Juke Joint Festival In Clarksdale Ms

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For travelers down the Blues Highway (US 61) in Mississippi, there is a special treat going on in Clarksdale April 14-17. It is the 6th annual Juke Joint Festival! Below is the info from the Cat Head website, or if you want more information go to www.jukejointfestival.com. Slan go foill, Kip

 

JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL & RELATED EVENTS, APRIL 17-19 !!!

 

2009 JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL BIGGER THAN EVER:

This year's Juke Joint Festival will feature more music, more vendors, more food, more artists... even more nighttime shuttle buses... than ever before! Over 40 daytime music acts (99% blues) and 15 nighttime juke joint venues! Monkeys riding dogs (literally), racing pigs ("Paddling Porkers"), arts & crafts, soul food & BBQ, storytelling, student art/writing contests, blues documentary films, a rock wall, a Segway course, a duck/turkey calling contest, etc, etc. Oh yeah, and over 50 blues acts on Saturday day/night alone, April 18th. PLUS... Related events on that Friday and Sunday (4/17 & 19)... Including Super Chikan at Ground Zero Blues Club on Friday AND the always free 'n fun Cat Head Mini Blues Fest on Sunday.

 

FREE DAYTIME ACTS INCLUDE (in no particular order):

David Evans, Pat Thomas, Eddie Cusic, Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band, Big T & Arthniece "Gas Man" Jones, Gearshifter Youngblood, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes & Lee Williams, John Lowe, Robert "Wolfman" Belfour, Hambone, Sean Apple, Calvin Jackson and Joseph Burnside, Deak Harp, Jon Short, Bill Durham, Bob Long, Bill Abel, Cadillac John and Bill Abel, Blue Mother Tupelo, Jeff Norwood, Ray Cashman, Scott Simpson, Brian Sivils, Davis Coen, Opossum Trot Blues Band, Little Johnny Kantreed, Thunderbird Kingsley, Mr. Tater The Music Maker, Terry “Harmonica” Bean, Tullie Brae & the Medicine Man, KM Williams & Washboard Jackson, Drew Jude, Carbo Cousar, Leaf River Blues Band, CeDell Davis with Brethren, Marshall Drew Blues Band, Daddy Rich Blues Band, George Worthmore, Delta Blues Museum Arts & Education Students, Honeyboy Edwards, Stax Music Academy Revue, DSU's Ol' Skool Revue AND MORE!

 

NIGHTTIME JJF SCHEDULE INCLUDES:

Remember, your $10 Juke Fest wristband gets you into every single show in this list (!) as well as unlimited rides on the nighttime JJF shuttle bus... though you can walk between most of the venues...

- GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB - Homemade Jamz Blues Band AND Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band

- RED'S LOUNGE - Big Jack Johnson

- DELTA AMUSEMENT CAFE - Josh "Razorblade" Stewart Blues Band

- SARAH'S KITCHEN - Robert "Bilbo" Walker

- DELTA BLUES ROOM - John Horton & Mississippi Slim

- MY BROTHER'S SPORTS BAR (new, larger club on Sunflower Ave) - T-Model Ford & Stud

- BLUESBERRY CAFE - Stan Street Hambone Band with special guest La La

- CLUB 2000 - RL Boyce & the Fatback Blues Band w/guest Mary Ann "Action" Jackson

- MESSENGER'S - Big T & the Family

- ANNIEBELLE'S LOUNGE - Wesley "Junebug" Jefferson Blues Revue

- HICKS BBQ & TAMALES - Guitar Mikey & the Real Thing w/guest Billy Gibson

- HOPSON COMMISSARY (front stage) - Big George Brock & the Houserockers

- HOPSON COMMISSARY (back porch) - Terry "Harmonica" Bean

- JUKE JOINT CHAPEL (Shackup Inn) - Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm

- TRICIA'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT (new venue!) - LC Ulmer (solo and w/band)

 

HOTELS AND ACCOMMODATIONS:

Ok. Honestly, it ain't easy to find a room in town at this point. That said, some places hold back a room or two... some folks will inevitably cancel rooms... and most places will at least accept your name on a waiting list. So, go to http://www.cathead.biz/guide.html and scroll down to "Accommodations"; most area places are listed there, so you can start calling. ALSO... At various times in the past few weeks, rooms have popped up at the Comfort Inn, Riverside Hotel, Uptown Inn, Uncle Henry's Place, Isle of Capri Hotel and Helena's Super 7 Motel. Maybe try them first. Also, if you like to camp, then call the Chamber of Commerce to rent a space on the Expo Center grounds (662-627-7337). Otherwise, the other closest towns with hotels would probably be Helena, Cleveland, Tunica and Batesville. Finally, the Delma Furniss Welcome Center north of Clarksdale on hwy 61 is happy to help with searching out accommodations; you can try them at 662.337.2305,

delma@mississippi.org

 

CAT HEAD MINI BLUES FEST, SUN. 4/19:

The always free and fun Cat Head Mini Blues Fest will be held on Sunday, April 19th. The store opens at 9am, and the music will start at 10am. Acts include Terry "Harmonica" Bean, Honeyboy Edwards, Big George Brock and Bilbo Walker. Big Red of Red's Lounge will be cookin' out front (the food ain't free, of course, but it'll be tasty and affordable). The Cat Head store will be super stocked with brand new T-shirts, blues CDs/DVDs/books, folk art and more... so please drop on by and take somethin' home to remind you of your blues pilgrimage. (Thanks.) http://www.cathead.biz