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Offbeat events and venues abound in Magnolia State.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 28-MAY-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Offbeat events and venues abound in Magnolia State.(Meetings, Conventions & Tourism 2007)

Article Excerpt
Catfish stream through the water with whiskers and fins flying as they' race down plexiglass lanes at the Delta Catfish Races, held once a year in Greenville.

In Tylertown, the Dairy Festival queen oversees a mooing contest and turtle race at the annual Dairy Festival.

Every Halloween, Natchez visitors are led along a candlelit-path from Cedar Grove to the old cemetery, searching for the ghost of the mansion's original family. A week later, guests journey through the city cemetery to meet the famous, infamous and even the (extra) ordinary past residents at the Angels on the Bluff.

When meeting planners look for offbeat meeting locations or ancillary events, they have a myriad to choose from in Mississippi....

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