CLARKSDALE: Live blues and more every day in Clarksdale, MS

Welcome to SOUNDS AROUND TOWN — some VIRTUAL and some PUBLIC. Please help us keep having live music. For PUBLIC shows: Clean up. Socially distance. Wear masks. Note limited attendances. #VisitMSResponsibly.

Definitions for calendar below:

– “VIRTUAL” – Strictly live-streaming; closed to public; watch via LiveFromClarksdale.org (unless noted otherwise below).
– “PUBLIC” – Live, in-person music open to the public (but not live-streamed).
– “PUBLIC/VIRTUAL” – Watch online OR in-person.

Wednesday, 11/11
– 6pm – PUBLIC – Collective Seed Book Club with “So You Want To Talk About Race” at Collective Seed & Supply  (145 Delta  Ave.).
– 6pm – VIRTUAL – Clarksdale Collaborations presents Lucious Spiller w/Jaxx Nassar live-streaming on Lucci Spiller Facebook page.

Thursday, 11/12
– 5:30pm – PUBLIC – Open Mic Night at Griot Arts (282 Sunflower Ave.).
– 2:30pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams live matinee from home (on Lucci Spiller Facebook page).
– 7pm – VIRTUAL/PUBLIC – Jam Night hosted by Stan Street & Friends at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).

Friday, 11/13
– 7-9pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Jacqueline Nassar at Hooker Grocery + Eatery (316 John Lee Hooker Lane) and on Jaqueline’s FB page.
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave., downtown) open 7pm, live blues nightly w/Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends.

Saturday, 11/14

– 4pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL  Terry “Big T” Williams plays socially-distanced front porch at Clark House (211 Clark St.); also live-streamed via LiveFromClarksdale.org.
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Iceman & Indissippi play at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave., downtown).
– 8:30pm – VIRTUAL – Lucious Spiller streams from home (on Lucci Spiller Facebook page).

Sunday, 11/15
– 10am – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Blues Breakfast w/Watermelon Slim in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (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 – Gary Vincent w/special guest TBA at Clarksdale Stuck in the House Party (on his business Facebook page).

Monday, 11/16
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – David Dunavent in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar or if too cold then inside (and Bluesberry Cafe FB page); outdoors, limited seating, social distancing and masks required.

Tuesday, 11/17
– 7pm – PUBLIC/VIRTUAL – Mississippi Marshall (socially-distanced w/State health rules in place) at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).

THURSDAY, 11/19 – HO HO HO!
Clarksdale’s annual Downtown Open House — 4pm-7pm!

All Clarksdale times are CDT.
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CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES & FOLK ART: Masked customers visit STORE Mon-Fri, 11am-4pm; Sat till 5pm. (Thurs., 11/19 Open House till 7pm.) Shop WEB STORE at www.cathead.biz.
SUPPORT JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL: Donate now at jukejointfestival.com, and shop JJF Store at 243 Delta Ave. during Downtown Open House on 11/19.


COMING SOON: 1/29-31 – Clarksdale Film & Music Festival – donate now at clarksdalefilmfestival.com.
CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz.

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