera, Broadway, jazz • Rosalie's USS Mississippi Exhibit • Arts in the Park • Crusin’ Natchez Classic Car Show • Natchez Little Theatre presents Sweeney Todd
JULY
AUGUST
• Blessing of the Flotilla on Lake St. John • Scrap N on the River Scrapbook Festival • Isle of Capri Fireworks Extravaganza
• Rosalie Celebrates Childhood • Natchez Food and Wine Festival • Food, Home and Health Show • St. Catherine Creek Wildlife Expo
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SPRING
WINTER
DECEMBER
OCTOBER • Natchez Fall Pilgrimage • Natchez Little Theatre presents Big River • Amos Polk’s Voices of Hope Gospel Concert • Phatwater Kayak Race • Great Mississippi River Balloon Race • Ghost Tales Around the Campfire • Frogmore Plantation's "Cotton: Then & Now"
FALL
SEPTEMBER • Bark in the Park • Copper Magnolia Festival • Jim Bowie Festival • Natchez Fall Pilgrimage • Natchez Little Theatre presents "Big River" • Amos Polk’s Voices of Hope Gospel Concert • Frogmore Plantation's "Cotton: Then & Now"
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