The Rosenzweig Arts Center serves Columbus and the area with concerts and series, theatrical events, gallery and classroom space, monthly art shows, and much more of those sort of things.

Howlin' Wolf Blues Festival is- what else- a blues music festival which kickstarts the weekend of the Prairie Arts Festival.

The Prairie Arts Festival is a weekend-long annual event featuring hundreds of arts exhibits, arts and crafts vendors, live music, southern cooking, a car show, and a 5K race located in West Point.

If you're looking for classical musical entertainment, look no further than Mississippi State University. The university presents a variety of events throughout the school year such as the MSU Lyceum Series, Starkville-MSU Symphony Association, and MSU Concerts.

The Starkville Community Theatre, with 4 productions each season, has been providing the community with a variety of performances since 1978.