Wednesday, 6/12
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at 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, 6/13
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club.
– 7pm – Ryan Lee Crosby & Grant Smith at Travelers Hotel (212 Third St.).
– 8pm – Steve & Walt Birthday Jam at Ground Zero Blues Club.
– 8pm – Watermelon Slim at Red’s Lounge.
– 10pm-1am – 19th Street Blues Band at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
Friday, 6/14
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club.
– 5pm-11pm – Watermelon Slim (5pm front) & Frank “Guitar” Rimmer (8pm back) BAM FEST weekend kicks off at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (bamfestms.com).
– 5pm – BE at The Den Again (220 Yazoo Ave.).
– 7pm – PINETOP PERKINS SHOWCASE w/students & instructors (Bob Margolin, Bob Stroger, Billy Branch, etc.) at Ground Zero Blues Club (pinetopperkinsfoundation.org).
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & Allstars at Red’s Lounge.
Saturday, 6/15
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Charlie Barath & Johnny Burgin at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
– 12 noon-11:30pm – BAM FEST 2024 (Birthplace of American Music Fest)—a moving music fest! Venues include Messenger’s, Red’s, Griot Hambone, Delta Blues Alley Cafe & more. Acts include Terry “Harmonica” Bean, Southern Soul Band, Stone Gas Band, Lady Trucker, Big T & more. Tix/info: bamfestms.com.
– 1pm-3pm – Stan Street & Guitar Frenchie at Hambone Gallery.
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club.
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/Roger Stolle at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s Lounge.
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod 40th Birthday Bash at Ground Zero Blues Club.
– 8pm – Heavy Suga & SweeTones at Hambone Gallery.
Sunday, 6/16
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Music Breakfast w/Tony Boyd at Bluesberry Cafe.
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store.
– 3pm-8pm – BAM FEST weekend concludes w/19th Street Red Band (3pm front) & Terry “Harmonica” Bean (5pm back) at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (bamfestms.com).
– 6pm – Mississippi Marshall Hopper at Hooker Grocer (JLH Lane, near museum).
– 7pm – Terry “Harmonica” Bean at “Old Madidi Bar” at the Auberge Hostel (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 6/17
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Seth, Walt & students (Walt’s birthday!) at Hopson (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Joe McLarren & Hokum Cats at Bluesberry Cafe.
Tuesday, 6/18
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod at Hambone Gallery.