CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI — 365 blues calendar with live blues every single night and many days plus annual festivals…
Tuesday, 5/30
– 8pm – Rev Robert at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 5/31
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.; next to New Roxy, downtown).
– 7:30pm – Deak Harp at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Jaxx Nassar at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 6/1
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (256 Delta Ave. next to Cat Head).
– 7:30pm – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen w/Ike Liner at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 6/2
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (next to Cat Head).
– 5pm – Friday After 5 Blues Jam w/Watermelon Slim at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 8pm – Doug Macleod at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 8pm – Muddy Alexander at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Terry “Big T” Williams at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.; across from Greyhound bldg).
Saturday, 6/3
– 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.).
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (next to Cat Head).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” radio show w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Terry “Harmonica” Bean at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Big T & The Family at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.; across from Greyhound bldg).
Sunday, 6/4
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Music 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.).
– 6pm – Marlow Dorrough at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (316 John Lee Hooker Lane).
– 7pm – Watermelon Slim at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 6/5
– 10am-5pm – Mon-Sat (except holidays & festivals) – Delta Blues Museum, deltabluesmuseum.org (1 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/TBA at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Mississippi Marshall Hopper at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 6/6
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 6/7
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (256 Delta Ave. next to Cat Head).
– 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, 6/8
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (256 Delta Ave. next to Cat Head).
– 7:30pm – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen w/Ike Liner at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/The Mojo Hands at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 6/9
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (next to Cat Head).
– 5pm – Friday After 5 Blues Jam w/19th Street Red at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 8pm – Titus Gillard Band ft D.K. Harrell at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.; across from Greyhound bldg).
Saturday, 6/10
– 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.).
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (next to Cat Head).
– 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 – Ross Osteen Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.; across from Greyhound bldg).
Sunday, 6/11
– 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 (316 John Lee Hooker Lane).
– 7pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 6/12
– 10am-5pm – Mon-Sat (except holidays & festivals) – Delta Blues Museum, deltabluesmuseum.org (1 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/TBA at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Live blues TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 6/13
– 8pm – The Mojo Hands at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 6/14
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (256 Delta Ave. next to Cat Head).
– 7:30pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Bill Abel at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 6/15
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (256 Delta Ave. next to Cat Head).
– 7:30pm – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen w/Ike Liner at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Steve & Walt’s Birthday Bash Blues Jam at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 6/ 16
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (next to Cat Head).
– 5pm – B.A.M. FEST (Birthplace of American Music Festival) KICKOFF w/Deejay Hustleman (5pm) and Edna Nicole & Band (8pm) at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.); info at bamfestms.com.
– 8pm – annual Pinetop Perkins Workshlp Experience Showcase w/multiple blues acts at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.; across from Greyhound bldg).
Saturday, 6/17
– 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.).
– 12 noon till – B.A.M. FEST (Birthplace of American Music Festival); bamfestms.com…
MUSIC LINEUP / WALKING SCHEDULE (click for map):
– 12 noon-1pm – Grandma’s House of Pancakes – The Grandboiz
– 1:10pm-2:10pm – Busters Down Home Blues Club – Jordan Sledge & The Night-Cast
– 2:20pm-3:20pm – Messenger’s Pool Hall – The Southern Soul Band
– 3:30pm-4:30pm – Red’s Lounge – Frank “Guitar” Rimmer
– 4:40pm-5:40pm – Levon’s Bar & Grill – Big T & The Family
– 5:50-6:50pm – Griot – Edna Nicole & the Beau’s Band
– 7pm-8pm – Delta Blues Alley Cafe – Terry “Harmonica” Bean
– 8:10pm-9:10pm – Hooker Grocer & Eatery – Queen Iretta & Johnie B Sanders
– 9:20pm-10:20pm – Bluesberry Cafe – Lucious Spiller & the LS Band
– 10:30pm-11:30pm – Crossroads Cultural Arts Center – Jack & The Pearl Street Jumpers
– 11:40pm-12:40pm – Delta Blues Alley Cafe – Otis “TCB” Taylor & Band
Tickets required; see bamfestms.com for details; lineup subject to change.
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (next to Cat Head).
– 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 – Kent Burnside at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.; across from Greyhound bldg).
Sunday, 6/18
– 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.).
– 5pm – B.A.M. FEST “Super Soul Sunday” w/TBA at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Mike Munson at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (316 John Lee Hooker Lane).
– 7pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 6/19
– 10am-5pm – Mon-Sat (except holidays & festivals) – Delta Blues Museum, deltabluesmuseum.org (1 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/TBA at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Live blues TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 6/20
– 8pm – Humble Town at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 6/21
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (256 Delta Ave. next to Cat Head).
– 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, 6/22
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (256 Delta Ave. next to Cat Head).
– 7:30pm – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen w/Ike Liner at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 6/23
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (next to Cat Head).
– 5pm – Friday After 5 Blues Jam w/Lala Craig at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 8pm – Cruz The Dame at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Heavy Suga & SweeTones at Shack Up Inn (001 Commissary Cr.).
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.; across from Greyhound bldg).
Saturday, 6/24
– 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.).
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (next to Cat Head).
– 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 – Zach Koch Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Tyron Benoit Band at Shack Up Inn (001 Commissary Cr.).
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.; across from Greyhound bldg).
Sunday, 6/25
– 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 – TBA at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (316 John Lee Hooker Lane).
– 7pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 6/26
– 10am-5pm – Mon-Sat (except holidays & festivals) – Delta Blues Museum, deltabluesmuseum.org (1 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/TBA at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Live blues TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 6/27
– 8pm – Heavy Suga & SweeTones at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 6/28
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (256 Delta Ave. next to Cat Head).
– 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, 6/29
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (256 Delta Ave. next to Cat Head).
– 7:30pm – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen w/Ike Liner at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Heavy Suga & SweeTones at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 6/30
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (next to Cat Head).
– 5pm – Friday After 5 Blues Jam w/Iceman & His Blues Brothers at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 8pm – Mississippi Marshall & the Juke Daddies at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.; across from Greyhound bldg).
Saturday, 7/1
– 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.).
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (next to Cat Head).
– 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 blues TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.; across from Greyhound bldg).
Sunday, 7/2
– 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 – Chris Mullens at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (316 John Lee Hooker Lane).
– 7pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 7/3
– 10am-5pm – Mon-Sat (except holidays & festivals) – Delta Blues Museum, deltabluesmuseum.org (1 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/TBA at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Live blues TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 7/4 – FOURTH OF JULY!
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 7/5
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (256 Delta Ave. next to Cat Head).
– 7:30pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
PLUS… COMING SOON IN CLARKSDALE…
DELTA BLUES ALLEY CAFE (352 Delta Ave)
Friday after 5 blues jam… 5:05pm to 7pm…
Steve & Walt 7/7
Hussleman 7/14
Iceman & Blues Brothers. 7/22
Steve & Walt 7/28
GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB (0 Blues Alley)
7/6 – Big A & the All Stars
7/7 – Danny Boy
7/8 – Big T & the Family Band
7/15 – Keith Johnson & the Big Muddy Band
7/21 – Jeremy Burnett
7/22 – Jamell Richardson
7/27 – Big A & the All Stars
7/28 – Mr. Sipp
8/4 – Zion Stovall
SHACK UP INN (1 Commissary Cir.)
7/7 – Kevin & Hugh
7/14 – Mitch Grainger
7/15 – Tyron Benoit
7/20 – Todd Albright
7/21 – 19th Street Red
HOOKER GROCER + EATERY (near museum)
7/9 – Steve Kolbus, 6pm