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Sounds of Summer set for Saturday in Byhalia

Sounds of Summer Music and Art Festival will be held Saturday, August 25, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Byhalia.

The festival, to be held at the walking track, will include a 5K walk/run and a kids’ parade. There will be good food, sky lanterns, live music, arts and crafts, kids’ zone with games and exhibits, a corn hole tournament and more activities for the entire family.

For more information, call the Byhalia Area Chamber of Commerce, 662-838-8127, or go to www.facebook.com/byhaliachamber.

Hummingbird festival Sept. 7-9 at Audubon

The annual Hummingbird Migration Celebration and Nature Festival is just a few weeks away. The big event will be held September 7-9 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center in Holly Springs.

Activities include hummingbird banding, live animal shows, expert speakers, kids’ nature activity tent, guided wagon tours and nature walks, nature trade show, native plant sale and concessions.

Admission is $15 for ages 13-64; $10 for ages 65 plus; $5 for ages 5-12; and free for ages 4 and under.

Attendance grows for weekly blues event

The lineup for this Thursday evening’s Bikers Night Out/Blues Alley includes Brown Sugar, Funk Rhythm and Blues Band of North Mississippi and Stacy Marino of Memphis, Tenn., according to Holly Springs Main Street Chamber board president Andy McMillon.

Last week’s attendance at the event was the largest this season, according to promotions committee chairman Fanny Lampley.

“Thursday night was great,” she said. “We had over 850 people – a wonderful crowd. Davide House Band delivered and the crowd very much enjoyed them as well as local entertainer Brown Sugar.

“People are coming and they are enjoying the entertainment and fellowship.”

The music, dancing and attendance have been exceptional this season, said promotion committee volunteer Lisa Liddy.

“I sold out of (Main Street) T-shirts (last week),” Liddy said. “We had between 25 and 30 motorcycles and two food vendors.”

Bikers Night opens at 6 p.m. on the downtown square Thursday. Entertainment is set for 7 p.m. The event continues every Thursday night through September.

Admission is free. Bring lawn chairs for comfortable seating. This is an all-family entertainment event.

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