# Event Details

- **Event Name**: "Meridian Rising" with Paul Burch
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for a book reading and live performance by musician, author, and scholar Paul Burch. 

Burch’s debut novel, "Meridian Rising," is an imagined memoir that traces the life of Jimmie Rodgers—the Father of Country Music. Deftly blending history and fiction to create a vibrant alternate life, Burch brings another dimension to Jimmie’s story, the lives he touched, and the lives he inspired. Blues historian and host of MPB’s "Highway 61," Scott Barretta, will join Burch in conversation.

Part-concert, part-book reading, this event is presented in partnership with the Jimmie Rodgers Museum.

Please let us know you are coming to help us prepare. RSVP here: https://sales.msarts.org/Performance.aspx?pid=11865&cal=https%3a%2f%2fsales.msarts.org%3a443%2fCalendar.aspx%3fet%3dp%2bc
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/meridian/meridian-rising-with-paul-burch/200029507514136
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, art, literary-art, country-music-festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 47

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029507514136?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=meridian-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Meridian
- **state**: MS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2155 Front Street, Meridian, MS, United States, Mississippi 39301
- **lat**: 32.36274
- **long**: -88.6982
- **full address**: 2155 Front Street, Meridian, MS, United States, Mississippi 39301

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The MAX - The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (https://allevents.in/org/the-max-the-mississippi-arts-entertainment-experience/12387793)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 2155 Front Street, Meridian, MS, United States, Mississippi 39301
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The MAX - The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, concerts, art, literary-art, country-music-festivals
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about "Meridian Rising" with Paul Burch ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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