– 8/11-13, 2017 – 30th annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival in historic Clarksdale, MS, www.sunflowerfest.org
| Friday, August 11, 2017 Main Stage | |
| 6:00pm – 6:45pm | Delta Blues Museum Band |
| 7:00pm – 7:45pm | Heather Cross: Heavy Suga & the Sweet Tones |
| 8:00pm – 8:45pm | Joshua “Razor Blade” Stewart |
| 9:00pm – 10:00pm | James “Super Chikan” Johnson |
| 10:15pm – 11:15pm | Natanial Kimble |
| 11:30pm – 12:45am | OB Buchana |
| Saturday, August 12, 2017 Acoustic Stage #1 Under VIP Tent | |
| 12:00pm – 12:45pm | Pat Thomas |
| 1:00pm – 1:45pm | Steve ‘Lightnin’ Malcolm |
| 2:00pm – 2:45pm | Jimmy “Duck” Holmes |
| 3:00pm – 3:45pm | Lucious Spiller |
| 4:00pm – 4:45pm | Sharde Thomas & Rising Star Fife & Drums Band |
| Saturday, August 12, 2017 Acoustic Stage #2 Levon’s | |
| 2:00pm – 2:45pm | Deak Harp & Lee Williams |
| 3:00pm – 3:45pm | Kenny Brown |
| 4:00pm – 4:45pm | Terry “Harmonia” Bean |
| Saturday, August 12, 2017 Acoustic Stage #3 Cross Roads Culture Center | |
| 2:00pm – 2:45pm | Bill “Howlin Madd” Perry |
| 3:00pm – 3:45pm | Hudson Davis |
| 4:00pm – 4:45pm | Robert Eskew |
| Saturday, August 12, 2017 Acoustic Stage #4 Stone Pony | |
| 3:00pm – 3:45pm | Bill Abel |
| 4:00pm – 4:45pm | Watermelon Slim |
| Saturday, August 12, 2017 Acoustic Stage #5 Hattie Jean’s | |
| 2:00pm – 2:45pm | Leo “Bud” Welch |
| 3:00pm – 3:45pm | Little Willie Farmer |
| 4:00pm – 4:45pm | Louis Gearshift Youngblood |
| Saturday, August 12, 2017 Acoustic Stage #6 Hamborn Gallery | |
| 2:00pm – 2:45pm | Stan Street & Guest |
| 3:00pm – 3:45pm | Cadallic John & Guest |
| 4:00pm – 4:45pm | Mark “Mule Man” Massery |
| Saturday, August 12, 2017 Main Stage | |
| 5:00pm – 5:45pm | David Dunavent |
| 6:00pm – 6:45pm | Anthony “Big A” Sherrod Band |
| 7:00 – 7:45pm | Terry “Big T” Williams & The Family Band |
| 7:45pm – 8:00pm | Awards |
| 8:00pm – 8:45pm | Joshua “Razor Blade” Stewart |
| 9:00pm – 10:00pm | Big George Brock |
| 10:15pm – 11:30pm | Charlie Musselwhite |
| Sunday, August 13, 2017 Gospel Stage | |
| 4:30pm – 5:00pm | Dianne and The Spiritual Angels |
| 5:15pm – 5:45pm | Ned & The Jonestown Crusaders |
| 6:00 – 6:30pm | The Sons of Wonder |
| 6:30pm – 6:45pm | Award |
| 6:45pm – 7:30pm | The Myles Family |
| 7:45pm – 8:45pm | The Eternal Light Singers |
Expect a ‘living history’ Sunflower Fest finale
with Musselwhite, Jim O’Neal Sunday, Aug. 13
Bicentennial grant supports free ‘Conversations with Charlie Musselwhite’
CLARKSDALE – Although its extraordinary lineup alone earns drum rolls and fanfares, the 30thSunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival celebration will showcaseliving history in a unique Mississippi Bicentennial program titled,“Conversations with Charlie Musselwhite,” says Melvita Tillis Presley,festival chair.
At 1 p.m. Sunday, August 13, blues guru Jim O’Neal, co-founder ofLiving Blues magazine, the Sunflower River Blues Festival, and researchdirector of Mississippi’s Blues Heritage Trail, will be interviewingMusselwhite and swapping stories from decades of musicians that havemade the Magnolia state famous.
Taking place in the Muddy Waters Wing of the Delta Blues Museum, thefree program is made possible by a bicentennial grant to the SunflowerRiver Blues Association from the Mississippi Humanities Council andState Tourism.
Musselwhite’s performance as Saturday night headliner on the mainstage at 10:15 to 11:45 p.m. is being supported in part by a grant fromthe Mississippi Arts Commission.