CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI – 365 days of blues per year
(Also see weekly Sounds Around Town for updates and additions).
MAY 2022 so far…
Sunday, 5/1
– 10am – PUBLIC – Blues Breakfast w/Fast Eddie & Da Bones Man in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page; outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
– 11am – weather-permitting Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks on CAT HEAD front porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm – PUBLIC – Mississippi Marshall live-streams blues on Mississippi Marshall Facebook page.
– 2:30pm – PUBLIC – weekly Black History tour of downtown Clarksdale w/Brenda Luckett and others; book online (small fee) at SharedExperiencesUSA.com.
– 5pm-7pm – PUBLIC – Jacqueline Nassar at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (near Delta Blues Museum).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Lucious Spiller (replacement act) at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 5/2 – Get vaxed HERE, y’all… thanks!
– 6pm – PUBLIC – Happy hour w/live music TBA at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Blues Dinner w/Watermelon Slim in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page; outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
Tuesday, 5/3
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Rae Gordon jam at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 5/4
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – PUBLIC – Lucious Spiller plays Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Lala Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 5/5
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – 19th Street Red w/Deak Harp at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Blues Jam w/Steve Kolbus at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 5/6
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm & 8pm – PUBLIC – “Live After 5 @ DBAC”: First, 5pm-8pm Lucious Spiller w/The Delta Blues Alley Cats House Band; then, 8pm-11pm Live Karaoke w/The Delta Blues Alley Cats House Band at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 7pm-10pm – PUBLIC – Fridays at the Stage w/Big Ticket (Delta Blues Museum outdoor stage, 1 Blues Alley).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Coahoma Community College presents its Spring Soiree w/musical guest Anthony “Big A” Sherrod at Cutrer Mansion (lawn, 109 Clark Street); lawn party attire; info 662-621-4155.
– 7:30pm – PUBLIC – Fast Eddie & Da Bones Man at Levon’s Bar & Grill (232 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Phillip Carter Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Johnny Rawls (night #1) at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Saturday, 5/7
– 10am – PUBLIC – Blues Breakfast w/Lucious Spiller in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page via Live From Clarksdale; outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
– 11am-7pm – FREE daytime CLARKDALE CARAVAN MUSIC FEST performances (plus a cover-charge 7pm show at Bad Apple Blues Club, below). FREE daytime schedule at Cat Head & Bluesberry:
Cat Head Front Porch Stage (252 Delta Ave)
11AM – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen
1PM – Sean “Bad” Apple
2PM – RL Boyce
Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Stage (235 Yazoo Ave)
3PM – Nestor Prado
4PM – Frank “Guitarman” Rimmer Band
5:30PM – Watermelon Slim & The Truckers
– 2pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Garage Sale at Rock & Blues Museum (113 E 2nd St) w/vinyl LPs, posters, instruments, furniture & more (masks required).
– 7pm – nighttime CLARKDALE CARAVAN MUSIC FEST show starring Sean “Bad” Apple & Joe “Iceman” Williams at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.); cover charge at door.
– 7:30pm – PUBLIC – Nate Porter at Levon’s Bar & Grill (232 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Robert Kimbrough Sr. Blues Connection at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Joe Curuso at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Johnny Rawls (night #2) at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – V.E.G.A.S Saturday’s Live Performances by Horace Walker & Mike Steele at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
Sunday, 5/8
– 10am – PUBLIC – Blues Breakfast w/Tas Cru in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page; outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
– 11am – weather-permitting Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks on CAT HEAD front porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– 11am-3pm – PUBLIC – Garage Sale at Rock & Blues Museum (113 E 2nd St) w/vinyl LPs, posters, instruments, furniture & more (masks required).
– 1pm – PUBLIC – Mississippi Marshall live-streams blues on Mississippi Marshall Facebook page.
– 2pm-10pm – PUBLIC – Super Soul Sundays with live performance by southern soul artist Chad Jones & special invited guest Mississippi Humming Boy at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 2:30pm – PUBLIC – weekly Black History tour of downtown Clarksdale w/Brenda Luckett and others; book online (small fee) at SharedExperiencesUSA.com.
– 6pm-8pm (note new times) – PUBLIC – Marlow Dorrough at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (near Delta Blues Museum).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Mark “Mule Man” Massey at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 5/9 – Get vaxed HERE, y’all… thanks!
– 6pm – PUBLIC – Happy hour w/Tony Boyd at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Blues Dinner w/Sean “Bad” Apple and Joe “Iceman” Williams in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page; outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
Tuesday, 5/10
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Hopeless Case Blues Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 5/11
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – PUBLIC – Lucious Spiller plays Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Bill “Howl-N-Madd” Perry at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 5/12
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5-7pm WOMEN IN BLUES sponsors’ VIP wine & cheese reception to say thanks at the Cutrer Mansion (womeninblues.org), followed by 8pm Women’s Jam Night at Ground Zero Blues Club
– 7pm – PUBLIC – 19th Street Red w/Deak Harp at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Blues Jam w/Lala Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 5/13
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 4pm-8pm – 5/13-14 – Two-day WOMEN IN BLUES FREE FESTIVAL; starring (either Fri or Sat) Libby Rae Watson, Australia “Honeybee” Jones, Lady Trucker, Queen Iretta & Johnie B. Sanders, Miss Gladys & Big T, Edna Nicole, Jaxx Nassar, Heavy Suga & SweetTones, Ghalia Volt, Prayer Bailey & Lightnin’ Malcolm, Shy & Bill Howl-N-Madd Perry, DieDra Ruff, Anissa “Bigg Sexxy” Hampton (lineup subject to change); Shared Experiences HQ stage at 121 Delta Ave; final schedule at womeninblues.org.
– 7pm-10pm – PUBLIC – Fridays at the Stage w/Lucious Spiller Band (Delta Blues Museum outdoor stage, 1 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Frank “Guitar” Rimmer Band at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Lightnin’ Malcolm at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Christopher Dean Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Saturday, 5/14
– 10am – PUBLIC – Blues Breakfast w/live blues TBA in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page; outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
– 11am – weather-permitting Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks on CAT HEAD front porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– noon-8pm – 2nd day of WOMEN IN BLUES FREE FESTIVAL; starring (either Fri or Sat) Libby Rae Watson, Australia “Honeybee” Jones, Lady Trucker, Queen Iretta & Johnie B. Sanders, Miss Gladys & Big T, Edna Nicole, Jaxx Nassar, Heavy Suga & SweetTones, Ghalia Volt, Prayer Bailey & Lightnin’ Malcolm, Shy & Bill Howl-N-Madd Perry, DieDra Ruff, Anissa “Bigg Sexxy” Hampton (lineup subject to change); Shared Experiences HQ stage at 121 Delta Ave; final schedule at womeninblues.org.
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Terry “Big T” Williams & Family Band at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Christopher Dean Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Sunday, 5/15
– 10am – PUBLIC – Blues Breakfast w/live blues TBA in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page; outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
– 11am – weather-permitting Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks on CAT HEAD front porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– 2:30pm – PUBLIC – weekly Black History tour of downtown Clarksdale w/Brenda Luckett and others; book online (small fee) at SharedExperiencesUSA.com.
– 6pm-8pm – PUBLIC – Ghalia Volt at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (near Delta Blues Museum).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 5/16 – Get vaxed HERE, y’all… thanks!
– 6pm – PUBLIC – Happy hour w/Alanna Mosley at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Blues Dinner w/Ghalia Volt in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page via LiveFromClarksdale.org; outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
Tuesday, 5/17
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Deak Harp at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 5/18
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5:30pm – Book signing event for They Called Us River Rats: The Last Batture Settlement of New Orleans by Macon Fry, at the Travelers Hotel lobby on 3rd St., downtown, in conjunction with Quapaw Canoe Company.
– 7:30pm – PUBLIC – Lucious Spiller plays Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Lala Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 5/19
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – PUBLIC – 19th Street Red w/Deak Harp at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Blues Jam w/Bill Abel at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Guitar Camp Jam at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Friday, 5/20
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm-10pm – PUBLIC – Fridays at the Stage w/Party Shot (Delta Blues Museum outdoor stage, 1 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Terry “Big T” Williams at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Lucious Spiller Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Saturday, 5/21
– 10am – PUBLIC – Blues Breakfast w/Lucious Spiller in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page; outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
– 11am – weather-permitting Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks on CAT HEAD front porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Keith Johnson and the Big Muddy Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Sunday, 5/22
– 10am – PUBLIC – Blues Breakfast w/Watermelon Slim in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page; outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
– 11am – weather-permitting Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks on CAT HEAD front porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– 2:30pm – PUBLIC – weekly Black History tour of downtown Clarksdale w/Brenda Luckett and others; book online (small fee) at SharedExperiencesUSA.com.
– 6pm-8pm – PUBLIC – Tiffany Harmon at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (near Delta Blues Museum).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Mark “Mule Man” Massey at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 5/23 – Get vaxed HERE, y’all… thanks!
– 6pm – PUBLIC – Happy hour w/Cecil, Alanna, Walt and Friends at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Blues Dinner w/Joe Williams Iceman Band in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page; outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
Tuesday, 5/24
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Mississippi Marshall at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 5/25
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – PUBLIC – Lucious Spiller plays Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Live blues TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 5/26
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – PUBLIC – 19th Street Red w/Deak Harp at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Blues Jam w/Steve Kolbus at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Proud Hound at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Friday, 5/27
– 1pm – PUBLIC – GZBC ANNIVERSARY at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley) w/live music all day: Lala Craig 1pm, Lucious Spiller 3pm, Jimmy Duck Holmes 5pm, and Big A & Allstars, 8pm; details at groundzerobluesclub.com.
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm-10pm – PUBLIC – Fridays at the Stage w/Loose Bruce & the Deepwater Baptists (Delta Blues Museum outdoor stage, 1 Blues Alley).
– 5pm – PUBLIC – 5/27-28 – GOAT FEST IX: Friday 5PM Delta Blues Alley Cafe; Saturday 1PM at Hopson Commissary; and Saturday 7PM at Shack Up Inn. Details at https://www.facebook.com/Goat-Fest-Presents-Sin-Repent-Repeat-The-New-Events-Page-107506774815036/.
– 8pm – PUBLIC – TBA at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Saturday, 5/28
– 10am – PUBLIC – Blues Breakfast w/TBA in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page; outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
– 11am – weather-permitting Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks on CAT HEAD front porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– 12 noon till – PUBLIC – GZBC ANNIVERSARY at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley) w/live music all day: Heavy Suga & SweeTones 12 noon, Big T 2pm, Muddy Alexander 4pm, Keith Johnson & Big Muddy Band 6pm, and Mr Sipp 9pm; details at groundzerobluesclub.com.
– 1pm – PUBLIC – 5/27-28 – GOAT FEST IX: Saturday 1PM at Hopson Commissary; and Saturday 7PM at Shack Up Inn. Details at https://www.facebook.com/Goat-Fest-Presents-Sin-Repent-Repeat-The-New-Events-Page-107506774815036/.
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – 5/27-28 – GOAT FEST IX: Saturday 7PM at Shack Up Inn. Details at https://www.facebook.com/Goat-Fest-Presents-Sin-Repent-Repeat-The-New-Events-Page-107506774815036/.
– 8pm – PUBLIC – TBA at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Sunday, 5/29
– 10am – PUBLIC – Blues Breakfast w/TBA in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page; outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
– 11am – weather-permitting Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks on CAT HEAD front porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– 2:30pm – PUBLIC – weekly Black History tour of downtown Clarksdale w/Brenda Luckett and others; book online (small fee) at SharedExperiencesUSA.com.
– 6pm-8pm – PUBLIC – James Reed at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (near Delta Blues Museum).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – TBA at Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
Monday, 5/30 – Get vaxed HERE, y’all… thanks!
– 6pm – PUBLIC – Happy hour w/TBA at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – PUBLIC – Blues Dinner w/TBA in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) and Bluesberry Cafe FB page; outdoors, limited seating, social distancing, masks required.
Tuesday, 5/31
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Ray Cashman at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 6/1
– 3pm-6pm – PUBLIC – Sean “Bad” Apple & Friends at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – PUBLIC – Lucious Spiller plays Red’s Lounge juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – PUBLIC – Live blues TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
ALSO, upcoming in Clarksdale, MS:
– 6/18, 2022- Birthplace of American Music (BAM) Fest – www.bamfestms.com.
– 6/22-24, 2022 – Pinetop Perkins Experience Workshop, culminating in Friday public show, pinetopperkinsfoundation.org/workshop.
– 7/16, 2022 – Crossroads Blues, Brews, & BBQ Festival- www.bamfestms.com.
– 8/12-14, 2022 – 34th Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival – www.sunflowerfest.org.
– 8/13-15, 2022 – Cat Head 20th Anniversary Weekend, www.cathead.biz.
LIVE BLUES MUSIC & MORE 7 DAYS A WEEK (365!)… ONLY IN CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI!
For “VIRTUAL” shows, watch via www.livefromclarksdale.org (unless noted otherwise). All Clarksdale times are CDT.