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UPCOMING
MARKER UNVEILINGS
Upcoming Mississippi State Blues Trail
marker unveilings with live blues (www.msbluestrail.org):
• 5/3, noon - Pinetop Perkins
Marker,
Belzoni, MS at Highway 49.
• 5/6, 2pm - Hubert
Sumlin Marker,
Greenwood, MS at W. River Rd. Extended.
• 5/ 8, 3pm - 61 Northern end Marker,
Tunica, MS at Tunica Convention and Visitors Bureau.
• 5/9, 1pm - Cotton Pickin Blues Marker,
Clarksdale, MS at Hopson Plantation.
• 5/22, 3pm - Alamo/Dorothy
Moore Marker,
Jackson, MS at 333 North Farish St.
• 6/19, time TBA - Jimmy Reed Marker, Dunleith, MS at location TBA.
• Date/time TBA - Big Walter Horton, Horn Lake, MS at location TBA.
WEEKLY
GIGS & REGULAR EVENTS
Weekly "Blues Jams"
in Mississippi
• Mondays - Shuckers
(Ridgeland)
• 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 - Ground
Zero Blues Club (Clarksdale)
• Thursdays - Sportsman Lodge in Maywood Mart (Jackson) - Big Juv.
• Sundays - Club 2000 (Clarksdale) - Mr. Tater, The Music Maker,
6pm.
Weekly blues-related gigs
in Mississippi
• Mondays - Hal and Mals Red
Room, Central Mississippi Blues Society "Blue Monday" (Jackson),
7pm-11pm.
Mon.-Sat. - 930 Blues Cafe (Jackson)
• Wed.-Sat. - Ground
Zero Blues Club (Clarksdale)
• Many Thursdays, 8pm - Sarah's Kitchen (Clarksdale)
• Thursdays (in season) - Thacker Mountain Radio (Off Square Books,
Oxford)
• Thurs.-Sat. 7pm - Blue Parrot Cafe (Greenwood)
• Thurs.-Sat., 9pm - Walnut Street Blues Bar (Greenville)
• 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)
• Some weekends- Monte's Steak/Seafood (Jackson, MS) - Gearshifter.
• Saturdays, 10:30pm - Schimmels
(Jackson, MS) - Ex-Subway Lounge band The Houserockers w/guests Gearshifter
and Tina Diamond.
• Some Saturdays, 10pm - The Pickled Okra (Cleveland)
• Sundays, 7pm - Club Ebony (Indianola) - directions
• Sundays, 7:30pm - Alvees (Hwy 4 and 309 at Jamison Rd) - Cedric
Burnside and Lightnin Malcolm
• Some Sunday evenings - Marshall Disco (Holly Springs)
directions
Bach To Blues music series
Trinity Luthern Church, Jackson, MS
www.bachtoblues.org
Every third Sunday at 6pm.
UPCOMING
BLUES EVENTS
MAY 2008
Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications
From Jackson to Tunica, MS
www.msbluestrail.org
• 5/3, noon - Pinetop Perkins
Marker,
Belzoni, MS at Highway 49.
• 5/6, 2pm - Hubert
Sumlin Marker,
Greenwood, MS at W. River Rd. Extended.
• 5/ 8, 3pm - 61 Northern end Marker,
Tunica, MS at Tunica Convention and Visitors Bureau
• 5/9, 1pm - Cotton Pickin Blues Marker,
Clarksdale, MS at Hopson Plantation
May 9th at 1:00 PM
• 5/22, 3pm - Alamo/Dorothy
Moore Marker,
Jackson, MS at 333 North Farish St.
Ground Zero Blues Club Line-up
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Weekday music 8pm will. Weekend music 9pm-1am unless noted.
Thursday night Blues Jam; music Wed.-Sat. weekly
5/3 - Kenny Brown Blues Band
5/7 - Bill "Howl-N-Madd"
Perry
5/8 - BLUES JAM
5/9 - Annual Delta
Groove Blues Revue! (click for tickets)
5/10 - BMA-nominees Big
George Brock (9pm) and Jimmy
"Duck" Holmes (8pm opener) perform after Clarksdale
Caravan Music Fest.
5/17 - Dave Riley Blues Band
5/30 - Butch Mudbone Blues Band
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk
Art
downtown Clarksdale, MS
www.cathead.biz
5/9 - 3pm in front of store. FREE Mississippi Hill Country Blues by RL
Boyce & Corn Liquor.
5/10 - Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest starts 10am w/T-Model Ford, Big George
Brock, Robert "Wolfman" Belfour and Tas Cru.
Reds Lounge Line-up
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Blues most weekends
5/2 - TBA
5/3 - Robert "WOLFMAN" Belfour
5/9 - TBA
5/10 - "The Bob Walters Banned" from AL
Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
5/3 - Ponderosa Blues Allstars (and birthday specials)
Sarah's Kitchen Line-up
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Lunch Thurs/Fri/Sat (11-2).
Music TBA
Super Chikan's Place at the Blues
Berry Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
5/9 - 8pm, Morland And Arbuckle; John Alex Mason.
5/10 - 7:30pm, Heavy Suga And The Sweetones. 9:30pm, Delta Highway.
930 Blues Cafe Line-up
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.com
TBA
Queen of Hearts
Jackson, MS
601-898-2225
Juke joint with "live" blues Sat/Sun nights.
Bottleneck Blues Bar Line-up
(May)
Ameristar Casino, Vicksburg, MS
www.ameristarcasinos.com
5/2-3 - Ruby Wilson
Blue Parrot BLUES Line-up
Greenwood, MS
662-451-9430
5/2 - Eden Brent
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
5/2 - Final live blues performance
at Airport Grocery
Airport Grocery, Cleveland, MS
(662-843-4817)
John Horton & Mississippi Slim perform. (Location of historic Willie
Foster "Live at the Airport Grocery" CD.)
5/2 - Bill "Howl-N-Madd"
Perry Blues Band
Po Monkey's Lounge, near Merigold, MS
(directions near bottom of web page)
9pm music at classic juke joint. No cover.
5/3 - FREE Pinetop Perkins Blues
Festival
Belzoni, MS
(662-836-6148)
Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry, Bobby Rush, MS Slim, Bill Abel, Slick
Rick, Outlaw Richard, T-Model Ford, John Horton and PINETOP PERKINS w/Billy
Gibson band. 12:30pm-6pm on Courthouse Lawn, downtown Belzoni. (NOTE:
Pinetop Perkins/Paul "Wine" Jones Blues Trail Marker Dedication
at noon north of Hwy 49 Sales & Salvage.)
5/3 - Deep Delta Festival
Rolling Fork, MS
www.deepdelta.org
Music 9am till. Gospel, blues, motown. Incl. John Horton, The Grayhounds,
more.
5/8 - Blues Music Awards (formerly
Handy Awards)
Grand
Casino and Hotel, Tunica, MS
www.blues.org
29th annual BMA event honoring Blues' greatest performers. The event itself
is top-notch, including a fine meal and hours of entertainment and award
presentations. Organized by the Blues Foundation. Performing nominees
include Mississippians Big George Brock and Jimmy "Duck" Holmes.
Schedule on web site.
5/9 - Annual Delta Groove Blues
Revue
Ground Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale,
MS
CLICK
HERE for pre-sale ticket information
Post-BMA event featuring bands from California's Delta Groove Productions
label. Starts at 2pm. Acts include The Mannish Boys, The Insomniacs, Jackie
Payne/Steve Edmondson Band, Phillip Walker, Big Pete Pearson, Dave Riley,
Bob Corritore and many more! All pre-sale tix on sale thru Delta Groove
Productions.
5/9 - R.L. Boyce & Corn Liquor
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art,
Clarksdale, MS
www.cathead.biz
3pm in front of store. FREE Mississippi Hill Country Blues from Como's
R.L. Boyce!
5/9 - Terry "Harmonica"
Bean Blues Band
Po Monkey's Lounge, near Merigold, MS
(662-846-4311)
Blues at an historic juke joint. Music 7:30pm. Presented by DSU-Delta
Center for Culture & Learning.
5/9 - Wolf's Juke Joint Jam II
Waverly Waters, West Point, MS
www.waverlywaters.net
Willie King, Blind Mississippi Morris, Bob Margolin, Hubert Sumlin and
more. Gates 3pm. Music 5:30pm.
5/9 - Blues Jam Hall of Fame
Banquet
TelCom Center, Jackson, MS
www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org
6pm. Honoring Honeyboy Edwards and Ike Zimmerman. $50 (incl. reception)
or $35 (banquet only) per person.
5/10 - 2nd Annual Clarksdale
Caravan Music Fest
Cat Head and Rock Museum, Clarksdale,
MS
www.rockmuseum.biz
FREE live daytime music at Cat Head and Rock N Roll & Blues Heritage
Museum, 10am-till. T-Model Ford, Big
George Brock, Robert "Wolfman" Belfour, Tas Cru, Thompson Ward
"Light", Terry "Harmonica" Bean, Bob Walters Banned,
Memphis Snake Doctors, Mississippi Rose Lee, Theo D and more.
5/10 - Blues Jam 2008
Chautauqua Park, Crystal Springs, MS
www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org
11am. Featuring Honeyboy Edwards, Muddy Waters Reunion Band, TK Soul,
Midnight Express, more. $12 advance; $15 at gate.
5/10 - Crossroads Heritage and
Blues Festival
Rosedale, MS
www.rosedaleblues.com
Mickey Rogers/Barbara Looney, T-Model Ford, Eden Brent, Marshall Drew,
Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry, Lil Dave Thompson, Back 40, Alphonso
Sanders and Joe Garcia.
5/10 - Big
George Brock 76th Birthday Concert
Ground Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale,
MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
The 5-time Blues Music Award nominee returns to his native Clarksdale
for yearly birthday show. Jimmy
"Duck" Holmes opens show at 8pm. $10.
JUNE 2008
Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications
TBA, MS
www.msbluestrail.org
• 6/19, time TBA - Jimmy Reed Marker, Dunleith, MS at location TBA.
• Date/time TBA - Big Walter Horton, Horn Lake, MS at location TBA.
Ground Zero Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Weekday music 8pm will. Weekend music 9pm-1am unless noted.
Thursday night Blues Jam; music Wed.-Sat. weekly
6/4 - Rocky Lawrence, 8:30pm
6/12 - BLUES JAM w/Tas Cru
6/14 - T-Bone Pruitt Blues Band
6/20 - Stan Street Blues Band
Reds Lounge Line-up
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Blues most weekends TBA
Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
Thursdays - Mr. Tater's blues jam
Music most weekends TBA.
Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Lunch Thurs/Fri/Sat (11-2).
Music TBA
Super Chikan's Place at the Bluesberry
Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
TBA
930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.com
TBA
Queen of Hearts
Jackson, MS
601-898-2225
TBA
Bottleneck Blues Bar Line-up
(May)
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
6/6 - BB King Homecoming
Festival
Fletcher Park, Indianola, MS
www.indianolams.org
Mickey Rogers, Homemade Jamz Blues Band, Petticoat Junkies, BB King. Gates
4pm.
6/7 - Mother's Best Music Fest
Helena, AR
www.deltaculturalcenter.org
Yearly event features several Mississippi acts.
6/21 - Bentonia Blues Festival
Beside Blue Front Cafe, Bentonia, MS
(662-755-2278)
This year celebrates 60th anniversary of Blue Front juke joint.
JULY 2008
Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications
TBA, MS
www.msbluestrail.org
• TBA
Ground Zero Blues Club Line-up
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Weekday music 8pm will. Weekend music 9pm-1am unless noted.
Thursday night Blues Jam; music Wed.-Sat. weekly
TBA
Reds Lounge Line-up
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Blues most weekends TBA
Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
Thursdays - Mr. Tater's blues jam
Music most weekends TBA.
Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Lunch Thurs/Fri/Sat (11-2).
Music TBA
Super Chikan's Place at the Bluesberry
Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
TBA
930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.com
TBA
Queen of Hearts
Jackson, MS
601-898-2225
TBA
Bottleneck Blues Bar Line-up
(May)
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
7/4-5
Pottscamp, MS
www.nmshillcountrypicnic.com
Duwayne Burnside; Garry Burnside; Cedric Burnside/Lightin Malcolm; David
Kimbrough; Rising Star Fife and Drum Band; Kenny Brown, ; Reverend John
Wilkins; Jimbo Mathus, T-Model Ford, Blue Mountain, Danny Lancaster, Jocco
Rushing with Fried Chicken & Gasoline, and John Barnett.
AUGUST 2008
Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications
TBA, MS
www.msbluestrail.org
• TBA
Ground Zero Blues Club Line-up
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Weekday music 8pm will. Weekend music 9pm-1am unless noted.
Thursday night Blues Jam; music Wed.-Sat. weekly
8/6-8/10 - special blues fest
week(end) acts.
8/9 - BIG GEORGE BROCK
& the Houserockers w/opener TBA
Reds Lounge Line-up
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Blues most weekends TBA
Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
Thursdays - Mr. Tater's blues jam
Music most weekends TBA.
Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Lunch Thurs/Fri/Sat (11-2).
Music TBA
Super Chikan's Place at the Bluesberry
Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
TBA
930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.com
TBA
Queen of Hearts
Jackson, MS
601-898-2225
TBA
Bottleneck Blues Bar Line-up
(May)
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
8/8-8/10 - Sunflower River Blues
and Gospel Festival
downtown Clarksdale, MS
www.sunflowerfest.org
Free annual blues and gospel festival. Book your rooms early!
8/10 - Cat Head Mini Fest II
Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art, Clarksdale,
MS
www.cathead.biz
Free live blues fest out front of Cat Head Store, 252 Delta Ave. 10am-5pm.
8/29 - Howlin' Wolf Memorial
Blues Festival
West Point Civic Center, West Point,
MS
www.wpnet.org/Howlin_Festival.htm
Willie King, Blind Mississippi Morris, Homemade Jamz, Eden Brent, Caleb
Childs, Ben Prestage, Billy Gibson Band. 13th annual. Tickets on-line.
SEPTEMBER
2008
Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications
TBA, MS
www.msbluestrail.org
• Marker dedication for Forest, Mississippi's Arthur "Big Boy"
Crudup and James "T-Model" Ford (TBA).
Ground Zero Blues Club Line-up
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Weekday music 8pm will. Weekend music 9pm-1am unless noted.
Thursday night Blues Jam; music Wed.-Sat. weekly
TBA
Reds Lounge Line-up
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Blues most weekends TBA
Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
Thursdays - Mr. Tater's blues jam
Music most weekends TBA.
Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Lunch Thurs/Fri/Sat (11-2).
Music TBA
Super Chikan's Place at the Bluesberry
Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
TBA
930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.com
TBA
Queen of Hearts
Jackson, MS
601-898-2225
TBA
Bottleneck Blues Bar Line-up
(May)
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
9/13 - BB KING MUSEUM
OPENING!
BB King Museum, Indianola, MS
www.bbkingmuseum.org
"Mark your calendars now for SEPTEMBER 13, 2008, and
join us for the grand opening of the B.B.King Museum
and Delta Interpretive Center." (from web site)
9/27 - Wing Dang Doodle
Festival
Forest, MS
(601) 469-4332
Annual festival in Forest, MS.
OCTOBER 2008
Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications
TBA, MS
www.msbluestrail.org
TBA
Ground Zero Blues Club Line-up
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
10/8 - Bill "Howl N Madd" Perry
10/9 - Thursday Blues Jam
10/10 - TBA
10/11 - "M For Mississippi"
DVD/CD Release Party.
10/12 - Blues Brunch w/blues at noon.
Reds Lounge Line-up
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Blues most weekends TBA
Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
Thursdays - Mr. Tater's blues jam
Music most weekends TBA.
Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Lunch Thurs/Fri/Sat (11-2).
Music TBA
Super Chikan's Place at the Bluesberry
Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
TBA
930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.com
TBA
Queen of Hearts
Jackson, MS
601-898-2225
TBA
Bottleneck Blues Bar Line-up
(May)
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
10/9-11 - Arkansas Blues and
Heritage Festival (former King Biscuit)
downtown Helena, AR (just over river
from Mississippi)
www.bluesandheritage.org
Free annual blues festival -- often featuring many Mississippi acts. Book
your rooms early!
10/11 - Cat Head Mini Fest II
Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art, Clarksdale,
MS
www.cathead.biz
Free live blues fest out front of Cat Head Store, 252 Delta Ave. 10am-5pm.
10/11 - Pinetop Perkins Homecoming
Hopson Commissary, Clarksdale, MS
www.hopsonplantation.com
• www.pinetopperkins.com
Annual musical festival honoring Pinetop Perkins (in afternoon/early evening).
NOVEMBER
2008
Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications
TBA, MS
www.msbluestrail.org
• TBA
Ground Zero Blues Club Line-up
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Weekday music 8pm will. Weekend music 9pm-1am unless noted.
Thursday night Blues Jam; music Wed.-Sat. weekly
TBA
Reds Lounge Line-up
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Blues most weekends TBA
Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
Thursdays - Mr. Tater's blues jam
Music most weekends TBA.
Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Lunch Thurs/Fri/Sat (11-2).
Music TBA
Super Chikan's Place at the Bluesberry
Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
TBA
930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.com
TBA
Queen of Hearts
Jackson, MS
601-898-2225
TBA
Bottleneck Blues Bar Line-up
(May)
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
11/8 - 5th Annual Mississippi
Delta Regional Blues Challenge
Club Ebony, Indianola, MS
www.indianolablues.org
Solo/Duo and Band Competitions.Winners will compete in the 25th Annual
International Blues Challenge – February 2009. Contact: Janet M.
Webb 662-887-4913 or jmcwebb@yahoo.com.
DECEMBER
2008
Miss. State Blues Trail Marker
Dedications
TBA, MS
www.msbluestrail.org
• TBA
Ground Zero Blues Club Line-up
Clarksdale, MS
www.groundzerobluesclub.com
Weekday music 8pm will. Weekend music 9pm-1am unless noted.
Thursday night Blues Jam; music Wed.-Sat. weekly
TBA
Reds Lounge Line-up
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.)
Blues most weekends TBA
Depot Blues Club
Clarksdale, MS
www.depotbluesclub.com
Thursdays - Mr. Tater's blues jam
Music most weekends TBA.
Sarah's Kitchen
downtown Clarksdale, MS
(278 Sunflower Ave.)
Lunch Thurs/Fri/Sat (11-2).
Music TBA
Super Chikan's Place at the Bluesberry
Cafe
Clarksdale, MS
(662-627-7008)
TBA
930 Blues Cafe
downtown Jackson, MS
www.jesdablues.com
TBA
Queen of Hearts
Jackson, MS
601-898-2225
TBA
Bottleneck Blues Bar Line-up
(May)
Ameristar Casino, Vicksburg, MS
www.ameristarcasinos.com
TBA
Blue Parrot BLUES Line-up
Greenwood, MS
662-451-9430
Movies on Thurs.; music Fri.-Sat. (some blues).
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
BLUES AND
RELATED VENUES
Venues featuring all or some
blues music
in Mississippi...
- CLARKSDALE: Ground
Zero Blues Club, Red's Lounge, Sarah's Kitchen, Club 2000, Hopson
Commissary, Delta Blues Room, Delta Amusement Cafe, Messenger's, Cat
Head Delta Blues & Folk Art and Isle
of Capri (Lula).
- CLEVELAND: 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, Long
Shot Bar, Library (662-234-1411) 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).
- 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:
- 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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