Biscuit Warm-Up
Live From Clarksdale
- WEDNESDAY -
King Biscuit Week Kickoff
Noon-1:30p | 121 Delta Ave. | FREE
live with Lucious Spiller, proud Arkansas native & Clarksdale resident
Panel & Exhibit Opening: "Blues on the Farm"
1:30-2:30p | Carnegie Public Library | FREE
King Biscuit Hour host & Delta Cultural Center director Thomas Jacques, Delta Center for Culture & Learning director Dr. Mandy Truman, Carnegie Pubic Library director Tracy Caradine, and T'Model's grandson Stud Ford.
The exhibit is curated by researchers at the Carnegie Public Library.
Deak Harp & Quicksand #LiveFromClarksdale
3:00-4:00p | Deak's Mississippi Saxophone & Blues Emporium | FREE
Front-porch concert featuring Clarksdale-based Deak Harp &
Helena-based Quicksand, playing the music of blues brotherly love.
Delta Dirt's Hands-On Class for Cocktail Connoisseurs
3:00-4:00p | Levon's Bar & Grill | $40
Sample local gin, vodka, and Arkansas Brown (bourbon!) while learning
directly from the distillers how to make drinks that'll impress anyone, plus
behind-the-scenes tricks for mixing up the ideal Delta cocktail.
Delta-Fusion Cooking Class
4:00-5:00p | Shack Up Inn | $40
Join Julie Diaz, founder of Clarksdale Cooks, for an experience sharing food and stories together. The meal is plant-based and will include to-go containers for you to take back to your campsite or hotel.
Mississippi Welcome Party
5:00-10:00pm | $25
Live with Stud Ford, Keith Johnson, Garry Burnside, Gracey Williams & more!
Gumbo dinner served in honor of King Biscuit's favorite traditions.
- THURSDAY -
Blues Brunch & Southern-Style Picnic
10:00a-4:00p | Hopson Hospitality courtyard | $25
10a LaLa Craig
Noon lunch conversation:
Mark "Muleman" Massey's Blues on "The Farm:"
from Parchman Farm to his own farm & getting the Parchman Band back together.
1p Mark plays live
2p Jimmy Duck Holmes
3p Arkansas Brothers' Tim Hoggard & Bowlegged Rooster
Dine Around Town
5:00-8:00p | downtown Clarksdale | à la carte
Happy hour & dinner at Levon's, live with Maggie McCabe & Charlotte Taylor
Annual Jam Night | 8:00p-Until.
- FRIDAY -
Blues Brunch
9:00a-until | Levon's Bar & Grill | $20
Wake up and fuel up with Arkansas rockstar Tina Cossey.
Riverside Hotel Re-opening & Blues Trail Marker Unveiling
10:00a-noon | Riverside Hotel | Free
...and send-off to Helena!
King Biscuit stages
Live in Helena
King Biscuit Blues Festival
Full activity schedule is below. Mainstage music lineup:
Fri 1p-until: Heavy Suga & the SweeTones | Sterling Billingsley | The Wampus Cats | Reba Russell Band | Gregg Martinez | Paul Thorn | Mr. Sipp
Sat 1p-until: Eden Brent | Ghost Town Blues Band | Chris O'Leary | Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets | 2 Blues for You | Port City Blues Players | John Nemeth | The B.B. King Museum Blues Band
Front Porch Blues Bash
Hosted by the Delta Cultural Center in the Miller Annex.
Fri noon-6p: Libby Rae Watson, Mississippi Spoonman ft. Spoonfed Blues, Watermelon Slim, Sean McDonald, Front Porch Blues Jam hosted by Brotha Ric Patton
Sat 1p-6p: Australia "Honeybee" Jones, Detroit Johnny, Charlotte Taylor, Cannonball Red, Larry McCray
Live busking on Cherry Street, across from Delta Dirt.
Thu 11a-Late: Maggie McCabe & Rev. Robert | Gary & Carol | Kevin Brown | Guitar Frenchie | Downtown Charlie Brown & Harry Binford | Ryan & the Spit Cup Band | Eric Walker | The Atlanta Blues Cartel | Quicksand Jam
Fri 11a-10p: BBQ Bob & K.K. | JB & the Hot Shots | Stan Street & the Hopeless Case Band | Downtown Charlie Brown Band | Deak Harp & Quicksand | The Miles Minor Band | The Atlanta Blues Cartel | Chicago Slim & the Bone Squad | Fonky Donkey | Stray Dawgs & the Wolves
Sat 11a-9p: Bill Able | The Young Guns | Chicago Slim & the Bone Squad | Deak Harp & Quicksand | The Dukes of Hoggard | Big Papa Binns | Straw Dawgs & the Wolves | Ryan Washington & the Spit Cup Band | The Miles Minor Band
afterparty
sunday in clarksdale
Enjoy an encore with live music at venues across downtown Clarksdale, starting with the Cat Head Mini Blues Fest, 10a-3p: Lucious Spiller, Big T & the Family Band, Sean Apple, Little Willie Farmer & Terry Harmonica Bean.
The 25th Annual Homecoming is held at Hopson & the Shack-Up Inn and now supports the Pinetop Perkins Foundation.
Sun 3-8p: Bob Corritore, Big Joe Maher, Wyly Bigger, Delta Divas, Hal Reed, Batterton & Edwards, Anson Funderburgh, James Mayes, Young Rell Davenport, Joe Tellman, Matt Lesch, Christian Dozzler, Joe Eagle, Jesse Black, Heather Crosse Band, Akeem Kemp Band, Steve Kolbus Band -- and the "Pinetopper" students of the program.
Last update: October 3rd :)