{"id":165853,"date":"2026-09-15T13:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T18:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=165853"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T18:24:45","slug":"third-annual-r-l-boyce-memorial-picnic-is-saturday-sept-19-in-como-community-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/third-annual-r-l-boyce-memorial-picnic-is-saturday-sept-19-in-como-community-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Annual R.L. Boyce Memorial Picnic Is Saturday, Sept. 19 in Como Community Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This event is held annually in <strong>Como, Mississippi<\/strong>, to honor the life and legacy of <strong>Hill Country bluesman R. L. Boyce<\/strong>, who passed away in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>free event<\/strong> features live music, free food (while supplies last), and a good time. It will run from 5 pm until (probably about midnight). The event is made possible by the <strong>Mississippi Arts Council <\/strong>and <strong>Tim Scruggs<\/strong>, and has been coordinated by R.L.\u2019s daughter <strong>Sherena Boyce<\/strong> and ethnomusicologist<strong> Dr. John Shaw<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0919-RLBoyceMemorialPicnicFlyerRevised.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0919-RLBoyceMemorialPicnicFlyerRevised-683x1024.png?resize=640%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-165854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0919-RLBoyceMemorialPicnicFlyerRevised.png?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0919-RLBoyceMemorialPicnicFlyerRevised.png?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0919-RLBoyceMemorialPicnicFlyerRevised.png?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0919-RLBoyceMemorialPicnicFlyerRevised.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/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>This event is held annually in Como, Mississippi, to honor the life and legacy of Hill Country bluesman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":165855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[321,35027],"tags":[35776,512,32352,6166,1584,15870,2258,3783,5,13420,6705,35773,5639,12947,35775,35774],"class_list":["post-165853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-localfestivals","category-upcoming-events","tag-carlos-elliot","tag-como","tag-como-community-park","tag-david-evans","tag-jeffrey-evans","tag-john-shaw","tag-jr","tag-little-joe-ayers","tag-mississippi","tag-mississippi-arts-council","tag-r-l-boyce","tag-r-l-boycy-memorial-picnic","tag-sean-bad-apple","tag-sherena-boyce","tag-the-78-band","tag-tim-scruggs"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0919-RLBoyceMemorialPicnicFlyerRevised-crop.png?fit=1020%2C635&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165853","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=165853"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165858,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165853\/revisions\/165858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}