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, …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …