CAT HEAD’S CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI…
MONTHLY “SOUNDS AROUND TOWN” CALENDAR
Clarksdale, Mississippi, hosts ‘live’ blues shows every single night (plus many days)—365, y’all!
Friday, 11/1
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Dr. B Healin’ with a Feelin’ at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 5:30pm – RL SUPERBAD at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 8pm – Mark “Mule Man” Massey at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – 19th Street Red Blues Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 7:30pm – Buddha Fest at Shack Up Inn w/Barata, Number 2, Electric Mudd at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 11/2
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Guitar Frenchie at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm-9pm – Blues Jam w/Edna Nicole & Amana D’Ja Fall Fashion Show at Travelers Hotel lobby (212 Third St.).
– 6pm-8pm – Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Lightnin’ Malcolm at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Big Time Rhythm & Blues Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Ray Cashman at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Buddha Fest w/Electric Mudd, Number 2 at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 11/3
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Massimo Bevilacqua & Watermelon Slim at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Bloody Mary Sunday w/live blues music at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
– 7pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod at “Old Madidi Bar” at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 11/4
– 6pm – Happy hour w/TBA at Hopson Commissary (1 Commissary Cir).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Mississippi Marshall Hopper at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 11/5 – Go VOTE, y’all!
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – The Hokum Cats at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 11/6
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Little Joe McLerran at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Steve Kolbus Blues Revue at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 11/7
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5:30pm – Hohoho… Downtown Open House w/Santa in the Park, gift shops open late—including Cat Head—and more (200 block of Delta Ave.)!
– 6pm – TBA at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Edna Nicole & Delta Avenue at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Big A & Allstars (8pm)/Super Chickan & Fighting Cocks (9pm) at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– PLUS, Thurs.-Sat., 11/7-9 – Jason Eady’s Way Down in Mississippi Fest (10 artists, 3 nights), www.instagram.com/jasoneady
Friday, 11/8
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5:30pm – Watermelon Slim at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Jimmy Ray at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Studd Ford Band (T-Model’s grandson) at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– PLUS, Thurs.-Sat., 11/7-9 – Jason Eady’s Way Down in Mississippi Fest (10 artists, 3 nights), www.instagram.com/jasoneady
Saturday, 11/9
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm-8pm – Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 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 – Hub City Mojo at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Deak Harp at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– PLUS, Thurs.-Sat., 11/7-9 – Jason Eady’s Way Down in Mississippi Fest (10 artists, 3 nights), www.instagram.com/jasoneady
Sunday, 11/10
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Bloody Mary Sunday w/TBA playing at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – Terry “Harmonica” Bean at “Old Madidi Bar” at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
– PLUS, special sold-out show: Christone “KINGFISH” Ingram w/Big A opening at Ground Zero Blues Club, groundzerobluesclub.com/events/kingfish-w-opener-big-a-and-the-allstars.
Monday, 11/11
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/TBA at Hopson Commissary (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 11/12
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – Mississippi Marshall at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 11/13
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Be at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – The Mojo Hands at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 11/14
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Little Joe McLerran at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Edna Nicole & Delta Avenue at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Stan Street at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 11/15
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5:30pm – Lucious Spiller at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Bear Ryan at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Jesse Cotton Stone at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Big T & the Family Blues Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Cary Hudson at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 11/16
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm-8pm – Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 6pm – Sam Davis Memorial Benefit w/live music TBA at Hopson Commissary (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 8pm – Jimmy Burns Homecoming—Chicago blues legend was born in nearby Dublin, MS—at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 8pm – Rev Slim & G-Town Sound at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Chad Marshall Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Cricket at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
Sunday, 11/17
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Bloody Mary Sunday w/TBA playing at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – Jesse Cotton Stone at “Old Madidi Bar” at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 11/18
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/TBA at Hopson Commissary (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 11/19
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 11/20
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – TBA at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Deak Harp at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 11/21
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – TBA at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Edna Nicole & Delta Avenue at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Heavy Suga at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 11/22
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5:30pm – Bear Ryan at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Cats in the Attic at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Watermelon Slim at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 11/23
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm-8pm – Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 7pm – Just Groovin’ Experience at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Keith Johnson & Big Muddy Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Sunday, 11/24
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Bloody Mary Sunday w/TBA playing at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – Ray Cashman at “Old Madidi Bar” at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 11/25
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/TBA at Hopson Commissary (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 11/26
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 11/27
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – TBA at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 7pm – Annual pre-Thanksgiving Sunflower Blues Festival Benefit w/Lucious Spiller, “Mule Man” Massey, Bill Abel, Sean “Bad” Apple, Super Chikan & Big A (lineup subject to change) at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 11/28 – THANKSGIVING BLUES MUSIC only in Clarksdale!
– 6pm – Little Joe McLerran at The Den Again (220 Yazoo Ave.).
– 7pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.)!
Friday, 11/29
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 5:30pm – TBA at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Be at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Live blues band TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Saturday, 11/30
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm-8pm – Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Frank “Guitar” Rimmer Blues Band at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Deak Harp at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
Sunday, 12/1
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 1pm-3pm – Bloody Mary Sunday w/TBA playing at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7pm – TBA at “Old Madidi Bar” at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 12/2
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/TBA at Hopson Commissary (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 12/3
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
AND…… coming for the holidays…….
– Tues., 12/24 – Live CHRISTMAS EVE blues show at Red’s Lounge in downtown Clarksdale; this will happen, but details are to come.
– Wed., 12/25 – Live CHRISTMAS NIGHT blues show at Auberge Hostel aka Old Madidi Bar (164 Delta Ave.).
- Tues., 12/31 – NEW YEAR’S EVE shows at Ground Zero Blues Club, Red’s Lounge and more!
– PLUS, PLAN NOW… Fri-Sun, 1/24-26, 2025 – 15th annual Clarksdale Film & Music Festival – www.clarksdalefilmfestival.com
PLUS, COMING SOON TO CLARKSDALE, MS…
RED’S LOUNGE juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.):
Stayed tuned for NEW YEAR’S EVE blues party info at Red’s.
AUBERGE HOSTEL aka Old Madidi Bar (164 Delta Ave.)—SUNDAYS at 7pm:
12/15 – Watermelon Slim
12/22 – Matt Hill
SHACK UP INN (1 Commissary Cir.):
Saturday, 12/14 – 8pm – Blue Mother Tupelo
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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
SHOP CAT HEAD STORE EVERY DAY but Thanksgiving & Christmas, and pick up a printed copy of the week’s Music Calendar—Mon-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm and Sun 10am-3pm (plus special hours during festivals/holidays)!
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!
VISITING CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI??
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ALSO, VISIT THE NEW BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI, GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB LOCATION:
Biloxi website at groundzerobiloxi.com (ticketing website https://groundzerobiloxi.yapsody.com)…
Ground Zero Blues Club