"State of the Nation" Art and Performance Festival Oct. 4-6, starting at 7 p.m. every night at the F.D. Hall Music Center at JSU. Featuring Teo Castellanos, Uprooted: The Katrina Project, Sunni Patterson, Saddi Khali and more. $15 single night general admission, $10 single night for students and seniors and $25 for a festival pass. For more info, call 601-473-6074.