The North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic takes places this year on Friday June 29 and Saturday June 30, and has moved yet again to another venue. I haven’t seen it yet, but it’s on the west side of Highway 6 near the corner of highways 6 and 310; the property is owned by the same folks that run Betty Davis BBQ just north of the Oxford/Marshall County line.
Online tickets and permits for camping are available only through June 21. Some cool packages will be auctioned off this year, and you can get a sneak preview at the website. Fans of Hill Country blues should also visit the website of Devil Down Records, which recently issued a third album of live recordings from the Picnic.
June 29 Friday
4:30-5:00 Picnic Workshop Jam
5:15-6:00 Tate Moore
6:15-7:00 Blue Mother Tupelo
7:15-8:00 David Kimbrough
8:15-8:45 Rising Star Fife and Drum Band
9:00 –10:00 Duwayne Burnside
10:15 –11:30 Blue Mountain
11:30–12:00 Jam
June 30 Saturday
11:00-11:45 Shannon Mcnally
12:00 –12:45 Rocket 88
1:00 –1:45 Duff Durrough
2:00 –2:45 Robert Belfour
3:00 –3:45 John Wilkins
4:00-4:25 Joe Ayers
4:30 –5:00 T-Model Ford
5:15 –6:15 Eric Deaton
6:30 -7:45 Garry Burnside
8:00 –9:15 Kenny Brown
9:30 –10:45 Jimbo Mathus
11:00 –12:00 Hill Country Kings