Jackson Indie Music Week returns as a celebration of the city’s vibrant creative scene, bringing together independent artists, music professionals, and fans for a week of performances, panels, and cultural experiences. The multi-day event highlights the diversity of Mississippi’s music community while creating opportunities for collaboration, learning, and economic growth. By spotlighting local talent across multiple genres and venues, Jackson Indie Music Week continues to position the city as a hub for Southern creativity and innovation.

Founded during an age of segregation, Marshall’s opened its doors when African American readers in Mississippi had limited access to books that reflected their history, theology, politics and lived experience. Inside its walls, readers could find authors who were absent from mainstream shelves, along with sheet music, recordings and cultural materials that documented a parallel America.