Meridian, MS

Copeland Center & The Ruins

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Copeland Center & The Ruins is privately operated downtown event center with an indoor hall and Ruins courtyard used for receptions, performances and live-music events. The programming spans Event bands, R&B, soul, and mixed private, giving artists a useful sense of what already works in the room. A flexible private downtown event venue with indoor and courtyard spaces that can host live-music events and seated/standing-style programs. Capacity is listed as 400 theater-style; 280 table-seated — venue configurations. The booking looks strongest when the act matches the venue’s existing audience rather than trying to force a different kind of night. For the right act, it looks like a credible live-music stop rather than a filler date.

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601-283-8101

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Capacity
400
Age policy
21+
Genres
R&B, Soul
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Address
2501 4th St, Meridian, MS 39301, United States
Venue phone
601-283-8101
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