CLARKSDALE: Blues Around Town for late March into early April!

Welcome to CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI’s 7-days-a-week music calendar — most in-person and some live-streamed via LiveFromClarksdale.org. Please mask up & social distance till we all get our shots. Find your vax at https://www.vaccines.gov, and plan a blues visit at VisitClarksdale.com.

Wednesday, 3/30
– 11am – The Deep Literary South book event w/Robert Johns Jr (National Book Award Finalist), Jason Mott (NBA Winner) & Kiese Laymon (moderator) at CCC (Whitside Hall). RSVP https://nationalbook.org/events-calendar.
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – Lucious Spiller at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Deak Harp at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).

Thursday, 3/31
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club.
– 7pm – 19th Street Red w/Deak Harp at Red’s Lounge.
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Lucious Spiller at Ground Zero Blues Club.

Friday, 4/1
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club.
– 7pm-9pm – Isabella Monet at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (near Delta Blues Museum).
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Lounge.
– 8pm – Jason Foree Band at Ground Zero Blues Club.
– 8pm-10pm – Jonivan Jones at Shack Up Inn (001 Commissary Circle).

Saturday, 4/2
– 10am – Blues Breakfast w/Lucious Spiller in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) & FB page; distancing, masks required.
– 11am – weather-permitting Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks on CAT HEAD front porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club.
– 8pm – Frank “Guitar” Rimmer at Red’s Lounge.
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars w/Space Cowboy at Ground Zero Blues Club .

– 8pm-10pm – Deak Harp at Shack Up Inn.

Sunday, 4/3
– 10am – Blues Breakfast w/Capt Dirk in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) & FB page; distancing, masks required.
– 11am – weather-permitting 19th Street Red busks on CAT HEAD porch.
– 1pm – Mississippi Marshall live-streams blues on Mississippi Marshall Facebook page.
– 2:30pm – weekly Black History tour of downtown Clarksdale; book online (small fee) at SharedExperiencesUSA.com.
– 5pm-7pm – Jaxx Nassar at Hooker Grocer + Eatery.
– 7pm – Lucious Spiller at Red’s Lounge.

Monday, 4/4
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Tony Boyd at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Mississippi Marshall Hopper (Birthday Bash for Art) in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) FB page w/Live From Clarksdale; distancing, masks required.

Tuesday, 4/5
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.) plus via LiveFromClarksdale.org.

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CAT HEAD BLUES STORE: Mon-Fri 11-4, Sat till 5 & Sun 11-3. WEB STORE at www.cathead.biz.

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CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR including festivals at www.cathead.biz.