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UPCOMING
MARKER UNVEILINGS
Upcoming Mississippi State Blues Trail
marker unveilings with live blues (www.msbluestrail.org):
• 7/14 - Baptist Town (Greenwood), 10am.
• 8/7 - Sam Cooke (Clarksdale).
• 9/9 - Ace Records (Jackson).
• 10/22 - Gold Coast/Cross The River (Brandon, MS), 9am.
• 11/6 - Summit Street (McComb).
• 11/18 - Scott Dunbar and Lester Young (Woodville).
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 - 1st and 3rd Tuesdays - LD’s Kitchen, Vicksburg.
Blues jam with the Central MS Blues Society.
• Wed.-Sat. - 930 Blues Cafe
(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.
• Some Saturdays, 10pm - The Pickled Okra (Cleveland)
• Sundays, 5pm - Foxfire
Experience (Marshall County)
• Sundays, 6pm - Club 2000 (Clarksdale) - Mr. Tater, The Music Maker.
• Sundays, 6pm - Club Ebony (Indianola) - Mickey Rodgers, Electric
Mudd or Jerry Fair.
• Sundays - L.K. Atwood Elks Club, 3100 West Lynch St., Jackson,
6:30pm - “Jazz, Blues and More”.
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 CST and encore presentation Sundays, 10pm-Midnight.
UPCOMING
BLUES EVENTS
JULY 2009
Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications
Mississippi
www.msbluestrail.org
• 7/14 - Baptist Town (Greenwood), 10am.
Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
7/1 - Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry
7/2 - BLUES JAM w/Josh "Razorblade" Stewart
7/3 - 2009 Sunflower River Blues
Festival POSTER unveiling event at 8pm, and STACY MITCHHART at 9pm.
7/4 - Fourth Of July with REBA RUSSELL!
(club opens at 6pm)
7/8 - Daddy Rich Blues Band
7/9 - BLUES JAM w/La La & Element 88
7/10 - Lucious Spiller Blues Band
7/11 - Mark "Mule Man" Massey
7/15 - La La & Element 88
7/16 - BLUES JAM w/Sean Apple
7/17 - Terry "Harmonica" Bean Blues Band
7/18 - Phillip Carter Blues Band
7/22 - Marshall Drew Blues Band
7/23 - BLUES JAM w/Guitar Mikey
7/24 - Stan Street & Hambone Band
7/25 - Big T & the Family Blues Band
7/29 - Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry
7/30 - BLUES JAM w/Daddy Rich
7/31 - Heavy Suga' & the SweeTones
Reds Lounge
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
7/3 - Live Blues TBA
7/4 - Live Blues TBA
7/5 - Live Blues TBA
Hopson Commissary
Clarksdale, MS
www.hopsonplantation.com
7/18 - Duff Dorrough (Mississippi blues & beyond)
Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
TBA
Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Lunch Thurs/Fri/Sat (11-2).
Bluesberry Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
Sundays - Blues/rock jam, 4pm.
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
Marshall County, MS
www.foxfireexperience.net
Live blues every Sunday afternoon (usually 5pm).
7/5 - Cedric Burnside & Lightnin Malcolm
7/12 - Robert Belfour
7/19 - Mary Ann "Action" Jackson & the Blues Review
7/26 - TBD
930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.com
Every Thur/Fri/Sat - Miss Sweetheart Jackie Bell
Thursdays - Blue Jam w/Smoke Stack Lightning Band and more
7/3-4 - Dr. Dee
7/10-11 - Stevie J
Queen of Hearts
Jackson, MS
601-898-2225
TBA
BB King Museum
Indianola, MS
bbkingmuseum.org
- Saturdays, 3pm - On Stage @ Lucille's
- Saturdays, 4:30pm - Open Mic
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
7/1-5 - "Red, White and
Blues" event
Vicksburg, Mississippi
www.vicksburgheritage.com
Live blues, jazz and R&B at various venues -- including King Edward,
Jesse Robinson and more. Two or three clubs per evening.
7/4 - Mississippi John Hurt Gospel
& Blues Festival
Avalon, Mississippi
mfhurt@yahoo.com
Annual gospel and blues festival honoring the great Miss. John Hurt.
7/4 - Blues and Cruise Thru History
Motorcycle Rally/Show
Port Gibson, Mississippi
ejlcsr@yahoo.com
Annual festival.
7/11 - Duck Hills Grassroots
Festival
Duck Hill, Mississippi
www.grassrootsblues.com •
acwpro@yahoo.com
Annual blues and music festival. Acts include Louis "Gearshifter"
Youngblood and others.
7/12 - Founders' Day
Mound Bayou, Mississippi
(662-741-2244)
Annual event includes music.
7/24-25 - Busker's Ball
Oxford, Mississippi
buskersball@gmail.com
"Busker’s Ball will be a two day celebration of the art of
busking here in Oxford, Miss., the home of Living Blues Magazine and Thacker
Mountain Radio. The Busker’s Ball will take place throughout Oxford
with buskers setting up their pitch from the grass of the Historic Courthouse
Square and the Powerhouse Performing Arts Center during the day to the
popular bars, Rooster’s Blues House and The Lyric, by night."
AUGUST 2009
Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications
Mississippi
www.msbluestrail.org
• 8/7 - Sam Cooke (Clarksdale).
Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
8/1 - Slidin' Clyde Roulette Blues Band
8/5 - Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry
8/6 - BLUES JAM w/Guitar Mikey
8/7 - BIG T & The Family Blues Band - Sunflower Blues Fest Weekend!
8/8 - SUPER CHIKAN & the Fighting Cocks - Sunflower River Blues Fest
Weekend!
8/9 - Sunday Blues Brunch (11-2 w/music at noon) w/Heavy Suga' & the
Sweet Tones.
8/12 - Daddy Rich Blues Band
8/15 - Bill Abel Blues Band
8/19 - Stan Street & Hambone Band
8/27 - BLUES JAM w/Stan Street
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk
Art
Clarksdale, Mississippi
www.cathead.biz
7th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!
8/7-9 - special in-store events
8/9 (Sun.) - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest II (FREE from 10am till) featuring
Robert "Wolfman" Belfour, Big George Brock & the Houserockers,
All Night Long w/guest Mary Ann "Action" Jackson!
Reds Lounge
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
8/6 - TBA
8/7 - Big Jack Johnson
8/8 - Big Jack Johnson
8/9 - Annual Blues Jam!
Annie Bell's Lounge
Clarksdale, MS
(1406 North State St. aka Hwy. 161)
TBA.
Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
TBA
Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
8/7 - TBA
8/8 (Sat.) - Annual "Blues, Biscuits & Gravy Breakfast"
with live blues by All Night Long Blues Band, 8am-10am in the morning.
8/8 - TBA (evening)
Bluesberry Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
TBA
Hopson Commissary
Clarksdale, MS
www.hopsonplantation.com
8/5 - Jack Blackman
8/7 - Jimbo Mathus Knockdown South
8/8 - 5-time Blues Music Award nominee BIG
GEORGE BROCK & the Houserockers! (During Sunflower Blues Fest
weekend.)
8/9 - Sam Carr Day (afternoon)
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).
930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.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
8/7-9 - Sunflower River Blues
& Gospel Festival
Clarksdale, Mississippi
www.sunflowerfest.org
Clarksdale's oldest blues and gospel festival is still free and fabulous.
This year features Homemade Jamz, Bettye Lavette, Cedric Burnside/Lightnin'
Malcolm, T-Model Ford, Super Chikan, Robert Belfour, Guitar Mikey, Ob
Buchana, Wesley Jefferson, Big Jack Johnson, Eddie Cuisic, Bill "Howl-N-Madd"
Perry and many many more. Blues on Friday night and Saturday (multiple
daytime stages). Gospel on Sunday. ALSO, note that a new MS Blues Trail
marker for Sam Cooke will be dedicated on 8/6.
8/8 - Big George Brock &
the Houserockers
Hopson Commissary, Clarksdale, MS
www.hopsonplantation.com
Live Music performance inside the Hopson Commissary building on grounds
of Shackup Inn.
8/9 - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest
II
Clarksdale, Mississippi
www.cathead.biz
Always fun, always free -- featuring veteran Delta blues acts out front
of the store starting at 10am. Featuring Robert "Wolfman" Belfour,
Big George Brock & the Houserockers, All Night Long w/guest Mary Ann
"Action" Jackson! Rain or shine under tents. Food available
by Big Red on the sidewalk.
8/9 - Annual "Sam Carr Day"
Clarksdale, Mississippi
www.hopsonplantation.com
Late afternoon music at Hopson Commissary in honor of legendary Delta
drummer, Mr. Sam Carr.
SEPTEMBER
2009
Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications
Mississippi
www.msbluestrail.org
• 9/9 - Ace Records (Jackson).
Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
9/2 - Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry
9/4 - Jimbo Mathus Knockdown South
9/10 - BLUES JAM w/Guitar Mikey
9/11 - Robert "BILBO" Walker Blues Revue
9/12 - Kent Burnside Blues Band
9/16 - Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry
9/18 - Hal Reed & his Blues Mob!
9/19 - Eric Hughes Blues Band
9/26 - Josh "Razorblade" Stewart Blues Band
Reds Lounge
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Live blues most weekends TBA.
Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
TBA
Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Lunch Thurs/Fri/Sat (11-2).
Bluesberry Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
Sundays - Blues/rock jam, 4pm.
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).
930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.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
9/4 - 14th Annual Howlin' Wolf
Memorial Festival
West Point, Mississippi
rramsey@wpms.net
Excellent blues festival and tribute to hometown hero -- Howlin' Wolf.
This indoor event (W. Pt. Convention Ctr.) is rain or shine and always
features a mix of Mississippi veterans and some new, up-and-comers.
9/5 - Mississippi Jazz &
Heritage Festival
Greenville, Mississippi
www.jazzmississippi.com
Annual jazz festival.
9/6-7 - Browning Labor Day Festival
Greenwood, Mississippi
(662-453-2225)
Annual festival.
9/12 - Mississippi Gulf Coast
Blues & Heritage Festival
Pascagoula, Mississippi
(228-497-5493)
Annual festival.
9/19 - Mississippi Delta Blues
& Heritage Festival
Greenville, Mississippi
www.deltablues.org
Annual festival typically featuring local blues plus R&B/soul headliners.
9/25-26 - Oxford's Town BBQ Throwdown
Oxford, Mississippi
tourism@oxfordcvb.com
Annual festival features BBQ and music.
OCTOBER 2009
Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications
Mississippi
www.msbluestrail.org
• 10/22 - Gold Coast/Cross The River (Brandon, MS), 9am.
Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
10/7 - Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry
10/8 - BLUES JAM w/Guitar Mikey
10/9-10 - Big blues at GZBC during Helena blues fest weekend
10/11 - Sunday Blues Brunch
10/24 - Jimbo Mathus Knockdown South
10/31 - Halloween Party w/Stan Street and Hambone Band (during Hambone
Festival weekend!)
Reds Lounge
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Live blues most weekends TBA.
Annie Bell's Lounge
Clarksdale, MS
(1406 North State St. aka Hwy. 161)
TBA.
Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
TBA
Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Lunch Thurs/Fri/Sat (11-2).
Bluesberry Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
Sundays - Blues/rock jam, 4pm.
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).
930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.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
10/3 - Mississippi Blues Fest
II
Greenwood, MS
www.greenwoodms.org
Bi-annual blues festival.
10/8-10 - Arkansas Blues &
Heritage Festival
Helena, AR
www.bluesandheritagefest.com
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.
10/10 - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest
III
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 from Big Red 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).
10/16-17 - 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.
10/16-17 - Bukka White Blue Bluff
Festival
Aberdeen, Mississippi
www.bukkawhitefestival.com
Blues festival in Aberdeen honoring the great Bukka White. Jimbo Mathus,
Kenny Brown, Cedric Burnside/Lightnin Malcolm, Big T, Big Joe Shelton,
Terry "Harmonica" Bean, The Electric Mudd, Cadillac John/Bill
Abel and more. Info: matthiasf@yahoo.com.
10/24 - Delta Day
Tunica, Mississippi
(662-363-6611)
Annual event.
10/31 - 3rd Annual 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
2009
Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications
Mississippi
www.msbluestrail.org
• 11/6 - Summit Street (McComb).
• 11/18 - Scott Dunbar and Lester Young (Woodville).
Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
TBA
Reds Lounge
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Live blues most weekends TBA.
Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
TBA
Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Lunch Thurs/Fri/Sat (11-2).
Bluesberry Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
Sundays - Blues/rock jam, 4pm.
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).
930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.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
11/7 - Miss. Delta Regional Blues
Challenge
Indianola, Mississippi
jmwebb@techinfo.com
Blues challenge event that feeds into the International Blues Challenge
(IBC) that's held in Memphis each winter.
DECEMBER
2009
Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications
Mississippi
www.msbluestrail.org
• TBA
Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
12/31 - NEW YEAR'S EVE HOUSEPARTY with Super Chikan & the Fighting
Cocks!
Reds Lounge
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Live blues most weekends TBA.
Annie Bell's Lounge
Clarksdale, MS
(1406 North State St. aka Hwy. 161)
TBA.
Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
TBA
Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Lunch Thurs/Fri/Sat (11-2).
Bluesberry Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
Sundays - Blues/rock jam, 4pm.
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).
930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.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
12/31 - NEW YEAR'S EVE BLUES
PARTIES/SHOWS
The Mississippi Delta
www.msbluestrail.org
• Ground Zero Blues Clubs (Clarksdale and Memphis)
• Red's Lounge (Clarksdale)
• Hopson Commissary (Clarksdale)
• 930 Blues Cafe (Jackson)
• Carroll County Market (Carrollton)
• more TBA...
APRIL 2010
4/16-18 - Juke Joint Festival
& Related Events (2010)
Clarksdale,
Mississippi
www.jukejointfestival.com
7th annual event... "Half blues festival, half small-town fair and
all about the Delta." Racing pigs, arts & crafts and lots of
live blues -- including music at the juke joints at night.
4/18 - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest
I (2010)
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art,
Clarksdale, Mississippi
www.cathead.biz
Annual free blues festival in street, under tents in front of Cat Head
store. BBQ also available. 10am till.
BLUES AND
RELATED VENUES
Venues featuring all or some
blues music
in Mississippi...
- CLARKSDALE: Ground
Zero Blues Club, Red's Lounge, The
Depot Blues Club, Sarah's Kitchen, Club 2000, Hopson
Commissary, Delta Blues Room, Super Chikan's Place at the Bluesberry
Cafe, Delta Amusement Cafe, Messenger's, Cat
Head Delta Blues & Folk Art and Isle
of Capri (Lula).
- 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).
- 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, Schimmel's (601-981-7077), Field's Cafe and 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.
- In MEMPHIS: Ground
Zero Blues Club, Wild Bill's.
JUKE JOINT AND EVENT DIRECTIONS:
- MARSHALL DISCO, HOLLY SPRINGS, MS: "David Kimbrough and his band
have been playing outside of Holly Springs
at the Marshall Disco, also known as Marshall Scruggs, I think.. on Sunday
evenings. The club is located on the north side of Highway 4 about 2.2
miles west of Highway 7. Look for a gravel driveway and go up a hill."
(UPDATE... lately, Burnside Exploration and/or Lightnin' Malcolm have
been playing there.) -- Directions courtesy Scott Barretta
- BETTIE'S PLACE, NEAR PRAIRIE POINT, MS: Willie King plays here many
Sunday nights.... "Head south on HWY 45 . Right before 45 meets with
ALT. 45, turn left on Big Bee Valley and Pickensville Road. 1 mile past
the town of Big Bee Valley (a wide spot in the road), take a right on
Sandyland Road, just next to Tenn-Tom 1 Stop gas station. Go about 4 miles
and look for an old, white church on your left. Take a left on the gravel
road beside the church, called Jack Tate, and look for Bettie's Place
about 50 yards down on the left." -- Direction courtesy of Justin
Showah and Rich Asherson.
- 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 two turns
too far]. 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.
- FREEDOM CREEK BLUES FESTIVAL, ALICEVILLE, AL: Willie King's yearly
fest... "From almost any direction, the best route is to get to Aliceville
first! From Aliceville to Old Memphis (in Pickens County); take Route
17 South toward Geiger; about 9 miles out of town, turn right on County
Road 32 West, toward Macon; about 1 mile further on, turn right onto County
Road 1; just over 4 miles down the road you will see Cedar Grove Church
on your right. Take the next turning on the right (just under 1 mile)
onto Old Memphis Road, which will be signposted to the festival; the festival
site is a little under 1 mile down Old Memphis Road, on the left hand
side." -- Directions courtesy www.willie-king.com.
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