MAY 2024
CAT HEAD’S CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI, MUSIC CALENDAR
Clarksdale, Mississippi, hosts ‘live’ blues shows every single night (plus many days)—365, y’all!
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
Wednesday, 5/1
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple performs at the 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, 5/2
– Thurs-Sun, 5/2-5, 2024 – Bones Fest XXVIII (Rhythm Bones Society); info at www.rhythmbones.org AND facebook.com/groups/818901525412905
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Lucious Spiller 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, 5/3
– Thurs-Sun, 5/2-5, 2024 – Bones Fest XXVIII (Rhythm Bones Society); info at www.rhythmbones.org AND facebook.com/groups/818901525412905
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple performs at the Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm – Live blues TBA at Friday After 5 at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Fridays at the Stage w/Big A & Allstars, sponsored by Chamber of Commerce (Delta Blues Museum stage, 1 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Stone Gas Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8:30pm – Watermelon Slim at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
Saturday, 5/4
– Thurs-Sun, 5/2-5, 2024 – Bones Fest XXVIII (Rhythm Bones Society); info at www.rhythmbones.org AND facebook.com/groups/818901525412905
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Benton Parker 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 – Lucious Spiller at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Bones Fest After-Party w/Heavy Suga & SweeTones at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Deak Harp at The Den (221 Yazoo Ave.).
Sunday, 5/5
– Thurs-Sun, 5/2-5, 2024 – Bones Fest XXVIII (Rhythm Bones Society); info at www.rhythmbones.org AND facebook.com/groups/818901525412905
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Music Breakfast w/Da Bones Man & Rev Robert w/Fast Eddie 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 – Benton Parker at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (JLH Lane, near museum).
– 7pm – Guitar Frenchie plays “Old Madidi Bar” at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 5/6
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Rev. Robert at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Marshall Hopper & Grayson Ackerland at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 5/7
– 8pm – Rev Robert at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– (Tues-Sat, 5/7-11 – Harmonica Workshop at Shack Up Inn)
Wednesday, 5/8
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple performs at the 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, 5/9
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Big A & Allstars 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, 5/10
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple performs at the Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm – Watermelon Slim at Friday After 5 at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Fridays at the Stage w/Party Shot, sponsored by Chamber of Commerce (Delta Blues Museum stage, 1 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Terry “Harmonica” Bean at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Joanna Conner at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live music TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 5/11
– 11am-3pm – 17th Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest w/Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen, Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & more at CAT HEAD blues store (252 Delta Ave.) – www.clarksdalecaravan.com
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Guitar Frenchie & special guest 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 – Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest w/Sean “Bad” Apple & special guest at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.) – www.clarksdalecaravan.com
– 4pm – Pinetop Boogie & Crawfish Boil at Ground Zero Blues Club benefiting Pinetop Perkins Foundation, 4pm till. at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest w/Watermelon Slim at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.) – www.clarksdalecaravan.com
– 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 – Johnny Rawls at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 8pm – Live music TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 5/12
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Music Breakfast w/Tony Boyd 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 – Lucious Spiller 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, 5/13
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Seth and Walt at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Sean “Bad” Apple at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 5/14
– 8pm – Heavy Suga & SweeTones at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– (Tues-Sat, 5/14-19 – Guitar Workshop at Shack Up Inn)
Wednesday, 5/15
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple performs at the Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – The Hokum Cats at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 8pm – Deak Harp at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 5/16
– 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, 5/17
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple performs at the Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm – Watermelon Slim at Friday After 5 at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 5pm-7pm – VIP & Sponsor party for Women In Blues festival – www.womeninblues.org
– 6pm – Fridays at the Stage w/The Rustenhaven Band, sponsored by Chamber of Commerce (Delta Blues Museum stage, 1 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Lightnin’ Malcolm at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Cash’s Juke Joint band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Saturday, 5/18
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA 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.).
– 12 noon-7pm – 3rd anniversary Women In Blues festival – FREE! – www.womeninblues.org
– 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.
– 7pm-9pm – Grace Askew feat. Mario Monterosso at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars w/special guest Miss Gladys (in honor of Women In Blues Festival, earlier in the day) at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Chris Pitts & Memphis Prime at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Sunday, 5/19
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Music Breakfast w/TBA 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 – Charlotte Taylor 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, 5/20
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Marshall Drew at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/live blues TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 5/21
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 5/22
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple performs at the Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – The Hokum Cats at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 8pm – Steve Kolbus Blues Revue at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 5/23
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Lucious Spiller 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.).
CLARKSDALE’S 2024 MEMORIAL DAY BLUES PARTY WEEKEND w/GZBC Anniversary, Deak’s Harmonica Block Party, Bad Apple Blues Festival and more!
Friday, 5/24
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple performs at the Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm – Lucious Spiller at Friday After 5 at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 5pm till – GZBC’s 23rd Anniversary Celebration – music starts 5pm w/headliners Keith Johnson & Big Muddy Band at 6:30pm AND Mr Sipp at 9pm – Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Fridays at the Stage w/Stone Gas Band, sponsored by Chamber of Commerce (Delta Blues Museum stage, 1 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Edna Nicole & Delta Avenue at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 5/25
– Deak’s Harmonica Block Party blues festival returns! Info at facebook.com/deaksharmonicablockparty. (Third Street, between Sunflower Ave & Delta Ave).
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA 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.).
– 4:30pm till – GZBC’s 23rd Anniversary Celebration – music starts 4:30pm w/headliners Big A & Allstars AND Tee Dee Young (more details TBA) – Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Robert Kimbrough Sr & Blues Connection at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Live music TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 5/26
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Music Breakfast w/TBA 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-8pm – The 4th Bad Apple Blues Festival—starring James “Super Chikan” Johnson, Australia “Honey Bee” Jones, Little Willie Farmer, Terry “Big T” Williams, Lucious Spiller, Sean “Bad” Apple & more! Info at facebook.com/badapplebluesclub.
– 6pm – Steve Kolbus 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, 5/27
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Steve Kolbus at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/live blues TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 8pm – Ghalia Volt at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Tuesday, 5/28
– 8pm – Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 5/29
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple performs at the 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, 5/30
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Big T & Family 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, 5/31
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple performs at the Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5pm – RL Superbad at Friday After 5 at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Fridays at the Stage w/Heavy Suga & SweeTones, sponsored by Chamber of Commerce (Delta Blues Museum stage, 1 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – 2024 IBC winner Piper & the Hardtimes at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Live music TBA at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 6/1
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA 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 – Live blues TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Silas Caldwell & the Magnolia Sound at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 6/2
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Music Breakfast w/TBA 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 – Live blues TBA at “Old Madidi Bar” at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).