Super Chikan

1 Sep 2025 Corey Crowder

2024 Homecoming Festival, Avalon (MS), Carroline Shines, Cynthia Burse Wesson, Descendants Roundtable, Mississippi John Hurt, Mississippi John Hurt Foundation, Piedmont Acoustic Blues Duo, St. James MB Church, Super Chikan, Tracy Cusic, Vera Johnson Collins

A Look Back at the 2024 Homecoming Festival

Corey Crowder examines the impact of the 2024 MS John Hurt Homecoming Festival in light of recent efforts to silence African American history.

2024 Homecoming Festival Official Poster

8 Oct 2024 T. DeWayne Moore

2024 Homecoming Festival, Avalon (MS), Carroll County (MS), Descendants Roundtable, Mary Frances Hurt, Mississippi John Hurt, MS John Hurt Foundation, Mt. Zion Memorial Fund, Super Chikan, Valerie Turner

2024 Homecoming Festival Feedback & Community Archive Submission Form

We need input from everyone who attended and participated in the 2024 Homecoming Festival. Please answer the next series of questions to help the MS John Hurt Foundation and Mt. Zion Memorial Fund provide the best possible experience in the future…

4 Aug 2024 T. DeWayne Moore

Blues tourism, Carroll County (MS), Festivals, Jock Webb, Mary Frances Hurt, Mississippi John Hurt, Mt. Zion Memorial Fund, Super Chikan, Valerie Turner

2024 MS John Hurt Blues Festival

The Mt Zion Memorial Fund (MZMF) is partnering with the Mississippi John Hurt Foundation (MJHF) to present a two-day celebration of the life and musical legacy of Carroll County native Mississippi John Hurt on October 5-6, 2024. The event will take place on the former site of the Mississippi John Hurt Museum, which burned to the ground in February on County Road 109 in the Avalon community of Carroll County.