NATCHEZ — The arranging of each proverbially candle on Natchez’s 300th birthday cake will continue next week.

Members of the Natchez Tricentennial Commission will host a work session and luncheon Tuesday for businesses, organizations or groups who are interested in participating in the city’s birthday yearlong celebration.

Commission Director Jennifer Ogden Combs said the meeting is a chance for organizers to continue filling up the calendar of events for 2016.

“At some point, we will have to make this thing pretty final and decide we can’t do any more events a certain day or month,” Combs said. “Right now, we’re trying to figure out all the different events that people would be interested in coordinating with the tricentennial and also what kind of sponsorships we can get for those.”

The goal of the commission is to plan some sort of celebratory, informational or educational event for every day of the year.

Combs said commission members recently came up with the idea to begin grouping the various events in themes throughout each month.

October’s theme, for example, is “The River,” and Combs said all events would in some way, shape or form revolve around the Mississippi River.

“We just started thinking about how we have the Phatwater (Kayak Challenge), the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race and Pilgrimage during those months,” Combs said. “While all the events won’t necessarily be about the river itself, they all have some tie to the river.”

Other themes include “The Harvest” for September and “Our Veterans” for November.

On top of the themed events, Combs said other special “300” events will also take place throughout the year, such as 300 holes of golf and a 300-mile bike rally.

Combs said “celebrate the sunset” will be a daily event that will invite visitors and residents to enjoy sunsets on the mighty Mississippi.

Musicians, artists, entertainers and food vendors will be encouraged to participate in the daily event, Combs said.

“These different events are evolving every day,” Combs said. “We started out with a calendar on the wall at my office, and the more we meet with organizations and groups, the more events go on that calendar.”

Combs said another way the commission is trying to commemorate the celebration is through a specialty license plate that will be released for 2016.

“We’re working with our legislators, who are going to take the request, which I’m told is not too uncommon, into this next session,” Combs said. “If they approve it, we’ll get to the next step of designing it and making it available for the public.”

Combs said she’s not sure of the exact details, but believes a portion of the proceeds of each license plate will be able to go back into helping funding the tricentennial events.

“All of these events take money to put on, so we’re looking for all the possible funding sources,” Combs said. “The more community businesses, organizations and groups we can get involved in this, the better.”

The commission will host a kickoff celebration Oct. 9 on the bluff, at which more concrete details of events and plans for 2016 will be announced.

The event is open and free to the public.

Combs said anyone interested in attending Tuesday’s meeting should email info@visitnatchez.org for more information.