CLARKSDALE: 2nd Biggest SOUNDS AROUND TOWN week of the year!

SOUNDS AROUND TOWN – Clarksdale, Mississippi – SUNFLOWER WEEK EDITION!
Updates: http://www.cathead.biz/CatHead/Music_Calendar.html

CAT HEAD (252 Delta Ave.) – Please tip your musicians!
Thurs.-Sat., 8/11-13 – Omar Gordon plays daily, 11am
Thurs.-Fri., 8/11-12 – Terry “Harmonica” Bean daily, 3pm
Sat., 8/13 – Sean “Bad” Apple, 2pm
Sun.,8/14 – FREE 14th anniversary CAT HEAD MINI BLUES FEST – 10am tillw/Libby Rae Watson, Leo “Bud” Welch, Earnest “Guitar” Roy Jr., BigGeorge Brock & more! Plus, BBQ available from Red.

RED’S LOUNGE (395 Sunflower Ave.)

Thurs., 8/11 – Robert “Bilbo” Walker Blues Band, 8pm
Fri., 8/12 – Leo “Bud” Welch & Dixie Street, 9pm
Sat., 8/13 – Big George Brock & New Houserockers w/Miss Clarine, 9pm
Sun., 8/14 – post-blues fest Blues Jam w/Big A & Allstars, 8pm
Wednesdays – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars w/Space Cowboy, 8pm

GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB (0 Blues Alley)
Thurs., 8/11 – Blues Jam w/LaLa, 8pm
Fri., 8/12 – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, 9pm
Sat., 8/13 – Super Chikan & Fighting Cocks, 9pm
Wed., 8/17 – Johnny Cass & Big Blind Ray, 8pm

ROCK & BLUES MUSEUM (113 E 2nd St.)
Open 7 days a week, 10am-5pm
Fri., 8/12 – Theo “Boogieman” Dasbach, 4pm
Sat.-Sun., 8/13-14 – Theo “Boogieman” Dasbach, noon

DELTA BLUES MUSEUM (1 Blues Alley)

Fri., 8/12 –

”Clarksdale & Coahoma County” book signing and Q&A w/Judy Flowers (classroom), 1:30p

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Fri., 8/12 –

Delta Blues Museum Band w/tribute to John Lee Hooker (main stage), 5pm

Sat., 8/13 – “Blues Hands” book signing and Q&A w/Joe Rosen (classroom), 2:30pm

Sun., 8/14 – special hours (museum), 1-5pm

BLUESBERRY CAFE (235 Yazoo Ave.)

Sat., 8/13 – Blues Breakfast w/Shy & Bill “Howl-N-Madd” Perry, 10am
Sun., 8/14 – Blues Breakfast w/ Robert Kimbrough Sr., 10am
Mon., 8/15 – Sean “Bad” Apple & Broadway Tappin’ George Nettles, 7:30pm

LEVON‘S BAR & GRILL (232 Sunflower Ave.)
Thurs., 8/11 – Levon’s Blues Machine, 9pm

Sat., 8/13 – Sunflower Fest Acoustic Stage, 1-5pm
Sun., 8/14 – Heather Crosse, 3:30pm

OUR GRANDMA’S PANCAKE HOUSE (115 E 3rd St.)

Thurs., 8/11 – Otis “TCB” Taylor, 9pm

Fri., 8/12 – RL Superbad, 3pm/7pm

HAMBONE GALLERY (111 E. 2nd St.)
Music daily during Sunflower – TBA
Thurs., 8/11 – Mississippi Marshall, 8pm
Sat., 8/13 – Heavy Suga & SweeTones, 8pm
Tues., 8/16 – Deak Harp, 8pm

HOPSON COMMISSARY (001 Commissary Circle)
Mondays – Happy hour w/Marshall Drew, 6pm

Thurs., 8/11 – Lucious Spiller Blues Band, 8pm
Fri., 8/12 – Jimbo Mathus & Tristate Coalition, 9pm
Sat., 8/13 – Whiskey Barrel, 9pm

RUST (Shack Up Inn)
Thurs., 8/11 – Lightnin’ Malcolm, 7pm
Fri., 8/12 – Libby Rae Watson, 7pm
Sat., 8/13 – Kenny Brown Band, 9pm
Sun., 8/14 – Robert “Bilbo” Walker, 3pm

SHACKSDALE (across tracks from Shack Up)
Sat., 8/13 – Libby Rae Watson w/Torey Todora, Jared Heath Sitton, Andrea Staten, 8pm

STONE PONY (226 Delta Ave.)

Fri., 8/12 – Mississippi Marshall, 7:15pm

YAZOO PASS (207 Yazoo Ave.)
Thurs., 8/11 Justin Zamm, 6pm
Fri., 8/12 – Marshall Drew, 6pm
Sat., 8/13 – Justin Zamm, 6pm

MADIDI (E 2nd & Delta Ave.)

Sat., 8/13 – Free sidewalk music – TBA

FARMER’S MARKET (Train Depot)

Every Tuesday – Clarksdale Revitalization’s Farmer’s Market w/eats, arts & crafts and more, 5pm

“MOONSHINE & MOJO HANDS” (free web series)

Now Streaming –

Hosts visit many blues festival favorites each week @ www.moonshineandmojohands.com

COMINGSOON

TO CLARKSDALE

• 9/9-10 – Cruzn The Crossroads Car Show w/parade, cruise, music
• 10/6-8 (Helena, AR) – King Biscuit Blues Festival & Symposium
• 10/9 – Cat Head Mini Blues Fest, 2nd Street Blues Party & Pinetop Perkins Celebration!
• 10/13-16 – Deep Blues Fest & related events
• 10/27-30 – Hambone Festival & related events

• 1/26-28 – Clarksdale Film & Music Festival

• 4/20-23 – Juke Joint Festival & related events

CAT HEAD’S MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz

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2016 SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES & GOSPEL FESTIVAL

Updates and more at www.sunflowerfest.org • donations welcome

Thursday, August 11, 2016 – Grits, Greens & Barbecue
6:00pm – 6:45pm    Richard “Daddy Rich” Crisman
7:00pm – 7:45pm    Marshall Drew
8:00pm – 8:45pm    Sean “Bad” Apple

Friday, August 12, 2016 – Main Stage FREE at Delta Blues Museum
5:00pm – 5:45pm    Delta Blues Museum Band
6:00pm – 6:45pm    Heavy Suga & The Sweet Tones
7:00pm – 7:45pm    Joshua “Razorblade” Stewart
8:00pm – 9:00pm    Jimbo Mathus & Tri-state Coalition
9:15pm – 10:15pm    Toni Green
10:30pm – 11:30pm    James “Super Chikan” Johnson

Saturday, August 13, 2016 – Acoustic Stage #1 FREE in VIP Tent
10:00am – 10:45am    David Dunavent
11:00am – 11:45am    Pat Thomas
12:00pm – 12:45pm    Lil Willie Farmer
1:00pm – 1:45pm    Lucious Spiller
2:00pm – 2:45pm    Educational Program
3:00pm – 3:45pm    Leo “Bud” Welch
4:00pm – 4:45pm    Sharde Thomas & Rising Star Fife & Drum Band

Saturday, August 13, 2016 – Acoustic Stage #2 FREE at Levon’s – 232 Sunflower Ave.
1:00pm – 1:45pm    Deak Harp & Lee Williams
2:00pm – 2:45pm    Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
3:00pm – 3:45pm    Kenny Brown
4:00pm – 4:45pm    Terry “Harmonica” Bean

Saturday, August 13, 2016 – Acoustic Stage #3 FREE at Crossroads Cultural Arts Center – 332 Delta Ave.
1:00pm – 1:45pm    Mississippi Marshall
2:00pm – 2:45pm    Bill “Howl-N-Madd” Perry
3:00pm – 3:45pm    Watermelon Slim
4:00pm – 4:45pm    Anthony “Big A” Sherrod

Saturday, August 13, 2016 Main Stage FREE at Delta Blues Museum
5:00pm – 5:45pm    Bill Abel Band
6:00pm – 6:45pm    Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
7:00pm – 7:45pm    Terry “Big T” Williams
7:45pm – 8:00pm    Awards
8:00pm – 9:00pm    Vasti Jackson
9:15pm – 10:15pm    Sweet Angel
10:30pm – 11:30pm    Lonnie Shields

Sunday, August 14, 2016 Gospel Stage – FREE
4:00pm – 4:15pm    The Clarksdale Mass Choir
4:30pm – 4:45pm    The Singing Echoes
5:00pm – 5:15pm    Ned Johnson & The Jonestown Crusaders
5:30pm – 6:00pm    The Myles Family
6:15pm – 7:45pm    Lee Williams and The Spiritual QC’s

NOTE: Fest line-up per Sunflower web site at press time; tentative and subject to change.