CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI – Live blues every day!
Visitor info at: VisitClarksdale.com
Live streams via: LiveFromClarksdale.org
Monday, 3/22
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Dinner w/Lala Craig at Bluesberry Cafe or backyard bar if weather cooperates (and Bluesberry Cafe FB page); limited attendance, hand sanitizing, social distancing, properly-worn face masks required.
Tuesday, 3/23
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Watermelon Slim at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 3/24
– 6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (awesome new club in old Club 2000 juke joint location on Issaquena Ave., downtown); masks between sips & social distancing.
– 8pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams from home (on Lucci Spiller Facebook page).
Thursday, 3/25
– 2:30pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams matinee from home (on Lucci Spiller Facebook page).
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Jam Night w/Stan Street & Lala Craig at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Friday, 3/26
– 6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (awesome new club in old Club 2000 juke joint location on Issaquena Ave., downtown); masks between sips & social distancing.
– 7-9pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller plays Hooker Grocer + Eatery (near Delta Blues Museum) and online.
Saturday, 3/27
– 5pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Deak Harp at outdoor Harp Shack Stage; bring lawn chairs (near Shack Up Inn).
– 6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (awesome new club in old Club 2000 juke joint location on Issaquena Ave., downtown); masks between sips & social distancing.
– 8:30pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams from home (on Lucci Spiller Facebook page).
Sunday, 3/28
– 10am – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Breakfast w/Lucious Spiller in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page); outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
– 1pm – VIRTUAL – Mississippi Marshall plays live at Mississippi Marshall Facebook page.
– 1pm – VIRTUAL – Clarksdale Stuck in the House Party w/Gary Vincent and guest (on Gary Vincent’s business Facebook page).
– 4pm-7pm – PUBLIC – Mark Miller & Steve Kolbus on Frank & Sarah’s front porch (near Shack Up Inn).
Monday, 3/29
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Dinner w/Jaxx Nassar by in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page); outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
Tuesday, 3/30
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Ray Cashman at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 3/31
– 6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (awesome new club in old Club 2000 juke joint location on Issaquena Ave., downtown); masks between sips & social distancing.
– 8pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams from home (on Lucci Spiller Facebook page).
Thursday, 4/1
– 2:30pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams matinee from home (on Lucci Spiller Facebook page).
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Jam Night w/Stan Street, Lala Craig & the April Fools at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Friday, 4/2 – Happy [number redacted] birthday to Cat Head’s sister, Karen!
– 2pm – PUBLIC – The Mojo Hands band on Cat Head front porch (masks, social distancing, etc.).
– 5pm-7pm – PUBLIC – The Mojo Hands band in the Shack Up Inn Courtyard.
– 7-9pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Live music TBA plays Hooker Grocer + Eatery (near Delta Blues Museum) and online.
Saturday, 4/3
– ?pm – VIRTUAL – Live music TBA via LiveFromClarksdale.org.
– 8:30pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams from home (on Lucci Spiller Facebook page).
Sunday, 4/4
– 10am – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Breakfast w/live blues TBA in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page); outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
– 1pm – VIRTUAL – Mississippi Marshall plays live at Mississippi Marshall Facebook page.
– 1pm – VIRTUAL – Clarksdale Stuck in the House Party w/Gary Vincent and guest (on Gary Vincent’s business Facebook page).
Monday, 4/5
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Dinner w/live blues TBA by in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page); outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
Tuesday, 4/6
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 4/7
– 6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (awesome new club in old Club 2000 juke joint location on Issaquena Ave., downtown); masks between sips & social distancing.
– 8pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams from home (on Lucci Spiller Facebook page).
Thurs-Sun, 4/15-18 – JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL & Related Events… Mask up, and read on below
GOT MASK? THEN, JUKE JOINT FEST ’21 IS “ON”!
Your favorite festival returns to your second home — Clarksdale, Mississippi — the long weekend of April 15-18 in 2021. BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP. If y’all are willing to properly mask up (indoors and out, even between bites and sips), socially-distance at all times, hand sanitize often, go through an occasional temperature check and agree to stay home if you’re sick… then plan now to attend this year’s smaller, socially-distanced, more outdoors, limited indoor capacity, pandemic-ly modified Juke Joint Festival. TOO MANY RULES FOR YOU? Then, please wait till 2022 (April 23rd weekend) to attend our nonprofit event. Our musicians, volunteers, businesses and community truly appreciate your thinking of us. Thanks… y’all rock! Lineup, wristbands and more at jukejointfestival.com.
For “VIRTUAL” shows, watch via www.livefromclarksdale.org (unless noted otherwise). All Clarksdale times are CDT.
Plus… SMALL, “LIVE” MUSIC EXPERIENCE BY APPOINTMENT! Bad Apple Blues Club owner/musician Sean “Bad” Apple is happy to open up his little juke joint for 1 to 6 healthy people with advance notice. Yup… you’ll need to maintain social distancing, wear a mask when not drinking, wash/sanitize your hans, etc. Call or drop by Cat Head to arrange (662-624-5992, roger@cathead.biz, 252 Delta Ave., Clarksdale). Club website at BadAppleBluesClub.com.
CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES & FOLK ART: Shop “Mississippi’s blues store in Clarksdale since 2002” 252 Delta Avenue STORE Mon-Fri, 11am-4pm AND Sat till 5pm (or by appointment; roger@cathead.biz). Shop WEB STORE 24/7 at www.cathead.biz.
FREE AUDIO WALKING TOUR (smartphone app): Download Visit Clarksdale Tourism’s FREE Audio Walking Tour of our historic downtown. Info: visitclarksdale.com/tours.
VISIT CLARKSDALE’S DELTA BLUES MUSEUM: Mon-Sat, 10-3 AND/OR take the free Muddy Waters virtual tour at https://www.deltabluesmuseum.org/virtual-tour.aspx.
DELTA BOHEMIAN TOURS: Take a real, in-person (masked and following State health rules) driving tour with master guide (and local “character”) Chilly Billy Howell in his iconic red Jeep. Details at deltabohemiantours.com.
WATCH “VIRTUAL JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL CELEBRATION”: Watch now via www.livefromclarksdale.org/jukejointfestival.
WATCH “JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL REVISITED”: View Ted’s Reeds festival doc at https://youtu.be/HiPsS5spBMc.
JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL “STORE”: Shop www.jukejointfestival.store today!
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