Delta Juneteenth Festival
Drew, MS
6/15 – Inaugural event on downtown Main Street w/parade, music, exhibits, food, dance and more. 662-313-5588 or 601-832-3253
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CLARKSDALE: Blues Around Town for CARAVAN FEST week
SOUNDS AROUND TOWN – Clarksdale, Mississippi
“Visit Clarksdale for 365 nights of live blues, y’all!”
- NEW ROXY (363 Issaquena) – SAT 5/11 – 5pm – Lightnin’ Malcom.
CROSSROADS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER (332 Delta)
5/11-12 – Sat 6pm & Sun 2pm – The Unrecorded History of Blues, sharedexperiencesusa.com
CLARKSDALE WHITE HOUSE (325 W 2nd St)
Wednesdays – Lucious Spiller, 8pm
Thurs., 5/9 – Deak Harp & Quicksand, 8pm
Fri., 5/10 – Johnny Drummer Blues Band, 9pm
Sat., 5/11 – Lucious Spiller Blues Band, 9pm
Sun., 5/12 – Mark “Mule Man” Massey, 7pm
GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB (0 Blues Alley)
Wed., 5/8 - Murali Coryell, 8pm
Thurs., 5/9 – Griot students w/instructor Lucious Spiller, 7pm; BLUES JAM hosted by Spiller, 8pm.
Fri., 5/10 - Heavy Suga & SweeTones, 8pm
Sat., 5/11 - Pinetop Boogie Benefit w/guests, 8pm
BLUESBERRY CAFE (235 Yazoo Ave.)
Sat., 5/11 – Blues Breakfast w/Bill Abel, 10am
Sun., 5/12 – Blues Breakfast w/Watermelon Slim,10am
Mon., 5/13 – Blues Dinner w/Lucious Spiller, 8pm
LEVON’S BAR & GRILL (232 Sunflower Ave.)
Fri., 5/10 – Steve Kolbus & Mark Miller, 8pm
Sun., 5/12 – Mississippi Marshall, 3:30pm
HAMBONE GALLERY (111 E. 2nd St.)
Tues., 5/14 – Lucky Losers, 8pm
HOOKER GROCER + EATERY (near Delta Blues Museum)
Thurs., 5/9 – Gumbo, Grits & Guitars w/ Sarah Levingston, 7-8:30pm
HOPSON COMMISSARY (001 Commissary Circle)
Mondays – Happy hour w/live acoustic music, 6pm
SHACK UP INN (The Gin)
Fri., 5/10 – Tony Boyd, 6pm
Sat., 5/11 – Jesse Cotton Stone, 8pm
THIRD STREET BISTRO (216 3rd St.)
Sundays – Jazz Sundays w/Sadie Lamp duo, 12:30pm-2:30pm
STONE PONY (226 Delta Ave.)
Fri., 5/10 – Seth Stroud, 7pm
CLARKSDALE MUSEUMS (downtown)
Delta Blues Museum at 1 Blues Alley, open Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm.
Tennessee Williams Rectory Museum by appointment (646-465-1578).
FREE AUDIO WALKING TOUR (smartphone app)
Courtesy of Visit Clarksdale Tourism! Download free VoiceMap app and search “Clarksdale.”
COMING SOON: 5/25 – FREE Red’s Old-Timers Blues Fest, gofundme.com
PORT GIBSON: From Rabbit Foot Blues and Cruise exhibit (and MS Blues Trail marker)
Mississippi Cultural Crossroads presents: “The Blues in Claiborne County: From Rabbit Foot to Blues & Cruise” in Port Gibson, MS – 5/24-9/30, 2019 – Visitors can view authentic artifacts, original photographs and more. Rabbit Foot Minstrels MS Blues Trail Marker, http://msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/rabbit-foot-minstrels
CLARKSDALE: Cat Head (Mississippi Blues Store) music
INDIANOLA: BB King Museum w/First Thursdays event
HOLLANDALE: First Fridays live music downtown
First Fridays
Hollandale, MS
First Friday of month, downtown; “live” music, including some blues, 5:30pm
CLARKSDALE: Bones Fest Week SOUNDS AROUND TOWN
SOUNDS AROUND TOWN – Clarksdale, Mississippi
“Live blues 365 nights a year!”
Wednesdays – Lucious Spiller, 8pm
Thurs., 5/2 – Deak Harp & Quicksand, 8pm
Fri., 5/3 – Bill “Howl-N-Madd” & Shy Perry, 9pm
Sat., 5/4 – Lucious Spiller Blues Band, 9pm
Sun., 5/5 – Stone Gas Blues Band, 7pm
GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB (0 Blues Alley)
Wed., 5/1 – Steve Kolbus, 8pm
Thurs., 5/2 – Blues Jam w/Lucious Spiller, 8pm
Fri., 5/3 – LaLa Element 88, 8pm
Sat., 5/4 – Bones Festival events, 8pm
BLUESBERRY CAFE (235 Yazoo Ave.)
Sat., 5/4 – Blues Breakfast w/Table Hill, 10am
Sun., 5/5 – Blues Breakfast w/Blues & Bones, 10am
Mon., 5/6 – Blues Dinner w/Fiona Boyes, 8pm
Fri., 5/3 – Sunflower Fest Blues Mixer w/David Dunavant, “Michissippi” Kolassa, “Mule Man” Massey, Stone Gas Band; 7:30pm-10:15pm
Sun., 5/5 – Lucious Spiller, 3:30pm
HAMBONE GALLERY (111 E. 2nd St.)
Fri., 5/3 – Bones Fest activities, 8pm
Sat., 5/4 – Preston Rumbaugh AFTERNOON BLUES, 4-6pm
Tues., 5/7 – Fiona Boyes, 8pm
Fri., 5/3 – Loose Bruce & Backwater Baptists, 7pm
Thurs., 5/2 – Gumbo, Grits & Guitars w/David Dunavent, 7-8pm
HOPSON COMMISSARY (001 Commissary Circle)
Mondays – Happy hour w/live acoustic music, 6pm
Music most weekends.
THIRD STREET BISTRO (216 3rd St.)
Sundays – Jazz Sundays w/Sadie Lamp duo, 12:30pm-2:30pm
STONE PONY (226 Delta Ave.)
Fri., 5/3 – Alanna Mosley, 7pm
PLAN NOW – Fri., 5/10 – Matt Rollings & Anthony Wilson Home Concert; tix @ deltabohemian.com
Delta Blues Museum at 1 Blues Alley, open Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm.
Tennessee Williams Rectory Museum by appointment (646-465-1578).
FREE AUDIO WALKING TOUR (smartphone app)
Courtesy of Visit Clarksdale Tourism! Download free VoiceMap app and search “Clarksdale.”
COMING SOON: Sat., 5/11 – FREE Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest at Cat Head (11am), Bluesberry (noon) & New Roxy (5pm)!
CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz
WATERFORD: Foxfire Ranch with Eric Deaton
Foxfire Ranch
Waterford, MS
Many Sundays (in season) at 5pm
4/28 – Eric Deaton Trio
CLARKSDALE: Hambone BLUES MATINEE show 1
Hambone Gallery
Clarksdale, MS
www.stanstreet.com
EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT live blues music plus…
SPECIAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON BLUES MATINEES on 5/4, 5/18 & 5/25 w/Preston Rumbaugh, Justin Zamm & Derick Kemp Trio! 4pm-6pm.
CLARKSDALE: Hambone BLUES MATINEE show 2
Hambone Gallery
Clarksdale, MS
www.stanstreet.com
EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT live blues music plus…
SPECIAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON BLUES MATINEES on 5/18 & 5/25 w/Preston Rumbaugh, Justin Zamm & Derick Kemp Trio! 4pm-6pm.