CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI – Sounds Around Town
“Live blues every night PLUS 2 festivals this week!!”
2019 DEEP BLUES FESTIVAL
Thurs.-Sun., 10/17-20 – NEW ROXY & SHACK UP INN (plus daytime BUSKING STAGES listed below) w/blues, rock, soul, gospel & more by Little Freddie King, Nikki Hill, Rev John Wilkins & many more! Also, DBF Fun Run 8am Sat. FULL LINEUP at deepbluesfest.com or in foldout program/map.
MS DELTA TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL
Thurs.-Sat., 10/17-19 – Annual fest includes MS Writers Trail Marker dedication, porch plays, scholarly presentations, TNW Rectory museum events, special guests, blues by Big T & more! deltawilliamsfestival.com.
Wednesdays – Lucious Spiller & Derick Kemp, 8pm
Fri., 10/18 – Lucious Spiller Blues Band, 9pm
Sat., 10/19 – Robert Kimbrough Sr. Blues Connection, 9pm
Sun., 10/20 – Stone Gas Blues Band, 7pm
GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB (0 Blues Alley)
Wed., 10/16 – Lala Element 88, 8pm
Thurs., 10/17 – Blues Jam w/Big A, 8pm
BLUESBERRY CAFE (235 Yazoo Ave.)
Sat., 10/19 – Blues Breakfast w/Ted Drozdowski, 10am
Fri.-Sat. – DBF BUSKING STAGE – Fri (4pm & 7pm) & Sat (5pm & 7pm), deepbluesfest.com
LEVON’S BAR & GRILL (232 Sunflower Ave.)
Fri., 10/18 – Borderline, 8pm
Sat., 10/19 – Red on Yellow, 8pm
Sun., 10/20 – Levon’s Sunday Ramble w/Chicken Diamond, 3:30pm
HAMBONE/HOPELESS CASE BAR (111 E. 2nd)
Fri.-Sat., 10/18-19 – DBF BUSKING STAGE – 1-4pm,www.deepbluesfest.com
Tues., 10/22 – Hopeless Case Blues Band, 8pm
Fri.-Sat., 10/18-19 – DBF BUSKING STAGE – Fri (noon-7pm) & Sat (4-7pm), www.deepbluesfest.com
Sun., 10/20 – Blackwater Trio, 5-7pm
Fri.-Sat., 10/18-19 – DBF BUSKING STAGE – 1pm-3pm, deepbluesfest.com
Fri., 10/18 – Mississippi Marshall, 7pm
Sat., 10/19, Joe Austin, 9pm
CLARKSDALE MUSEUMS (downtown)
– Delta Blues Museum, 1 Blues Alley. Open Mon-Sat AND Sun 10/20, 9am-5pm!
– TN Williams Rectory Museum (646-465-1578).
Visit Clarksdale Tourism web link at visitclarksdale.com/tours.
COMING SOON: 10/24-27 – Hambone Festival & related events, stanstreet.com.