CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI — “live” blues 365 nights a year (plus many days) and over a dozen annual festivals!Also watch the MS Blues Trail calendar for weekly “Sounds Around Town” updates for Clarksdale.
Music Calendar: https://www.cathead.biz/music-calendar
Tourism Info/apps: VisitClarksdale.com
Wednesday, 3/1
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm-8:30pm – Black Legacy Project Film Screening & Concert at Georgia Lewis Theater (3240 Friars Point Rd), https://BlackLPMSDeltaMarch1.eventbrite.com.
– 7:30pm – Deak Harp at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 3/2
– Note: Bad Apple Blues Club is closed today, so Sean “Bad” Apple can play Thacker Mountain Radio in Oxford.
– 7:30pm – 19th Street Red Band w/Jeremy Burnett & Ike Liner at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Steve Kolbus at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 3/3
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.; next to New Roxy, downtown).
– 8pm – Bill Abel (8pm) opens for the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band (10pm – including LiveFromClarksdale.org live-stream) at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Frank “Guitar” Rimmer at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm (9pm music) – OPENING NIGHT! – Tonight and every Friday, The Mojo Hands play NEW Ooze-Bar (former Rock & Blues Museum, 113 E 2nd St.); drop by and wish owner Chris Mullins a “Clarksdale welcome” to the downtown scene!
– 10pm – Tony Loeffler & Blues Fusion 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, 3/4
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Tony Boyd 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 at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.; next to New Roxy, downtown).
– 6:30-8:30pm – “The Show” featuring Jimmy Harris: An evening of your favorites at Stone Pony (226 Delta Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” radio show w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Lala Craig’s All Women’s Revue at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – The Mojo Hands at Shack Up Inn (001 Commissary Cr.).
– 10pm (7pm doors) – Narvel Echols w/DJ Stunna1 “For the Ladies” album release party at Busters Down Home Blues (347 (Issaquena Ave.).
– 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, 3/5
– 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.).
– 7pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 3/6
– 10am-5pm – Mon-Sat – 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 at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 3/7
– 8pm – Frenchie Blues at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 3/8
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Big A & All Stars at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 3/9
– 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/Mississippi Marshall at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
PLUS… COMING SOON IN CLARKSDALE:
STONE PONY (226 Delta Ave.)
3/11 – 6:30-8:30pm – Walt Busby at Stone Pony (226 Delta Ave.).
GRIOT ARTS
Thursday March 23 – Spring Feast
BUSTERS DOWNHOME BLUES (Issaquena Ave.)
Fri 3/31 – 10pm (7pm doors) – David Brinston & the Band w/DJ Stunna1 at Busters Downhome Blues Club (347 Issaquena Ave.).
Sat 4/8 – 10pm (7pm doors) – Andre Lee w/DJ Sunna1 “Grand Opening” at Busters Down Home Blues (347 (Issaquena Ave.).
CUTRER MANSION
– Thurs., 3/9 – 5:30pm (5pm doors; 6:30 signing) – Cutrer Book Talks w/author Richard Keith Turnipseed (“Delta Rich” book) at Cutrer Mansion.
GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB (Clarksdale) – March 2023:
3/1 Wed. Lucious Spiller, 8pm
3/2 Thur. Steve Kolbus and the Clarksdale Blues Revue (BLUES JAM), 8pm
3/3 Fri. Bill Abel, 8pm
Reverend Peyton and the Big Damn Band, 10pm
3/4 Sat. Lala Craig’s All Women’s Revue, 8pm
3/8 Wed. Big A and the Allstars, 8pm
3/9 Mississippi Marshall and the Juke Daddies, 8pm
3/10 Fri. Django Knight, 8pm
3/11 Sat. Cruz the Dame, 8pm
3/15 Wed. Steve Kolbus and the Clarksdale Blues Revue, 8pm
3/16 Thur. Stan Street and the Hambone Blues Band, 8pm
3/17 Fri. Coyote Motel, 8pm
3/18 Sat. Diedra Ruff Band, 8pm
3/22 Wed. Lala and Element, 8pm
3/23 Thur. Heavy Suga and the SweeTones, 8pm
3/24 Fri. Big A and the Allstars, 8pm
3/25 Sat. Jose Ramirez, 8pm
3/29 Wed. Mojo Hands, 8pm
3/30 Thur. TBA
3/31 Fri. Keith Johnson and the Big Muddy Band, 8pm
SHACK UP INN (001 Commissary Circle) – March 2023:
Friday, 03/03 – 10pm-12am – Tony Loeffler & Blues Fusion
Saturday, 03/04 – 8pm-10pm – The Mojo Hands
Friday, 03/10 – 8pm-11pm – Bill Abel
Saturday, 03/11 – 8pm-11pm – TBA
Friday, 03/17 – NO MUSIC – Guitar Workshop
Saturday, 03/18 – NO MUSIC – Guitar Workshop
Friday, 03/24 – 8pm-10pm – Lucious Spiller
Saturday, 03/25 – 8pm-10pm – Deak Harp
Friday, 03/31 – NO MUSIC
Saturday, 04/01 – NO MUSIC
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.
JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL “STORE”: Shop www.jukejointfestival.store today!
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