CLARKSDALE: Sounds Around Town – Women in Blues edition!

Welcome to CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI’s 7-days-a-week music. Lodging​ info: VisitClarksdale.com.

Wednesday, 5/17
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at ​NEW ​Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (256 Delta Av. next to Cat Head).
– 8pm – Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).

Thursday, 5/18
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center .
– 5pm-7pm – WOMEN IN BLUES VIP Kickoff at Governor’s Mansion (41 John St​.)​; womeninblues.org.
– 7:30pm – 19th Street Red w/Ike Liner at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Av.).
– 8pm – Women In Blues Jam w/Heavy Suga at Ground Zero Blues Club.

Friday, 5/19
– 12pm-11pm – WOMEN IN BLUES ​- 12pm business panels, 4pm panel discussion, 5pm music happy hour, 7pm “Postcards for Rosetta” film sneak preview w/Jimbo Mathus, and 9pm-11pm KABF blues house party w/Jimbo & The Womens. Shared Experiences HQ (121 Delta Av.); womeninblues.org.
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center.
– 5pm – Friday After 5 Blues w/Watermelon Slim at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Av.).
– 7pm-10pm – Rustenhaven Band plays Fridays at Stage on Delta Blues Museum stage (1 Blues Alley).
– 8pm – Akeem Kemp at Ground Zero Blues Club.
– 8pm – Terry “Big T” Williams at Red’s Lounge.
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).

Saturday, 5/20
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Charlotte Taylor at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at CAT HEAD store (252 Delta Av.).
– 12pm-8pm – WOMEN IN BLUES FESTIVAL at Shared Experiences HQ (121 Delta Av.) w/Keeshea Pratt, Tullie Brae, Tera Lynne Fister, Aretta Woodruff, Ilana Katz Katz, Rachel Fields, Charlotte Taylor, Prayer Bailey, LaLa Craig, Jaxx Nassar, Heather Crosse, Edna Nicole Luckett, “Honeybee” Jones, Libby Rae Watson; womeninblues.org.
– 12 noon – Bryan Blue at Bluesberry Cafe.
– 2pm-6pm – Sean “Bad” Apple at Bad Apple Blues & Arts Center (next to Cat Head).
– 7pm – KSDS “Crossroads Delta Blues Hour” w/Roger Stolle at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Anthony “Big A” Sherrod w/​festival guests at Red’s Lounge.
– 8pm – Keith Johnson & Big Muddy at Ground Zero Blues Club.
– Midnight – 19th Street Red After-Hours Blues w/red beans & rice at Redtop’s Club 305.

Sunday, 5/21
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Aretha Woodruff at Bluesberry Cafe.
– 11am – 19th Street Red busks at CAT HEAD store.
– 6pm – Seth Stroud at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (316 J​LH ​L​n.​).
– 7pm – Live blues TBA at Red’s Lounge (395 Sunflower Ave.).

Monday, 5/22
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Reed Smith at Hopson Commissary (1 Commissary Cir​.​).
– 7pm – Blues Dinner w/Deak Harp at Bluesberry Caf​e​.

Tuesday, 5/23
– 8pm – Hopeless Case Blues Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).

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CAT HEAD BLUES STORE: Mon-Sat 11am-5pm & Sun 11-3. WEB STORE at www.cathead.biz.
COMING SOON: Memorial Day Weekend… 5/25-27 Ground Zero Blues Club Anniversary AND 5/26-28 Goat Fest X!

DELTA BLUES MUSEUM: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm (except holidays), deltabluesmuseum.org.
CAT HEAD MUSIC CALENDAR at www.cathead.biz.

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