HEALTH CRISIS: Music information for live shows, streaming, etc.

SOME VENUES/FESTIVALS ARE OPEN/HAPPENING, BUT MANY ARE NOT
Due to the current national health crisis, most physical/in-person 'live' blues shows/festivals in March/April/May 2020 were cancelled, but some venues/events restarted in June and are continuing to feature socially-distanced 'live' blues in some cases. Regardless, please support our musicians/venues who are putting on 'live streaming' web concerts and watch parties via Facebook, Instagram, etc.

MS Governor's Executive Orders include these music venue/event restrictions: Social distancing required at all times. Masks required indoors. Indoor and outdoor venues/events are operating at reduced capacity/attendance. See details and updates via https://www.sos.ms.gov/Education-Publications/Pages/Executive-Orders.aspx

Clarksdale, Mississippi, (as of September) has public, in-person "live" blues shows you can attend Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays... and live-streamed, virtual shows from Clarksdale every single day/night. For in-person shows (confirm before going!), go to https://www.cathead.biz/music-calendar. For virtual, streaming shows, go to LiveFromClarksdale.org.

Clarksdale's October Festival update: 10/3 Deak Harp's Harmonica Block Party, 10/16-17 Deep Blues Fest "Sampler" music and 10/31, Hambone Festival & Cruzn The Crossroads events are still planned to happen "in-person" (outdoors; socially distanced; masks when not eating/drinking; subject to Gov Exec Orders in place at the time).

(Re)Watch Clarksdale's April 18th "Virtual Juke Joint Festival Celebration" (9 hours; 27 acts) for free via livefromclarksdale.org/jukejointfestival

(Re)Watch Ted Reed's new "Juke Joint Festival Revisited" documentary film for free at https://youtu.be/HiPsS5spBMc

From Jackson, Mississippi... In place of its usual weekly Blue Monday event usually held at Hal & Mal’s in Jackson, the Central Mississippi Blues Society is hosting Watch Parties on its Facebook page. Every Monday night at 8:30 p.m., members post videos of past performances of the Blue Monday Band for viewers to enjoy. Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/134758873254380/

Watch Blues Foundation's "Virtual Blues Music Awards (BMAs)" on Sun., May 3rd via blues.org!

PLUS, watch now... Austin City Limits w/Gary Clark Jr., https://www.pbs.org/video/gary-clark-jr-qlysro/

REGIONAL WEB RESOURCES...

CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BLUES SOCIETY: www.centralmississippibluessociety.com

MS DELTA BLUES SOCIETY OF INDIANOLA: www.indianolabluessociety.org

VISIT CLARKSDALE TOURISM: www.visitclarksdale.com

VISIT MISSISSIPPI TOURISM: www.visitmississippi.org

MISSISSIPPI ARTS COMMISSION: www.arts.ms.gov

BLUES FOUNDATION (Memphis): www.blues.org

ALSO, CHECK OUT...

LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE TOUR GUIDE: http://digital.livingblues.com/publication/?i=226901#{%22issue_id%22:226901,%22page%22:1}

AMERICANA MUSIC TRIANGLE: americanamusictriangle.com

FREE "MOONSHINE & MOJO HANDS" WEB SERIES: Watch 10 FREE episodes, and tour Mississippi virtually at www.moonshineandmojohands.com.

MISSISSIPPI BLUES TRAIL: Go here for updates: www.msbluestrail.org - Join the Mississippi Blues Commission, friends, fans and family as the Mississippi's music trails celebrate their latest markers. Go to the web link OR get their free phone app for over a hundred markers spread throughout Mississippi... and beyond.

 

Please go to www.cdc.gov for the latest health news and recommendations regarding social distancing, handwashing, sanitizing, etc.

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