CLARKSDALE: Festival Week Edition of Sounds Around Town

CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI – Sounds Around Town (special festival week edition)
“Clarksdale features ‘live’ blues and more 7 nights a week plus over a dozen annual festivals!”

CLARKSDALE’S SUPER BLUES SUNDAY

Sun., 10/13 – Cat Head, Bluesberry, Delta Blues Museum, Ground Zero Blues Club, Levon’s, Hooker Grocer, Hopson, Shack Up, Red’s and more celebrate The Crossroads!! Lineups at www.cathead.biz.

CAT HEAD STORE (252 Delta Ave.)

Open 7 days a week: Mon-Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., 10/13, 9am-4pm.

Fri., 10/11 – Preston “Blues” Rumbaugh, 10:30am

Sun., 10/13 – FREE 9am till – Cat Head Mini Blues Fest w/Big George Brock, Big A, Lucious Spiller, Sean “Bad” Apple & more. Rain or shine! PLUS, Red sells BBQ!

Mon., 10/14 – Kevin Brown, 10:30am

RED’S LOUNGE (395 Sunflower Ave.)
Wed., 10/9 – Lucious Spiller, 8pm
Thurs., 10/10 – Live blues TBA, 8pm
Fri., 10/11 – Lucious Spiller Blues Band, 8pm
Sat., 10/12 – Louis “Gearshifter” Youngblood, 9pm

Sun., 10/13 – Post-Fest Blues Jam w/Lucious Spiller, 7pm

GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB (0 Blues Alley)
Wed., 10/9 – Steve Kolbus, 8pm
Thurs., 10/10 – Blues Jam w/Big T, 8pm
Fri., 10/11 – Big A & Allstars, 8pm
Sat., 10/12 – Dexter Allen, 8pm
Sun., 10/13 – Blues Brunch w/Steve Kolbus, noon. (Open 11am-3pm.)

BLUESBERRY CAFE (235 Yazoo Ave.)
Sat., 10/12 – Blues Breakfast w/Watermelon Slim, 10am
Sun., 10/13 – Blues Breakfast w/Kevin Brown, 10am; PLUS Art’s Back Alley Bar Jam w/Dicky James & Watermelon Slim, 1pm

Mon., 10/14 – Blues Dinner w/Lucci Spiller, 8pm

DELTA BLUES ALLEY CAFE (352 Delta Ave.)
Fri., 10/11 – Happy Hour w/live music by TBA, 5-7pm

LEVON’S BAR & GRILL (232 Sunflower Ave.)
Thurs., 10/10 – Ivor S.K., 7:30pm
Fri., 10/11- Steve Kolbus and the Clarksdale Blues Revue, 7:30pm
Sat., 10/12- Johnie B. and Queen Iretta Sanders, 7:30pm
Sun., 10/13 – Alanna Mosley, 3:30pm

HAMBONE GALLERY (111 E. 2nd St.)
Wed., 10/9 – Chris O’Leary, 8pm
Sat., 10/12 – Big George Brock & New Houserockers, 9pm
Tues., 10/15 – Stan “Dead-End” Street & Guests, 8pm

HOOKER GROCER + EATERY (near Delta Blues Museum)
Fri., 10/11 – The Italian Job, 7-8.30pm
Sun., 10/13 – John Ford, 5-7pm

HOPSON COMMISSARY (001 Commissary Circle)

Sun., 10/13 – Pinetop Perkins Homecoming (2 stages) w/Bob Margolin & many more; pinetopperkinsfoundation.org, 3pm

Mon., 10/14 – Happy hour w/Jacqueline Nassar, 6pm

SHACK UP INN (The Gin)

Sun., 10/13 – Pinetop Perkins Homecoming w/Kenny Brown & more; pinetopperkinsfoundation.org, 3pm

STONE PONY (226 Delta Ave.)
Fri., 10/11 – Alanna Mosley, 7pm

CLARKSDALE MUSEUMS (downtown)
– Delta Blues Museum, 1 Blues Alley. Open Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm AND Sun 10/13, noon to 5pm.
– TN Williams Rectory Museum by appt. (646-465-1578).

– MS Room & Indian Archeological Exhibit @ Public Library, 114 Delta Ave.

FREE AUDIO WALKING TOUR (smartphone app)
Visit Clarksdale Tourism web link at visitclarksdale.com/tours.

COMING SOON: 10/17-20 – Deep Blues Festival, MS Delta Tennessee Williams Fest & more!

CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz