2023 Natchez Festival of Music

April/May 2023The official Natchez Festival of Music kicks off on Saturday, April 29 with one of the world’s most famous musical stage productions, Die Fledermaus (Or…The Bat Gets Even!). The festival then continues with three performances per week until May 20. These performances are An Evening with Ella Fitzgerald starring Katrina Cox on May 2, The Glorious Sounds of Brass featuring the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet on May 4, Spectacular, Spectacular, a Broadway Musical Revue on May 6, The Chip Herrington Jazz 5 on May 9, Rossini, Puccini, and Martinis on May 11, La Divina, a centennial celebration recital of Maria Callas on May 13, The Magical Jazz Guitar of Barry Leach on May 16, Timeless Virtuosity featuring the Russian-American piano virtuoso, Konstantin Soukhovetski on May 18, and finally, on May 20 the festival presents The Hot, Sizzling Musical World of Bill Summers starring the world-renowned Bill Summers and the New Orleans Allstars.Each year we present a truly kaleidoscopic musical season, and this year promises to be one of the best and most inclusive music festivals that our state has ever seen!