CLARKSDALE: Sounds Around Town weekly blues updates…

Welcome to CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI’s 7-days-a-week music calendar — in-person events plus some live-streamed via LiveFromClarksdale.org. Please mask up & social distance where appropriate. Find boosters at www.vaccines.gov, plus unique lodging at VisitClarksdale.com.

Wednesday, 7/13
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
– 7:30pm – Lucious Spiller at Red’s juke joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Steve Kolbus at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).

Thursday, 7/14
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club.
– 7:30pm – 19th Street Red w/Deak Harp at Red’s juke joint.
– 8pm – Weekly Blues Jam w/Big T at Ground Zero Blues Club.

Friday, 7/15
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club.
– 5pm-8pm – “Friday After 5 Blues Jam” w/live blues TBA at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
– 7pm – Ralph Miller at Levon’s Bar & Grill (232 Sunflower Ave.)
– 7pm – Tony Boyd at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (near Delta Blues Museum).
– 7pm – Storyworks Theater presents HAIR-ITAGE PROJECT at Meraki Coffee Roasting Co. (282 Sunflower Ave.); “storytelling evening inspired by Clarksdale beautician & civil rights leader Mrs. Vera Mae Pigee; FREE tix @ https://www.eventbrite.com.
– 8pm – Terry “Big T” Williams & Family at Red’s juke joint.
– 8pm – Chris Pitts at Ground Zero Blues Club.
– 8pm – Jonathan Foster at Shack Up Inn (001 Commissary Cir.).

Saturday, 7/16
– 10am – Blues Breakfast w/Lucious Spiller in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) & FB page; distancing, masks required.
– 11am – Randy “19th Street Red” Cohen busks on CAT HEAD porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– 3pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues Club.
– 7pm – Storyworks Theater presents HAIR-ITAGE PROJECT (Night 2) at Meraki; “storytelling inspired by Clarksdale beautician & civil rights leader Mrs. Vera Mae Pigee; FREE tix @ https://www.eventbrite.com.
– 8pm – Lucious Spiller Band at Red’s juke joint.
– 8pm – Keith Johnson & Big Muddy Band at Ground Zero Blues Club.
– 8pm – Deak Harp at Shack Up Inn (001 Commissary Cir.).

Sunday, 7/17
– 10am – Blues Breakfast w/Watermelon Slim in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) & FB page; distancing, masks required.
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks on CAT HEAD front porch).
– 2:30pm – weekly Black History tour of downtown Clarksdale; book online (small fee) at SharedExperiencesUSA.com.
– 6pm – Tony Boyd at Hooker Grocer + Eatery.
– 7pm – Terry “Big T” Williams at Red’s juke joint.

Monday, 7/18
– 5:30pm – Downtown Clarksdale Farmers Market at Collective Seed & Supply (145 Delta Ave.).
– 6pm – Happy hour w/music by Tony Boyd at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Mojo Hands performing in Bluesberry Cafe Back Alley Bar (weather permitting, or inside) & FB page; distancing, masks required.

Tuesday, 7/19
– 8pm – Mississippi Marshall at Hambone Gallery (111 E. 2nd St.).

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CAT HEAD BLUES STORE: Mon-Fri 11-4, Sat till 5 & Sun 11-3. WEB STORE at www.cathead.biz.
COMING SOON: 8/12-14 – 34th Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival! Lineup at sunflowerfest.org.
CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz.

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