Riverfest kicks off tonight. Advance tickets are $15 per night or $25 for a weekend pass and will be available until 4 this afternoon at the Vicksburg Main Street office at 1309 Washington St., Toot’s Grocery at Wisconsin and Confederate avenues, and Paper Plus on Washington. Tickets at the gate are $20 per night or $35 for a pass. Daytime events along Washington begin at 10 a.m. Saturday and are free.

ENTERTAINMENT

Today

• 11 a.m.-2 p.m. — Gospel Fest

• 6-6:45 p.m. — Mayhem String Band

• 7:05-7:50 — Rocket 88

• 8:10-8:55 — Reid Stone and the Guilt Ridden Troubadour

• 9:15-10:15 — J. Blackfoot (headliner)

• 10:45-midnight — Blue Mountain

SATURDAY

• 7:30-10 a.m. — Y’s Men’s Pancake Sale at Purks YMCA; $6; for take-out, call 601-638-1071.

• 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. — Vicksburg-Warren County Riverfest Arts & Crafts Show; South, Walnut and Crawford streets; free.

• 8 a.m.-3 p.m. — Vicksburg Red Carpet Classic Auto Show; Blackburn Motors on North Frontage Road; 601-831-2079 or 601-831-2597; www.vicksburgcruisers.com.

• 8 a.m. — Walk MS, by Alabama-Mississippi Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society; begins at Art Park at Catfish Row; 601-856-5831 or angie.jackson@nmss.org.

• 8 a.m. — Bluz Cruz canoe and kayak race along Mississippi River; www.bluzcruz.com; $45 per person, $35 for American Canoe Association members.

• 8 a.m.- 8 p.m. — 30th annual Alcorn State University Jazz Festival; Vicksburg Convention Center; free.

• 9 a.m. — Center for Pregnancy Choices Walk for Life at Art Park at Catfish Row; registration,8:30; free; 601-638-2778.

• 10 a.m. — Free activities along Washington Street.