{"id":132269,"date":"2023-09-13T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=132269"},"modified":"2023-09-13T10:21:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T15:21:12","slug":"performers-and-auction-items-announced-for-the-2023-grammy-museum-mississippi-gala-honoring-keb-mo-september-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/performers-and-auction-items-announced-for-the-2023-grammy-museum-mississippi-gala-honoring-keb-mo-september-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Performers and Auction Items Announced for the 2023 Grammy Museum\u00ae Mississippi Gala Honoring Keb\u2019 Mo\u2019 September 28"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Special event to feature performances by Keb\u2019 Mo\u2019 and The Spunk Monkees, plus auction items including guitars autographed by \u00a0Keb\u2019 Mo\u2019, Taylor Swift, Bonnie Raitt, and more<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GRAMMY<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>Museum Mississippi <\/strong>will host its <strong>2023 Gala<\/strong>, \u201cRed, Rhythm, and Blues,\u201d on <strong>Thursday, September 28 <\/strong>honoring five-time GRAMMY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>-winning artist \u00a0<strong>Keb\u2019 Mo\u2019<\/strong>. The event will feature a special performance by the Crossroads of American Music Award \u00a0recipient, Keb\u2019 Mo\u2019, and local Mississippi band the <strong>Spunk Monkees<\/strong>. The event will also feature a live \u00a0and silent auction with items to bid on from GRAMMY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>-winning artists such as <strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong>, <strong>Keb\u2019 \u00a0Mo\u2019, <\/strong>and <strong>Bonnie Raitt<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our 2023 Gala is shaping up to be an incredible evening of music and fundraising for our Mississippi \u00a0Museum,&#8221; said <strong>Emily Havens<\/strong>, Executive Director of GRAMMY Museum Mississippi. &#8220;With amazing \u00a0performances lined up by our honoree Keb\u2019 Mo\u2019 and the awesome Spunk Monkees, plus an incredible lineup of unique items and experiences to bid on during our live and silent auction.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The live auction at the 2023 Gala will feature unique and one-of-a-kind items to bid on, including: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tickets to the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tickets and Sideline Passes to a New Orleans Saints game\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Club Level Tickets to 2024 CMA Fest in Nashville\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A special package to Gaylord Opryland in Nashville\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An original painting by William Goodman\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And more\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional auction items include tickets and VIP experiences donated by artists like <strong>Lady Gaga<\/strong>, <strong>Tim \u00a0McGraw<\/strong>, <strong>Lainey Wilson<\/strong>, and <strong>Shania Twain<\/strong>. The Museum will also host a silent auction on \u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/BiddingforGood.com\" target=\"_blank\">BiddingforGood.com<\/a>.\u00a0The GRAMMY Museum\u2019s 2023 Gala, which honors Keb\u2019 Mo\u2019 with the fifth annual <strong>Crossroads of American Music Award <\/strong>is a sold-out event. It will take place on Thursday, September 28, at 6 pm at \u00a0GRAMMY Museum Mississippi and will feature a reception, dinner, and cocktails, live music, and a silent and live auction. The event\u2019s dinner will be catered by caterer, chef, and author <strong>Elizabeth \u00a0Heiskell.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grammymuseumms.org\/assets\/img\/RED-RHYTHM-AND-BLUES-INVITATION-no-4178285abe.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special event to feature performances by Keb\u2019 Mo\u2019 and The Spunk Monkees, plus auction items including guitars autographed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":132270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7887],"tags":[6224,9031,26650,5,26651],"class_list":["post-132269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-music","tag-auction","tag-grammy-museum","tag-keb-m","tag-mississippi","tag-the-spun-monkees"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Grammy-auction-Keb-Mo-feat.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}