OCT 2023 – SOUNDS AROUND TOWN CALENDAR for Clarksdale, Mississippi
Sunday, 10/1
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Rev Robert at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks for tips at CAT HEAD store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Chris Mullins at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (John Lee Hooker Lane).
– 7pm – Watermelon Slim at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 10/2
– 10am-5pm – Mon-Sat (except holidays & festivals) – Delta Blues Museum, deltabluesmuseum.org (1 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/songwriter night at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Mississippi Marshall Hopper at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 10/3
– 8pm – Ray Cashman at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 10/4 – shop CAT HEAD store from 11am-5pm
– 12 noon – Cesar Valdomir (Argentina) busks for tips on front porch at CAT HEAD (252 Delta Ave.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – Deak Harp at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 10/5 – special CAT HEAD store hours, 10am-5pm
– 12 noon – Theo “Boogieman” Dasbach busks the blues on CAT HEAD porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – 19th Street Red & the Hawg Killers every Thurs at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Anthony “Big A” Sherrod at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Ghalia Volt at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Friday, 10/6– special CAT HEAD store hours, 10am-5pm
– 12 noon – Theo “Boogieman” Dasbach busks the blues on CAT HEAD porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at the original Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 3pm till – Variety of busking artists at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 6:30pm/8pm – Jamiah Rogers (6:30pm) & John Primer (9pm) at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Robert Kimbrough Sr & Blues Connection at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Tyron Benoit Band at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 10/7- special CAT HEAD store hours, 10am-5pm
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Rev Robert at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 10am-12:15pm – HELENA, AR – King Biscuit Blues Symposium panel discussions hosted by Roger Stolle & Don Wilcock—featuring Charlie Musselwhite, John Primer and more at Malco Theater (428 Cherry St.).
– 11am – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks for tips at CAT HEAD store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Stan Street & Preston Rumbaugh at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 11am till – Variety of busking artists at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at the original Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 3pm – Batterton & Edwards busks the blues on CAT HEAD porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” radio show w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Dexter Allen at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Sonny Green w/Keith Johnson & Big Muddy Band play “Grown Folks (30 and up) show at The Junction (25690 Hwy 61, Coahoma, MS near Clarksdale).
Sunday, 10/8 – annual CLARKSDALE SUPER BLUES SUNDAY returns after The Biscuit is baked! ‘Live’ blues and more around Clarksdale, Mississippi, from 9am till midnight (or beyond); book your rooms now (find via VisitClarksdale.com).
– 9am-4pm (shop 9-4, music 10-3) – CAT HEAD MINI BLUES FEST – FREE performances starring Miss Australia “Honey Bee” Jones, Lucious Spiller, Sean “Bad” Apple, Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars, Randy “19th Street” Red and more at Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art store, 252 Delta Ave.
– 9:30am-5:30pm – BLUESBERRY OCTOBER FEST – Robert Kimbrough Sr (9:30am breakfast), Then (noon-5:30) Ben Brenner, Trenton Ayers, Duwayne Burnside, Lightnin’ Malcolm & Watermelon Slim; guest Illana Katz Katz at Bluesberry Café, 235 Yazoo Ave.
– 11am-3pm (music at noon) – GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB BRUNCH w/music by Backbone, 0 Blues Alley.
– 1pm-5pm – DELTA BLUES MUSEUM – Special Sunday hours.
– 2pm-8pm – PINETOP PERKINS HOMECOMING starring Bob Margolin, Bob Stroger, Bob Corritore, Anson Funderburgh, Lightnin’ Malcolm, Deak Harp and many many more at Hopson Commissary & Shack Up Inn, 1 Commissary Cr.
– TBA (afternoon) – HAMBONE GALLERY – Chris O’Leary, 111 E 2nd St.
– 4pm-8pm – STOVALL STORE w/Stone Gas Band, 6499 Stovall Rd at Hwy 1.
– 6pm-8pm – HOOKER GROCER + EATERY w/Bill Abel, 316 John Lee Hooker Ln.
– 7pm till – RED’S POST-BISCUIT BLUES JAM w/19th Street Red & Hawgkillers plus special guests – Red’s Juke Joint, 395 Sunflower Ave.
Monday, 10/9
– 10am-5pm – Mon-Sat (except holidays & festivals) – Delta Blues Museum, deltabluesmuseum.org (1 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Chris Mullens at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Sean “Bad” Apple (celebrating Ed Stauffer’s birthday!) at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 10/10
– 8pm – Randy McAllister at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 10/11
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – Deak Harp at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Heavy Suga & SweeTones at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Randy McAllister at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Thursday, 10/12
– 10am till – Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival (various locations) – Tour, talks, film and more; INFO: deltawilliamsfestival.com.
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm-8pm – Robert Kimbrough Sr at Hopson Commissary.
– 7:30pm – 19th Street Red & the Hawg Killers every Thurs at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Deep Blues Fest at SHACK UP INN (1 Commissary Cir.); info/tix at deepbluesfest.com: 8pm Jimmy “Duck” Holmes and 9pm Catl.
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 10/13
– 9:15am till – Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival (various locations) – Presentations, performance and more; INFO: deltawilliamsfestival.com.
– 11:30am-3pm – Deep Blues Fest FREE “related music” w/blues by 19th Street Red (11:30am), 81-yr-old Miss Australia “Honey Bee” Jones (1pm) and award-winner Little Willie Farmer (2pm) at CAT HEAD store (252 Delta Ave.)!
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at the original Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 4pm-6pm – Deep Blues Fest BENEFACTOR BALL at MESSENGERS (133 MLK Dr.); Benefactor Pass required; deepbluesfest.com: Featuring Sister Dynamite.
– 8pm – Deep Blues Fest at THE NEW ROXY (363 Issaquena Ave.); info/tix at deepbluesfest.com: 8pm John Paul Keith and 9pm James Leg.
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & the Allstars at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Terry “Harmonica” Bean at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Saturday, 10/14
– 9am till – Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival (various locations) – talks, porch plays and more; INFO: deltawilliamsfestival.com.
– 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.).
– Noon-4pm – Deep Blues Fest “Family Picnic Celebrating Chris Johnson”—FREE—at SHACK UP INN.
12:30pm till – Pumpkin Pickin’ Festival w/Guitar Frenchie (12:30pm), Mississippi Marshall (3:30pm) and Banditos (6:30pm) at Hopson Commissary (hopsonhospitality.com).
– 1pm-3pm – Stan Street & Preston Rumbaugh at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at the original Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” radio show w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 7pm – Deep Blues Fest at THE NEW ROXY: 7pm Tijuana, 8pm Jimbo Mathus and 9pm Bob Log III.
– 8pm – D.K. Harrell at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Terry “Big T” Williams & the Family Blues Band at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Sunday, 10/15
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Robert Kimbrough Sr at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks for tips at CAT HEAD store (252 Delta Ave.).
– Noon – Bear Ryan at Levon’s Bar & Grill (232 Sunflower Ave.).
– 2pm – Deep Blues Fest at THE NEW ROXY: 2pm The Wilkins Sisters gospel.
– 6pm – Steve Kolbus at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (John Lee Hooker Lane).
– 7pm – Lucious Spiller at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 10/16
– 10am-5pm – Mon-Sat (except holidays & festivals) – Delta Blues Museum, deltabluesmuseum.org (1 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Gramm Phillips at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Steve Kolbus at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 10pm – El Perro (psychedelic) at Ooze-Bar (113 E 2nd St.).
Tuesday, 10/17
– 8pm – Hopeless Case Blues Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 10/18
– 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 – Steve Kolbus at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 10/19
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – 19th Street Red & the Hawg Killers every Thurs at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Lucious Spiller at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 10/20
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at the original Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – CLOSED for private event – Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – 19th Street Red & the Hawg Killers at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 8pm – Earnest “Guitar” Roy Jr at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 10/21
– 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.).
– 1pm-3pm – Stan Street & Preston Rumbaugh at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at the original Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6:30pm-8:30pm – Steve Kolbus & Walt Busby at Stone Pony (Delta Ave.)
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” radio show w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 7pm – Tony Boyd at Levon’s Bar & Grill (232 Sunflower Ave.).
– 7pm – Loripalooza w/Mark Edgar Stuart, Bear Ryan & Lucious Spiller at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 8pm – Django Knight at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Gloria Turrini and Riccardo Ferrini at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Sunday, 10/22
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Gloria Turrini at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks for tips at CAT HEAD store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Guitar Frenchie at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (John Lee Hooker Lane).
– 7pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 10/23
– 10am-5pm – Mon-Sat (except holidays & festivals) – Delta Blues Museum, deltabluesmuseum.org (1 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Mississippi Marshall at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Earnest “Guitar” Roy Band at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 10/24
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 10/25
– 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 – Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 10/26
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – 19th Street Red & the Hawg Killers every Thurs at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Preston Rumbaugh at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 10/27
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at the original Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – Chris Pitts & Memphis Prime at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Live music TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 8pm – Hunter Corso aka ‘Damn Ol’ Cool Breeze’ at Ooze-Bar (113 E 2nd St.).
– 6:30pm till – American Horror Story; then, Hunter Peebles & Low Hanging Fruit at Hopson Commissary.
Saturday, 10/28
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks for tips at CAT HEAD store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Stan Street & Preston Rumbaugh at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at the original Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” radio show w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Live music TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 8pm – “Rock Night” Halloween Party (see Red’s for Blues) at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Sunday, 10/29
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks for tips at CAT HEAD store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Tony Boyd at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (John Lee Hooker Lane).
– 7pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 10/30
– 10am-5pm – Mon-Sat (except holidays & festivals) – Delta Blues Museum, deltabluesmuseum.org (1 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Blackwater Trio at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/live blues TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 10/31 – HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 11/1
– 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 – Live blues TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 11/2
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – 19th Street Red & the Hawg Killers every Thurs at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 11/3
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at the original Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Live music TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 11/4
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks for tips at CAT HEAD store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Stan Street & Preston Rumbaugh at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at the original Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” radio show w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Live music TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 11/5 (We gain an hour tonight w/Daylight Savings Time ending!)
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks for tips at CAT HEAD store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Live music TBA at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (John Lee Hooker Lane).
– 7pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
PLUS… MORE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER BLUES IN CLARKSDALE, MS…
HOPSON COMMISSARY (001 Commissary Circle):
Sat., 11/11 – 5pm-midnight – Samuel Davis Memorial Benefit for the Love of Life & Blues Foundation w/Bill Abel, Jesse Cotton Stone, Libby Rae Watson and more (hopsonhospitality.com).
SHACK UP INN (1 Commissary Cir.)
Friday, 11/17 – 8pm – The Mojo Hands
Saturday, 11/18 – 8pm – Shawn Williams
Saturday, 12/02 – 8pm – Jamey St. Pierre
Friday, 12/08 – 8pm – Taylor Hollingsworth
Saturday, 12/09 – 8pm – Steve Kolbus
Friday, 12/15 – 8pm – Earnest “Guitar” Roy
TRAVELERS HOTEL (Third St.)
Wed., 11/8 — Terry Klein, time TBA
STONE PONY (226 Delta Ave.)
Jimmy Harris DJ: Classic Rock & Blues Nov 11 6:30pm – 8:30pm