CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI’S
Music Calendar with live blues music and more every single day!
Saturday, 6/1
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Lucian Sachelli at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks out front while y’all shop inside at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Stan Street & Guitar Frenchie at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Keith Johnson & Big Muddy at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Deak Harp at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Roll Cage Mary at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 8pm – Silas Caldwell & the Magnolia Sound at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 6/2
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Tony Bailey at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks out front while y’all shop inside at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Marlowe Durrough at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (JLH Lane, near museum).
– 7pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod at “Old Madidi Bar” at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 6/3
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Seth and Walt at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Mississippi Marshall Hopper at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 6/4
– 8pm – Rev Robert at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 6/5
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – The Hokum Cats at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 6/6
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 10pm-1am – 19th Street Blues Band at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
Friday, 6/7
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm – Live blues TBA at Friday After 5 at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 5pm – Tony Boyd at The Den Again (220 Yazoo Ave.).
– 8pm – Frank “Guitar” Rimmer at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Avey Grouws Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Shawn Williams at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 6/8
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Rev Robert at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Stan Street & Guitar Frenchie at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Mark “Mule Man” Massey at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Big Time Rhythm & Blues Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Carey Hudson at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 6/9
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Joe McLarren at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Tony Boyd at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (JLH Lane, near museum).
– 7pm – Watermelon Slim at “Old Madidi Bar” at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 6/10
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Rev Robert at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Sean “Bad” Apple at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 6/11
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 6/12
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – The Hokum Cats at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 8pm – Heavy Suga & SweeTones at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 6/13
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – Ryan Lee Crosby & Grant Smith at Travelers Hotel lobby (212 Third St.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Steve & Walt Birthday Jam at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Watermelon Slim at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 10pm-1am – 19th Street Blues Band at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
Friday, 6/14
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm-11pm – Watermelon Slim (5pm in front bar) & Frank “Guitar” Rimmer (8pm in back bar) BAM FEST weekend (bamfestms.com) kicks off at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 5pm – Be plays at The Den Again (220 Yazoo Ave.).
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Pinetop Perkins Showcase Benefit w/students and instructors at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live music TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 6/15
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 12 noon-11:30pm – BAM FEST 2024 (Birthplace of American Music Festival—a daylong roving blues and soul fest that visits multiple real-deal venues around downtown! Tickets/schedule at bamfestms.com. Home base is Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Stan Street & Guitar Frenchie at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod 40th Birthday Blues Bash at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live music TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 6/16
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 3pm-8pm – BAM FEST weekend (bamfestms.com) concludes w/19th Street Red Band (3pm in front bar) & Terry “Harmonica” Bean (5pm in back bar) at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Mississippi Marshall Hopper at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (JLH Lane, near museum).
– 7pm – Terry “Harmonica” Bean at “Old Madidi Bar” at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 6/17
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Seth & Walt & students (Walt’s birthday!) at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/live blues TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 6/18
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 6/19
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – The Hokum Cats at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 8pm – The Delta Kings at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 6/20
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – Mark Rankin presents Super Chikan Documentary and performance at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Deak Harp at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 10pm-1am – 19th Street Blues Band at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
Friday, 6/21
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm – Live blues TBA at Friday After 5 at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 5pm – Little Joe McLerran at The Den Again (220 Yazoo Ave.).
– 8pm – Terry “Harmonica” Bean at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Rock Music Night w/Vintage at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Preston Rumbaugh at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 6/22
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Stan Street & Guitar Frenchie at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Peepole at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Steve Kolbus at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 6/23
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Bridgid Ferguson at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (JLH Lane, near museum).
– 7pm – Preston Rumbaugh at “Old Madidi Bar” at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 6/24
– 6pm – Happy hour w/BE playing at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/live blues TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 6/25
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 6/26
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm – Dr. B Healin’ with a Feelin’ at The Den Again (220 Yazoo Ave.).
– 8pm – The Hokum Cats at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 8pm – The Mojo Hands at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 6/27
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Steve Kolbus Revue at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Deak Harp at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 10pm-1am – 19th Street Blues Band at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
Friday, 6/28
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm – Live blues TBA at Friday After 5 at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Taylor Hollingsworth at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 6/29
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Stan Street & Guitar Frenchie at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Lightnin’ Malcolm at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Mud Hounds at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Terry “Big T” Williams at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 6/30
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Chris Mullins at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (JLH Lane, near museum).
– 7pm – Lucious Spiller at “Old Madidi Bar” at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 7/1
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Seth & Walt at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/live blues TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 7/2
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 7/3
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – The Hokum Cats at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 7/4
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Watermelon Slim at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 10pm-1am – 19th Street Blues Band at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
Friday, 7/5
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm – Live blues TBA at Friday After 5 at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 8pm – Terry “Harmonica” Bean at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Deak Harp at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live music TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 7/6
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Stan Street & Guitar Frenchie at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Kent Burnside at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live music TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 7/7
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Live music at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (JLH Lane, near museum).
– 7pm – Deak Harp at “Old Madidi Bar” at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 7/8
– 6pm – Happy hour w/live music TBA at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/live blues TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 7/9
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 7/10
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – The Hokum Cats at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
PLUS, COMING SOON TO CLARKSDALE, MS…
AUBERGE HOSTEL (Old Madidi Bar, Delta & 2nd St.):
7/14 – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod
7/21 – Guitar Frenchie
7/28 – Lala Craig
THE DEN AGAIN:
July 12 Guitar Frenchie 5pm
July 19 Little Joe Mclerran 5pm
July 20 Cricket & the Brim Hooks 8pm
HOOKER GROCER + EATERY (John Lee Hooker Lane):
7/14 – 6pm – Marshall Drew
7/21 – 6pm – Tony Boyd
AND BOOK ROOMS NOW FOR FESTIVALS…..
– Fri-Sun, 6/14-16, 2024- B.A.M. Fest (Birthplace of American Music) – www.bamfestms.com.
– 6/11-14, 2024 – Pinetop Perkins Experience Workshop, culminating in Friday public show, pinetopperkinsfoundation.org/workshop.
– Fri-Sun, 8/9-11, 2024 – 36th Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival – www.sunflowerfest.org.
– Fri-Sun, 8/9-11, 2024 – Cat Head 22nd Anniversary Weekend, www.cathead.biz.
– Sat, 8/31, 2024 – 6th Red’s Old-Timers Blues Fest (MLK Park Stage) – www.cathead.biz.
– Fri-Sun, 9/13-14, 2024 (updated dates!) – Mighty Roots Music Festival at Stovall Farm, www.mightyrootsmusicfestival.com.
– Thurs-Sat, 10/9-12, 2024 – near Clarksdale, MS, in HELENA, AR – King Biscuit Blues Festival & Symposium, kingbiscuitfestival.com
– 10/13, 2024 – Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (post-Biscuit Sunday) – www.cathead.biz.
– 10/13, 2024 – Super Blues Sunday: Tentatively including… Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (9am), Bluesberry Cafe Blues Breakfast (10am), Delta Blues Museum special hours (noon), Ground Zero Blues Club blues brunch (11am), Hopson Commissary/Shack Up Inn’s Pinetop Perkins Celebration (3pm)… plus music at Levon’s, Hooker Grocer, Red’s Lounge, Bad Apple Blues Club and more!
– 10/17-20, 2024 – Deep Blues Fest (official and related blues & roots music events), www.deepbluesfest.com
– 10/17-19, 2024 – 32nd Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival, https://deltawilliamsfestival.com/
– 10/24-27, 2024 – Hambone Festival & Related Events, http://www.stanstreet.com/hambone-festival.html
– 10/25-26, 2024 – Cruz’n The Crossroads Car & Truck Show, facebook.com/cruznthecrossroads.
– Watch this space for (hopefully) KINGFISH “homecoming” shows in December!
– 12/31, 2024 – Celebrate New Year’s at the Crossroads – multiple shows around town!
– Fri-Sun, 1/24-26, 2025 – 15th annual Clarksdale Film & Music Festival – www.clarksdalefilmfestival.com
NEXT YEAR—2025:
– 3/29, 2025 – Tater Superbad Blues Festival (details TBA)
MORE ON CLARKSDALE’S 365 BLUES SCENE:
– 60 Minutes TV show – cbsnews.com/video/kingfish-mississippi-delta-blues-60-minutes-video-2023-10-29
– PBS NewHour TV show – pbs.org/video/juke-joint-festival-1560549286