CLARKSDALE: New Year’s Eve Weekend at the crossroads!
Every year, New Year’s Eve—and the weekend surrounding it—is a blues-blasting, year-end finale to another “live blues 365” in Clarksdale, Mississippi! Come join the fun Fri-Mon, 12/29/23-1/1/24 with updates at https://www.cathead.biz/music-calendar. Find lodging now via VisitClarksdale.com.
Friday, 12/29– Celebrate New Year’s Weekend at the crossroads, y’all!
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at the original Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 8pm – Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Watermelon Slim at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Bill Abel at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 12/30 – Celebrate New Year’s Weekend at the crossroads, y’all!
– 10am (open 8:30am) – NYE Weekend Blues Breakfast w/Joe McLarren 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 Duo 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 – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & the Allstars at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Keith Johnson & Big Muddy Band at Ground Zero Blues Club.
Sunday, 12/31 – CLARKSDALE NEW YEAR’S EVE w/live blues morning till night!
– 10am (open 8:30am) – NYE Blues Breakfast w/Watermelon Slim at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – NYE blues w/Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen on CAT HEAD porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– 11am – NYE Brunch at Hopson Commissary (1 Commissary Cir.); closed at night.
– 3pm-6pm – NYE daytime blues w/Sean “Bad” Apple at the original Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 6:30pm-1:30am (doors 6pm) – NEW YEAR’S EVE BLUES PARTY w/Big A & Allstars followed by Super Chikan & Fighting Cocks at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
– 9pm – NEW YEAR’S EVE BLUES PARTY w/Mississippi Marshall & the Juke Daddys at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 9pm – NEW YEAR’S EVE HILL COUNTRY PARTY w/Lightnin’ Malcolm & special guests at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 9pm – NEW YEAR’S EVE ROCK MUSIC PARTY w/Big Ticket at Red White & Brew Bar & Grill. (18356 Hwy 61 N Lyon, just north of Clarksdale).
– 9:30pm – “New Year’s Eve Snow Ball – The Big Finale” (info at Facebook.com/ChristmasInClarksdale) on Yazoo Ave.
Monday, 1/1 – Celebrate New Year’s Day at the crossroads, y’all!
– 10am-5pm – Mon-Sat (except holidays & festivals) – Delta Blues Museum, deltabluesmuseum.org (1 Blues Alley).
– 6pm – Happy hour blues w/Charlotte Taylor on New Year’s Day at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Mississippi Marshall Hopper at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).