Fun in the Fall

Natchez' food and wine festival was a blazing success, but there's plenty more coming before the year is up. Speaking of food and wine, one of the events is the Martha White Biscuit Cook-off, which has led us to be called "The Biscuit Capital of the World!" (Now there's a strange claim-to-fame.)
The Jim Bowie Festival is up next. It's a fun time outdoors with arts and crafts, food, and really great music. The entertainment always starts with Gospel - it's a good Southern tradition - then moves into combinations of blues, rock, and this year a little rhythm & blues. The headliner is none other than T. Graham Brown. If you don't recognize the name you may not be old enough, but you'll recognize the voice. T. had several top-ten hits in the '80's, but he's also sung on commercials for McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, and Ford Trucks, and is probably best known in the commercial world for Taco Bell's "Run For The Border."
October will be a busy month for Natchez, but it's also a good time of year to be here weather-wise. The Phatwater Kayak Challenge is coming up October 11, Natchez Fall Pilgrimage of Homes gives you three weeks to tour antebellum homes around the city. But the really big show happens the third weekend of October. The Great Mississippi River Balloon Race is going to be a great one this year! The beauty of seeing all those hot air balloons in the sky, the excitement of the contests, one of which is trying to hit a target on a floating river barge with a bean bag tossed from your balloon. Meanwhile, the entertainment on the fairgrounds will be extraordinary. Dave Mason is the headliner this year. Mason (for those of you who didn't live through the '70's) was a founding member of "Traffic," along with Steve Winwood. He wrote the often-recorded rock 'n' roll anthem "Feelin' Alright," made most famous by Joe Cocker. Cajun fiddle, Zydeco accordion, young rock, and ending with Country Sunday with Shenandoah.
We're having a lot of fun down here, and we'd love to have you all join us. Now we've offered the invitation. If you sit home all Fall and miss it, it's your own fault.