CLARKSDALE: Blues calendar for SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES FEST WEEK!

Welcome to CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI’s 7-days-a-week music—SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES FEST FESTIVAL WEEK EDITION! Lodging info and apps: VisitClarksdale.com.

Wednesday, 8/9
– 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 – Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).

Thursday, 8/10
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club.
– 5:30pm – Farmers Market at Collective Seed (145 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – “From Hand to Hand: Passing Down the Blues” FREE panel at Delta Blues Museum (1 Blues Alley) & https://www.facebook.com/DeltaBluesMuseum.
– 7pm – “Grits, Greens & BBQ” VIP Party kickoff Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Fest w/Deak Harp & more; see sunflowerfest.org to become VIP.
– 7:30pm – The Hawg Killers at Red’s Lounge.
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Heavy Suga & SweeTones at Ground Zero Blues Club.

Friday, 8/11
– 2pm till (day music) – Various acts at Ground Zero Blues Club.
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club.
– 3pm – 21st ANNIVERSARY w/Terry “Harmonica” Bean at CAT HEAD blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 5pm – Friday After 5 w/open mic at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 7pm till – SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES & GOSPEL FESTIVAL w/Super Chikan & more; lineup at sunflowerfest.org.
– 7pm – Terry “Big T” Williams at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Frank “Guitar” Rimmer Blues Band at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).

Saturday, 8/12
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Robert Kimbrough Sr at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 21st ANNIVERSARY w/Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen at CAT HEAD store.
– 11am till (day music) – Various acts at Ground Zero Blues Club.
– 11am till – SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES & GOSPEL FESTIVAL w/Kingfish & more; lineup at sunflowerfest.org.
– 2pm – 21st ANNIVERSARY w/Libby Rae Watson & Bill Steber at CAT HEAD store.
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club.
– 5pm – Terry “Big T” Williams & Family at Buster’s Down Home Blues (Issaquena Ave, next to Bad Apple).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/Roger Stolle at Jazz88.org.
– 7pm – Mississippi Marshall Hopper at Levon’s Bar & Grill (232 Sunflower Ave.).
– 7pm – Kenny Brown at Shack Up Inn.
– 8pm – Robert Kimbrough Sr Blues Connection at Red’s Lounge.
– 8pm – Keith Johnson & Big Muddy Blues Band at Ground Zero Blues Club.

Sunday, 8/13
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/David Dunavent at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 21st ANNIVERSARY w/Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen at CAT HEAD store .
– 2:30pm-9:30pm – SUNFLOWER RIVER FESTIVAL Gospel Stage (Civic Auditorium, 506 E 2nd) w/Ricky Burton & more; sunflowerfest.org.
– 6pm – Shelby Martin Anderson at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (JLH Ln.).
– 7pm – Post-Fest Blues Jam hosted by Lucious Spiller at Red’s Lounge.

Monday, 8/14
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Seth & Walt at Hopson Commissary (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Earnest “Guitar” Roy band at Bluesberry Cafe.

Tuesday, 8/15
– 8pm – Mississippi Marshall Hopper at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).