All official Fri/Sat/Sun music is FREE, so please donated to the nonprofit SRBA at sunflowerfest.org
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SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES & GOSPEL FESTIVAL
Clarksdale, MS – downtown
World-famous Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival with real-deal Mississippi blues acts on multiple indoor stages (during day on Sat) plus evening headliners (Fri/Sat) on the outdoor main stage by the Delta Blues Museum… 2019 Sunflower River Blues Gospel Lineup*:
THURSDAY, 8/8:
Thursday, August 8, 2019 Grits, Greens & BBQ VIP Party
7:00pm-7:45pm Gramm Phillips
8:00pm-8:45pm Richard “Daddy Rich” Crisman
9:00pm-9:45pm Marshall Drew
FRIDAY, 8/9:
Friday, August 9, 2019 Main Stage
7:00pm-7:45pm Delta Blues Museum Band
8:00pm-8:45pm Lady Trucker
9:00pm-9:45pm Heather Crosse-Heavy Suga & The Sweet Tones
10:00pm-10:45pm The Stone Gas Band
11:00pm-12:15pm James”Super Chikan” Johnson
SATURDAY, 8/10:
Saturday, August 10, 2019 Acoustic Stage#1 Ground Zero
12noon-12:45pm Kenny Brown
1:00pm-1:45pm Pat Thomas
2:00pm-2:45pm Richard “Daddy Rich” Crisman
3:00pm-3:45pm Sharde Thomas:Rising Star Fife & Drum Band
Saturday, August 10, 2019 Acoustic Stage #2 at LeVon Bar & Grill on Sunflower Avenue
2:00pm-2:45pm Deak Harp & Drummer
3:00pm-3:45pm David Dunavent
4:00pm-4:45pm Terry “Harmonica” Bean
Saturday, August 10, 2019 Acoustic Stage #3 at Crossroads Cultural Arts Center-332 Delta Avenue
4:00pm-4:45pm Sadie Lamp
5:00pm-5:45pm Bill Abel
6:00pm-6:45pm Bill “Howlin Madd” Perry
Saturday, August 10, 2019 Acoustic Stage #4 at Hattie Jean’s on the corner of Third and Delta
4:00pm-4:45pm TBA
5:00pm-5:45pm Little Willie Farmer
6:00pm-6:45pm Sean “Bad” Apple
Saturday, August 10, 2019 Acoustic Stage#5 at Hambone Gallery 111 E 2nd St
2:00pm-2:45pm Stan Street
3:00pm-3:45pm Bill Abel
4:00pm-4:45pm Ben Payton
Saturday, August 10, 2019 Acoustic Stage #6 at Reds- on Sunflower Avenue
3:00pm-3:35pm Little Willie Farmer
4:00pm-4:45pm Louis “Gearshifter” Youngblood
5:00pm-5:45pm Mark Mule Man Massey
Saturday, August 10, 2019 Acoustic Stage #7 @ Blues Berry Café
4:00pm-4:45pm Steve Kolbus & Guest
5:00pm-5:45pm Super Chikan
6:00pm-6:45pm Anthony “Big A” Sherrod
Saturday, August 10, 2019 Acoustic Stage #8 @Messenger @ MLK
3:00pm-3:45pm Mark “Mule Man” Massey
4:00pm-4:45pm Sean “Bad” Apple
5:00pm-5:45pm Terry “Big T” Williams
Saturday, August 10, 2019 Main Stage (Delta Blues Museum – outdoor stage)
7:00pm-7:45pm Big George Brock
8:00pm-8:45pm David Dunavant & The EVOL LOVE Band
8:45pm-9:00pm Awards
9:00pm-9:45pm Otis “TCB” Taylor & His Blues Band
10:00pm-10:45pm Terry”Big T”Williams & The Family Band
11:00pm-12:15pm Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & The All Stars
SUNDAY, 8/11:
Sunday, August 11 2019 Gospel Stage- Clarksdale Civic Auditorium East Second St
4:00pm-4:30pm Pastor Betty Hamilton & The McGowan Singers
4:45pm-5:15pm Terry Carr & The Clarksdale Mass Choir
5:30pm-6:00pm Dianne & The Spiritual Angles
6:15pm-6:45pm Ned & The Jonestown Crusaders
7:00pm-8:pm Minister Ricky Burton & 4EVER Grateful
*TENTATIVE LINEUP; SUBJECT TO CHANGE – sunflowerfest.org
See why Clarksdale IS “The Festival City,” y’all! Book hotel rooms now…
2019 CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI, FESTIVALS:
– 8/9-11, 2019 – Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival, www.sunflowerfest.org
– 8/11, 2019 – Cat Head 17th Anniversary, www.cathead.biz
– 10/5, 2019 – Deak’s Harmonica Block Party, www.deakharp.com
– 10/13, 2019 – Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (post-Biscuit), www.cathead.biz
-10/13, 2019 – Super Blues Sunday: Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (9am),Bluesberry Cafe Blues Breakfast (10am), 2nd Street Blues Party,Hopson/Shackup’s Pinetop Perkins Celebration (3pm), Levon’s SundayRamble (3:30pm), Red’s Juke Joint Jam (8pm) and more!
– 10/17-20, 2019 – Deep Blues Fest & Delta Busking Stages (heavy blues, rock, Americana), www.deepbluesfest.com
– 10/10-12 – Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival, http://www.coahomacc.edu/twilliams/
– October 2019 – Cruzn Crossroads Car & Truck Show w/music, https://www.facebook.com/Cruzn-the-Crossroads-Car-Truck-Show-1569738336652415/
– TBA 2019 – Harvest Fest at Hopson Commissary (country/Americana/folk), www.hopsonplantation.com
– 10/24-27, 2019 – Hambone Festival & related events (blues), http://www.stanstreet.com/hambone-festival.html
– TBA 2019 – Mag Fest IV, www.newroxy.com
– 12/6-7, 2019 – Burdine’s Blues & Greens Festival at Shack Up Inn, www.bbgfestival.com
-NEW YEAR’S EVE 2019 – Party at the Crossroads; it’s Clarksdale’s annual New Year’s blues blowout at Red’s, Ground Zero, Hambone, Hopson and other great venues!
– PLUS, plan now for 4/16-19, 2020 – 17th annual Juke Joint Festival & Related Events (headline event is Sat., 4/18/20) — www.jukejointfestival.com