Meridian, Mississippi’s hometown hero Big K.R.I.T. takes the stage at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/5/12
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St. Louis’ Funky Butt Brass Band performs at the St. Louis Convention and Visitors’ Bureau Tent at the Beale Street Music Festival, 5/5/12
Memphis Skyline, Beale Street Music Festival, 5/5/12
Traditional bluesman Blind Mississippi Morris performs on the Southern Comfort Blues Shack stage at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/5/12
John Hiatt, Beale Street Music Festival, 5/5/12
Memphis’ own Victor Wainwright (@WainwrightVic) opens the second day of Beale Street Music Festival at the FedEx Blues Tent. Keep up with tourdates and more at http://www.facebook.com/victorwainwright or http://www.facebook.com/victorwainwrightfanpage or http://www.wildrootsrecords.com/.
The Beale Street Music Festival is of course a marketer’s dream, and plenty of companies take advantage of it. #BSMF12
Billboard Advertising @DrummaBoyFRESH at Beale Street Music Festival, 2012
This billboard announcing the latest mixtape from Drumma Boy (@DrummaBoyFRESH) “Welcome 2 My City 2” greets visitors to the Beale Street Music Festival #MemphisRising #BSMF12
On the stretch of Beale Street leading to the Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis Light Gas & Water set up a stage for local performers to help raise money for utility assistance, and food trucks (which are just beginning to appear in Memphis) set up to serve festival-goers.