A new year always makes us think about what comes next.
Maybe 2027 is the year you finally learn something you’ve always wanted to try. Maybe you explore somewhere new, make more time for yourself or trade the usual routine for experiences that leave you with great new stories to tell.
Whatever is on your list, you’ll find that Greenwood, Mississippi, is a perfect place to start out the new year.
Here in the Heart of the Delta, a new adventure can mean stepping behind the counter at a cooking school, following the trail of a blues legend, discovering the stories of a historic neighborhood or giving yourself permission to spend an afternoon doing absolutely nothing at the spa.
So, forget the resolutions that feel like work. Start 2027 with a few you’ll actually look forward to keeping!
Resolve to Learn Something New
You don’t have to go back to school to learn a new skill. At the Viking Cooking School, the homework happens to be delicious!
Located in Greenwood, the original Viking Cooking School gives visitors the chance to learn from expert chefs in hands-on and demonstration-style classes, all in a professional Viking kitchen. Advance reservations are required, so check the schedule before your trip and find something that sounds like your kind of challenge!
And don’t worry if your culinary skills aren’t those of a master chef. Classes are designed to make cooking approachable and fun, whether you’re an experienced home cook or simply looking for something different to do by yourself, with a partner or a group.
You’ll head home with a new skill, a few new recipes and, hopefully, something worth recreating in your own kitchen!
Explore the Viking Cooking School and more Greenwood arts and culture experiences.
Resolve to See Greenwood Through a New Lens
Movie fans can spend an afternoon following Greenwood’s connections to The Help, the Academy Award-nominated film shot throughout the city in 2010. A self-guided driving tour leads visitors through downtown and Greenwood’s tree-lined neighborhoods to locations used during filming, offering a fun way to see familiar streets and historic homes through a Hollywood lens.
The tour also gives you an excuse to explore Grand Boulevard, where century-old oaks frame an impressive collection of historic homes representing architectural styles ranging from Tudor and Colonial Revival to Spanish Eclectic. Several Greenwood homes and neighborhoods have appeared on screen, making the city’s architecture part of its cinematic story.
If you know every scene by heart or simply enjoy discovering interesting places, it’s a new way to experience a side of Greenwood you might otherwise drive right past.
Follow “The Help” through Greenwood with the self-guided tour.
Resolve to Follow a New Sound
The blues run deep through Greenwood and Leflore County, and the Mississippi Blues Trail offers a way to follow that history through the real places where it happened. Greenwood-area markers recognize musicians, communities and sites connected to the development of one of America’s most influential musical traditions.
Make a stop at Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church on Money Road to visit the gravesite widely considered the final resting place of legendary bluesman Robert Johnson, who, legend has it, made a deal with the devil at the crossroads for mastery of the guitar.
Then continue exploring Greenwood’s blues history through markers dedicated to artists and places including B.B. King’s birthplace, Baptist Town, WGRM radio studio, Hubert Sumlin, Guitar Slim and Furry Lewis.
You don’t have to be a blues expert before you arrive. That’s part of the adventure!
Follow the markers, listen to the music along the way and start the year by discovering the people and places that helped create a sound heard around the world.
Explore Greenwood’s Delta Blues history.
Resolve to Discover a Story You Haven’t Heard
Make your way to Greenwood’s historic Baptist Town neighborhood and visit the Back in the Day Museum, a community museum dedicated to the history of Baptist Town, the blues, civil rights and African American culture in the Mississippi Delta.
Established during the rise of the cotton industry in the 1800s, Baptist Town became an important Black community in Greenwood and remains a place rich in history and culture today. The museum offers visitors an opportunity to experience that history at a more personal level.
It’s a reminder that some of the best travel experiences aren’t simply about seeing someplace new. They’re about leaving with a better understanding of the people who made that place what it is.
Discover more of Greenwood’s history, arts and culture.
Resolve to Try a New Local Favorite
Here’s one New Year’s resolution that shouldn’t be difficult to keep (if you can wait a few days to start your diet): eat something good!
Greenwood’s dining scene gives you plenty of opportunities to venture beyond your usual order. If you’ve already experienced some of the city’s best-known dining destinations, make 2027 the year you find a new local favorite.
Spots like A&T’s Seafood and More, By the Bridge Bistro & Catering and KK’s Delicatessen, alongside an extensive collection of other locally owned restaurants serving everything from seafood and barbecue to sandwiches, international cuisine and Delta favorites are all worthy of your attention.
Pick someplace you haven’t tried. Order something different. Ask a local what they recommend. After all, finding a new favorite restaurant absolutely counts as accomplishing something in the new year!
Explore Greenwood’s local dining scene.
Resolve to Make Time for Yourself
Sometimes starting a new year means starting fresh and slowing down.
Set aside a few hours at The Alluvian Spa, located above the Viking Cooking School in downtown Greenwood. With massages, facials, pedicures and treatments ranging from a quick escape to a full day of pampering, the spa makes it easy to turn “take better care of myself” into a resolution you might actually keep.
Book the massage. Schedule the facial. Put your phone away for a while.
If the beginning of a new year is supposed to leave you feeling refreshed, you might as well take that literally!
Plan a relaxing Greenwood getaway.
Make 2027 the Year You Try Something Different
You don’t need a grand resolution to make a new year memorable.
Learn how to cook something you’ve never attempted. Follow a blues trail. Explore a piece of movie history. Listen to a story you haven’t heard before. Order something different for lunch. Spend an afternoon at the spa simply because you can.
The best adventures often begin with deciding to try. And in Greenwood, there are plenty of places to start!
It doesn’t matter you’re planning your first visit or looking for a new way to experience a place you already love, make 2027 a year for curiosity, good food, meaningful stories and a few adventures you didn’t see coming.
Start planning your next experience at VisitGreenwood.com and Find Your Beat from the Heart of the Delta!