Grandma’s Blues House
Clarksdale, MS
(115 3rd St. – Grandma’s Pancake House/Blues House/Sports Bar)
Open many evenings with DJ; live blues during Clarksdale Film Festival and Juke Joint festival.
JUST ADDED: Thurs., 5/17 – Ryan Neville “acoustic blues,” 9pm
SOUNDS AROUND TOWN – Clarksdale, Mississippi
“7 nights of blues all year long!”
RED’S LOUNGE (395 Sunflower Ave.)
Wednesdays – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars w/Space Cowboy, 8pm
Fri., 5/18 – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars, 9pm
Sat., 5/19 – Stone Gas Blues Band w/Shine Turner & more, 9pm
Sun., 5/20 – Mark “Mule Man” Massey, 7pm
GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB (0 Blues Alley)
Wed., 5/16 – Johnie B. Sanders & Ms. Iretta, 8pm
Thurs., 5/17 – Blues Jam w/Lucious Spiller, 8pm
Fri., 5/18 – Stan Street & Hambone Band, 8pm
Sat., 5/19 – Rockin Rouge, 8pm
FRIDAY AT THE STAGE (Blues Alley Stage)
Fri., 5/18 – Party Shot, 7pm
BLUESBERRY CAFE (235 Yazoo Ave.)
Wed., 5/16 – Deak Harp, 8pm
Sat., 5/19 – Blues Breakfast w/Bill Abel, 10am
Sun., 5/20 – Blues Breakfast w/Watermelon Slim, 10am
Mon., 5/21 – Deak Harp Blues Band, 7:30pm
LEVON’S BAR & GRILL (232 Sunflower Ave.)
Thurs., 5/17 – Jax Nassar, 8pm
Fri., 5/18 – Seth Stroud, 8pm
Sat., 5/19 – Live music TBA, 8pm
Sun., 5/20 – Bill Abel, 3:30pm
CROSSROADS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER (332 Delta Ave.)
Fri., 5/18 – Up Close & Personal w/Terry “Big T” Williams, 6pm
HAMBONE GALLERY (111 E. 2nd St.)
Tues., 5/22 – Deak Harp, 8pm
SHACK UP INN (The Gin)
Rock & Blues Museum, open Thurs-Tues, 10am-5pm; closed Wed.
COMING SOON: 5/31 – Clarksdale White House home concert w/Jordi Baizan & Alice Hasen; tix @ www.deltabohemian.com
CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz
Sat., 6/16 – 46th Bentonia Blues Festival
with related events 6/11-15 at Blue Front Cafe
Bentonia, MS
www.facebook.com/BentoniaBluesFestival
– 6/11-15 – Blue Front Cafe – nighttime blues, 7pm
– 6/16 – The Holmes Farm – blues festival “all day”
Fri-Sat, 1/25-26, 2019 – 9th annual Clarksdale Film Festival, www.clarksdalefilmfestival.com
Blues & roots music films as well as Mississippi and Southern connected movies!
4/11-14, 2019 – 16th annual Juke Joint Festival & Related Events (headline event is Sat., 4/13, with 13 day stages… 20+ night venues… dozens of street vendors… kids’ stuff… racing pigs & more) – Clarksdale’s biggest week of BLUES MUSIC!
Book hotel rooms now! www.jukejointfestival.com
– PLUS, SAVE THE DATES: 4/16-19, 2020 – 17th annual Juke Joint Festival & Related Events (headline event is Sat., 4/18) — www.jukejointfestival.com
4/16-19, 2020 – Juke Joint Festival & Related Events CANCELLED DUE TO NATIONAL HEALTH CRISIS (click for details).
PLAN NOW FOR NEXT YEAR: Book hotel rooms now for Thurs.-Sun., April 15-18, 2021, Juke Joint Festival & Related Events, featuring over 100 blues acts… including Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Rev Peyton’s Big Damn Band, James “Super Chikan” Johnson and many many more!
12th CLARKSDALE CARAVAN MUSIC FEST
– Free!GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB (0 Blues Alley)
Wed., 5/9 – Bill Abel, 8pm
Thurs., 5/10 – Blues Jam w/Big A, 8pm
Fri., 5/11 – Lightnin’ Malcolm, 8pm
Sat., 5/12 – Pinetop Boogie (benefits Pinetop Perkins Foundation), 8pm
BLUESBERRY CAFE (235 Yazoo Ave.)
Sat., 5/12 – Blues Breakfast w/Jesse Cotton Stone, 10am
Sun., 5/13 – Blues Breakfast w/Bill Abel, 10am
Mon., 5/14 – Carlos Elliot, Jr. & Friends, 7:30pm
LEVON’S BAR & GRILL (232 Sunflower Ave.)
Thurs., 5/10 – Jax Nassar, 8pm
Fri., 5/11 – Ghalia & Mama’s Boys, 8pm
Sat., 5/12 – Harpdog Brown, 8pm
Sun., 5/13 – Blackwater Trio, 3:30pm
HAMBONE GALLERY (111 E. 2nd St.)
Fri., 5/11 – Stone Gas Band, 8pm
Sat., 5/12 – Johnny Rawls, 8pm
SHACK UP INN (The Gin)
CLARKSDALE SOUND STAGE (313 Issaquena; use back door)
Sat., 5/12 – Gary Nicholson, Whitey Johnson, Gary Vincent & guests, 7pm
Rock & Blues Museum, open Thurs-Tues, 10am-5pm; closed Wed.
BUY NOW: 2018 Deep Blues Fest pre-sale 4-Day Pass, www.deepbluesfest.com!
CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz
Sat., 5/12 @ 7pm – Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) radio broadcast of THACKER MOUNTAIN RADIO’s 2018 Juke Joint Festival Edition w/Big George Brock, Super Chikan, Roger Stolle, Jim Dees & the Yalobushwackers! Online at
Recorded “live” at the historic New Roxy during Clarksdale, Mississippi’s 15th JJFest, y’all. Thanks to Jim, Kate and the whole Thacker team for bringing their circus to our circus every year!! 🙂
Listen statewide on your fav MPB radio channel or online at http://radiobookmark.com/listener-interactive/webplayer/#/fullscreen/station/8aTbf39WqRpkJ7cX
Red’s Lounge — blues-only juke joint featured in We Juke Up In Here and M for Mississippi films!
Clarksdale, MS
(395 Sunflower Ave. @ MLK Dr.)
Live blues show every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday night (plus some Thursdays)…
Wednesdays – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars w/Space Cowboy, 8pm
Thurs., 5/10 – tba
Fri., 5/11 – Terry “Harmonica” Bean One-Man Blues Band, 9pm (or probably earlier!)
Sat., 5/12 – Lucious Spiller Blues Band, 9pm
Sun., 5/13 – Stone Gas Blues Band w/Shine Turner & Co., 7p
Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Live music (mostly blues) weekly, Wed thru Sat — including WEEKLY THURSDAY BLUES JAM NIGHTS!
(8pm showtimes):
Wednesday, May 9 Bill Abel
Thursday, May 10 Big A
Fri May 11th Friday Lighting Malcolm
Sat May 12th Saturday Pinetop Boogie
Wednesday, May 16 Johnie B. Sanders and Ms. Iretta
Thursday, May 17 Lucious Spiller
Friday, May 18 Stan Street and The Hambone Band
Saturday, May 19 Rockin Rouge
Wednesday, May 23 Lucious Spiller
Thursday, May 24 Big A
Friday, May 25 Stormy Monday
Saturday, May 26 Heavy Suga and The SweeTones
