Welcome to the Delta Cultural Center's Calendar of Events page. The museum hosts special events and programs throughout the year. Please browse through our listing of events for one that suits your interest.

For more detailed information on a specific event, please contact the Delta Cultural Center at (800) 358-0972 or (870) 338-4350. You may also email questions to info@deltaculturalcenter.com.

• "Jazzin' Jammin' & Jivin'"
  Thursday, May 1-Friday, August 1, 2008
  Helena-West Helena - Delta Cultural Center DCC Visitors Center 141 Cherry Street
  http://www.deltaculturalcenter.com

  "Jazzin' Jammin' & Jivin': The History of Jazz on Film," presents vintage movie posters from the Separate Cinema Archive collection, including Delta native son Louis Jordan's landmark "Caldonia," one of five works to be included in a series of U.S. Postal Stamps to be released in June celebrating Vintage Black Cinema. The centennial of Jordan's birth is also being celebrated statewide throughout 2008. The DCC will feature several Jordan-related events during the exhibit run.
  
  Gallery hours at the DCC Visitors Center at 141 Cherry Street and the nearby DCC Depot at 95 Missouri Street are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.
  
  For more information, interested persons can call the Delta Cultural Center at (870)-338-4350 or toll free at (800)-358-0972.
  
  

• Eighth Annual Arkansas Delta Family Gospel Fest
  Saturday, May 24, 2008
  Helena-West Helena - Cherry Street Pavilion
  http://www.deltaculturalcenter.com

  The Delta Family Gospel Fest is an annual event sponsored by the Delta Cultural Center, a museum of the Arkansas Department of Heritage. The festival features the finest local, regional, and national gospel performers.
  
  Announced guests include The Canton Spirituals. Also: Dorothy Norwood, Billy Rivers & The Angelic Voices, Daniel Ballinger, The Brown Singers of Memphis, The Myles Family, The Gospel Mellowtones, The Supreme Harmonettes, The Reel Brothers, The Jonestown Crusaders, Reverend Cheairs & The Gospel Songbirds, Pastor Cedric Hayes & The Gloryland Choir, and Angie Pretlow.
  
  For more information, please contact Thomas Jacques or Michelle Briggs at the Delta Cultural Center at (800)-358-0972 or (870)-338-4350.
  
  Admission is free.

• Third Annual Mother's Best Music Fest
  Saturday, June 7, 2008
  Helena-West Helena - Cherry Street Pavilion, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas
  Noon - 9:30 p.m.
  http://www.deltaculturalcenter.com

  The Delta Cultural Center presents an eclectic music festival featuring the diversity of musical talent in the Delta.
  
  Performers are slated to include bluesman Michael Powers, Helena favorite son Lonnie Shields, Dave Riley and Sam Carr, Sterling Billingsley, The Skirtlifters, Steve Cheseborough, James Morgan, K.M. Williams & Washboard Jackson (formerly Trainreck), C.W. Gatlin, Phillip Stackhouse, and Live Wire Band.
  
  Contact the Delta Cultural Center at (870) 338-4350 or (800) 358-0972 for more information.
  
  Free admission. Rain or shine!