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2024 CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI, FESTIVAL & SPECIAL EVENTS 2024:
- Fri-Sun, 1/26-28, 2024 - 14th annual Clarksdale Film & Music Festival - www.clarksdalefilmfestival.com
- Thurs-Sun, 4/11-14, 2024 - 21st annual Juke Joint Festival & Related Events w/100 more blues acts; our biggest festival - www.jukejointfestival.com
- Sun, 4/14, 2024 - Cat Head 22nd Anniversary Mini Blues Fest (post-JJF), www.cathead.biz
- Thurs-Sun, 5/2-5, 2024 - Bones Fest XXVIII (Rhythm Bones Society) - www.rhythmbones.org
- Sat, 5/11, 2024 - 17th Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest (Cat Head/Bad Apple Blues Club/Bluesberry) - 10am-8pm - www.clarksdalecaravan.com
- Sat., 5/11, 2024 - Pinetop Boogie & Crawfish Boil at Ground Zero Blues Club benefiting Pinetop Perkins Foundation, 4pm till.
- Sat, 5/18, 2024 - 3rd anniversary Women In Blues festival - www.womeninblues.org
- Fri-Sat, 5/24-25, 2024 - Ground Zero Blues Club anniversary weekend of daytime/nighttime blues! - groundzerobluesclub.com.
- Sat, 5/25, 2024 - Deak's Harmonica Block Party returns! Info to come.
- Sun, 5/26, 2024 - new date! - 4th Bad Apple Blues Festival, https://www.facebook.com/badapplebluesclub.
- Fri-Sun, 6/14-16, 2024- B.A.M. Fest (Birthplace of American Music) - www.bamfestms.com.
- 6/11-14, 2024 - Pinetop Perkins Experience Workshop, culminating in Friday public show, pinetopperkinsfoundation.org/workshop.
- Fri-Sun, 8/9-11, 2024 - 36th Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival - www.sunflowerfest.org.
- Fri-Sun, 8/9-11, 2024 - Cat Head 22nd Anniversary Weekend, www.cathead.biz.
- Sat, 8/31, 2024 - 6th Red's Old-Timers Blues Fest (MLK Park Stage) - www.cathead.biz.
- Fri-Sat, 9/13-14, 2024 - Mighty Roots Music Festival at Stovall Farm, www.mightyrootsmusicfestival.com.
- Sat, 10/5, 2024 - Hopson Pumpkin Pickin' Festival (10am-4pm) plus music by Alice Hasen & The Blaze (8:30pm) - hopsonhospitality.com
- Sat, 10/5, 2024 - Exile on Sunflower Festival in Gazebo across from Levon's w/Clarksdale Mississippi Jukes, 3pm.
- Thurs-Sat, 10/9-12, 2024 - near Clarksdale, MS, in HELENA, AR - King Biscuit Blues Festival & Symposium, kingbiscuitfestival.com
- 10/13, 2024 - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (post-Biscuit Sunday) - www.cathead.biz.
- 10/13, 2024 - Super Blues Sunday: Tentatively including... Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (9am), Bluesberry Cafe Blues Breakfast (10am), Delta Blues Museum special hours (noon), Ground Zero Blues Club blues brunch (11am), Hopson Commissary/Shack Up Inn's Pinetop Perkins Celebration (3pm)... plus music at Levon's, Hooker Grocer, Red's Lounge, Bad Apple Blues Club and more!
- 10/17-20, 2024 - Deep Blues Fest (official and related blues & roots music events), www.deepbluesfest.com
- 10/17-19, 2024 - 32nd Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival, https://deltawilliamsfestival.com/
- 10/24-27, 2024 - Hambone Festival & Related Events, http://www.stanstreet.com/hambone-festival.html
- 10/25-26, 2024 - Cruz’n The Crossroads Car & Truck Show, facebook.com/cruznthecrossroads.
- Sun., 11/10, 2024 - Christone KINGFISH Ingram Homecoming w/Big A opening at Ground Zero Blues Club, groundzerobluesclub.com/events/kingfish-w-opener-big-a-and-the-allstars
- 12/31, 2024 - Celebrate New Year's at the Crossroads - multiple shows around town!
NEXT YEAR—2025:
- Fri-Sun, 1/24-26, 2025 - 15th annual Clarksdale Film & Music Festival - www.clarksdalefilmfestival.com
- 3/29, 2025 - Tater Superbad Blues Festival (details TBA)
- Thurs-Sun, 4/10-13, 2025 - 22nd annual Juke Joint Festival & Related Events w/100 more blues acts; our biggest festival - www.jukejointfestival.com
- Sun, 4/13, 2025 - Cat Head 23rd Anniversary Mini Blues Fest (post-JJF), www.cathead.biz
- Sat, 5/10, 2025 - 18th Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest (Cat Head/Bad Apple Blues Club/Bluesberry) - 10am-8pm - www.clarksdalecaravan.com
- Sat., 5/??, 2025 - Pinetop Boogie & Crawfish Boil at Ground Zero Blues Club benefiting Pinetop Perkins Foundation, 4pm till.
- Sat, 5/??, 2025 - 4th anniversary Women In Blues festival - www.womeninblues.org
- Fri-Sat, 5/23-24, 2025 - Ground Zero Blues Club anniversary weekend of daytime/nighttime blues! - groundzerobluesclub.com.
- Sat, 5/24, 2025 - Deak's Harmonica Block Party! http://deakharp.com/blockparty/
- Sun, 5/25, 2025 - 5th Bad Apple Blues Festival, https://www.facebook.com/badapplebluesclub.
- Fri-Sun, 6/12-15, 2025- B.A.M. Fest (Birthplace of American Music) - www.bamfestms.com.
- 6/??-??, 2025 - Pinetop Perkins Experience Workshop, culminating in Friday public show, pinetopperkinsfoundation.org/workshop.
- Fri-Sun, 8/8-10, 2025 - 37th Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival - www.sunflowerfest.org.
- Fri-Sun, 8/8-10, 2025 - Cat Head 23rd Anniversary Weekend, www.cathead.biz.
- Sat, 8/30, 2025 - 7th Red's Old-Timers Blues Fest (MLK Park Stage) - www.redpaden.com.
- Fri-Sat, 9/26-27, 2025 - Mighty Roots Music Festival at Stovall Farm, www.mightyrootsmusicfestival.com.
- Sat, 10/5, 2025 - Hopson Pumpkin Pickin' Festival (10am-4pm) w/music, kids' activities and more - hopsonhospitality.com
- Thurs-Sat, 10/8-11, 2025 - near Clarksdale, MS, in HELENA, AR - King Biscuit Blues Festival & Symposium, kingbiscuitfestival.com
- 10/12, 2025 - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (post-Biscuit Sunday) - www.cathead.biz.
- 10/12, 2025 - Super Blues Sunday: Tentatively including... Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (9am), Bluesberry Cafe Blues Breakfast (10am), Delta Blues Museum special hours (noon), Ground Zero Blues Club blues brunch (11am), Hopson Commissary/Shack Up Inn's Pinetop Perkins Celebration (3pm)... plus music at Levon's, Hooker Grocer, Red's Lounge, Bad Apple Blues Club and more!
- 10/16-19, 2025 - Deep Blues Fest (official and related blues & roots music events), www.deepbluesfest.com
- 10/16-18, 2025 - 33rd Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival, https://deltawilliamsfestival.com/
- 10/23-26, 2025 - Hambone Festival & Related Events, http://www.stanstreet.com/hambone-festival.html
- 10/25, 2025 - Cruz’n The Crossroads Car & Truck Show, facebook.com/cruznthecrossroads.
- 12/31, 2025 - Celebrate New Year's at the Crossroads - multiple shows around town!
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MORE EVENT INFORMATION:
- Visit Clarksdale Tourism, (lodging, maps, free app, festivals & more) https://www.visitclarksdale.com/
- Mississippi Blues Trail, www.msbluestrail.org
- Highway 61 blogspot, https://highway61music.blogspot.com/
- City of Clarksdale, http://www.cityofclarksdale.org/
- Clarksdale/CC Chamber of Commerce, http://www.clarksdale-ms.com
- Mississippi Tourism (MDA - tourism), www.visitmississippi.org
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BLUES ON THE DELTA'S RADIO DIAL:
- KSDS - Jazz88.org features the "Crossroads Delta Blues Hour" w/Cat Head's Roger Stolle at jazz88.org/programs/Crossroads_Delta_Blues_Hour.
- XRDS.FM - Clarksdale blues 'n roots music radio, https://www.internet-radio.com/station/xrds/
- MPB Radio/Hwy 61 Radio Show - http://www.mpbonline.org/highway61/
- KFFA 1360AM - "King Biscuit Time", 12:15pm weekdays, http://www.kffa.com/2015/11/11/king-biscuit-time-show-audio/
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MISSISSIPPI BLUES TRAIL CALENDAR: msbluestrail.org/calendar
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LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE TOUR GUIDE:
http://digital.livingblues.com/publication/?i=226901#%7B%22issue_id%22:226901,%22page%22:1%7D
AMERICANA MUSIC TRIANGLE: americanamusictriangle.com
Cat Head Blues Store is OPEN EVERY DAY* (with special extended hours during festivals)! Shop in-person Monday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday 10am-5pm & Sunday 10am-3pm. (Open 'patriotic' holidays incl. Labor Day 11am-2pm.) Also open by appointment for tour groups/interviews, etc. *Only closed on Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Day. SHOP ONLINE on this website 24/7. QUESTIONS? Email me at roger@cathead.biz, or call 662-624-5992 during biz hours. Thanks!" - Roger Stolle, CAT HEAD store owner.
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OCT-NOV 2024
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Clarksdale, Mississippi, hosts 'live' blues shows every single night (plus many days)—365, y'all!
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MORE ON CLARKSDALE'S 365 BLUES SCENE:
- 60 Minutes TV show - cbsnews.com/video/kingfish-mississippi-delta-blues-60-minutes-video-2023-10-29
- PBS NewHour TV show - pbs.org/video/juke-joint-festival-1560549286
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SHOP CAT HEAD STORE EVERY DAY but Thanksgiving & Christmas, and pick up a printed copy of the week's Music Calendar—Mon-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm and Sun 10am-3pm (plus special hours during festivals/holidays)!
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Tuesday, 10/1
- 8pm - Goodnight Irene at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 10/2
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm - Goodnight Irene at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
- 8pm - The Hokum Cats at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
- 8pm - Steve Kolbus Blues Revue at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 10/3
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 5:30pm-7:30pm - Scott Cawood artist reception/book signing/Q&A w/music by Big A at Delta Blues Museum (1 Blues Alley).
- 6pm - Little Joe McLerran at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
- 8pm - 19th Street Red & Wolf Pack at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
- 8pm - Blues Jam w/The Mojo Hands at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 10/4
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 5:30pm - Open Mic at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
- 6pm - Dr. B Healin' with a Feelin' at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
- 7pm - Charlotte Taylor at Levon's Bar & Grill (232 Sunflower Ave.).
- 8pm - Rev Slim & G-Town Sound at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
- 8pm - Big A & Allstars (8pm); then Lil Ed & Blues Imperials (10pm) at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Saturday, 10/5
- 10am (open 8:30am) - Blues Breakfast w/Joe McLarren at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
- 10am-4pm - Hopson Pumpkin Pickin' Festival - hopsonhospitality.com.
- 11am - 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
- 1pm-3pm - Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 3pm - Exile on Sunflower Festival w/Clarksdale Mississippi Jukes in Gazebo across from Levon's.
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm-8pm - Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).
- 7pm - KSDS "Crossroads Delta Blues Hour" w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
- 8pm - Mark "Mule Man" Massey at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
- 8pm - Big Time Rhythm & Blues Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
- 8:30pm - Alice Hasen & The Blaze at Hopson Commissary (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 10/6
- 10am (open 8:30am) - Blues Breakfast w/Lucious Spiller at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
- 1pm-3pm - Bloody Mary Sunday w/TBA playing at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.)—Bad Apple is OPEN EVERY DAY IN OCTOBER!!
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm - Marshall Drew at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (JLH Lane, near museum).
- 7pm - Guitar Frenchie at "Old Madidi Bar" at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 10/7
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm - Happy hour w/live music TBA at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
- 7pm - Blues Dinner w/Heavy Suga & SweeTones at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 10/8
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 8pm - Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 10/9 - CAT HEAD store hours 11am-5pm
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 7pm - Comedy show w/Donnie at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
- 8pm - The Hokum Cats at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
- 8pm - Lucious Spiller at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 10/10 - CAT HEAD store festival hours 10am-5pm
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 8pm - The Delta Kings at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
- 8pm - Blues Jam w/Lala & Element 88 at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
- ALSO in nearby HELENA, AR - King Biscuit Blues Fest, kingbiscuitfestival.com; find lodging in Clarksdale via visitclarksdale.com (and stay for Clarksdale Super Blues Sunday).
Friday, 10/11 - CAT HEAD store festival hours 10am-5pm
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 3pm - Batterton & Edwards busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 5:30pm - Live blues TBA at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
- 6pm - Bear Ryan at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
- 7pm - Clay Parker & Jodi James w/Eric Schmitt at Travelers Hotel lobby (212 Third St.).
- 8pm - Greenville, MS, blues legend John Horton at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
- 8pm - Anthony "Big A" Sherrod & Allstars at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
- 8pm - Ghalia Volt at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
- ALSO in nearby HELENA, AR - King Biscuit Blues Fest, kingbiscuitfestival.com; find lodging in Clarksdale via visitclarksdale.com (and stay for Clarksdale Super Blues Sunday).
Saturday, 10/12 - CAT HEAD store festival hours 10am-5pm
- 10am (open 8:30am) - Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
- 11am - Live busking blues out front at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
- 1pm-3pm - Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm-8pm - Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).
- 7pm - KSDS "Crossroads Delta Blues Hour" w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
- 8pm - Anthony "Big A" Sherrod at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
- 8pm - Muddy Alexander (6pm); then Keith Johnson & Big Muddy (9pm) at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
- 8pm - Deak Harp at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
- 8:30pm - Big T & the Family at Buster's Down Home Blues Club (Issaquena Ave.).
- ALSO in nearby HELENA, AR - King Biscuit Blues Fest, kingbiscuitfestival.com; find lodging in Clarksdale via visitclarksdale.com (and stay for Clarksdale Super Blues Sunday).
Sunday, 10/13 - CLARKSDALE SUPER BLUES SUNDAY (8:30am-midnight)!
- 8:30am - "OCT FEST" at Bluesberry Cafe (8:30am-5:30pm) w/Rev Robert, Robert Kimbrough Sr., Duwayne Burnside & more (235 Yazoon Ave.).
- 9am - Free! 22nd anniversary CAT HEAD MINI BLUES FEST—shop 9am-4pm (252 Delta Ave.): 10am Randy "19th Street Red" Cohen, 11am Lucious Spiller Blues Band, noon Terry "Big T" Williams & Family, 1pm Sean "Bad" Apple, 2pm Anthony "Big A" Sherrod & Allstars.
- 11am - Blues Brunch w/Chad Marshall Band (open 11am-3pm, music noon-2pm) at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
- 1pm-3pm - Bloody Mary Sunday w/live blues TBA playing at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
- 2pm - PINETOP PERKINS HOMECOMING at Hopson Commissary & Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.) w/Bob Margolin, Bob Stroger, Bob Corritore & many many more!! Info at pinetopperkinsfoundation.org/homecoming.
- 6pm - Dean Boike at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (JLH Lane, near museum).
- 7pm - Deak Harp at "Old Madidi Bar" at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
- 8pm - Blues Jam hosted by Anthony "Big A" Sherrod at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.).
- 8pm - Cash's Juke Joint at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
Monday, 10/14
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm - Happy hour w/live music TBA at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
- 7pm - Blues Dinner w/live blues TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 10/15
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 8pm - Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 10/16
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 8pm - The Hokum Cats at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
- 8pm - Live blues TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 10/17 - Deep Blues Fest / TN Williams Fest Weekend!
- 11am-7:30pm - 32nd Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival at various local venues; schedule at www.deltawilliamsfestival.com.
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm - Little Joe McLerran at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
- 8pm - Deep Blues Fest w/Cash's Juke Joint & A.J. Haynes (of Seratones) at Shack Up Inn, www.deepbluesfest.com.
- 8pm - Edna Nicole & Delta Avenue at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
- 8pm - Blues Jam w/TBA at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 10/18 - Deep Blues Fest / TN Williams Fest Weekend!
- 9:15am-7:30pm - 32nd Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival at various local venues; schedule at www.deltawilliamsfestival.com.
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 5pm - Deep Blues Fest Benefactor Ball w/Little Willie Farmer at Auberge Hostel/Old Madidi Bar (Benefactor Passes required), www.deepbluesfest.com.
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm - BE at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
- 5:30pm - Bear Ryan at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
- 8pm - Deep Blues Fest w/Howlin Hurd & Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory at The New Roxy, www.deepbluesfest.com.
- 8pm - Anthony "Big A" Sherrod & Allstars at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
- 8pm - John Nemeth at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Saturday, 10/19 - Deep Blues Fest / TN Williams Fest Weekend!
- 9am-7:15pm - 32nd Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival at various local venues; schedule at www.deltawilliamsfestival.com.
- 10am (open 8:30am) - Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
- 11am - 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
- 1pm-3pm - Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 2pm-5pm - Free music for Deep Blues Fest by Bear Ryan (2pm), Howlin’ Hurd (3pm) and Ray Cashman (4pm) at New Roxy (363 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm-8pm - Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).
- 7pm - Deep Blues Fest w/Gravelroad, Little Willie Farmer & Scot H. Biram at The New Roxy, www.deepbluesfest.com.
- 7pm - KSDS "Crossroads Delta Blues Hour" w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
- 8pm - Terry "Harmonica" Bean at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
- 8pm - Keeshea Pratt 50th Birthday Bash Jam at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
- 8pm - Live music TBA at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
Sunday, 10/20 - Deep Blues Fest concludes...
- 10am (open 8:30am) - Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
- 1pm-3pm - Bloody Mary Sunday w/TBA playing at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
- 2:30pm - Deep Blues Fest w/Afrissippi at The New Roxy, www.deepbluesfest.com.
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm - Cricket at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (JLH Lane, near museum).
- 7pm - Heather Crosse at "Old Madidi Bar" at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
Monday, 10/21
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm - Happy hour w/live music TBA at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
- 7pm - Blues Dinner w/live blues TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 10/22
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 8pm - Rev Robert at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 10/23
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 8pm - The Hokum Cats at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
- 8pm - Steve Kolbus Blues Revue at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 10/24
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm - Little Joe McLerran at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
- 8pm - Lucious Spiller Band at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
- 8pm - Blues Jam w/Heavy Suga & SweeTones at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
- PLUS: 10/24-27, 2024 - Hambone Festival & Related Events, stanstreet.com/hambone-festival.html.
Friday, 10/25
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 5:30pm - Live blues TBA at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
- 6pm - Tony Boyd at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
- 8pm - Edna Nicole & Delta Avenue at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
- 8pm - Akeem Kemp Blues Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
- 9pm (5pm doors) - Grown folks homecoming reunion w/The Mississippi Southern Soul Boys & others at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
- PLUS: 10/25-26, 2024 - Cruz’n The Crossroads Car & Truck Show, facebook.com/cruznthecrossroads.
- PLUS: 10/24-27, 2024 - Hambone Festival & Related Events, stanstreet.com/hambone-festival.html.
Saturday, 10/26
- 10am (open 8:30am) - Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
- 11am - 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
- 1pm-3pm - Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm-8pm - Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).
- 7pm - KSDS "Crossroads Delta Blues Hour" w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
- 8pm - Anthony "Big A" Sherrod & Allstars at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
- 8pm - Marquise Knox at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
- 8pm - Lucious Spiller at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
- PLUS: 10/25-26, 2024 - Cruz’n The Crossroads Car & Truck Show, facebook.com/cruznthecrossroads.
- PLUS: 10/24-27, 2024 - Hambone Festival & Related Events, stanstreet.com/hambone-festival.html.
Sunday, 10/27
- 10am (open 8:30am) - Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
- 1pm-3pm - Bloody Mary Sunday w/TBA playing at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm - Live music TBA at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (JLH Lane, near museum).
- 7pm - Rev Robert at "Old Madidi Bar" at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
- PLUS: 10/24-27, 2024 - Hambone Festival & Related Events, stanstreet.com/hambone-festival.html.
Monday, 10/28
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm - Happy hour w/live music TBA at Hopson Commissary (001 Commissary Circle).
- 7pm - Blues Dinner w/live blues TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
Tuesday, 10/29
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 8pm - Live blues TBA at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
Wednesday, 10/30
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 8pm - The Hokum Cats at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
- 8pm - The Mojo Hands at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Thursday, 10/31
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm - Nirvana Tribute Band at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
- 8pm - Halloween Party w/Big A & Allstars at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
- 8pm - Blues Jam w/The Delta Kings at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
Friday, 11/1
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm - Live music TBA at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
- 5:30pm - Live blues TBA at Delta Blues Alley Cafe (352 Delta Ave.).
- 8pm - Mark "Mule Man" Massey at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
- 8pm - 19th Street Red Blues Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
- ?pm - Buddha Fest at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Saturday, 11/2
- 10am (open 8:30am) - Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
- 11am - 19th Street Red busks at Cat Head blues store (252 Delta Ave.).
- 1pm-3pm - Hopeless Case Band at Hambone Gallery (111 E 2nd St.).
- 3pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show I at Bad Apple Blues Club (349 Issaquena Ave.).
- 4:30pm - Sean "Bad" Apple's Blues Music & History Show II at Bad Apple Blues Club.
- 6pm-8pm - Live blues music at Studio 305 (305 Issaquena Ave.).
- 7pm - KSDS "Crossroads Delta Blues Hour" w/host Roger Stolle (Cat Head), streaming live and later at Jazz88.org.
- 8pm - Lightnin' Malcolm at Red's Juke Joint (395 Sunflower Ave.)
- 8pm - Big Time Rhythm & Blues Band at Ground Zero Blues Club (0 Blues Alley).
- 8pm - Live music TBA at The Den Again (220 Yazoo).
- ?pm - Buddha Fest at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.).
Sunday, 11/3
- 10am (open 8:30am) - Blues Breakfast w/TBA at Bluesberry Cafe (235 Yazoo Ave.).
- 1pm-3pm - Bloody Mary Sunday w/TBA playing at Hambone (111 E 2nd St.).
- 6pm - Live music TBA at Hooker Grocer + Eatery (JLH Lane, near museum).
- 7pm - Live bues TBA at "Old Madidi Bar" at the Auberge Hostel in downtown Clarksdale (164 Delta Ave.).
AND......
- Sun., 11/10, 2024 - Christone KINGFISH Ingram Homecoming w/Big A opening at Ground Zero Blues Club, groundzerobluesclub.com/events/kingfish-w-opener-big-a-and-the-allstars.
- Sat., 11/16, 2024 - Jimmy Burns Homecoming at Shack Up Inn (1 Commissary Cir.), 8pm; Chicago blues legend was born in Dublin, MS, nearby.
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PLUS, COMING SOON TO CLARKSDALE, MS...
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AND BOOK ROOMS NOW FOR.....
- Sat, 10/5, 2024 - Hopson Pumpkin Pickin' Festival (10am-4pm) plus music by Alice Hasen & The Blaze (8:30pm) - hopsonhospitality.com
- Sat, 10/5, 2024 - Exile on Sunflower Festival in Gazebo across from Levon's w/Clarksdale Mississippi Jukes, 3pm.
- Thurs-Sat, 10/9-12, 2024 - near Clarksdale, MS, in HELENA, AR - King Biscuit Blues Festival & Symposium, kingbiscuitfestival.com
- 10/13, 2024 - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (post-Biscuit Sunday) - www.cathead.biz.
- 10/13, 2024 - Super Blues Sunday: Tentatively including... Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (9am), Bluesberry Cafe Blues Breakfast (10am), Delta Blues Museum special hours (noon), Ground Zero Blues Club blues brunch (11am), Hopson Commissary/Shack Up Inn's Pinetop Perkins Celebration (3pm)... plus music at Levon's, Hooker Grocer, Red's Lounge, Bad Apple Blues Club and more!
- 10/17-20, 2024 - Deep Blues Fest (official and related blues & roots music events), www.deepbluesfest.com
- 10/17-19, 2024 - 32nd Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival, https://deltawilliamsfestival.com/
- 10/24-27, 2024 - Hambone Festival & Related Events, http://www.stanstreet.com/hambone-festival.html
- 10/25-26, 2024 - Cruz’n The Crossroads Car & Truck Show, facebook.com/cruznthecrossroads.
- Sun., 11/10, 2024 - Christone KINGFISH Ingram Homecoming w/Big A opening at Ground Zero Blues Club, groundzerobluesclub.com/events/kingfish-w-opener-big-a-and-the-allstars
- 12/31, 2024 - Celebrate New Year's at the Crossroads - multiple shows around town!
from The Crossroads via www.livefromclarksdale.org (or check venue or musician's Facebook page):
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CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES & FOLK ART: Shop "Mississippi's blues store in Clarksdale since 2002" 252 Delta Avenue STORE Mon-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 11-3 plus extended hours for festival weekends (or by appointment; roger@cathead.biz); every day but Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Plus, shop WEB STORE 24/7 at www.cathead.biz.
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FREE AUDIO WALKING TOUR (smartphone app): Download Visit Clarksdale Tourism's FREE Audio Walking Tour of our historic downtown. Info: visitclarksdale.com/tours.
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VISIT CLARKSDALE'S DELTA BLUES MUSEUM: Mon-Sat, 10-5pm (EXCEPT for "holiday" hours/closures) AND/OR take the free Muddy Waters virtual tour at https://www.deltabluesmuseum.org/virtual-tour.aspx.
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DELTA BOHEMIAN TOURS: Take a real, in-person driving tour with master guide (and local "character") Chilly Billy Howell in his iconic red Jeep. Details at deltabohemiantours.com.
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JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL "STORE": Shop www.jukejointfestival.store today!
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VISITING CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI??
- Need a tourism map? Go here.
- Want free Audio Walking Tour app? Go here.
- Need a pro tour guide? Go here.
- Want "Shared Experience" w/local musician, artist or entrepreneur? Go here.
- Need a place to stay? Go here.
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ALSO, VISIT THE NEW BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI, GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB LOCATION:
Biloxi website at groundzerobiloxi.com (ticketing website https://groundzerobiloxi.yapsody.com)...
Ground Zero Blues Club
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MORE EVENT INFORMATION:
- Visit Clarksdale Tourism, (lodging, maps, free app, festivals & more) https://www.visitclarksdale.com/
- Mississippi Blues Trail, www.msbluestrail.org
- Highway 61 blogspot, https://highway61music.blogspot.com/
- City of Clarksdale, http://www.cityofclarksdale.org/
- Clarksdale/CC Chamber of Commerce, http://www.clarksdale-ms.com
- Mississippi Tourism (MDA - tourism), www.visitmississippi.org
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BLUES ON THE DELTA'S RADIO DIAL:
- XRDS.FM - Clarksdale blues 'n roots music radio, https://www.internet-radio.com/station/xrds/
- MPB Radio/Hwy 61 Radio Show - http://www.mpbonline.org/highway61/
- KFFA 1360AM - "King Biscuit Time", 12:15pm weekdays, http://www.kffa.com/2015/11/11/king-biscuit-time-show-audio/
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