Thacker Mountain Radio Hour - Homegrown
Schedule
Thu Jan 29 2026 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
303 Union Street, Bay Saint Louis, MS, United States, Mississippi 39520 | Bay Saint. Louis, MS
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Bay Saint Louis, MS - The 100 Men Hall is hosting Thacker Mountain Radio Hour, which kicks off this year’s HOMEGROWN event with a live show at historic 100 Men Hall on Thursday, January 29, 2026 beginning at 6PM. The event features Thacker Mountain host Jim Dees, the Yalobushwackers Band, blues musician Corky Siegel, and author Ralph Eubanks along with special guests, gospel singers, The Veal Brothers. The event is free to the public courtesy of the Hancock County Library, please RSVP. There will be a cash/credit bar. Thacker Mountain Radio - Based in Oxford and in its 28th year, Thacker Mountain Radio Hour broadcasts statewide through Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB). Catch their author readings, musical performances, and distinctly Southern storytelling Saturdays at 7PM on WMAH-FM radio in Biloxi.
HOMEGROWN will present a full day of books & authors on Saturday, January 31st when more than 30 acclaimed & award-winning authors gather on the University of Southern Mississippi’s lovely Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach.
Check out the entire HOMEGROWN 2026 schedule, Thursday, January 29th through Sunday, February 1st, beginning with the first-ever live on-stage show of the popular Thacker Mountain Radio Hour. Thacker Mountain can be heard throughout the state on the Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB), “THINK RADIO” network.
Based in Bay St. Louis and supported through funding from the Library Foundation of Hancock County, HOMEGROWN is produced through a partnership of the four library systems that service the three counties that comprise the Mississippi Gulf Coast region – from Slidell, Louisiana, to Mobile, Alabama.
HOMEGROWN is free and open to the public
and runs from January 29 through January 31, 2026.
The historical 100 Men Hall, a famed stop on the Chitlin' Circuit, a Must See Venue by Rolling Stone Magazine, winner of the 2024 MS Governor’s Award for Excellence for Arts in the Community, a rare site on the MS Blues Trail, is maintained and preserved under a 501c3 nonprofit organization (Hundred Members Debating Benevolent Association, est. 1894). The Hall is supported by its membership organization 100 WOMEN DBA, as well as from the generosity of sponsors and donors. The 100 Men Hall is the only endowed African American landmark in Mississippi.Additional information about the venue’s history and other activities can be found on https://100menhall.com or by emailing [email protected].
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303 Union Street, Bay Saint Louis, MS, United States, Mississippi 39520, 303 Union St, Bay St Louis, MS 39520-4448, United States, Bay Saint. LouisEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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