Cleveland, Mississippi was the host of the 5th global & 2nd USA edition of Music Tourism Convention. Held on April 11-14, 2023, at the Lyric Hotel and with live music events at Dockery Farms and the GRAMMY Museum Mississippi in the evenings, the event included 34 speakers and 300 delegates that attended from 90+ cities in 12 countries and 2 continents.

 

Cleveland Mississippi Music Tourism Convention took place in the state known worldwide as the 'Birthplace of America's Music’, and in a city that is at the core of the Blues Music Trail, located within a 35 mile radius of over 40 Mississippi Blues Trail sites, including Dockery Farms (home of Charley Patton and the birthplace of Delta Blues).

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