JANUARY 2025
CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI… “SOUNDS AROUND TOWN CALENDAR” updates at https://www.cathead.biz/music-calendar
Clarksdale, Mississippi, hosts ‘live’ blues shows every single night (plus many days)—365, y’all!
Wednesday, 1/1, 2025 – NEW YEAR’S DAY in Clarksdale, MS! CAT HEAD store open 11am-5pm.
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – Terry “Harmonica” Bean plays New Year’s Day night at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
Thursday, 1/2
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
Friday, 1/3
– 5pm – BE plays at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 7pm – Heather Crosse & Lee Williams w/International Blues Challenge guests at Levon’s (232 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Watermelon Slim at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 1/4
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Music Breakfast w/Tony Boyd at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks (weather permitting) at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 7pm – Deak Harp & special guests at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 1/5
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Frank Sultano at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Bloody Mary Sunday w/TBA playing at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – Guitar Frenchie at Auberge Hostel (Old Madidi Bar) Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 1/6
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Mark Sinnis at Hopson Commissary (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Mississippi Marshall Hopper at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 1/7
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – Deak Harp at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 1/8
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 1/9
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Little Joe McLerran at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Deak Harp at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Blues Jam hosted by Danny Garwood & Company at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 1/10
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm – Jay Kirgis at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – The Mojo Hands at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Studd Ford & Will Coppage at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Muddy Alexander at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Shawn Williams at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 1/11
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/live music TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks (weather permitting) at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 12pm – IBC Kids Jam hosted by Danny Garwood & Company at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 1pm-3pm – Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 7pm – Will Coppage & Studd Ford at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Keith Johnson and the Big Muddy Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 1/12
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/live music TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Bloody Mary Sunday w/TBA playing at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Cash’s Juke Joint at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 7pm – Lucious Spiller at Auberge Hostel (Old Madidi Bar) Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 1/13
– 6pm – Happy hour w/live music TBA at Hopson Commissary (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/live blues at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 1/14
– 8pm – The Mojo Hands at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 1/15
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – The Delta Kings at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 1/16
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Little Joe McLerran at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Edna Nicole & Delta Avenue at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Blues Jam hosted by The Mojo Hands at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 1/17
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm – Studd Ford & Will Coppage at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Tony Boyd at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 1/18
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/live music TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks (weather permitting) at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 7pm – Live music TBA at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Frank “Guitar” Rimmer at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Big Time Rhythm & Blues Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 1/19
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/live music TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Bloody Mary Sunday w/TBA playing at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – Ray Cashman at Auberge Hostel (Old Madidi Bar) Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 1/20
– 6pm – Happy hour w/live music TBA at Hopson Commissary (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/live blues at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 1/21
– 8pm – The Italian Job w/Gloria Turrini & Riccardo Ferrini at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 1/22
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – Steve Kolbus Blues Revue at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 1/23
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Little Joe McLerran at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Rev Slim & G-Town Sound at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Blues Jam hosted by Lucious Spiller at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 1/24 – 15th Clarksdale Film & Music Festival weekend!
– 2pm (tix at door, 1:30pm) – CLARKSDALE FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL w/films (2pm-6pm), music (Big A at 6pm) & headline film Talkin’ Clarksdale (world-premiere at 7pm) at ‘pop-up theater’ in Stone Pony Tack Room (enter thru Stone Pony entrance, 226 Delta Ave.); details at www.clarksdalefilmfestival.com
– 5pm – Deak Harp at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Doc B Healin’ with a Feelin’ at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Edna Nicole & Delta Avenue at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Heavy Suga & SweeTones at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 1/25 – 15th Clarksdale Film & Music Festival weekend!
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/live music TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am (tix at door, 10:30am) – CLARKSDALE FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL w/films (11am-6pm), music (Andy Cohen at 6pm) & headline film A Man Called [Mississippi John] Hurt (Clarksdale premiere at 7pm) at ‘pop-up theater’ in Stone Pony Tack Room (enter thru Stone Pony entrance, 226 Delta Ave.); details at www.clarksdalefilmfestival.com
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks (weather permitting) at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 7pm – Live music TBA at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 7pm – Joe Austin & the Tallahatchies at Auberge Hostel (Old Madidi Bar) Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Chris Pitts and the Memphis Prime at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 1/26 – 15th Clarksdale Film & Music Festival weekend!
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/live music TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 1pm-4pm – CLARKSDALE FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL w/’live’ blues music by Lucious Spiller, Sean “Bad” Apple & Watermelon Slim at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.); details at www.clarksdalefilmfestival.com
– 1pm-3pm – Bloody Mary Sunday w/TBA playing at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod at Auberge Hostel (Old Madidi Bar) Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 1/27
– 6pm – Happy hour w/live music TBA at Hopson Commissary (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/live blues at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 1/28
– 8pm – Mississippi Marshall at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 1/29
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Will Coppage at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 7pm – Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 1/30
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Little Joe McLerran at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – The Mojo Hands at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Blues Jam hosted by The Delta Kings at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 1/31
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm – Watermelon Slim at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – TBA at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Lightnin’ Malcolm at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 2/1
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/live music TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks (weather permitting) at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 7pm – Live music TBA at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – 19th Street Red Blues Band at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Alma Russ at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 2/2
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/live music TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Bloody Mary Sunday w/TBA playing at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – TBA at Hooker Grocer & Eatery (316 John Lee Hooker Lane).
– 7pm – Live blues TBA at Auberge Hostel (Old Madidi Bar) Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
PLUS, COMING SOON TO CLARKSDALE, MS…
RED’S LOUNGE:
Also, Sat., 2/22 – Studd Ford
AUBERGE HOSTEL:
Sat., 2/15 – Colby Freeman
GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB (0 Blues Alley)
1/1-1/7 Closed for vacation
CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES & FOLK ART: Shop “Mississippi’s blues store in Clarksdale since 2002” 252 Delta Avenue STORE Mon-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 10-5 & Sun 10-3 plus extended hours for festival weekends (or by appointment; roger@cathead.biz); every day but Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Plus, shop WEB STORE 24/7 at www.cathead.biz.
FREE AUDIO WALKING TOUR (smartphone app): Download Visit Clarksdale Tourism’s FREE Audio Walking Tour of our historic downtown. Info: visitclarksdale.com/tours.
VISIT CLARKSDALE’S DELTA BLUES MUSEUM: Mon-Sat, 10-5pm (EXCEPT for “holiday” hours/closures) AND/OR take the free Muddy Waters virtual tour at https://www.deltabluesmuseum.org/virtual-tour.aspx.
DELTA BOHEMIAN TOURS: Take a real, in-person driving tour with master guide (and local “character”) Chilly Billy Howell in his iconic red Jeep. Details at deltabohemiantours.com.
JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL “STORE”: Shop www.jukejointfestival.store today!