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The Beale Street Music Festival is a three-day music festival that has both a mix of big-name stars and local musical acts. Held during the first weekend of May in the city's Tom Lee Park at the foot of Beale Street, it is considered to be the kick-off event of the entire Memphis in May International Festival celebration. It typically hosts ...
Willis Drinkard, proprietor of Gestine’s Gallery at 156 Beale St., provided managerial support for Hunt from 1989 to 2004. In 1992, Drinkard, Hunt, and David Simmons encouraged the Memphis In May Beale Street Music Festival to create a commemorative poster. From then on, Hunt's popularity soared. [1] Beale St. Memphis t-shirt. Art by George Hunt.
Pauline Oliveros in 1995. ... Marjorie Beale may be interim in her role as managing director, ... who will be music director of this year’s Ojai Music Festival. A one-time outsider, Oliveros is ...
During the first weekend of May (sometimes including late April), the Beale Street Music Festival brings major music acts from a variety of musical genres to Tom Lee Park at the end of Beale Street on the Mississippi River. The festival is the kickoff event of a month of festivities citywide known as Memphis in May. [10]
In October, Memphis in May confirmed it was suspending its annual Beale Street Music Festival after more than 40 years, due to falling attendance and crippling financial losses. A day later ...
In October 2023, Memphis in May said it was suspending its long-running Beale Street Music Festival. Where do things stand with the music fest now?
In 2015 Curry performed a number of music festivals including, The Beale Street Music Festival, Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival, and the Summer Camp Music Festival. In April 2014 Curry made his Australian debut with a performance on the Byron Bay Bluesfest in New South Wales, Australia. [7]
He has performed at many major music festivals and clubs over the years including: B.B. Kings Blues Club in Memphis, Blues Excreta Club in Chicago, Illinois, the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival, Beale Street Music Festival, Buddy Guy's Legends Blues Fest (Chicago Blues Festival, 1990), Ribfest-Fort Wayne, Indiana and the Mississippi Valley ...