The Memphis Music and Heritage Festival is held every year in downtown Memphis on the Main Street Mall on Labor Day Weekend. It is a celebration of Memphis music, culture, art and food, and thus amounts to Memphis’ version of the New Orleans JazzFest, with some elements of Ponderosa Stomp thrown in for good measure. Unfortunately, each year the event seems to become more precarious, for, unlike JazzFest, the event is free to the public, and organized by the Center for Southern Folklore, a worthwhile organization which has also struggled in recent years. Since other festivals like the Beale Street Music Festival have little to do with Memphis music or culture, it is important for our community that we find a way to keep the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival viable for many years to come.
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The Memphis Music and Heritage Festival is held every year in downtown Memphis on the Main Street Mall on Labor Day Weekend. It is a celebration of Memphis music, culture, art and food, and thus amounts to Memphis’ version of the New Orleans JazzFest, with some elements of Ponderosa Stomp thrown in for good measure. Unfortunately, each year the event seems to become more precarious, for, unlike JazzFest, the event is free to the public, and organized by the Center for Southern Folklore, a worthwhile organization which has also struggled in recent years. Since other festivals like the Beale Street Music Festival have little to do with Memphis music or culture, it is important for our community that we find a way to keep the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival viable for many years to come.
Gravel Springs Picnic With The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band
#52 The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
At the Otha Turner Picnic, Gravel Springs, Mississippi, August 27, 2011
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The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band at Gravel Springs, MS
#51 The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
At the Otha Turner Picnic, Gravel Springs, Mississippi, August 27, 2011
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The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band with @LutherDickinson
#44 Luther Dickinson and the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band (by jdoggtn7)
At the Otha Turner Picnic at Gravel Springs, Mississippi, August 27, 2011
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Luther Dickinson (@LutherDickinson) with the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band
#31 Luther Dickinson with the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band (by jdoggtn7)
Luther Dickinson performs with the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band at the Otha Turner Picnic at Gravel Springs, Mississippi, August 27, 2011
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Sharde Thomas and the Boys perform at the Otha Turner Picnic
Sharde Thomas and the Boys perform at the Otha Turner Picnic at Gravel Springs, Mississippi, August 27, 2011
Blue Mother Tupelo and Sharde Thomas and the Boys perform at the Otha Turner Picnic at Gravel Springs, Mississippi, August 27, 2011
Blue Mother Tupelo and Sharde Thomas and the Boys perform at the Otha Turner Picnic at Gravel Springs, Mississippi, August 27, 2011
Sharde Thomas and Blue Mother Tupelo (@bluma2plo) at the Othar Turner Picnic, Gravel Springs, 2011
Sharde Thomas and Blue Mother Tupelo performing at the Otha Turner Picnic, Gravel Springs, Mississippi, August 27, 2011