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05/30/2026

Anyone here a fan of Son House? The Son House Tribute Festival is this weekend! Come see Grammy nominee Jontavious Willis and BMA nom Erin Harpe - Roots & Blues play Saturday 5/29 8pm at the The Holy Moly, a super cool hidden gem downtown.

🎶 Friday 5/30 7pm at Hambone is Cash's Juke Joint, Deak Harp & Watermelon Slim. More events and details are on the festival website, including...

Who was Son House?

"Born in the Clarksdale area in 1903, Son House was a Delta blues legend whose influence still shapes music today. He mentored icons like Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson, and his sound can be heard in artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Jack White, and Taj Mahal.

After stepping away from music in the 1940s, Son House was rediscovered in 1964, leading to a powerful late-career revival."

We're so proud he's among the legends who were born and influenced here -- and love how this new festival is honoring him. Kudos to Dr. B, Kayleigh, and the whole Blue Room & Son House team! 💙

05/22/2026

Cheers to 25 years of Ground Zero! Founded by Bill Luckett and Morgan Freeman as a way to bring revitalization and blues back to the heart of their hometown... Seems they've succeeded, no?

We now have live blues 7 nights a week, all year long.

Miss T, Sadie & Casey still lead a whole team serving up the best music and Southern food. They've taken the show on the road this year with Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience. It's the brainchild of co-owner Eric Meier, who's at the helm with co-owner Howard Stovall (who's going strong with his Mighty Roots Music Festival too!).

Bill Luckett was our mayor and an accomplished guy, but visit his law office and what was he eager to discuss? Ground Zero Blues Club. Voted #1 in the world he'd remind you, beaming.

Bill would be so proud.

The Anniversary was one of his favorite parties, and it's still a great one.

It's starting now. Tix are at the door or online, Fri+Sat. and come raise a glass to the team at its heart, and the musicians who make it sing.

(Then head down the street to the Tater SuperBad Blues Festival Saturday, Bad Apple Blues Club Festival Sunday, Levon's for their 10th anniversary, and live music at great venues across town. Full schedule on the Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Arts website as always!)

Congrats and thanks to the whole team. Here's to many more.

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📸 Morgan, Eric & Bill celebrating their 20th. 💙

05/19/2026

Hooray for a holiday -- and the people and places that make it rock. Levon's is celebrating their 10th anniversary Wed-Sat, with Lou Shields Friday and Heartbreak Hill playing Saturday. Call now to reserve your table and say thanks and CONGRATS to the team for a whole decade of great food and service for our community.
..Then grab tix online or at the door to celebrate Ground Zero Blues Club and their 25th anniversary in style. The party starts Friday 6p with Superchikan & the Fighting C***s, the Tina Cossey Band, Big A & the All-Stars, then Saturday 1p a local band jam, Collegiate Choir, Stone Gas Band, Keith Johnson & the Big Muddy Band, and Yella P & the House Rockerz.

The Tater SuperBad Blues Festival is 11a-6p Saturday at the Matchbox, and the Bad Apple Blues Club Festival is Sunday 1-8p with great lineups all day. Then Cat Head, Hopson & Bluesberry are all open and ready to welcome you on Memorial Day.

Check the Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Arts calendar for the latest listing of music ALL 7 nights a week, get packing, and come to celebrate the best blues, best food, and best people -- all together in one weekend! 🚗❤️🎸

05/16/2026

Join LaLa Craig and Mayumi Shara for happy hour at Levon's 5p Saturday to raise a glass to Women in Blues. 🍻 Visit WomenInBlues.org to sign up for future details on the festival's rescheduled date, and to experience live blues ALL 7 days a week. This weekend includes:

SATURDAY
10a Will Coppage at Bluesberry
1p Hopeless Case Band at Hambone
3p Sean Bad Apple at the Bad Apple Blues Club
8p The Lizard Kings featuring Ms. Nikki at Red's
8p Quita 'Songbird' Davis at Ground Zero

SUNDAY
10a Goodnight Irene at Bluesberry
1p Will Coppage at Hambone
6p Luscious Spiller at Ho**er
7p Heavy Suga & the SweeTones at Auberge

05/01/2026

It's May! Come join our Women in Blues 2026 and other great Clarksdale festivals this month... and go party with the Kimbroughs and our Hill Country friends this weekend! Here's the full calendar:

🎶 5/1-3 Robert Kimbrough Sr. Cotton Patch Soul Blues starts today and has an epic 10th year planned, Friday through Sunday in Holly Springs.

🎶 5/9 Clarksdale Caravan is a street party of fab local musicians outside Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Arts, and the Pinetop Perkins Foundation's annual Pinetop Boogie is inside Ground Zero, with a heckuva lineup all day.

🎶 5/16 Our 5th annual Women in Blues is being rescheduled-- but you can still rock out with LaLa Craig and Mayumi Shara for happy hour at Levon's starting at 5pm, and Ms. Nikki at Red's and Quita 'Songbird' Davis at Ground Zero starting at 8pm.

🎶 5/22-23 Ground Zero Blues Club always celebrates their anniversary in style! Check the full lineup and grab tix on their website.

🎶 5/23 The 2nd Tater SuperBad Blues Festival is at the Matchbox, just up the block from Ground Zero. $5 cash cover gets you a full day with great musicians celebrating our local legend "Mr. Tater" Foster Wiley.

🎶 5/24 Sean's Bad Apple Blues Club Festival is behind his club Sunday afternoon -- a perfect way to wind down Memorial Day Weekend.

🎶 5/28-30 The Son House Tribute Festival is just $40 for 3 days celebrating Son House with performances, film & discussion. Buy tix online or $10-25 each day at the door.

So y'all come Visit Holly Springs, MS to juke up with the Kimbroughs in Hill Country now, then come Visit Clarksdale for Women in Blues and other classic Delta festivals -- all month long!

04/27/2026

Update: we're rescheduling! More to follow at WomenInBlues.org 💙 Alright ladies, are you ready? Women in Blues returns soon! It'll be our 5th year rocking Delta Avenue with inspiring women of all ages. Come Visit Clarksdale to pitch a wang dang doodle with us, allll night long! 🎶

03/16/2026

Congrats to our newest Oscar winners: "Sinners" just won Best Original Score, Cinematography, and Screenplay… and the night’s still young! We're so proud of the talent, storytelling, and heart that springs from these Crossroads. 💛

02/26/2026

Big-screen Mississippi vibes start today at the Oxford Film Festival. 20% tix are below for y'all who love a good story, or just a fun night out. 🎬 4:45pm Music Shorts kick off with Afrissippi's journey from West Africa to our own backyard, among a dozen Music Shorts humming with harmonies, hymnals, The Party, The Tooth Fairy & more. 🎸

6pm's feature "Cole: Bridge to Justice" traces Don Cole's journey from expulsion as part of the "Ole Miss Eight" to his return as a national leader now transforming the place that once cast him out. Dr. Cole himself will speak on a panel with Barbara Phillips, Antonio Terrell, and other filmmakers following the film. 🖤

FRIDAY begins with Citizens Revival, then films all day and night, and a special Icon Award for Tovah Feldshuh at 6pm. She's a must-see in "Trigonometry's Ultimate Method to Putting the Fun Back in Your Own Funeral"... before you even make it to the afterparty!

SATURDAY morning creative workshops are sponsored by Film Mississippi and the Mississippi Film Society. Afternoon films are grouped by theme:
12:30 Power of the Brush
12:45 Let's Talk Sports
1:00 Food and Culture
1:00 Saturday Shorts (20 films in ~2hrs!?!)
3:00 Connected Communities Win (including local legend Ronzo)
3:15 All in a Day's Journey
3:45 The University of Mississippi - Ole Miss student! films!
5:45 Finale: 3 Preachers and a Bottle of Scotch | Szypliszki | In Transit
6:56 Finale: Tangled Up in the South | Road Recovery: The Backstory | It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley

Detailed schedule is on their website, with a * for all Mississippi-connected films. Scroll to the bottom button for a PDF program summarizing each.

🚗 Roadtripping through, or lifelong local? Oxford is just 1hr away! The film fest is curated from hundreds of submissions, and special in hosting so. many. filmmakers who can't wait to meet you afterward.

🎟️ 20% off tickets are their personal invitation to you, with thanks for supporting our neighbors! Use code "OX26Delta20" for single tix (usually $10/show) or a membership (full weekend pass, afterparties, perks & more).

🍿 We'll grab hot popcorn, cold beer -- and see you there! 🍻

01/29/2026

Digging out & ready to see friends, music, and a movie (or 10)? Join us Fri-Sun at the Clarksdale Film & Music Festival! Snow's been melting and the City of Clarksdale Government is working hard to clear the roads for everyone.

So come for dinner & a movie! $5 tix at the door ($10 full weekend) get you in to see:

FRI 1/30
2p Deep Roots
4:30p Natchez
6p reception with Little Willie Farmer
7p Ronzo +director Jon Brick in person

SAT 1/31
11a Tim Hardiman shorts
11:25a A Still Small Voice +director Nolan Dean
12:05 The Main Line +producer Phil Duncan
12:30 Blues Like Showers of Rain
1:10 King of Them All
2:30 Films & Stories with filmmaker Robert Gordon
4:20 Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted
6p reception with Big T
7p Big Mama Thornton: I Can't Be Anyone But Me +director Robert Clem

SUN 2/1
1p Luscious Spiller
2p Sean "Bad" Apple
3p Watermelon Slim

Stone Pony hosts film & music on Friday and Saturday, and Bluesberry CAFE hosts music on Sunday.

🎬 Details on each film in comments below and the Film Fest website.

🎸 More music? Clarksdale's got it! Stop by Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Arts for the daily update on who's open and where to find music.

❄️ Neighbors are helping each other out here. When Ground Zero Blues Club isn't open, the Auberge Clarksdale Hostel bar is hosting the music this week. Levon's, Ho**er Grocer & Eatery Clarksdale & others are opening when their chef and staff can get to work safely. Just CALL before you come, and everyone will be glad to see you!

Travel safe y'all. We'll have the popcorn ready. 🍿

01/23/2026

Curl up now, then come watch a movie (or 10!) with friends -- at the Clarksdale Film Festival NEXT weekend. It's postponed so all the directors and YOU can get here safely...

But we're still ready to welcome you with live blues, all 7 nights a week:

🎸 Musicians and restaurant staff are working through the cold, as long as they can! So if you're hungry for the blues or soul-food, come when you're in town this week.

Just CALL to check before you come. Small town musicians+staff often live on rural roads, and whether a chef makes it to work can determine whether an entire restaurant is open. 👨‍🍳🎶

Customers like you light up our world! Especially when cold affects business, that little extra tip to say THANKS keeps our blues alive and hearts warm. 💖

Whether down the block or across the country, travel safe -- and see you soon!

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