CLARKSDALE: big festival week edition of Sounds Around Town

CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI – Blues Events & More!

CLARKSDALE’S SUPER BLUES SUNDAY!
Sun.,10/9 – Includes: Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (9am), Bluesberry Cafe BluesBreakfast (10am), 2nd Street Blues Party, Hopson/Shackup’s PinetopPerkins Celebration (3pm), Levon’s Sunday Ramble (3:30pm), Red’s JukeJoint Jam (8pm) and more!

RED’S LOUNGE (395 Sunflower Ave.)
Thurs., 10/6 – Robert “Bilbo” Walker Blues Revue, 8pm
Fri., 10/7 – Selwyn Cooper Blues Band, 9pm
Sat., 10/8 – Leo “Bud” Welch, 9pm
Sun., 10/9 – Post-fest Blues Jam hosted by Big A, 8pm
Wednesdays – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars w/Space Cowboy, 8pm

GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB (0 Blues Alley)

Thurs., 10/6 – Blues Jam Night, 8pm
Fri., 10/7 – Daddy Mack Blues Band, 9pm

Sat., 10/8 – Super Chikan & Fighting Cocks, 9pm

Sun., 10/9 – Blues Brunch, 11am

Wed., 10/14 – Bill “Howl N Madd” Perry, 8pm

CAT HEAD (252 Delta Ave.)
Sat., 10/8 – Mississippi’s Blues Store features “Delta Hot Tamales” book signing w/Anne Martin, 11am-2pm
Sun.,10/9 – 41st Cat Head Mini Blues Fest w/Steve Cheseborough, LuciousSpiller, Sean “Bad” Apple, Anthony “Big A” Sherrod, Bilbo Walker,Stephen Duncan! Free fest 9am-3pm; BBQ for sale by Big Red.

ROCK & BLUES MUSEUM (113 Ave.)
2nd Street Blues Party:
Thurs., 10/6 – Theo D, LaLa, Guitar Daddy & Hurricanes, 1-4pm
Fri., 10/7 – Guitar Daddy, Ghalia, Massimo Bevilacqua, Lala, Stephen Duncan, noon-5pm
Sat., 10/8 – Stephen Duncan, Massimo Bevilacqua, Theo D, Ghalia, noon-4pm
Sun., 10/9 – Theo D, Howl-N-Madd Perry & Shy, Dave Dunavent Band, Blues Jam w/Dave Dunavent, Selwyn Cooper, more, 11am-3pm

DELTA BLUES MUSEUM (1 Blues Alley)

Mon.-Sat. – regular hours, 9am-5pm; Sun., 10/9 – special hours, 1pm-5pm

BLUESBERRY CAFE (235 Yazoo Ave.)

Sat., 10/8 – Blues Breakfast (early) w/Watermelon Slim, 10am
Sat., 10/8 – Dicky James & Nite Shift, 8pm
Sun., 10/9 – Blues Breakfast (early) w/Rachelle Coba, 10am
Mon., 10/10 – Massimo Bevilaqua, 7:30pm

DELTA BLUES ALLEY CAFE (352 Delta Ave.)
Fri. 10/7 – Lucious Spiller Blues Band, 8:45pm

LEVON‘S BAR & GRILL (232 Sunflower Ave.)

Sun., 10/9 – Levon‘s Sunday Ramble w/Lightnin’ Malcolm, 3-6pm

NEW ROXY (363 Issaquena)

Wednesdays – New World Wednesday (often w/music); next week: Deep Blues Fest!

HAMBONE GALLERY (111 E. 2nd St.)
Biscuit Weekend – daytime music daily!
Tues., 10/11 – Heavy Suga & SweeTones, 8pm

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

Sat., 10/8 – Lucious Spiller Blues Band, 9pm
Sun., 10/9 – Pinetop Perkins Celebration, 3-7pm

RUST (Shack Up Inn)
Thurs., 10/6 – Derek W. Curtis, 6:30pm
Sun., 10/9 – Big A & All Stars, 3pm; Kenny Brown Band, 4pm

STONE PONY (226 Delta Ave.)

Fri., 10/7 – Alanna Mosley, 7:15pm

YAZOO PASS (207 Yazoo Ave.)
Sat., 10/8 – Pints for Pups, Kegs for Kittens – fundraiser beer fest benefits C.A.R.E.S., 2-6pm

COMINGSOON:

10/13-16 – Clarksdale’s DEEP BLUES FESTIVAL w/Possessedby Paul James, Cedric Burnside, James Leg, Watermelon Slim, ChickenSnake, Hezekiah Early & Lil Poochie and many more, www.deepbluesfest.com

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