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DELTA BLUES MUSIC & EVENT CALENDAR

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CLARKSDALE-AREA BLUES / MUSIC EVENT "SHORT LIST":
• 2010 Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival - 8/6-8/8, 2010 -- FREE annual blues festival, downtown.
• 2010 Cat Head Mini Blues Fest II - 8/8, 2010 -- Starring Big George Brock, Jimbo Mathus and more, 10am till -- FREE in street ("please tip your musicians").
• 2010 Sam Carr Day - (in afternoon at Hopson Commissary) - 8/8, 2010.
• 2010 Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival (former "King Biscuit" - nearby Helena, AR) - 10/7-9, 2010.
• 2010 Cat Head Mini Blues Fest III - (9am till... Sunday of Arkansas Fest weekend) - 10/10, 2010.
• 2010 Pinetop Perkins Homecoming at Hopson (in afternoon Sunday of AR fest) - 10/10, 2010.
• 2010 Hambone Festival - Halloween weekend each year - 10/30, 2010.
• 2011 Clarksdale Film Festival - NEW! - Late January 2011 (details coming to jukejointfestival.com in July 2010).
• 2011 Juke Joint Festival & Related Events - 4/15-4/17, 2011 (yep, 2011); the 2012 date is 4/14/12 by the way.
• 2011 Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest - Following BMAs in Memphis, 2011... near Cat Head store and Rock & Blues Museum -- FREE in street ("please tip your musicians").

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MORE DELTA MUSIC INFO ON THE RADIO:
• "Cat Head Delta Blues Show" with your host, Roger Stolle of the Cat Head store in Clarksdale, only on WROX 1450AM - Saturdays 7pm-9pm and Sundays 10pm-midnight; also listen 'live' on-line (click link above).
• "Bluesville" radio call-in... Cat Head's Roger Stolle talks Delta blues news w/Bill Wax on XM Satellite Radio -"Live" call-in at 4pm Central most Thursdays on channel 74.

MORE 2009-10 FESTIVAL INFORMATION:
- Mississippi Blues Trail info, www.msbluestrail.org - Mississippi blues fests, www.blueshighway.org - Blues fests nationwide, www.bluesfestivalguide.com

ALSO VISIT HOPSON COMMISSARY (a great place to book parties, receptions and more)!
Upcoming live music there includes: JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL WEEKEND... Bruce Brewer Friday night and Big George Brock and more on Sat night, April 16-17, 2010...AND...authentic train rides to/from historic downtown train depot... www.jukejointfestival.com for more info.

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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 'N Roll and Blues Heritage Museum, Clarksdale, MS (www.rockmuseum.biz): Excellent collection of rare rock and blues memorabilia. Wonderful host (Theo). Open most Thurs-Sat. 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).
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UPCOMING BLUES TRAIL MARKER DEDICATIONS:

Mississippi Blues Trail & Country Music Trail Marker Dedications
Mississippi, USA (unless noted)
www.msbluestrail.org
Join the Mississippi Blues Commission, friends, fans and family as the Mississippi's music trails celebrate their latest markers. Go to the web link for over a hundred markers spread throughout Mississippi... and beyond.
• 7/25 - "Country Music Trail": Marty Stuart (Philadelphia, MS), 1:30pm.
• 8/6 - "Blues Trail": Ike Turner (Clarksdale, MS), 10am-- legend honored during Clarksdale's Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival!
• 9/18 - "Blues Trail": Mississippi to Paramount (Grafton, Wisconson), 3:30pm.
• 9/24 - "Blues Trail": Ealey Brothers (Natchez, MS), time tba.
• 9/28 - "Blues Trail": Parchman Farm (Parchman, MS), 10am.
• 10/1 - "Blues Trail": Guitar Slim (Greenwood, MS), 10am.
• 10/2 - "Blues Trail": Queen City Hotel & 7th Avenue (Columbus, MS), time tba.
• 10/18 - "Blues Trail": Scott Radio Marker (Jackson, MS), 10am.
• 10/22 - "Blues Trail": Otis Clay (Gunnison, MS), 2pm.
• 11/8 - "Blues Trail": Gatemouth Moore (Yazoo City, MS), 3pm.

WEEKLY GIGS & REGULAR EVENTS

Weekly "BLUES JAM" Sessions
in Mississippi
• Mondays - Shuckers (Ridgeland)
• Mondays, 7pm - Bobby J's (Natchez); no cover; free red beans & rice.
• Tuesdays - 930 Blues Cafe (Jackson)
• Tuesdays - Alumni House Sports Grill (Ridgeland) - Chris Derrick and the Electric Co. host.
• 2nd Tues. ea. month - L.D.'s Kitchen (Vicksburg) - Central MS Blues Society hosts. Free food.
• Thursdays, 6pm - Depot Blues Club (Clarksdale)
• Thursdays, 8pm - Ground Zero Blues Club (Clarksdale)
• Thursdays - Sportsman Lodge in Maywood Mart (Jackson) - Big Juv.

Weekly blues-related gigs
in Mississippi
• Mondays - Hal and Mals Red Room, Central Mississippi Blues Society "Blue Monday" (Jackson), 7pm-11pm.
• Some Tuesdays - 2nd and 4th Tuesdays - LD’s Kitchen, Vicksburg. Blues jam with the Central MS Blues Society.
• Wed.-Sat. - 930 Blues Cafe (Jackson)
• Many Wednesdays - Steam Room Grille, "Wine Down Wednesday" (Jackson)
• Wed.-Sat. - Ground Zero Blues Club (Clarksdale)
• Many Thursdays, 8pm - Sarah's Kitchen (Clarksdale)
• Thursdays, 5-9pm - The Senator's Place (Cleveland) - Barbecue & Blues w/house band.
• Thursdays (in season) - Thacker Mountain Radio (Off Square Books, Oxford)
• Fri.-Sat. 7pm - Blue Parrot Cafe (Greenwood) - some blues.
• Fri.-Sat., 9pm - Walnut Street Blues Bar (Greenville) - house band.
• Thursdays - Schimmels (Jackson, MS) - Ben Payton in the bar.
• Every other Fri. & Sat. - Monte's Steak/Seafood (Jackson, MS) - Louis "Gearshifter" Youngblood.
• Fri.-Sat. - 308 Blues Club & Cafe (Indianola)
• Most weekends - Red's Lounge (Clarksdale, MS)
• Saturdays, 10pm - Schimmels (Jackson, MS) - Ex-Subway Lounge band The Houserockers.
• Sundays, 5pm - Foxfire Experience (Marshall County) - see calendar on web site.
• Sundays, 6pm - Club 2000 (Clarksdale) - Mr. Tater, The Music Maker.
• Most Sundays, 6pm - Club Ebony (Indianola).
• Sundays - L.K. Atwood Elks Club, 3100 West Lynch St., Jackson, 6:30pm - “Jazz, Blues and More”.
• Sundays - The Hut juke joint, Holly Springs, MS - 11pm - Robert Kimbrough (Junior's son) w/guests.
• Occasional blues - Joe Joe's Country Store (near Hopson on 322), Clarksdale, MS.

Bach To Blues music series
Trinity Luthern Church, Jackson, MS
www.bachtoblues.org
Every third Sunday at 6pm.

MPR Highway 61 Blues Radio Show
Mississippi blues radio show
www.highway61radio.com
Music and information about Mississippi blues/events on web site and radio show with Scott Barretta.

Cat Head Delta Blues radio show
Mississippi blues radio show
www.wroxradio.com
Delta blues music and upcoming blues festival/event info with Roger Stolle. Saturdays, 7pm-9pm Central Time and encore presentation Sundays, 10pm-Midnight.

XM Radio "Delta Blues Update"
"BB King's Bluesville" radio show
www.xmradio.com
Delta blues updates with Bill Wax and Roger Stolle, most Thursdays at 4pm Central Time.

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UPCOMING BLUES EVENTS

JULY 2010

Mississippi State Blues & Country Music Trail Marker Dedications
Mississippi, USA
www.msbluestrail.org
• 7/8 - "Blues Trail": Mississippi to Maine (Rockland, Maine), 3pm
• 7/25 - "Country Music Trail": Marty Stuart (Philadelphia, MS), 1:30pm.

Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, Mississippi
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Live blues Wed thru Sat, including...
7/1 - Blues Jam w/Heavy Suga
7/2 - Mark "Mule Man" Massey
7/3 - Anthony "Big A" Sherrod Blues Allstars
7/7 - Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry
7/8 - Blues Jam w/Stan Street
7/9-10 - special OXFORD AMERICAN magazine weekend of events
dubbed "The Most Southern Weekend on Earth" includes live music by:
Friday night (July 9): $20
- 8-9pm - Robert Belfour
- 9:15-10:15pm - Jimbo Mathus
- 10:30-12:00pm - Kevin Gordon
Saturday night (July 10): $30
- 8:00-9:30pm - Mose Allison
- 10:00-11:30pm - True Soul
BOTH NIGHTS: $40 -- Click HERE for pre-sale tickets available only thru OA; 501-320-5730.
7/14 - Heavy Suga
7/15 - Blues Jam w/Daddy Rich
7/16 - Terry "Harmonica" Bean (as seen in "M for Mississippi")
7/17 - Grammy winning, platinum record holder JIMBO MATHUS & his blues & boogie music band.
7/21 - Anthony "Big A" Sherrod Blues Allstars
7/22 - Blues Jam w/Josh "Razorblade" Stewart
7/23 - TCB Blues Band
7/24 - Terry "Big T" Williams & the Family
7/28 - Stan Street & Hambone Blues Band
7/29 - Blues Jam w/Big Dave Dunavent
7/30 - Big Jerry Blues Band
7/31 - Robert "Bilbo" Walker

Reds Lounge
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Live blues at authentic juke joint on weekends including:
7/1 (Thurs) - Deak Harp & Friends
7/2 - RL Boyce (as seen in "M for Mississippi")
7/3 - Watermelon Slim (rare solo appearance!)
7/4 - July 4th Party w/All Night Long Blues Band
7/9 - Guitar Mikey
7/10 - Earl The Pearl
7/16 - Anthony "BIG A" Sherrod
7/17 - Robert "WOLFMAN" Belfour (as seen in "M for Mississippi")
7/18 (Sun) - Steve Kolbus & Mary Ann "ACTION" Jackson
7/23 - Anthony "BIG A" Sherrod
7/24 - Mary Ann "ACTION" Jackson & All Night Long Blues Band

Tricia's Italian Restaurant & Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
(226 Yazoo Ave.)
Blues club/restaurant for sale (contact Middleton Realty).

Hambone Gallery
Clarksdale, MS
www.stanstreet.com
Live music (usually blues) every Tuesday, 7pm.
7/6 - Marshall Drew
7/13 - Sean "Bad" Apple
7/20 - Daddy Rich

Madidi Restaurant
Clarksdale, MS
www.madidres.com
Live blues music Wednesdays in bar, 6-8pm:
July - Sean "Bad" Appel & Big Boy Martin (MS Hill Country & Delta blues).

Rust Restaurant
Clarksdale, MS
(662-624-4784)
Thursdays in July on the porch - Brantley Catlette performs (7pm)

Hopson Commissary
Clarksdale, MS
www.hopsonplantation.com
7/3 - Bruce Brewer & the Deep Water Baptists (rock)
7/10 - Traffic Jam Band (rock)
7/12 - Ronnie Drew (acoustic rock)
7/17 - Marshall Drew Band (rock/blues), 9pm
7/19 - Ronnie Drew (acoustic rock), 7pm

Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Closed but scheduled to reopen down the block in late summer.

Bluesberry Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
TBA

Po Monkey's Lounge
near Merigold, MS
(directions near bottom of this web page)
TBA (R&B deejay on Thurs. nights)

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 Walnut St.)
Tuesdays/Wednesdays - Chris Livingston "Accustic Style"
7/22 - Jerry Fair "The Real Blues"
7/23 - Big Time R&B Band
7/24 - Big Time R&B Band

Rooster's Blues House
Oxford, MS
(114 Courthouse Square)
Tuesdays - Open mic.
Wed-Sat - Live music (blues on weekends).

Foxfire Ranch
Waterford, MS
www.foxfireexperience.net
July 4 Garry Burnside, Mark "Muleman" Massey, Duwayne Burnside
July 11 Sam Mosley Band
July 18 Day #3 of the Oxford Blues Fest featuring Garry Burnside, The AM Band, Big Dave & The Evol Love Band and others....
July 25 The Star Band

The Hut
Holly Springs, MS
http://www.highway61radio.com/?p=2512
Sunday nights, 11pm - Robert Kimbrough (Jr's son) & friends.

308 Blues Club
Indianola, MS
www.308bluesclubandcafe.com
7/2 - Jason Carter and the Healers

BB King Museum
Indianola, MS
www.bbkingmuseum.org
7/2-3 - "Visit us during this year's BB King Homecoming events this weekend!"

930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.com
Thurs - blues jam w/Smoke Stack Lightning & more
Thurs/Fri/Sat - Jackie Bell
7/2-3 - Stevie J
7/9-10 - Doctor D
7/16-17 - Rick Lawson
7/23-24 - Adrena

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

Queen of Hearts
Jackson, MS
601-898-2225
TBA

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

Blue Parrot BLUES Line-up
Greenwood, MS
662-451-9430
TBA

Carroll County Market
On The Square in Carrollton, MS
www.carrollcountymarket.com
Fridays - 5pm Blues Jam
Weekends - TBA

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

Center for Southern Folklore
Memphis, Tennessee
www.southernfolklore.com
Blues-related line-up (full schedule at web link):
TBA

7/2-7/3 - BB King Homecoming (Fri) & "Blues, Bikes & BBQ" (Sat)
Indianola, MS
www.indianolams.org • www.indianolablues.org
- 7/2 (Fri) - B.B. King Homecoming Festival at Fletcher Park – Indianola , MS. Gates open at 4 pm. Entertainment starts at 5pm: Mike Holloway Band, L.C. Ulmer and Chase Holifield, The Columbia College Blues Ensemble All-Stars directed by Fernando Jones, Grady Champion Band, Fireworks, and B.B. King.
- 7/3 (Sat) - Barbeque, Bikes, & Blues – Memphis sanctioned BBQ / Motorcycle riders & clubs invited. B.B. King Museum & Delta Interpretive Center – Indianola , MS. 9am–6pm. Open air market, music, & children’s activities. Schedule TBA. Check websites for updates.

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7/9-10 - "Most Southern Weekend On Earth!"
Ground Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, MS
Click here for more info!
In celebration of its Best of the South issue, The Oxford American cordially invites you to a two-day shindig of Southern music and spirits in the heart of the Mississippi Delta on July 9-10, 2010:
FRIDAY NIGHT:
- 8-9pm - Robert Belfour
- 9:15-10:15pm - Jimbo Mathus
- 10:30-12:00pm - Kevin Gordon
SATURDAY DAY:
- 11 a.m. Mississippi Delta hot tamale talk and tasting moderated Amy Evans Streeter, oral historian of Southern Foodways Alliance (southernfoodways.com). Event will be at Delta Amusement Cafe at 348 Delta Ave.
- 1 p.m.: A FREE interview conducted by OA editor Marc Smirnoff with famed music writer Peter Guralnick, author of Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom, and Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, and largely considered one of the giants of American music history. At the Delta Blues Museum (www.deltabluesmuseum.org).
- 2pm: See "related event" at Cat Head store below (free!). PLUS, SUN, 7/11 - special event hours at CH, 11am-2pm.
- 4:30 p.m., the first OA Independent Beer Tasting and Contest at Rust, a fine restaurant along Delta Avenue.
SATURDAY NIGHT:
- 8:00-9:30pm - Mose Allison
- 10:00-11:30pm - True Soul
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS (Fri $20, Sat $30... or BOTH for $40)
Presented by The Oxford American, Clarksdale/Coahoma County, Ground Zero Blues Club and the Mississippi Division of Tourism.

7/10 - 8th Annual Grassroots Blues Festival
Duck Hill, MS
www.grassrootsblues.com
Saturday, July 10, 2010 from 12:00 Noon - 10:00 p.m.:
Master of Ceremony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sade Turnipseed
12:00 - 12:45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bud Leo Welch
12:55 - 1:40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Big Joe Shelton
1:50 - 2:35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louis “Gearshifter” Youngblood
2:45 - 3:30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Payton
3:40 - 4:25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bobby Whalen
4:25 - 4:45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Welcome and Introduction of Sponsors
4:50 - 5:50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Horton & Band
6:00 - 7:00 . . . . . . . . . . . Venessia Young & The Pure Blues Express Band
7:00 - 8:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike & Jerry Kattawar
8:00 - 9:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Little Willie Farmer
9:00 - 10:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. J. Echols
10:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Festival Ends
Directions: I-55 Exit 195 (Duck Hill); Approximately 4.1 miles to Elliott Field
DONATION: $20 at the Gate; $15 in advance.

7/16-18 - Oxford Blues Festival
Oxford, MS
www.oxfordbluesfest.com
Brand new, first year event around the Historic Square in Oxford, Mississippi:
Friday, July 16, 2010
5:30 pm • 5:30 pm CONVERSATIONS WITH BLUESMEN: STORYTELLING & DINNER – HENDERSON THIGPIN & TERRY “HARMONICA” BEAN- NO COVER – DINNER NOT INCLUDED - AT IRIE ON THE SQUARE
9:00 pm CADILLAC FUNK AT ROOSTER'S (2ND FL.)
9:00 pm AM BAND AT ROOSTER'S (1ST FL.)
9:30 pm JAZZY B. & THE 5TH ELEMENT- ROOSTER'S – NO COVER
SPECIAL NOTE/CHANGE: TERRY"HARMONICA" BEAN WILL PERFORM AT IRIE ON THE SQUARE SATURDAY FROM 9:30 PM TIL 12:00 AM - LISTING BELOW - NO COVER
Saturday, July 17, 2010
12:00 pm HISTORY OF THE BLUES - GREG JOHNSON - OLE MISS BLUES ARCHIVES (OXFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY)NO COVER
2:00 pm KENNY BROWN - - ROOSTER'S – NO COVER
3:15 pm JAZZY B. & THE 5TH ELEMENT- ROOSTER'S – NO COVER
4:30 pm JACQUELINE NASSAR - - ROOSTER'S – NO COVER
5:45 pm EFFIE BURT QUARTET - - ROOSTER'S – NO COVER
7:00 pm ROBERT BELFOUR - REDHOUSE – NO COVER
8:15 pm THE ALL NIGHT LONG BAND W/ MARY ACTION JACKSON – REDHOUSE – NO COVER
9:00 pm TERRY "BIG T." WILLIAMS - @ ROOSTER'S – NO COVER
9:00 pm AM BAND W/ BIG RIG - @ THE BLIND PIG - NO COVER
9:30 pm TERRY"HARMONICA" BEAN AT IRIE ON THE SQUARE - NO COVER
10:00 pm BILL HOWL-N-MADD Perry W/ DR. ALPHONSO SAUNDERS - @ AJAX RESTAURANT - NO COVER
Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ THE FOXFIRE RANCH - ($10.00 at the gate.)
The Oxford Blues Festival could not be a festival without an outside component. That’s why the Oxford Blues Festival 2010 will conclude at the Foxfire Ranch just 20 minutes away up Highway 7 North. The music starts at 5:00pm and will last until midnight at the pavilion under the stars. The line-up for Sunday includes the following:
5:00 pm Big Dave & The Evol Love Band
7:30 pm The AM Band
9:30 pm Gary Burnside Band
(Bring a blanket or bring a lawn chair. BBQ available.)

7/17 - "From Me 2 You" w/Travis Calvin
New Covenant MB Church, Clarksdale, MS
662-645-2128
Free family event. Former Delta Blues Museum student Travis Calvin (guitar) will play alongside two of Clarksdale's finest vocalists, Kandis Webb and Marian Hickmon. As an added attraction, world renowned orchestra conductor, Maestro Ezra Howard will accompany on saxophone. Travis has shared the stage with countless blues and gospel artists including B. B. King, Bobby Rush, Bill Howl-n-Mad Perry and many others. His television appearances include Nickelodeon and the Travel Channel. 6:30 p.m. in the New Covenant MB Church, 803 Martin Luther King Blvd.


7/30 (Fri) - "M FOR MISSISSIPPI" screening with filmmakers & live blues performance
ST. LOUIS, Missouri at Off Broadway music club (3509 Lemp Ave., 314-773-3363)
www.offbroadwaystl.com
St. Louis premiere of "M for Mississippi" film with the filmmakers and live blues by movie co-star TERRY "HARMONICA" BEAN to follow. $10 cover for movie and music; doors open 7:30pm; showtime at 8pm. "M for Mississippi" documents the heart of Mississippi's current blues scene. Viewers join a small crew of self-proclaimed blues fanatics on a week-long road trip across the Magnolia State as they explore the thriving underbelly of a dying American art form in the land where it began. Features James "T-Model" Ford, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Robert "Bilbo" Walker, Wesley "Junebug" Jefferson, Terry "Harmonica" Bean and others (about a dozen in all). Named DVD Of The Year at the 30th annual Blues Music Awards, and winner of both the Living Blues Critic and Reader Awards. Called, "Easily one of the best films about blues in years," by Blues & Rhythm magazine. More information about the film project at www.mformississippi.com.

7/31 - Summertime Blues Festival
Vicksburg, MS
(601-638-8828)
Inaugural "Down-home, Downtown" event to benefit Gulf Coast clean up. Acts include Jimbo Mathus, LC Ulmer, Rocket 88, Seth Libbey, The Koestler Brothers and more. 2pm till midnight.

AUGUST 2010

Mississippi State Blues Trail Marker Dedications
Mississippi, USA
www.msbluestrail.org
• 8/6 - "Blues Trail": Ike Turner (Clarksdale, MS), 10am-- legend honored during Clarksdale's Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival!

Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art
252 Delta Ave., Clarksdale, MS
www.cathead.biz
FREE live music and more near Cat Head store; "please tip your musicians":
FRI, 8/6 (2pm) - All Night Long Blues Due with Sean "Bad" Apple and "Big Boy" Martin Grant.
SAT, 8/7 - Robert "Wolfman" Belfour (11am), Anthony "Big A" Sherrod (2pm), Allen Whitley "Where Southern Cross the Dog" booksigning (3pm), and Jeff Norwood & Vince Cheney (4pm).
SUN, 8/8 (10am till) - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest II, starring 5-time Blues Music Award nominee Big George Brock, Grammy Award winner Jimbo Mathus, IBC finalist Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry and more! Plus, BBQ available out front from Big Red.

Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
8/4 (Wed) - Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry
8/5 (Thurs) - BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO EXTRAVAGANZA! Special fundraiser event organized by the Pinetop Perkins Foundation featuring great blues and boogie from some of the world's top piano players and more... with Bob Margolin, Pinetop Perkins and others! (Also, see info on Piano Master Class below under 8/3-4 dates.)
8/6 (Fri) - BLUES FEST WEEKEND with Senatobia, Mississippi's Mark "Mule Man" Massey Blues Band (as seen in "Blues Revue" magazine).
8/7 (Sat) - BLUES FEST WEEKEND with special events during the day and Clarksdale's own international blues star SUPER CHIKAN & the Fighting Cocks at night!
8/8 (Sun) - Annual Sunday BLUES FEST BRUNCH at GZBC with food 11-2 and FREE live blues by Terry "BIG T" Williams (rare solo appearance!) at 12 noon.
8/11 - Big Dave Dunavent & Evol Love
8/14 - Daddy Rich Blues Band
8/20 - Stan Street & Hambone Blues Band
8/21 - Terry "Big T" Williams & the Family Blues Band
8/25 - All Night Long Blues Band
8/26 - Blues Jam w/Big Dave Dunavent
8/28 - Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry

Red's Lounge
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Live blues on weekends TBA...
and special blues events starting Tuesday night of Sunflower River Blues Fest week -- 8/3-8/8!!!

Tricia's Italian Restaurant & Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
(226 Yazoo Ave.)
Blues club/restaurant for sale (contact Middleton Realty).

Hambone Gallery
Clarksdale, MS
www.stanstreet.com
Live music (usually blues) every Tuesday, 7pm.

Juke Joint Chapel at the Shackup Inn
Clarksdale, MS
www.shackupinn.com
8/3-4 - Pinetop Perkins Foundation's Piano Master Class (Youth Workshop Series)
8/6-7 - TBA

Hopson Commissary
Clarksdale, MS
www.hopsonplantation.com
8/3-4 - Pinetop Perkins Foundation's Piano Master Class (Youth Workshop Series)
8/6 (Fri) - late night blues 'n boogie with Grammy winner JIMBO MATHUS.

8/7 (Sat) - real-deal electric blues, 1950s style from 78-yr-old, 5-time BMA nominee BIG GEORGE BROCK w/special guest Clarine Wagner -- special homecoming event... look for Big Brock's big blues bus!
8/8 (Sun) - live blues TBA... tentatively "Sam Carr Day" in the late afternoon.

Delta Amusement Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(348 Delta Avenue)
8/7 - Tullie Brae & the Medicine Men

Madidi Restaurant
Clarksdale, MS
www.madidres.com
Live blues Wednesdays in bar, 6-8pm:
August - Stan Street & Friends

Rust Restaurant
Clarksdale, MS
(662-624-4784)
Thursdays in August on the porch (7pm)

Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Closed but scheduled to reopen down the block in late summer.

Bluesberry Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
Special Sunflower River Blues week music... TBA

Antonio's
Lula, MS
(near police station and RR track)
New blues club w/occasional weekend music.

Po Monkey's Lounge
near Merigold, MS
(directions near bottom of this web page)
TBA (R&B deejay on Thurs. nights)

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

Rooster's Blues House
Oxford, MS
(114 Courthouse Square)
Tuesdays - Open mic.
Wed-Sat - Live music (blues on weekends).

Foxfire Ranch
Waterford, MS
www.foxfireexperience.net
Sunday blues, 5pm... TBA

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

BB King Museum
Indianola, MS
www.bbkingmuseum.org
8/4 - Yocona International Folk Festival (children's workshop at museum, 10am; evening performance at nearby Mid-Delta Arts Association Theater, 7pm).

930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.com
TBA

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

Queen of Hearts
Jackson, MS
601-898-2225
TBA

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

Blue Parrot BLUES Line-up
Greenwood, MS
662-451-9430
TBA

Carroll County Market
On The Square in Carrollton, MS
www.carrollcountymarket.com
Fridays - 5pm Blues Jam
Weekends - TBA

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

Center for Southern Folklore
Memphis, Tennessee
www.southernfolklore.com
Blues-related line-up (full schedule at web link):
TBA

8/3-4 - Pinetop Perkins Foundation's Piano Master Class (Youth Workshop Series)
Shackup Inn/Hopson Commissary, Clarksdale, MS
www.pinetopperkinsfoundation.org
The Pinetop Perkins Foundation plans to offer an annual Youth Workshop Series to bring world-renowned blues artists for instruction and mentoring to young musicians. The Piano Master Class - the inaugural event of the Youth Workshop Series - will be held August 3, 2010 - August 4, 2010. Open to the young and the young at heart, it will be held at the historic Shack Up Inn and Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The event will conclude with a wrap up jam concert hosted by Bob Margolin at Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale on Thursday, August 5th. Selected to lead these workshops are three award-winning recording artists; Eden Brent, Ann Rabson, and more. (Details on web site.)

8/4-8/7 - Jus' Blues Music Foundation events
Memphis, TN
www.jusbluesmusicfoundation.org
The Jus' Blues Music Foundation events kick off with 'Living Legends Dinner' and ends with 'Music Festival' in Handy Park. Blues, soul and R&B music. More info on-line.


8/5 (Thurs) - "M FOR MISSISSIPPI" screening with Q&A
Memphis, TN - Brooks Museum of Art (theater)
www.brooksmuseum.org
Memphis premiere of "M for Mississippi" film with an introduction by the filmmakers and Q&A to follow. Public screening: $6 members; $8 non-members. "M for Mississippi" documents the heart of Mississippi's current blues scene. Viewers join a small crew of self-proclaimed blues fanatics on a week-long road trip across the Magnolia State as they explore the thriving underbelly of a dying American art form in the land where it began. Features James "T-Model" Ford, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Robert "Bilbo" Walker, Wesley "Junebug" Jefferson, Terry "Harmonica" Bean and others (about a dozen in all). Named DVD Of The Year at the 30th annual Blues Music Awards, and winner of both the Living Blues Critic and Reader Awards. Called, "Easily one of the best films about blues in years," by Blues & Rhythm magazine. More information about the film project at www.mformississippi.com.
Thursday, August 5 @ 7pm
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
www.brooksmuseum.org
1934 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104-2765
(901) 544-6200

8/5 - Tullie Brae & the Medicine Men
Indianola, MS
(Club Ebony)
Live blues.

 


8/6-8 - Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival
Clarksdale, Mississippi
www.sunflowerfest.org
Clarksdale's oldest blues and gospel festival is still free and fabulous. 23rd annual festival on August 6-8 will be a tribute to Ike and the Rocket 88 musicians... including an 8/6 Ike Turner Blues Trail Marker dedication!) Book your HOTEL rooms early (click here). ALSO, don't miss the Sunday, 8/8 "Cat Head Mini Blues Fest" with Big George Brock, Jimbo Mathus and more, 10am till!
2010 LINE-UP:
23nd Annual Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival
August 6-7-8, 2010
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 2010 - Main Delta Blues Museum Stage
4:15pm - 4:45pm Delta Blues Museum Band
5:00pm - 5:45pm Richard "Daddy Rich" Crisman
6:00pm - 6:45pm Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry
7:00pm - 7:45pm Robert "Bilbo" Walker
8:00pm - 9:00pm Joshua "Razorblade" Stewart
9:15pm - 10:15pm James "Super Chikan" Johnson
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2010 - Main Delta Blues Museum Stage
1:30pm - 2:00pm Bill Abel Band
2:15pm - 2:45pm All Night Long Band
3:00pm - 3:30pm Phillip Carter Band featuring Jacqueline
3:45pm - 4:30pm Venessia Young & Pure Blues Express
4:45pm - 5:30pm Terry "Big T" Williams & Family Band
5:45pm - 6:45pm James "Jimbo" Mathis
7:00pm - 8:00pm Johnny Rawls
8:00pm - 8:15pm Awards
8:15pm - 9:15pm Homemade Jamz Blues band
9:30pm - 10:30pm Juke Joint Duo- Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm
Acoustic Stage #1
9:00am Arthneice "Gas Man" Jones
9:40am Robert Belfour
10:15am Eddie Cusic
10:50am Pat Thomas
11:25am T-Model Ford
12:00noon Big Jack Johnson
12:35pm Sharde Turner & Rising Star Fife & Drum Band
Acoustic Stage #2
2pm Charles Fowler
2:40pm Foster "Tater" Wiley
3:10pm Bill Abel & Cadillac John
3:40pm Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
4:10pm Kenny Brown
4:55pm Johnny Lowe Bow
SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2010 - Gospel Stage
4:00pm Christopher Coleman
4:40pm Voice of Joy
5:35pm Chapel Hill Men's Chorus
6:25pm The Myles Family
(and more TBA...)

8/8 (Sun) - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest II
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art,
Clarksdale, Mississippi
www.cathead.biz
Annual, near-legendary, totally FREE 'blues festival' out in street near location of Cat Head store. Starring 5-time Blues Music Award nominee BIG GEORGE BROCK, Grammy Award winner JIMBO MATHUS and more! BBQ also available on street. 10am till. "Please tip your musicians." Come early, bring a chair and have a blast! (PLUS... see above, under "Cat Head" for more free live blues performances near Cat Head on that Fri and Sat... including Robert Belfour and more!)

8/8 - Sam Carr Day
Clarksdale, MS
www.msbluestrail.org
Steve Kolbus of Tricia's Restaurant is planning to hold this one more time; late afternoon at Hopson; details TBA.

8/27-28 - Otha Turner Memorial Picnic
Senatobia (Gravel Springs), Mississippi
www.bluemothertupelo.com/calendar.html
Annual goat roast/picnic/music festival. See directions near bottom of THIS web page. Blues, rock and fife & drum music and mayhem! www.othaturner.com

SEPTEMBER 2010

Miss. State Blues Trail Marker Dedications
Mississippi
www.msbluestrail.org
• 9/18 - "Blues Trail": Mississippi to Paramount (Grafton, Wisconson), 3:30pm.
• 9/24 - "Blues Trail": Ealey Brothers (Natchez, MS), time tba.
• 9/28 - "Blues Trail": Parchman Farm (Parchman, MS), 10am.

Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Live blues TBA - Wed thru Sat., including...
9/17 - on hold
9/18 - JIMBO MATHUS!

Reds Lounge
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Live blues on weekends TBA

Tricia's Italian Restaurant & Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
(226 Yazoo Ave.)
Blues club/restaurant for sale (contact Middleton Realty).

Hambone Gallery
Clarksdale, MS
www.stanstreet.com
Live music (usually blues) every Tuesday, 7pm.

Madidi Restaurant
Clarksdale, MS
www.madidres.com
Live music (often blues) Wednesdays in bar, 7pm.

Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
Closed

Bluesberry Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
TBA

Po Monkey's Lounge
near Merigold, MS
(directions near bottom of this web page)
TBA (R&B deejay on Thurs. nights)

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

Rooster's Blues House
Oxford, MS
(114 Courthouse Square)
Tuesdays - Open mic.
Wed-Sat - Live music (blues on weekends).

Foxfire Ranch
Waterford, MS
www.foxfireexperience.net
TBA

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

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

930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.com
TBA

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

Queen of Hearts
Jackson, MS
601-898-2225
TBA

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

Blue Parrot BLUES Line-up
Greenwood, MS
662-451-9430
TBA

Carroll County Market
On The Square in Carrollton, MS
www.carrollcountymarket.com
Fridays - 5pm Blues Jam
Weekends - TBA

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

Center for Southern Folklore
Memphis, Tennessee
www.southernfolklore.com
Blues-related line-up (full schedule at web link):
TBA

9/3 - Howlin' Wolf Memorial Festival
West Point, Mississippi
rramsey@wpms.net • http://www.wpnet.org/Howlin_Festival.htm
West Point Celebrates 100 Years of the WOLF! Friday, September 3, 2010. Artist to be announced

Early September - Mississippi Jazz & Heritage Festival
Greenville, Mississippi
www.jazzmississippi.com
Annual jazz festival.

9/17 - Tommy Johnson Blues & Gospel Festival
Cooper Downs, Terry, Mississippi
(info: vera3332@netscape.net)
Annual festival put on by neice of blues legend Tommy Johnson. Featuring Ben Payton, Eden Brent, Bob Long and others.

9/17-18 - River To The Rails
Greenwood, Mississippi
(662-453-9197)
Festival event.

Labor Day Weekend - Browning Labor Day Festival
Greenwood, Mississippi
(662-453-2225)
Annual festival.

Mid-September - Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues & Heritage Festival
Pascagoula, Mississippi
(228-497-5493)
Annual festival.

9/18 - Mississippi Delta Blues & Heritage Festival
Greenville, Mississippi
www.deltablues.org
Annual festival typically featuring local blues plus R&B/soul headliners


9/25 - Wing Dang Doodle Festival
Gaddis Park in Forest, Mississippi
www.forestareachamber.com • 601-469-4332
Saturday, September 25th in Forest, Mississippi... Family, food and fun festival... Featuring Chicken Wing Cooking Contest, Arts & Crafts, 5K Run, Fun Run, Blues Trail Motorcycle Run, and a MISSISSIPPI BLUES EXTRAVAGANZA starring Blues Music Award nominees Homemade Jamz Blues Band and Eden Brent. One of the Southeast Tourism Society's TOP 20 EVENTS for Sept 2010.

9/25 - The Shed BBQ Fest
Ocean Springs, MS
www.theshedbbq.com
Annual blues event.

9/26 - WILLIE BROWN BLUES BENEFIT
Ricks’s On The River, Tampa, FLORIDA
www.tdblues.com • 813-251-0369
"The purpose of The Willie Brown Blues Benefit is to raise money to purchase Willie Brown a headstone. Mr. Brown is currently buried in an unmarked grave in Tunica County, MISSISSIPPI. In order to have a headstone created and placed at the Good Shepherd Church in Tunica, we need to raise $1000 at a minimum. Every single cent raised from this benefit will go directly to the purchase and placement of the headstone.
The Willie Brown Blues Benefit is a FREE SHOW. There will be raffles, live auctions, and a donation bucket to raise funds for this worthy cause. If you would like to donate, but cannot make the show, please visit the donations page at the web link above. The lineup, which is subject to change, includes: Sean Chambers, Eddie Wright, The Backwater Blues Band, Lee Pons. The event is currently seeking sponsors. Since we have artists and a venue, we are looking for a music sponsor and others to provide additional items for the raffles and live auctions."


9/28-10/2 - Jon Gindick's "Harmonica Jam Camp"
Hopson Commissary/Shackup Inn, CLARKSDALE, MS
www.harmonicajamcamp.com
"A Limited Enrollment 5 Day Jamming and Learning Vacation for Diatonic Harmonica Players -- with a Focus on You, the Fundamentals of Blues and the Joys of Jamming. Next camps: September 28 to October 2, 2010 March 22 to 26, 2011 September 27 to Oct 1, 2011. The Mississippi Camps are held at The Shack Up Inn, 3 miles outside of Clarksdale, Mississippi. If you are flying, you will probably want to fly into Memphis, get a ride, or rent a car to drive down 'The Blues Highway' (Highway 61) about an hour an a half to Clarksdale. (We will help you find a drive-mate.)" MORE DETAILS ON WEB SITE.

OCTOBER 2010

Miss. State Blues Trail Marker Dedications
Mississippi
www.msbluestrail.org
• 10/1 - "Blues Trail": Guitar Slim (Greenwood, MS), 10am.
• 10/18 - "Blues Trail": Scott Radio Marker (Jackson, MS), 10am.
• 10/22 - "Blues Trail": Otis Clay (Gunnison, MS), 2pm.
• 10/2 - "Blues Trail": Queen City Hotel & 7th Avenue (Columbus, MS), time tba.

 Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art
252 Delta Ave., Clarksdale, MS
www.cathead.biz
FREE live music and more near Cat Head store; "please tip your musicians":
FRI, 10/8 - TBA
SAT, 10/9 - TBA
SUN, 10/10 (9am till) - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest III, starring 5-time Blues Music Award nominee Big George Brock, and more! Plus, BBQ available out front from Big Red.
MON, 10/11 (3pm) - Bernie Pearl brings his "Delta Blues Tour" to Cat Head!

Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Live blues weekly - Wed thru Sat.
10/6 - Live blues TBA
10/7 - Blues Jam Night (musicians... come join the fun)
10/8 - Great live blues TBA to kick off King Biscuit Weekend at GZBC!
10/9 - BMA winner SUPER CHIKAN & the Fighting Cocks for King Biscuit Weekend!
10/10 - Sunday Blues Brunch (11-2 food; noon music)
10/28 - Blues Jam w/Stan Street
10/30 - Hambone Festival night at GZBC!

Reds Lounge
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Live blues on weekends TBA

Hopson Commissary
Clarksdale, MS
www.hopsonplantation.com
(9/28)-10/2 - Jon Gindick's "Harmonica Jam Camp" (see below).
10/8 - TBA
10/9 - Big George Brock (9pm)
10/10 - Pinetop Perkins Homecoming (afternoon)
10/11 - Bernie Pearl (8pm)

Tricia's Italian Restaurant & Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
(226 Yazoo Ave.)
Blues club/restaurant for sale (contact Middleton Realty).

(9/28)-10/2 - Jon Gindick's "Harmonica Jam Camp"
Hopson Commissary/Shackup Inn, CLARKSDALE, MS
www.harmonicajamcamp.com
"A Limited Enrollment 5 Day Jamming and Learning Vacation for Diatonic Harmonica Players -- with a Focus on You, the Fundamentals of Blues and the Joys of Jamming. Next camps: September 28 to October 2, 2010 March 22 to 26, 2011 September 27 to Oct 1, 2011. The Mississippi Camps are held at The Shack Up Inn, 3 miles outside of Clarksdale, Mississippi. If you are flying, you will probably want to fly into Memphis, get a ride, or rent a car to drive down 'The Blues Highway' (Highway 61) about an hour an a half to Clarksdale. (We will help you find a drive-mate.)" MORE DETAILS ON WEB SITE.

10/1-3 - Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival
Hattiesburg, MS
www.mobilestreetfestival.com
Annual Blues and Gospel music festival. (Plus, see the nearby MS Blues Trail marker while you're there.)

10/2 - Mississippi Blues Fest II
Greenwood, MS
www.greenwoodms.org
Bi-annual blues festival.

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10/7-9 - Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival
Helena, AR (just 30-min from Clarksdale, MS)
www.bluesandheritagefest.com
"THE BIG ONE"... Helena, Arkansas' former "King Biscuit" blues fest rolls on with multiple stages, emerging artists and big-name headliners. Excellent street musicians and food on Cherry Street during the fest as well. SPECIAL APPEARANCE on Thursday, 10/7 by blues legend BB KING & his band!
*****Consider STAYING IN CLARKSDALE where special events/late night blues will coincide with Arkansas Fest (Click HERE for hotel info).*****
THE LINEUP:
Thursday – Main Stage
Heather Cross
SBBS Battle of The Band Winner
Grady Champion
Willie Cobbs
Sterling Billingsley Band
James Harman
Reba Russell
Paul Thorn
B. B. King
Friday - Main Stage
Sherrie Williams
Big Jack Johnson
Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King
Kentucky Headhunters
Hubert Sumlin & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith
Michael Burks
Marcia Ball
Dr. John
Saturday – Main Stage
Preston Shannon
Larry McCray
Bobby Parker
Pinetop Perkins & Bob Margolin
Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets
Walter “Wolfman” Washington
Charlie Musselwhite
Taj Mahal
Friday – Lockwood Stackhouse Stage
Phillip Stackhouse
Andy Coats
Johnny Billington
Bernie Pearl
Spoonfed Blues featuring Mississippi Spoonman
Gwen White
Mojo Buford
Bobby Rush
Saturday – Lockwood Stackhouse Stage
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
Rev. Robert
Austin “Walkin” Cane
John Hammond
Lonnie Shields
Wampus Cats
Don McMinn
Earnest “Guitar” Roy
Payton Clark (Bit-O-Blues) Stage
David Bernstein
Johnny Billington Blues Academy
Matt Zigler
Homemade Jamz
Payton Clark Memorial featuring The Payton Clark Band

10/10 - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest III
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Clarksdale, Mississippi
www.cathead.biz
Always fun, always free... under tents out front of the Cat Head blues store in historic downtown Clarksdale -- just 30 minutes from Helena, AR. Kicks off at 9am. Food available on the sidewalk.

10/10 - Pinetop Perkins Homecoming
Hopson Commissary, Clarksdale, Mississippi
www.pinetopperkins.com
Annual afternoon/early evening festival honoring 95-year-old blues piano legend Pinetop Perkins (who once drove a tractor at Hopson).

Mid-October - Tommy Johnson Blues Festival
Crystal Springs, Mississippi
www.tommyjohnsonblues.com
Tommy Johnson's niece Vera Johnson-Collins organizes this annual blues and R&B event.

10/15-16 - Bukka White Blue Bluff Festival
Aberdeen, Mississippi
www.bukkawhitefestival.com
Blues festival in Aberdeen honoring the great Bukka White. Info: matthiasf@yahoo.com.

Late October - Delta Day
Tunica, Mississippi
(662-363-6611)
Annual event.

10/23 - Indianola Blues Challenge
Club Ebony, Indianola, Mississippi
www.indianolablues.org
The annual Indianola Blues Challenge at historic Club Ebony is a feeder competition, leading to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis early next year!

10/31 - Hambone Festival
Clarksdale, Mississippi
www.hambonefestival.com
Annual event features blues and roots music out front of Hambone Art Gallery in historic downtown Clarksdale. Small related events Thurs-Sun.

NOVEMBER 2010

Miss. State Blues Trail Marker Dedications
Mississippi
www.msbluestrail.org
• 11/8 - "Blues Trail": Gatemouth Moore (Yazoo City, MS), 3pm.

Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Live blues weekly - Wed thru Sat.

Reds Lounge
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Live blues on weekends TBA

Tricia's Italian Restaurant & Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
(226 Yazoo Ave.)
Blues club/restaurant for sale (contact Middleton Realty).

DECEMBER 2010

Miss. State Blues Trail Marker Dedications
Mississippi
www.msbluestrail.org
TBA

Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Live blues weekly - Wed thru Sat, including:
12/29-30 - Live blues TBA
12/31 - Annual NEW YEAR'S EVE HOUSE PARTY!!!!
1/1 - Live blues TBA

Reds Lounge
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Live blues on weekends TBA, including:
12/31 - Annual NEW YEAR'S EVE BLUES PARTY!

Tricia's Italian Restaurant & Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
(226 Yazoo Ave.)
Blues club/restaurant for sale (contact Middleton Realty).

JANUARY 2011

Coming in late January 2011 (dates TBA)...
CLARKSDALE FILM FESTIVAL
in world-famous Clarksdale, Mississippi
Info in July at www.jukejointfestival.com
From the Clarksdale Downtown Development organizers who bring you the annual Juke Joint Festival comes... the first-ever CLARKSDALE FILM FESTIVAL... Delta Cinema and other venues will feature great Southern Films, Clarksdale Documentaries and (of course) BLUES MUSIC MOVIES. Also, enjoy special live blues music events coinciding with the screening. Tentatively planned for final week/weekend of January. Details coming in July. (Filmmakers watch www.withoutabox.com to enter your project in this brand-new event.)

APRIL 2011

ALSO... 2011 Juke Joint Festival & Related Events - 4/15-4/17, 2011 (yep, Juke Fest itself is on April 16, 2011); the 2012 date is 4/14/12 by the way.

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BLUES AND RELATED VENUES

Venues featuring all or some blues music
in Mississippi...
- CLARKSDALE: Ground Zero Blues Club, Red's Lounge, Tricia's Italian Restaurant, Sarah's Kitchen, Club 2000, Hopson Commissary, Juke Joint Chapel at Shackup Inn, My Brother's Sports Bar, Delta Blues Room, Bluesberry Cafe, Delta Amusement Cafe, Messenger's, Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Anniebelle's Lounge.
- CLEVELAND: The Senator's Place (1028 S. Davis, Hwy 61), Pickled Okra (662-843-8510), Airport Grocery (662-843-4817) and Delta State University (www.blueshighway.org).
- NEAR MERIGOLD: Po Monkey's Lounge.
- GREENVILLE: Walnut Street Blues Bar (662-378-2254).
- GREENWOOD: Blue Parrot, Hoover's Grocery and Alluvian Hotel.
- ROSEDALE: Blue Levee Market, (662-759-6333).
- TAYLOR: Taylor Catfish (662-236-6363).
- OXFORD: Proud Larry's, Rooster's Blues House (114 Courthouse Square), Library (662-234-1411), Red House (662-234-0089) and Two Stick (662-236-6639).
- HOLLY SPRINGS: Marshall Disco.
- COMO: Windy City Grill (662-526-0331) and Como Steakhouse (662-526-9529).
- JACKSON: 930 Blues Cafe, Queen of Hearts (601-898-2225), Martin's Martin's, Hal & Mal's, Soulshine Pizza Factory, F Jones Corner, Underground, Schimmel's (601-981-7077), Field's Cafe, Shuckers (Ridgeland).
- VICKSBURG: Info at www.vicksburgheritage.com
- LEXINGTON: Kittrell's on the Square (662-834-4194)
- HATTIESBURG: Just 1 More Blues Bar www.myspace.com/just1morebluesbar, The Thirsty Hippo, Brownstones, Walnut Circle.
- OCEAN SPRINGS: The Shed.

JUKE JOINT AND EVENT DIRECTIONS:

- PO MONKEY'S LOUNGE, NEAR MERIGOLD, MS: From Clarksdale, take Hwy 61 South 29.4 miles to Pemble Road [green street sign is missing; during daytime, you can see white "Pemble Farms" sign in field at turn-off; if you get to LEFThand "Merigold" exit, you've gone too far. In that case, turn around and take what will then be your SECOND left. Then...]. Go RIGHT on Pemble. Take immediate left fork in the road which is gravel. Approx. 1 1/4 mile down on left.

- DO DROP INN JUKE JOINT IN SHELBY, MS: From Clarksdale, take hwy 61 south 25 min or so to Shelby exit. Take exit, and drive to stoplight. Turn right and cross the tracks. Take second left and park across from club.

- OTHA TURNER MEMORIAL PICNIC, SENATOBIA, MS: Get off of I-55 on the Senatobia exit and turn away from town down Highway 4. Go approximately three Miles down that road to Gravel Springs Road (the second road to the right on 4 from Senatobia). Turn right on Gravel Springs Road. Go to the second 4-way stop and turn left (that road is OB McClinton Road) Follow that road about a half mile and the Turner's Picnic is on the right there will be lots of cars & people gathered there. Park along the side of the road. -- Directions courtesy Blues Mother Tupelo.

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