CLARKSDALE: Blues Around Town for mid-Aug 2021!

Welcome to CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI’s 7-days-a-week music calendar — both PUBLIC (in-person) and VIRTUAL (LiveFromClarksdale.org) shows. Please mask up & social distance till we all get our shots. Plan a blues pilgrimage at VisitClarksdale.com.

Wednesday, 8/18
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – PUBLIC – Lucious Spiller plays Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks on 300 block of Delta Avenue, in the parking lot across from Delta Cafe and at LiveFromClarksdale.org.
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Steve Kolbus at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).

Thursday, 8/19
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Jam Night w/Stan Street & Lala Craig at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.) and online.
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Zechariah Lloyd at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).

Friday, 8/20
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm-9pm – PUBLIC – Live music TBA at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (near Delta Blues Museum).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Terry “Big T” Williams at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Bill Howl N Madd Perry at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8-10pm – PUBLIC – Deak Harp at Shack Up Inn (001 Commissary Circle Rd.).

Saturday, 8/21
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Emerson Hill at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8-10pm – PUBLIC – Terry “Big T” Williams at Shack Up Inn (001 Commissary Circle Rd.).

Sunday, 8/22
– 10am – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Breakfast w/Jax Nassar in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and FB page; social distancing, masks required.
– 1pm – VIRTUAL – Mississippi Marshall live-streams blues on his FB page.
– 1pm – VIRTUAL – Clarksdale Stuck in the House Party w/Gary Vincent & guest (on Gary’s business FB page).
– 7pm – PUBLIC –  Mark “Mule Man” Massey at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).


Monday, 8/23
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Dinner w/Jax Nassar Band in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and FB page; social distancing, masks required.

Tuesday, 8/24
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Mississippi Marshall at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).

All Clarksdale times are Central.

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CAT HEAD BLUES STORE: Mask up & shop Mon-Fri 11-4, Sat till 5 and Sun 11-3. WEB STORE at www.cathead.biz.
JUKE JOINT FEST: Shop web store & plan for 2022 at jukejointfestival.com.


COMING SOON: Sat., 9/4 – Red’s Old-Timers Blues Fest AND Mag Fest (see Facebook).
CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz.

WEST POINT: Black Prairie Blues Museum w/Birney Imes, Terry "Harmonica" Bean

BLACK PRAIRIE BLUES MUSEUM
West Point, Mississippi…

“BPBM Advisory board member Birney Imes will be having an exhibit of his award winning juke joint blues photographs (his works have been exhibited in museums across the nation including MOMA, the Met, Getty Center, etc.) at the Blues Museum at the end of this month through September. In addition to Birney signing copies of his book “Juke Joint”, the amazing blues guitarist and singer Terry Harmonica Bean will be performing, as well as the stellar food and drinks by Magnolias Restaurant and The Smokestack. We hope that you can join us for the opening Sunday August 22 from 4 pm to 7 pm…”

CLARKSDALE: Sounds Around Town… SUNFLOWER FEST EDITION!

Welcome to CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI’s 7-days-a-week music calendar — SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES FEST WEEK EDITION! Please mask up & social distance till we all get our shots. Go to LiveFromClarksdale.org for weekly live-streams. And plan a blues pilgrimage at VisitClarksdale.com.

Wednesday, 8/11
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Lucious Spiller plays Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Lala Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).

Thursday, 8/12 – Sunflower Blues Fest Weekend
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena).
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Jam Night w/Stan Street & Lala Craig at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.) and online.
– 7pm – VIP EVENT – Sunflower Blues Fest’s “Grits, Greens & BBQ VIP Party,” 7pm-9:45pm.
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Heavy Suga & SweeTones at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Deak Harp on Harp Shack Stage near Hopson/Shack Up.
– 8:30pm – PUBLIC – Randy  “19th Street Red” Cohen plays sidewalk for tips (300 Block of Delta Ave.).

Friday, 8/13 – Sunflower Blues Fest Weekend
– 12 noon – PUBLIC – Cat Head’s 19th Anniversary w/Sean “Bad” Apple; social distance outside/mask up inside (252 Delta Ave.); store hours Fri 11-5, Sat 10-5, Sun 11-4.
– 12 noon – PUBLIC – Live blues all day long, starting at noon at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 3pm-9pm – PUBLIC – Miss Australia “Honeybee” Jones (3pm) PLUS Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends (till 9pm) at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena ).
– 7pm-11pm – PUBLIC – FREE Sunflower Blues Fest w/Lightnin’ Malcolm, Super Chikan & more on grounds of Delta Blues Museum. Social distance outside; mask up inside; please get your shots, y’all. Lineup: sunflowerfest.org.
– 8:30pm – PUBLIC – Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8:30pm – PUBLIC – 19th Street Red plays sidewalk for tips (300 Block of Delta).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Watermelon Slim at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Big A & Allstars at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 10pm – PUBLIC – Deak Harp, Black Lung Lucy & blues jam on Harp Shack Stage near Hopson/Shack Up.

Saturday, 8/14 – Sunflower Blues Fest Weekend
– 10am till midnight – PUBLIC – Get up early for the Sunflower Blues Fest acoustic stage (w/Pat Thomas, Duck Holmes & more), and then hang around for the main stage (w/Jimbo Mathus, Big A & more); near Delta Blues Museum. Social distance outside; mask up inside; please get your shots; lineup at sunflowerfest.org.
– 12 noon – PUBLIC – Cat Head’s 19th Anniversary w/Lucious Spiller; social distance outside/mask up inside (252 Delta Ave.); store hours: Sat 10-5, Sun 11-4.
– 12 noon -PUBLIC – Live blues all day long, starting at noon at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 2pm – PUBLIC – Cat Head’s 19th Anniversary w/Tom Ward book signing for new “I Died and Went to Clarksdale” novel at Cat Head store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 3pm-9pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Frank “Guitar” Rimmer at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 7:30pm – PUBLIC – Mark Miller & Steve Kolbus at Levon’s Bar & Grill (232 Sunflower).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Keith Johnson & Big Muddy Band at Ground Zero (0 Blues Alley).
– 8:30pm – PUBLIC – 19th Street Red” plays sidewalk for tips (300 Block of Delta).

Sunday, 8/15 – Sunflower Blues Fest Weekend
– 10am – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Breakfast w/Chad Marshall in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) & FB page; outdoors, limited seating, distancing, masks required.
– 11am – PUBLIC – Lala plays Blues Brunch at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 12 noon – PUBLIC – Cat Head’s 19th Anniversary w/Terry “Harmonica” Bean; social distance outside/mask up inside (252 Delta Ave.); store hours: Sun 11-4.

– 3pm-8:30pm – PUBLIC – FREE Sunflower Blues Fest GOSPEL STAGE at Clarksdale’s downtown Civic Auditorium; social distance outside; mask up inside; please get your shots; lineup at sunflowerfest.org..

– 1pm – VIRTUAL – Mississippi Marshall live-streams blues on Mississippi Marshall Facebook page.

– 1pm – VIRTUAL – Clarksdale Stuck in the House Party w/Gary Vincent & guest (on Gary’s business FB page).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Terry “Big T” Williams at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).

Monday, 8/16
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena).
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Dinner w/Mark Miller & Steve Kolbus in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) & FB page; outdoors, limited seating, distancing, masks required.

Tuesday, 8/17
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena).
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Anthony “Big A” & Allstars at Hambone (111 E. 2nd St.) & LiveFromClarksdale.org.

All Clarksdale times are Central.

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JUKE JOINT FEST: Shop web store & plan for 2022 at jukejointfestival.com.


COMING SOON: 9/4 – FREE Red’s Old-Timers Blues Fest on MLK Park Stage!
CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz.

CLARKSDALE: 2021 Mag Fest w/JP Soars and more

CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI
9/4-5, 2021 – Mag Fest
– Mag Fest w/JP Soars & the Red Hots and opener Stan Street Band at Juke Joint Chapel (Shack Up Inn) on Sat 9/4 at 8pm (cover), AND Black Water Trio in Hopson Courtyard on Sun 9/5 at 2pm (no cover, free BBQ).

“Mag Fest” is a quasi-annual blues ‘n roots music festival put on by Clarksdale transplants, the Magnusson Brothers. It’s always a good time!

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