CLARKSDALE, MS, 2025 FESTIVAL & SPECIAL EVENTS
- Fri-Sun, 1/24-26, 2025 - 15th annual Clarksdale Film & Music Festival - www.clarksdalefilmfestival.com
- 3/29, 2025 - Tater Superbad Blues Festival (details TBA)
- Thurs-Sun, 4/10-13, 2025 - 22nd annual Juke Joint Festival & Related Events w/100 more blues acts; our biggest festival - www.jukejointfestival.com
- Sun, 4/13, 2025 - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (April) 23rd Anniversary! Post JJF, www.cathead.biz
- Sat, 5/10, 2025 - 18th Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest (Cat Head/Bad Apple Blues Club/Bluesberry) - 10am-8pm - www.clarksdalecaravan.com
- Sat., 5/??, 2025 - Pinetop Boogie & Crawfish Boil at Ground Zero Blues Club benefiting Pinetop Perkins Foundation, 4pm till.
- Sat, 5/??, 2025 - 4th anniversary Women In Blues festival - www.womeninblues.org
- Fri-Sat, 5/23-24, 2025 - Ground Zero Blues Club anniversary weekend of daytime/nighttime blues! - groundzerobluesclub.com.
- Sat, 5/24, 2025 - Deak's Harmonica Block Party! http://deakharp.com/blockparty/
- Sun, 5/25, 2025 - 5th Bad Apple Blues Festival, https://www.facebook.com/badapplebluesclub.
- Fri-Sun, 6/12-15, 2025 - B.A.M. Fest (Birthplace of American Music) - www.bamfestms.com.
- 6/??-??, 2025 - Pinetop Perkins Experience Workshop, culminating in Friday public show, pinetopperkinsfoundation.org/workshop.
- Fri-Sun, 8/8-10, 2025 - 37th Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival - www.sunflowerfest.org.
- Fri-Sun, 8/8-10, 2025 - Cat Head 23rd Anniversary Weekend, www.cathead.biz.
- Sat, 8/30, 2025 - 7th Red's Old-Timers Blues Fest (MLK Park Stage) - www.redpaden.com.
- Fri-Sat, 10/3-4, 2025 (date updated) - Mighty Roots Music Festival at Stovall Farm, www.mightyrootsmusicfestival.com.
- Sat, 10/5, 2025 - Hopson Pumpkin Pickin' Festival (10am-4pm) w/music, kids' activities and more - hopsonhospitality.com
- Thurs-Sat, 10/8-11, 2025 - near Clarksdale, MS, in HELENA, AR - King Biscuit Blues Festival & Symposium, kingbiscuitfestival.com
- 10/12, 2025 - Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (October) for Clarksdale Super Blues Sunday - www.cathead.biz.
- 10/12, 2025 - Super Blues Sunday: Tentatively including... Cat Head Mini Blues Fest (9am), Bluesberry Cafe Blues Breakfast (10am), Delta Blues Museum special hours (noon), Ground Zero Blues Club blues brunch (11am), Hopson Commissary/Shack Up Inn's Pinetop Perkins Celebration (3pm)... plus music at Levon's, Hooker Grocer, Red's Lounge, Bad Apple Blues Club and more!
- 10/16-18, 2025 - 33rd Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival, https://deltawilliamsfestival.com/
- 10/17-18, 2025 - Special blues event TBA... stay tuned, y'all!
- 10/23-26, 2025 - Hambone Festival & Related Events, http://www.stanstreet.com/hambone-festival.html
- 10/25, 2025 - Cruz’n The Crossroads Car & Truck Show, facebook.com/cruznthecrossroads.
- 12/31, 2025 - Celebrate New Year's at the Crossroads - multiple shows around town!
MORE EVENT INFORMATION:
- Visit Clarksdale Tourism, (lodging, maps, free app, festivals & more) https://www.visitclarksdale.com/
- Mississippi Blues Trail, www.msbluestrail.org
- City of Clarksdale, http://www.cityofclarksdale.org/
- Mississippi Tourism (MDA - tourism), www.visitmississippi.org
BLUES ON THE DELTA'S RADIO DIAL:
- Blind Dog Radio - Mississippi Delta & Country Blues http://blinddogradio.blogspot.com
- Saturday Night Blues (on BDR) - Every Saturday night https://blinddogradio.wordpress.com
- KSDS - Jazz88.org features the "Crossroads Delta Blues Hour" w/Cat Head's Roger Stolle at jazz88.org/programs/Crossroads_Delta_Blues_Hour.
- XRDS.FM - Clarksdale blues 'n roots music radio, https://www.internet-radio.com/station/xrds/
- MPB Radio/Hwy 61 Radio Show - http://www.mpbonline.org/highway61/
- KFFA 1360AM - "King Biscuit Time", 12:15pm weekdays, http://www.kffa.com/2015/11/11/king-biscuit-time-show-audio/
