See why Clarksdale IS “The Festival City,” y’all! Book hotel rooms now…
2019 CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI, FESTIVALS:
– 5/2-5 – Bones Fest XXIII (Shack Up Inn), https://rhythmbones.com/nextFest.html
– 5/11, 2019 – Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest (Cat Head, Rock & Blues Museum stages), www.blues2rock.com
– Late May 2019 – Ground Zero Blues Club anniversary party, www.groundzerobluesclub.com
– 5/25, 2019 – Red’s Old-Timers Blues Festival (MLK Park Stage near Red’s Lounge), https://www.gofundme.com/red039s-oldtimers-blues-festival
– 5/31-6/2, 2019 – Goat Fest VI (Kenny Brown, Lightnin’ Malcolm, Robert Kimbrough, Molly Gene, more)), https://www.facebook.com/GOAT-FEST-III-568833646616346/
– Early June 2019 – Delta Jubilee (local carnival), www.clarksdale-ms.com
– 6/11-14, 2019 – Pinetop Perkins Foundation Masterclass Workshop Experience, www.pinetopperkinsfoundation.org
– 6/15, 2019 – Birthplace of American Music (B.A.M.) Festival, https://www.facebook.com/events/2083561385254352/
– 7/5-6, 2019 – Fiddlin’ & Fried Green Tomatoes Festival w/Hank Burdine & friends at Shack Up Inn.
– July 2019 – MS Delta Railroad Mid-Summer Train Ride at Hopson, https://mississippideltarailroad.com/train-rides
– 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