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DELTA BLUES EVENT CALENDAR

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CLARKSDALE-AREA FESTS IN 2013-14
• 2013 Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival - FREE festival, downtown Clarksdale, 8/9-11, 2013.
• 2013 Cat Head Mini Blues Fest II - 8/11, 2013 Sunday of Sunflower, Clarksdale. 10am till -- FREE in street ("please tip musicians").
• 2013 Delta Buskers Festival - 9/27-29, 2013... NEW blues & roots music fest near Rock & Blues Museum and Cat Head. in Clarksdale, MS.
• 2013 King Biscuit Blues Festival nearby Helena, AR) - 10/10-12, 2013
• 2013 “King Biscuit Call & Response Forum” (Helena, AR) - Sat., 10/12, 2013 - FREE!
• 2013 Cat Head Mini Blues Fest III - Sunday of King Biscuit Fest... 9am till -- FREE in street ("please tip musicians"), 10/13, 2013.
• 2013 Pinetop Perkins Homecoming at Hopson in Clarksdale (in afternoon Sunday of AR fest) - 10/13, 2013.
• 2013 Hambone Festival - Free live music fest near Hambone Gallery; Halloween weekend (Sat) each year in Clarksdale.
• 2014 Clarksdale Film Festival - January 23-26, 2014 in Clarksdale - Mississippi movies, blues docs, history tours, live music & more!
• 2014 Juke Joint Festival & Related Events - Clarksdale... 4/10-4/13, 2014... 11th annual Juke Fest on Sat; related Thurs night thru Sun.
• 2014 Cat Head Mini Blues Fest I - 4/13, 2013 Sunday of Juke Fest, Clarksdale. 10am till -- FREE in street ("please tip musicians").
• 2014 Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest - 8th annual 5/10 & 5/111, 2014... always the Sat & Sun after the Blues Music Awards (BMAs) in Memphis! 10am till in at Cat Head, then Rock & Blues Museum. Clarksdale, MS.

HEALTH UPDATE ON JAMES “T-MODEL” FORD:
(Update as of 4/22/13) - The infamous 92-year-old Delta blues legend James “T-Model” Ford suffered a series of mini strokes in 2012. Those along with what seems to be cancer have led him to his current hospice care. Since he is unable to work, T-Model and his family are in need of donations. Please consider sending the “Ladies’ Man” a donation or card of support...
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James Ford
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Planters Bank
424 Washington Ave
Greenville, MS 38701
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OR MAIL CARDS, CHECKS, ETC. TO HOME:
James Ford, 216 North Delta Street Greenville MS 38703

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MORE 2013 FESTIVAL INFORMATION:
- Mississippi Blues Trail info, www.msbluestrail.org
- Mississippi blues fests, www.blueshighway.org
- Blues fests nationwide, www.bluesfestivalguide.com
- Juke Joint Festival (Clarksdale, MS), www.jukejointfestival.com
- Sunflower River Blues Festival (Clarksdale, MS), www.sunflowerfest.org
- King Biscuit Blues Festival (Helena, AR), www.kingbiscuitfestival.com

MORE DELTA MUSIC INFO ON THE RADIO:
• “BB King’s Bluesville” SiriusXM satellite radio call-in... Cat Head's Roger Stolle talks Delta blues news with super-deejay Bill Wax during their "live" call-in at 4pm Central most Thursdays on channel 70.
• MPB Highway 61 Blues Radio Show & web site with Scott Barretta — music and information about Mississippi blues/events at www.highway61blues.com.

Sample of MISSISSIPPI DELTA AREA MUSEUMS:

- Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale, MS (www.deltabluesmuseum.org -- sign up for newsletter): Muddy Water's "cabin," traveling photo exhibits, gift shop and more; a must-visit destination! Open Mon.-Sat.
- Rock & Blues Museum, Clarksdale, MS (www.rockmuseum.biz): Excellent collection of rare rock and blues memorabilia. Wonderful host (Theo). Open most Fri-Sun plus around festivals.
- WROX Museum, Clarksdale, MS (257 Delta Ave., 662-645-8874): Clarksdale history and cultural museum housed in the historic studios of the old WROX blues/gospel station where Ike Turner, Robert Nighthawk and Early Wright were on the air. Open by appointment only. Call 662-645-8874.
- B.B. King Museum, Indianola, MS (www.bbkingmuseum.org): New, state of the art blues museum in BB's hometown.
- Other Mississippi museums... Hwy. 61 Blues Museum in Leland AND the Howlin' Wolf Museum in West Point.
Also, in Tunica... the Tunica Museum has a "blues corner" and the Tunica River Park Museum.
- Delta Cultural Center, Helena, AR (www.deltaculturalcenter.org): Helena, Arkansas: Main Street of the Blues exhibit and more; also visit Sunshine Sonny Payne at KFFA's daily King Biscuit Time radio show at 12:15pm Tues.-Fri. ... and nearby "Blues Corner" store.
- Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Memphis, TN (www.soulsvilleusa.com)... plus other museums in Memphis. ALSO recommended: National Civil Rights Museum (www.civilrightsmuseum.org).

Mississippi Blues Trail
& Country Music Trail Marker
Dedications
GO HERE FOR DATES: www.msbluestrail.org
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JUNE 2013

Red’s Lounge — juke joint featured in We Juke Up In Here!
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(395 Sunflower Ave. @ MLK Dr.)
Live blues every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, including...
Fri., 5/31 - Heavy Suga & the SweeTones, 9pm
Sat., 6/1 - Robert “Bilbo” Walker (as seen in M for Mississippi), 9pm
Sun., 6/2 - Terry “Harmonica” Bean, 7pm
Fri., 6/7 - Space Cowboy & Blues Posse w/14-yr-old Kingfish, 9pm
Sat., 6/8 - Robert "Wolfman" Belfour, 9pm
Sun., 6/9 - Watermelon Slim, 7pm
Thurs., 6/13 - Anthony “Big A” Sherrod, 8pm
Fri. 6/14 - Jeremy Wallace Trio, 9pm
Sat., 6/15 - Space Cowboy & Blues Posse w/14-yr-old Kingfish, 9pm
Sun., 6/16` - Anthony “Big A” Sherrod, 8pm
Fri., 6/21 - Space Cowboy & Blues Posse w/Kingfish, 9pm
Sat., 6/22 - Terry "Harmonica" Bean, 9pm
Sun., 6/23 - Anthony "Big A" Sherrod, 7pm

Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art
252 Delta Ave., Clarksdale, MS -- MAP to Cat Head (click)
www.cathead.biz • 662-624-5992
"Your Delta blues headquarters for CDs, DVDs, T-shirts, books, art and more!"

Ground Zero Blues Club
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Live music weekly, Wed thru Sat -- including WEEKLY THURSDAY BLUES JAM NIGHTS!
Sat 6/1- Big Al and The Heavyweights
Wed 6/5 - Steve Kholbus
Fri., 6/7 - Voo Davis Blues Band, 9pm
Sat., 6/8 - novelist Cathie Pelletier reading (“The One Way Bridge”) w/music by Gary Vincent, 5pm-7pm
Sat., 6/8 - Blind Mississippi Morris Blues Band, 9pm
Wed., 6/12 - Leo Welch (real-deal gospel bluesman from Bruce, MS) http://www.arts.state.ms.us/folklife/artist.php?dirname=welch_leo, 8pm
Thursdays - Blues Jam Night, 8pm
Fri 6/14 - Pinetop Perkins Foundation Workshop Jam
Sat 6/15 - Stan Street
Wed - live blues
Fri 6/21 - Brandon Santini
Sat 6/22 - Charlie Burgin
Wed - live blues
Fri 6/28 - Rock Night
Sat 6/29 - All Night Long Blues Band

DELTA JUBILEE (Expo Center Fairgrounds)
Clarksdale, MS
Fri.-Sat, 6/7-8 - Food, fun, music, exhibitors & vendors!

Delta Blues Room
220 Sunflower Ave., Clarksdale, MS
6/20 - Space Cowboy & Blues Posse w/14-yr-old Kingfish, 8pm

Bluesberry Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
Mondays - Sean "Bad" Apple & Friends, 7pm
Wednesdays - Live blues weekly, 7pm
Saturdays - Blues Jam w/breakfast buffet, midnight-3am

DJ Hype’s Rhythm & Blues Lounge
1505 Martin Luther King Blvd., Clarksdale, MS
Every 1st & 3rd Sunday - Space Cowboy & Blues Posse w/14-yr-old Kingfish, 8pm.
6/2 & 6/16 in June at this classic “gas station juke joint”!

Rock & Blues Museum
113 E 2nd St, Clarksdale, MS
www.blues2rock.com
tba

The Den
220 Yazoo Ave., Clarksdale, MS
(901-605-8662)
Family-friendly, smoke/alcohol-free music venue runs occasionally -- FOR SALE.

Hambone Gallery
Clarksdale, MS
www.stanstreet.com
Tuesdays blues music in gallery/bar, 8pm.

Lady at the Levee
Clarksdale, MS
((662) 627-3395 - 313 Sunflower Ave.)
Live blues occasionally, tba.

Stone Pony Pizza
Clarksdale, MS
(226 Delta Ave.)
Live music on Friday nights (sometimes blues).
All 7:30 Friday Start Times...
June 7      Will Goss
June 14     Johnny Weed
June 21     Phillip Carter
June 28     Walt Busby

Channel Ziltch
Clarksdale, MS
(119 Third St. - 662-902-0011)
Wednesdays - “Movie Night... Double (or Triple) Feature!” 7pm
Fridays - “Friday Night Blues,” 7pm

Club 2000
Clarksdale, MS
Issaquena Ave, downtown
tba.

Hopson Commissary
Clarksdale, MS
www.hopsonplantation.com
Every Monday night - free appetizers and music by Ronnie Drew, 6pm.
friday June 7 - Danny Green & The House Band
Saturday June 15 - Players
Saturday June 22 - Frank Caswell Band
Saturday June 29 - Party Shot

Juke Joint Chapel at the Shackup Inn
Clarksdale, MS
www.shackupinn.com
Sat., 6/8 - The Oklahoma/Coahoma connection (Okie and Clarksdale musicians play and jam together - more info below under the date of event), 8pm
Sat., 6/15 - Jeremy Wallace Trio records album live, (time?).

Isle of Capri
Lula, MS
Coral Reef Stage
tba

Delta State University
Cleveland, MS
tba

Crawdad's

Merigold, MS

tba

On The Rocks
Cleveland, MS
tba

The Senator's Place
Cleveland, MS
(1028 S. Davis, Hwy 61)
Soul food/blues restaurant with live blues every Friday night, 7:30pm

J&L Bar & Grill Juke Joint
Near 290 Pamplin Rd. Tippo, MS
(38 miles from Clarksdale)
6/14 - Live Blues Band this Friday, June 14th

Walnut Street Blues Bar
Greenville, MS
(128 S. Walnut St., downtown)
Music (usually blues) on weekends -- often house band.

Two Stick
Oxford, MS
(sushi place just off Square)
tba

Rooster's Blues House
Oxford, MS
http://roostersblueshouse.com/
Thurs-Sat - live music, rock/country/pop/blues.
tba

Blue Biscuit
Indianola, MS
501 Second Street
(662) 645-0258
Sat., 6/1 - Free live music (blues & more)… plus great Southern food and beverages available at the 2nd annual Blue Biscuit Festival!

308 Blues Club
Indianola, MS
www.308bluesclubandcafe.com
TBA

BB King’s Club Ebony
Indianola, MS
404 Hannah St. • 662-887-2264
Saturday nights in June: Mickey Rogers.

BB King Museum
Indianola, MS
www.bbkingmuseum.org
Friday, June 7 - Mickey Rogers and the Soul Blues Band 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Museum's lawn (will move to Club Ebony if it rains)
Saturday, June 8 - Mickey Rogers and the Soul Blues Band at 9 p.m.
Monday, June 10 - Zumba Fitness Class. Instructed by Angelic Mister, 6-7 p.m. in the Cotton Gin.

Betty Davis Ponderosa
Marshall County, MS
(intersection of Mississippi 7 & 310)
Sundays - live blues,
5pm-10pm

Blue Canoe
Tupelo, MS
www.bluecanoetupelo.com
tba

Blue Front Cafe
Bentonia, MS
tba

F Jones Corner
Farish Street in Jackson, MS
www.fjonescorner.com
JUNE:
1 Phillip Carter And The Underground Blues
6 The Amazin Lazy Boi Band
7 The Amazin Lazy Boi Band
8 Pat Brown And The Mellinium Band
13 The Amazin Lazy Boi Band
14 Norman Clark & Smokestack Lightenin'
15 Stevie J's Birthday Bash
20 The Amazin Lazy Boi Band
21 The Rythmic Blues Featuring Lady L
22 The "Legendary" House Rockers
27 The Amazin Lazy Boi Band
28 Sonny Rydell With The Sorrento Ussury Band
29 The 2Xtreme Band

Underground 119
Jackson, MS
www.underground119.com
Blues & jazz venue...
Mark "Muleman" Massey at Underground 119, 119 S. President, Jackson, MS, Friday, June 7, 9PM-1AM

LD's Kitchen
Vicksburg, MS
(1111 Mulberry St.)
Tuesdays - live blues (Sounds Unlimited Band and Central MS Blues Band rotate).

Bottleneck Blues Bar Line-up
Ameristar Casino, Vicksburg, MS
www.ameristarcasinos.com
June 7-8 - The RHYTHM BLUES REVUE featuring LADY L
June 14-15 - ALL NIGHT LONG BLUES BAND
June 21-22 - Clay Swafford
June 28-29 - SUNPiE and the LOUiSiANA SUNSPOTS

12 Bar Lounge
Columbus, MS
115 5th Street South
http://www.facebook.com/12BarLounge/info

424 Blues Café
Philadelphia, MS
(former Oliphant Furniture/Carousel bldg @ 424 Beacon St.)
http://www.facebook.com/424BluesCafe/info

Just 1 More Blues Bar Line-up
Hattiesburg, MS
www.myspace.com/just1morebluesbar
TBA

100 Men Hall

303 Union St, Bay St. Louis, MS

228-342-5770 / 100menhall.org

Live Blues Shows every 2nd Saturday at 8pm.

6/1 - BLUE BISCUIT FESTIVAL
Indianola, MS
501 Second Street - (662) 645-0258
http://www.thebluebiscuit.com/BlueBiscuit/Home.html
Sat., 6/1 - Free live music (blues & more)… plus great Southern food and beverages available at the 2nd annual Blue Biscuit Festival!

Sat., 6/8 - “Oklahoma To Coahoma” music event
Clarksdale, MS @ Juke Joint Chapel (Shackup Inn)
8pm - 35 Oklahomans visit Clarksdale... and musicians perform such as Jimmy Markham (recorded w/Buddy Holly, Muddy Waters), Chuck Blackwell (recorded w/Freddie King, ZZ Top), Stan Street (Clarksdale artist & owner of Hambone) and more!

6/8 - “Live on the Levee”
Helena, AR
118 Cherry Street - Cherry St. Pavilion
Tickets and info: http://www.kingbiscuitfestival.com/live-on-the-levee
BOBBY RUSH with special guest Tyrannosaurus Chicken.

Fri., 6/14 - The Pinetop Foundation Workshop Jam
Clarksdale, MS @ Ground Zero Blues Club
www.pinetopperkinsfoundation.org/ - www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Post-workshop jam featuring Bob Margolin, Daryl Davis, Clay Swafford, Gary Allegretto, Lee Williams and the Master Workshop musicians!

BENTONIA BLUES FESTIVAL LINEUP:
9am - David Raye
10am -Lakeland AllStars
11am - Arion BabyBell
12Noon - Spider Murphy
1pm - Shane Pruitt Band
2pm - Louis “Gearshifter” Youngblood
3pm - Smooth Funk
4pm - LC Ulmer
5pm - Jimmy "Duck Holmes and Terry "Harmonica" Bean
6pm - Roosevelt Roberts, Jr.
7pm - Scott Hales 8pm - Vivacious Valarie McKnight

2013 Schedule North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic

Friday 6/28/13

3:30-4:00 Lil Hambones

4:00-4:45 Workshop Jam

5:00- 5:45 Tate Moore

6:00-6:45 Blue Mother Tupelo

7:00-7:45 Rocket 88

8:00-8:45 Eric Deaton Trio

9:00-9:45 Bobby Rush

10:00-10:45 David Kimbrough Band

11:00-11:45 Duwayne Burnside w/Band

11:45-12:15 Friday Night Jam

Sat 6/29/13

10:30-11:00 Adam Gussow

11:15-11:45 Solar Porch

12:00-12:30 Joe Ayers

12:45-1:15 Robert Belfour

1:30-2:15 Rev. John Wilkins

2:30-3:15 George McConnell and The Non Chalants

3:30- 4:00 T-Model Ford Tribute w Bill Abel and Friends

4:10-4:40 Ian Siegal

4:45-5:30 Garry Burnside Band

5:45-6:30 Blue Mountain

6:45-7:30 Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory

7:45-8:15 Rising Star Fife and Drum Band

8:15-9:00 Kenny Brown Band

9:15-10:00 Jimbo Mathus & TheTri-State Coalition

10:15-11:00 North MS Allstars

11:00-12:00 Hill Country Kings

Tickets on sale now:

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3365521365#

JULY 2013

Red’s Lounge — juke joint featured in We Juke Up In Here!
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(395 Sunflower Ave. @ MLK Dr.)
Live blues every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, including...
tba

Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Live music weekly, Wed thru Sat -- including WEEKLY THURSDAY BLUES JAM NIGHTS!
tba

Delta Blues Room
220 Sunflower Ave., Clarksdale, MS
- live blues once a month... usually the second Wednesday!

Bluesberry Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
Mondays, 7pm - Spaghetti Night w/IBC Semi-finalist... Sean “Bad” Apple!
Wednesdays, 7pm - live blues... tba.

Rock & Blues Museum
113 E 2nd St, Clarksdale, MS
www.blues2rock.com
tba

The Den
220 Yazoo Ave., Clarksdale, MS
(901-605-8662)
Family-friendly, smoke/alcohol-free music venue runs occasionally -- FOR SALE.

Hambone Gallery
Clarksdale, MS
www.stanstreet.com
Tuesdays blues music in gallery/bar, 8pm.

Lady at the Levee
Clarksdale, MS
((662) 627-3395 - 313 Sunflower Ave.)
Live blues occasionally, tba.

Stone Pony Pizza
Clarksdale, MS
(226 Delta Ave.)
Live music on Friday nights (sometimes blues).
All 7:30 Friday Start Times...
July 19 Phillip Carter

Channel Ziltch
Clarksdale, MS
(119 Third St.)
tba

Club 2000
Clarksdale, MS
Issaquena Ave, downtown
tba.

Hopson Commissary
Clarksdale, MS
www.hopsonplantation.com
Every Monday night - free appetizers and music by Ronnie Drew, 6pm.
tba

Juke Joint Chapel at the Shackup Inn
Clarksdale, MS
www.shackupinn.com
tba

Isle of Capri
Lula, MS
Coral Reef Stage
tba

Delta State University
Cleveland, MS
tba

Crawdad's

Merigold, MS

tba

On The Rocks
Cleveland, MS
tba

The Senator's Place
Cleveland, MS
(1028 S. Davis, Hwy 61)
Soul food/blues restaurant with live blues every Friday night, 7:30pm

Walnut Street Blues Bar
Greenville, MS
(128 S. Walnut St., downtown)
Music (usually blues) on weekends -- often house band.

Two Stick
Oxford, MS
(sushi place just off Square)
tba

Rooster's Blues House
Oxford, MS
http://roostersblueshouse.com/
Thurs-Sat - live music, rock/country/pop/blues.
tba

308 Blues Club
Indianola, MS
www.308bluesclubandcafe.com
TBA

BB King’s Club Ebony
Indianola, MS
404 Hannah St. • 662-887-2264
tba

BB King Museum
Indianola, MS
www.bbkingmuseum.org
7/3 - Mr. King is coming home! The 2013 B.B. King Homecoming Festival will be held on July 3rd at the B.B. King Museum! Please check the Museum's website and Facebook page for updates on the festival as they become available.

Betty Davis Ponderosa
Marshall County, MS
(intersection of Mississippi 7 & 310)
Sundays - live blues,
5pm-10pm

Blue Canoe
Tupelo, MS
www.bluecanoetupelo.com
tba

Blue Front Cafe
Bentonia, MS
tba

F Jones Corner
Farish Street in Jackson, MS
www.fjonescorner.com
tba

Underground 119
Jackson, MS
www.underground119.com
Blues & jazz venue...
tba

LD's Kitchen
Vicksburg, MS
(1111 Mulberry St.)
Tuesdays - live blues (Sounds Unlimited Band and Central MS Blues Band rotate).

Bottleneck Blues Bar Line-up
Ameristar Casino, Vicksburg, MS
www.ameristarcasinos.com
July 5-6 - MR. SIPP “The Mississippi Blues Child”

12 Bar Lounge
Columbus, MS
115 5th Street South
http://www.facebook.com/12BarLounge/info

424 Blues Café
Philadelphia, MS
(former Oliphant Furniture/Carousel bldg @ 424 Beacon St.)
http://www.facebook.com/424BluesCafe/info

Just 1 More Blues Bar Line-up
Hattiesburg, MS
www.myspace.com/just1morebluesbar
TBA

100 Men Hall

303 Union St, Bay St. Louis, MS

228-342-5770 / 100menhall.org

Live Blues Shows every 2nd Saturday at 8pm.

Wed., 7/3 - BB King Homecoming Festival!
Indianola, MS
www.bbkingmuseum.org
7/3 - Mr. King is coming home! The 2013 B.B. King Homecoming Festival will be held on July 3rd at the B.B. King Museum! Please check the Museum's website and Facebook page for updates on the festival as they become available.

Friday, July 19 - Jackson Rhythm & Blues Pre-Festival Concert
Jackson, MS - Mississippi Coliseum
Doors open at 6:00 PM, music starts at 7:00 PM:
Shakura S’Aida, Ruthie Foster, Percy Sledge and Buddy Guy

AUGUST 2013

2013 Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival
Clarksdale, Mississippi
www.sunflowerfest.org
FREE festival, downtown Clarksdale, 8/9-11.
FULL LINEUP - SUBJECT TO CHANGE:
Thursday, August 8, 2013 Grits, Greens & Barbecue VIP Party @ VIP Tent
6:00 – 6:45pm Richard "Daddy Rich" Crisman
7:00 – 7:45pm Sean Apple
8:00 – 8:45pm Anthony Sherrod
Friday, August 9, 2013 Main Stage (Melville Tillis Blues Stage)
4:30 – 5:00pm Delta Blues Museum Band
5:15 – 6:00pm All Night Long Blues Band
6:15 – 7:00pm The Sarah Metcalf Blues Band
7:15 – 8:00pm Otis "TCB" Taylor Blues Band
8:15 – 9:00pm Joshua "Razor Blade" Stewart
9:15 – 10:15pm James "Jimbo" Mathus
10:30 – 11:45pm Bobby Rush
Saturday, August 10, 2013 Acustic Stage #1 @ VIP Tent
9:00 – 9:30am Arthneice "Gas Man" Jones
9:45 – 10:15am Robert Belfour
10:30 – 11:00am Eddie Cusic
11:15 – 11:45am Pat Thomas
12 Noon – 12:30pm Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
12:45 – 1:15pm Lucious Spiller
1:30 – 2:00pm Sharde Turner & the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band
Saturday, August 10, 2013 Acoustic Stage #2 Sunflower @ Third
2:00 – 2:30pm Richard "Dad Rich" Crisman
2:45 – 3:15pm Bill Abel & Cadillac John
3:30 – 4:00pm Anthony "Big A" Sherrod
4:15 – 4:45pm Kenny Brown
5:00 – 5:30pm Johnny Lowbow
Saturday, August 10, 2013 Main Stage (Melville Tillis Stage)
2:30 – 3:00pm Dave Dunavent and the EVOL Love Band
3:15 – 3:45pm Heather Crosse: Heavy Sugar & The Sweet Tones
4:00 – 4:45pm Terry "Big T" Williams/w Rip Butler & Glady
5:00 – 5:45pm Bill "Howlin’ Madd" Perry
6:00 – 7:00pm James "Super Chikan" Johnson
7:15 – 8:15pm Pat Brown
8:15 – 8:30pm Awards
8:30 – 9:30pm Mel Waiters
9:45 – 11:00pm North Mississippi All Stars

Red’s Lounge — juke joint featured in We Juke Up In Here!
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(395 Sunflower Ave. @ MLK Dr.)
Live blues every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, PLUS LIVE BLUES WED-SUN FOR SUNFLOWER WEEK...
tba

Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art
252 Delta Ave., Clarksdale, MS
www.cathead.biz • 662-624-5992
"Your Delta blues headquarters for CDs, DVDs, T-shirts, books, art and more!"
• 2013 Cat Head Mini Blues Fest II - 8/11, 2013 Sunday of Sunflower, Clarksdale. 10am till -- FREE in street ("please tip musicians") -- with Big George Brock and other Delta blues favorites!

Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Live music weekly, Wed thru Sat -- including WEEKLY THURSDAY BLUES JAM NIGHTS!
tba

Delta Blues Room
220 Sunflower Ave., Clarksdale, MS
- live blues once a month... usually the second Wednesday!

Bluesberry Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
Mondays, 7pm - Spaghetti Night w/IBC Semi-finalist... Sean “Bad” Apple!
Wednesdays, 7pm - live blues... tba.

Rock & Blues Museum
113 E 2nd St, Clarksdale, MS
www.blues2rock.com
tba

The Den
220 Yazoo Ave., Clarksdale, MS
(901-605-8662)
Family-friendly, smoke/alcohol-free music venue runs occasionally -- FOR SALE.

Hambone Gallery
Clarksdale, MS
www.stanstreet.com
Tuesdays blues music in gallery/bar, 8pm.

Lady at the Levee
Clarksdale, MS
((662) 627-3395 - 313 Sunflower Ave.)
Live blues occasionally, tba.

Stone Pony Pizza
Clarksdale, MS
(226 Delta Ave.)
Live music on Friday nights (sometimes blues).
All 7:30 Friday Start Times...
tba

Channel Ziltch
Clarksdale, MS
(119 Third St.)
tba

Club 2000
Clarksdale, MS
Issaquena Ave, downtown
tba.

Hopson Commissary
Clarksdale, MS
www.hopsonplantation.com
Every Monday night - free appetizers and music by Ronnie Drew, 6pm.
Sat., 8/10 - 81-year-old Mississippi blues legend BIG GEORGE BROCK RETURNS!

Juke Joint Chapel at the Shackup Inn
Clarksdale, MS
www.shackupinn.com
tba

Isle of Capri
Lula, MS
Coral Reef Stage
tba

Delta State University
Cleveland, MS
tba

Crawdad's

Merigold, MS

tba

On The Rocks
Cleveland, MS
tba

The Senator's Place
Cleveland, MS
(1028 S. Davis, Hwy 61)
Soul food/blues restaurant with live blues every Friday night, 7:30pm

Walnut Street Blues Bar
Greenville, MS
(128 S. Walnut St., downtown)
Music (usually blues) on weekends -- often house band.

Two Stick
Oxford, MS
(sushi place just off Square)
tba

Rooster's Blues House
Oxford, MS
http://roostersblueshouse.com/
Thurs-Sat - live music, rock/country/pop/blues.
tba

308 Blues Club
Indianola, MS
www.308bluesclubandcafe.com
TBA

BB King’s Club Ebony
Indianola, MS
404 Hannah St. • 662-887-2264
tba

BB King Museum
Indianola, MS
www.bbkingmuseum.org
tba

Betty Davis Ponderosa
Marshall County, MS
(intersection of Mississippi 7 & 310)
Sundays - live blues,
5pm-10pm

Blue Canoe
Tupelo, MS
www.bluecanoetupelo.com
tba

Blue Front Cafe
Bentonia, MS
tba

F Jones Corner
Farish Street in Jackson, MS
www.fjonescorner.com
tba

Underground 119
Jackson, MS
www.underground119.com
Blues & jazz venue...
tba

LD's Kitchen
Vicksburg, MS
(1111 Mulberry St.)
Tuesdays - live blues (Sounds Unlimited Band and Central MS Blues Band rotate).

Bottleneck Blues Bar Line-up
Ameristar Casino, Vicksburg, MS
www.ameristarcasinos.com
tba

12 Bar Lounge
Columbus, MS
115 5th Street South
http://www.facebook.com/12BarLounge/info

424 Blues Café
Philadelphia, MS
(former Oliphant Furniture/Carousel bldg @ 424 Beacon St.)
http://www.facebook.com/424BluesCafe/info

Just 1 More Blues Bar Line-up
Hattiesburg, MS
www.myspace.com/just1morebluesbar
TBA

100 Men Hall

303 Union St, Bay St. Louis, MS

228-342-5770 / 100menhall.org

Live Blues Shows every 2nd Saturday at 8pm.

8/16-17 - Jackson Rhythm & Blues Festival

Jackson, MS

Mississippi Agriculture & Foresty Museum
http://www.jacksonrhythmandbluesfestival.com
New event... with headliners like Dr. John. Full lineup on official web site.

http://www.wpnet.org/Howlin_Festival.htm

SEPTEMBER 2013

9/27-29 - Delta Busking Festival
Clarksdale, MS
Rock & Blues Museum • Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art
www.blues2rock.com • www.cathead.biz
Three days of blues & roots music in the Crossroads of American Music — Clarksdale, Mississippi! (Musicians interested in performing for tips, exposure and their own CD sales may contact blues2rock@me.com or roger@cathead.biz.)