Kicking Off The Juke Joint Festival With A Parade And A Friday Night of Music
As events go, the annual Juke Joint Fest has played perhaps the biggest role in making Clarksdale, Mississippi a tourist destination on the world stage, …
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Juke Joint Fest: The Southern Soul Band
This was the first year at Juke Joint Fest with the new Traveler’s Hotel in downtown Clarksdale, and for the first time, there was a …
Juke Joint Fest: Two Breakfasts and a Welcome Return to Normalcy
Although the Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale typically fills up all hotel rooms in Coahoma County, sometimes something will open up in the last day …
Juke Joint Fest Journal: Friday Night: Frank “Guitar” Rimmer Jr. at Red’s; Robert Kimbrough Jr at Bluesberry Cafe
After dinner, I began my first night of the Juke Joint Fest at Red’s Blues Lounge in Clarksdale to catch Grenada bluesman Frank “Guitar” Rimmer …
Kingfish and Terry “Big T” Williams Rock The Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival
https://goo.gl/photos/gKxu3ekdroFrpCtR9 Founded in 1988, the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival is the older of Clarksdale’s two main annual blues festivals, but in recent years …
Juke Joint Fest: Cedric Burnside & Trenton Ayers
https://goo.gl/photos/eBLqjHjqcNWfuMsC6 https://goo.gl/photos/JATvcUY3U8kiCqub7 https://goo.gl/photos/DHvk3BKxcTGDkteN8 https://goo.gl/photos/5DCMeocig77wy6XP9 https://goo.gl/photos/MnEoDGawbuix84Q89 This year’s Juke Joint Fest culminated with a late Saturday evening show at the Delta Theatre featuring Cedric Burnside and …
Family Fun at Clarksdale’s #JukeJointFest2014
Of course the Juke Joint Fest is far more than simply blues bands. There are all kinds of arts, crafts, food, and fun things for …
Arriving In Clarksdale for #JukeJointFest2014 Sponsored by @CSpire
Although the weather wasn’t totally sunny, it wasn’t raining either, and lots of people and bands were out on Issaquena Avenue in downtown Clarksdale on …
Looking Up Clarksdale’s Martin Luther King Street (old Fourth Street) #jukejointfest
Sometime in the last five to ten years, Clarksdale renamed Fourth Street for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and while Dr. King is certainly deserving, …
Arkansas Bluesman Lucious Spiller Live at @realnewroxy @VisitClarksdale #jukejointfest
The New Roxy was once the main theatre in Clarksdale’s New World District, but years of abandonment took their toll, and by the time the …