CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI — LIVE BLUES 365 NIGHTS A YEAR (plus the Delta Blues Museum and more)!
Saturday, 4/1, 2023
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Lucious Spiller at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks for tips at CAT HEAD store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple presents ‘live’ blues and history at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.; next to New Roxy, downtown).
– 6:30pm-8:30pm – Justin McClain at Stone Pony Pizza (226 Delta Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” radio show w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 7:30pm – Live blues at the NEW Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (256 Delta Ave.).
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller Blues Band at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Watermelon Slim & Truckers at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Frenchie Blues at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues Jam w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.; across from Greyhound bldg).
Sunday, 4/2
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Preston Rumbaugh at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks for tips at CAT HEAD store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Jacqueline Nassar at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (316 John Lee Hooker Lane).
– 7pm – Watermelon Slim at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 4/3
– 10am-5pm – Mon-Sat (except holidays) – Delta Blues Museum, deltabluesmuseum.org (1 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Marshall Drew at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Mississippi Marshall Hopper (and Happy Birthday, Art!) at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 4/4
– 8pm – Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 4/5
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Big A & Allstars at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 4/6
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – 19th Street Red & Friends at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Bleaustaion at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 4/7
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.; next to New Roxy, downtown).
– 7:30pm – Live blues at the NEW Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (256 Delta Ave.).
– 8pm – The Mojo Hands at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley) and first set via LiveFromClarksdale.org.
– 8pm – Terry “Big T” Williams at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Deak Harp at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 8pm – Alice Hasen & The Blaze at Shack Up Inn (001 Commissary Cr.).
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues Jam w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.; across from Greyhound bldg).
Saturday, 4/8
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Bleau Station at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks for tips at CAT HEAD store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-6pm – Open Studio at Shared Experiences HQ (121 Delta Ave.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple presents ‘live’ blues and history at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.; next to New Roxy, downtown).
– 6:30pm-8:30pm – Mississippi Marshall at Stone Pony Pizza (226 Delta Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” radio show w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 7:30pm – Live blues at the NEW Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (256 Delta Ave.).
– 7:30 pm – Allie Middleton and Lewis Czamanske at Auberge Hostel (Old Madidi Bar; E 2nd & Delta Ave.).
– 8pm – Frank “Guitar” Rimmer at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – D.K. Harrell at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – The Mojo Hands at Shack Up Inn (001 Commissary Cr.).
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues Jam w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.; across from Greyhound bldg).
Sunday, 4/9
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Watermelon Slim at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks for tips at CAT HEAD store (252 Delta Ave.).
– noon-3pm – Easter brunch bites at Shared Experiences HQ (121 Delta Ave.).
– 7pm – Steve Kolbus at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 4/10
– 10am-5pm – Mon-Sat (except holidays) – Delta Blues Museum, deltabluesmuseum.org (1 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Reed Smith at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Carlos Elliot Jr at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 4/11
– 7:30pm – 19th Street Red & Friends at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Carlos Elliot Jr. w/Bobby Gentilo at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 4/12
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Jaxx Nassar at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Gloria Turrini & Ricardo Ferrini at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Thurs-Sun, 4/13-16 – Clarksdale’s 20th
JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL & RELATED EVENTS!
Too many shows to list here. Please go to these JJF & Related links:
THURS 4/13 – https://www.jukejointfestival.com/day_schedule.php?event_date=2023-04-13
FRI 4/14 – https://www.jukejointfestival.com/day_schedule.php?event_date=2023-04-14
SAT 4/15 – click the “Daytime Stage” & “Nighttime Jukes” red buttons at https://www.jukejointfestival.com/day_schedule.php?event_date=2023-04-15
SUN 4/16 – https://www.jukejointfestival.com/day_schedule.php?event_date=2023-04-16
ALSO… Pick up an official JJF printed program w/lineups, maps, etc., at 243 Delta Ave when you pick up or buy your wristbands!
PLUS… COMING SOON IN CLARKSDALE:
HAMBONE GALLERY
Tuesday April 18 – Todd Albright , 8 pm. at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
HOPSON COMMISSARY (Mon Happy Hour)
April 17th Rev. Robert
April 24th Seth and Walt
SHARED EXPERIENCES HQ (121 Delta Ave.) — details at sharedexperiencesusa.com/jimbo:
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Thursday, April 20 – Sunday, April 23: Filming The Secret World of Charlie Patton
SHACK UP INN (001 Commissary Circle):
Thursday, 04/20 – 8pm – Aristide Garofalo & Friends
Friday, 04/21 – 8pm- Ghost Town Blues Band
Saturday, 04/22 – 8pm – The Great Affairs
Friday, 04/28 – 8pm – Mohead
Saturday, 04/29 – 8pm – Max Kaplan & The Magics
OOZE BAR (113 E 2nd St)
Fri., 4/21 – The Mojo Hands, 8pm
HOOKER GROCER (near museum)
4/23 – 6pm Alanna Mosley
4/30 – 6pm Mississippi Marshall
GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB – Clarksdale April listings:
4/19 Aristide Garofalo, 7pm; Heavy Suga and the Sweetones, 9pm
4/20 Thur. Steve Kolbus and the Clarksdale Blues Revue (JAM NIGHT), 8pm
4/21 Fri. Rashad the Blues Kid, 8pm
4/22 Sat. Dexter Allen, 8pm
4/26 Wed. Mojo Hands, 8pm
4/27 Thur. Big A and the Allstars,(JAM NIGHT) 8pm
4/28 Fri. Christopher Dean, 8pm
4/29 Sat. Keith Johnson and the Big Muddy Band, 8pm
LIVE IN-PERSON BLUES MUSIC & MORE 7 DAYS A WEEK (365!)… ONLY IN CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI! Plus, CATCH WEEKLY LIVE-STREAMS from The Crossroads via www.livefromclarksdale.org (or check venue or musician’s Facebook page):
CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES & FOLK ART: Shop “Mississippi’s blues store in Clarksdale since 2002” 252 Delta Avenue STORE Mon-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 11-3 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.
VISITING CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI??
– Need a tourism map? Go here.
– Want free Audio Walking Tour app? Go here.
– Need a pro tour guide? Go here.
– Want “Shared Experience” w/local musician, artist or entrepreneur? Go here.
– Need a place to stay? Go here.