Thursday, 8/7
– 5pm – Clarksdale Farmers Market at Collective Seed & Supply (145 Delta Ave).
– 7pm-10pm – SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES FEST – Grits, Greens & BBQ VIP Party (Tent near Blues Museum Stage): 7pm Sean “Bad” Apple, 8pm Stan Street & Hopeless Case, 9pm Heath Sitton.
– 8pm – Big Ad & Allstars at Red’s Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
– 8pm – Blues Jam w/Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 8/8
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club.
– 7pm till – SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES FEST sunflowerfest.org – Main Stage (museum): 7pm Delta Blues Museum Band, 8pm Heavy Suga & SweetTones, 9pm Lucious Spiller, 10pm Super Chikan & Fighting Cocks.
– 7pm – Marshall Drew at Levon’s Bar & Grill (232 Sunflower Ave.).
– 8pm – Cannonball Red & Head Hunters at Red’s Juke Joint.
– 8pm – Big A & Allstars at Ground Zero Blues Club.
– 8pm – Joe Austin & the Tallahatchies at The Matchbox (311 Delta Ave.).
– 9pm – Lucious Spiller at Wild Bill’s II (344 Delta Ave.).
– 10pm – Bill Abel at Ooze Bar (113 E 2nd St).
Saturday, 8/9 – Thanks for 23 years of CAT HEAD, y’all!
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Piano Red, Shine Turner & Billy Gibson at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 10:30am & 2:30pm – Delta Roots Coahoma Routes Historic Bus Tour (StoryWorks & Delta Center) – RSVP at storyworkstheater.org (3 Third St.).
– 11am – Little Joe McClarren busks on CAT HEAD porch (252 Delta Ave.).
– 11am till – SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES FEST sunflowerfest.org – near blues museum:
– Acoustic Stage Under Tent (open to public): 11am Kenny Brown, 12pm Libby Rae Watson, 1pm Duck Holmes, 2pm Honey Bee Jones, 3pm Terry “Harmonica” Bean.
– Off-site Acoustic Stage at Ground Zero Blues Club: 4pm Mississippi Marshall, 5pm Little Willie Farmer, 6pm Bill Abel.
– Main Stage @ Delta Blues Museum Stage: 7pm Edna Nicole & Delta Ave, 8pm Big T & Family Band, 8:45pm Festival Awards, 9pm Mark “Mule Man” Massey & Parchman Band, 10pm Portia P, 11pm Anthony “Big A” Sherrod.
– 1pm-3pm – Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues Club.
– 6pm-8pm – Dr. B’s Open Mic (BYOB) at The Blue Room (216 3rd St.).
– 7pm – Steve Kolbus & Walt Busby at Levon’s Bar & Grill.
– 7pm – KSDS Crossroads Delta Blues Hour w/Roger Stolle at Jazz88.org.
– 8pm – Duck Holmes (7pm) & Robert Kimbrough Sr. Blues Connection (8:30pm) at Red’s Juke Joint).
– 8pm – Big T & Miss T Birthday Jam at Ground Zero Blues Club.
– 9pm – Lucious Spiller at Wild Bill’s II.
– 9pm – James “Super Chikan” Johnson at The Matchbox.
– 10pm – An Evening with James Godwin at Ooze Bar (113 E 2nd St.).
Sunday, 8/10
– 10am (open 8:30am) – Blues Breakfast w/Robert Kimbrough Sr at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
– 10:30am & 2:30pm – Delta Roots Coahoma Routes Historic Bus Tour – RSVP at storyworkstheater.org (3 Third St.).
– 11am – Little Joe McClarren busks on CAT HEAD porch.
– 1pm-3pm – Bloody Mary Sunday w/Hopeless Case Band at Hambone.
– 2:30pm-8:45pm – SUNFLOWER RIVER GOSPEL FEST – Main Stage (museum): 2:30pm G-hope Church, 3pm Union Grove, 3:30pm Power House MB, 4pm BJ Generation, 4:30pm Steward Family, 5pm New Direction, 5:45pm Sons of Wonders, 6:30pm Josh Myles, 7:45pm James Jones & Unity.
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues.
– 6pm – TBA at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (316 JLH Ln.).
– 7pm – Terry “Harmonica” Bean at Auberge/Madidi (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 8/11
– 6pm – Happy hour w/Goodnight Irene at Hopson Hospitality (1 Commissary Cir.).
– 7pm (open 6:30pm) – Blues Dinner w/Watermelon & Heavy Drunk at Bluesberry Cafe.
– 9pm – Bear Ryan & the Delta Snakes.
– 8pm – Mississippi Marshall at Hambone Gallery.
Wednesday, 8/13
– 3pm – Sean “Bad” Apple’s Blues Music & History Show at Bad Apple Blues.
– 8pm – Heavy Suga & SweeTones at Ground Zero Blues Club.