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– 10/1-3 – CLEVELAND, MS – Delta State University presents International Conference on the Blues, http://www.internationaldeltabluesproject.com/conference/

CLARKSDALE’S SUPER BLUES SUNDAY!
Sun.,10/8 – Annual day/night of blues ncludes: Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (9am), Bluesberry Cafe BluesBreakfast (10am), 2nd Street Blues Party, Hopson/Shackup’s PinetopPerkins Celebration (3pm), Levon’s Sunday Ramble (3:30pm), Red’s JukeJoint Jam (8pm) and more! Info: https://www.cathead.biz/music-calendar

10th annual Deep Blues Festival brings heavy blues, Americana and rock ‘n roll to the promised land — Clarksdale, Mississippi

Clarksdale, Mississippi — A decade in, Clarksdale’s Deep Blues Festivalboasts its biggest, baddest lineup yet with heavy sounds from half adozen Southern states — including Louisiana, North Carolina and, ofcourse, Mississippi. The promised land.
 
Hallelujah.
 
MISSISSIPPI MAYHEM.. ON A SCHEDULE
 
“Theseare acts that can rock any house, anywhere, any time, but to see themall together at such post-apocalyptic venues as the Shack Up Inn and NewRoxy makes Deep Blues Fest an unbelievable music fan experience,” said festivalco-organizer Robin Colonas. “Every year is different. Every year islegendary. But this one is 10 years in the making, and it shows.”
 
Theevent’s 10th anniversary lineup is as stunning for its diversity as itis impressive for its names: The Seratones, Nikki Hill, Lee Bains III& the Gloryfires, Robert “Lil Poochie” Watson & Hezekiah Early,The Yawpers, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Dex Romweber, Leo “Bud” Welch, RLBoyce, Jimbo Mathus, Kenny Brown, Mark Holder & MPH, Chicken Snakeand more.
 
“Imean, damn. This year’s fest runs the gamut from Mississippi bluesmenin their 80s to the grittiest rock ‘n roll you can imagine from allaround the South,” noted publicist Roger Stolle. “Reading up on theacts, one was described as ‘pandemonium with a conscience’ and anotheras ‘following the spirits of their ancestors.’ Either quote could alsodescribe this festival.”
 
This year’s Deep Blues Festival rocks from Thursday, October 12 through Sunday, October 15, 2017.It encompasses two “official,” ticketed indoor venues plus at leastfour free busking stages. In total, over 50 acts are expected to performin conjunction with the festival.

 
WEEKEND PASSES ON SALE NOW
 
The 2017 Deep Blues Festival $75 weekend pass offers the best deal. The pass acts as a “joint cover” and gets you into the festival‘s two main venues (New Roxy and Shack Up Inn) for three nights plus Sunday afternoon — October 12-15.
 
Buy weekend passes online now at http://deepbluesfest.com/product/deep–blues–festival–2017-weekend-pass/.
 
(Individual Nightly Passes go on sale September 1st: $25 advance, $30 at the door. Sunday afternoon pass is $10. Quantities are limited, so a sellout is possible.)
 
“Our main venues are as unreal as some of the acts that play them,” according Colonas.
 
TheShack Up Inn’s stage is bolted into an old cotton gin, and the New Roxyis a two-stage venue carved out of a long-abandoned old movie theater —half covered and half open to the heavens.
 
From Thursday through Sunday,there will also be free daytime performances at places like Shacksdale(Jeff Norwood Memorial Stage with Cedell Davis, Robert Kimbrough andothers), Delta Blues Alley Café (Busking Stage I), Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art (Busking Stage II) and the Rock & Blues Museum (Busking Stage III). Plus, Clarksdale already features live music 365 nights a year at its blues clubs and juke joints, each with their own cover charges at the door.
 
WANT MORE? BECOME A BENEFACTOR!
 
Deep Blues Festivalalso offers the unique opportunity to join the DBF family and becomepart of this epic event. Fans who become “Benefactors” add the extrafinancial support needed to keep this such a world-class event. As athank-you, the fest gives Benefactors first dibs on accommodations atthe world-famous Shack Up Inn and exclusive access to the Benefactor’sBall at the Delta Blues Alley Café juke joint — a special music event that is only for Benefactors.
 
This is above and beyond the Weekend Pass. Buy your pass first, and then become a Benefactor at  http://deepbluesfest.com/product/deep–blues-fest-2017-benefactor/
 
“Weget some folks who become Benefactors even if they can’t actuallyattend the event,” said Colonas. “They just love what we’re doing. Now, those are music fans!”
 
A BRIEF HISTORY OF DEEP BLUES FEST
 
In 2007, BBQ master Chris Johnson held the first Deep Blues Festivalin a field just outside of the twin cities — Minneapolis-Saint Paul— well north of the Delta. While Johnson is no longer an activeorganizer, he is still a big fan. Considering Mississippi to be the festival‘s musical and spiritual home, he hand-delivered the fest to Clarksdale four years ago.
 
Festival information: www.deepbluesfest.com
Weekend Pass venues: www.newroxy.com, www.shackupinn.com
 
This project partially funded by Coahoma County Tourism.

– 10/27-28, 2017 – Cruzn The Crossroads Car & Truck Show w/parade, cruise, music, more, https://www.facebook.com/Cruzn-the-Crossroads-Car-Truck-Show-1569738336652415/

– Halloween weekend (10/28, 2017) – annual Hambone Festival & related events, http://www.stanstreet.com/hambone-festival.html

– 12/29-12/31, 2017 – Clarksdale’s annual New Year’s Weekend blues blowout at Red’s juke joint, Ground Zero Blues Club and other great venues!

8th annual CLARKSDALE FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL – January 26-27, 2018

The 8th annual Clarksdale Film Festival returns to “Bluestown, USA” — Clarksdale, Mississippi — Friday–Saturday, January 26-27. And it’s going to be a real house party.
 
“Thisis a curated film festival, so it’s not just ‘whatever films came outthis year,'” said co-founder Roger Stolle. “We premiere new works, ofcourse, but we also showcase films that we think are important and folksmay have missed.”
 
Films this year range from Two Trains Runnin’ (a blues-meets-civil rights story about the search for 1930s Mississippi bluesmen during Freedom Summer) and Shake Sister Shake (world-premiere about women in blues, including Clarksdalians) to Love is a Sensation (special preview of Mississippi folk artist LV Hull’s new bio-pic) and Chasing Trane (the highly-acclaimed John Coltrane documentary).
 
The full Clarksdale Film Festival schedule is available online at www.clarksdalefilmfestival.com
 
The 20-some films will screen at two pop-up theaters: New Roxy (the covered, inside front bar area at 363 Issaquena Ave.) and Grandma’s Sports Bar (115 3rd St., next to Grandma’s House of Pancakes). Tickets will be available at both doors.
 
MUSIC & MISSISSIPPI FILMS… AND MORE
 
Thefilm festival — which specializes in blues/roots music andMississippi-related movies — is also about more than just screenings,according to co-organizer Nan Hughes.
 
“Inaddition to all of the wonderful films, we feature History Bus Tours ofClarksdale, a film workshop for kids, live blues music, a dailyreception, special guests and more,” said Hughes. “It’s really justanother excuse to show off our amazing, little music town.”
 
Directors agree there is something special about screening their work in the home of the Crossroads.
 
New York director Lesley Abbey said, “Mydocumentary brings together generations of Long Island’s blues greats.To be acknowledged by Clarksdale, Mississippi, where it all began, istruly an honor.” Her film Big Fish Blues will make its Mississippi premiere at the fest.
 
 
Similarly, Lisa Eismen, Australian director of Shake Sister Shake said, “I love Clarksdale, and I’m so excited to have the world premiere of my film there. It’s the perfect fit.”

 
DAILY MUSIC RECEPTION IS ALWAYS A HIT
 
Speaking of perfect fits, one of the festival’s more popular events is its daily 5 pmmusic reception, which this year will be held at Grandma’s Sports Barand feature bluesmen Lucious Spiller (Fri.) and Sean “Bad” Apple (Sat.)along with complimentary hors d’oeuvres while they last.
 
TheClarksdale Film Festival admission is just $5 per day, thanks tosponsors that include Clarksdale-Coahoma County Tourism and ClarksdalePublic Utilities among several others. Each ticket includes all officialevents at both theaters — movies, tours, receptions.
 
Accordingto Hughes, this non-profit film event is always in search of additionalsupport. Interested sponsors, donors and volunteers can email her at pba@cableone.net. She also notes that next year’s film festival is scheduled for January 25-26, 2019.
 
(The non-profit’s other festival is Clarksdale’s biggest annual event — Juke Joint Festival & Related Events, April 12-15, 2018. More information on that weekend at www.jukejointfestival.com)
 
RELATED EVENTS IN “BLUESTOWN, USA”
 
“Sincewe’re in Clarksdale, Mississippi, we have live blues 7 nights a week,every week,” said Stolle. “We hope that music and film fans will come infor the movies but stay for the blues. After all, we’re not called’Bluestown, USA’ for nothing!”
 
For more information about Clarksdale’s blues scene, see the Music Calendar at https://www.cathead.biz/music-calendar

Thurs.-Sun., April 12-15, 2018

JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL & Related Events

w/over 100 blues acts and more; details & pre-sale wristbands at www.jukejointfestival.com


– THURS – Official FREE JJF Kickoff at New Roxy w/JJF poster signing, Miss Sarah Awards AND live music by Sean “Bad” Apple & Roots Magic, 5pm-8pm; related music (cover charge may apply) at clubs, restaurants and juke joints at night.

– FRI – FREE educational events at Delta Blues Museum w/Big Jon Short, Big T and Big George Brock… plus FREE live daytime blues (11am-6pm) at Cat Head and Rock & Blues Museum, FREE 6pm Thacker Mountain Radio Show at New Roxy w/music by Super Chikan & Big George Brock and literary guest Roger Stolle… plus related music (cover charge may apply) at clubs at night.

– SAT – JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL – official day/night! 13 FREE daytime blues music stages, 100 street vendors, children’s activities, monkeys riding dogs, racing pigs and much, much more! Also, JJF Sat-night wristband includes History Bus Tour. At night (7pm-ish to 1am-ish) live blues at 20-some official nighttime JJF music venues; JJF Sat-night wristband is required for these venues (see http://jukejointfestival.com/wristbands.php for details).

– SUN – FREE Cat Head Mini Blues Fest I, 10am-4pm; FREE Second Street Blues Party (Rock & Blues Museum) all day; post-fest Blues Jam at Red’s juke joint (cover charge), 8pm; and much more!

The MSU Riley Center in downtown Meridian offers an opportunity to catch a rising star when 18-year-old blues guitar prodigy Quinn Sullivan takes the stage June 15 at 7:30 p.m.

MississippiLegendary ~Guitarist~ Jesse Robinson’s Annual Birthday BashExtravaganze, Thursday June 8th, 2017 @Underground 119 S. PresidentStreet

MississippiLegendary ~Guitarist~ Jesse Robinson’s Annual Birthday BashExtravaganze, Thursday June 8th, 2017 @Underground 119 S. PresidentStreet