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26th Annual Sunflower Festival
August 9-10-11, 2013
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Delta Blues Museum 2013 National Award Reception
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 6:00pm
Rock & Roll Hotel www.rockandrollhoteldc.com
Washington DC
IMLS Museum Award Ceremony
DBM is receiving the 2013 National Museum Award
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Washington DC
Robert Gordon
Muddy Waters Discussion & Book Signing
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Friday, April 26, 2013 at 4:00pm
Retirement party for Dr. Vivian Presley, President, Coahoma Community College
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Open to public
Coahoma Community College
Museum Special Hours
Sunday, April 14, 2012 1:00pm - 5:00pm
The museum will be open
Juke Joint Festival
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Clarksdale, MS Read
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DBM Band Performance - Juke Joint Festival
Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 3:00pm
DBM Stage
DBM Band Performance
Friday, April 12, 2013 at 5:00pm
DBM Stage
Hill Country Blues and Delta Blues - Big John Short
Arts & Education Classroom, Delta Blues Museum
Friday, April 12, 2013 at 1:00pm & 3:30pm
DBM Mississippi Blues Trail Marker Dedication
Reception with performance by DBM Band
Delta Blues Museum
Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 5:00pm
DBM Mississippi Blues Trail Marker Dedication
Reception with performance by DBM Band
Delta Blues Museum
Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 5:00pm
DBM Band Performance
Coahoma College Cultural Awareness Concert
Thursday, April 4, 2013
The Pinnacle
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Muddy Waters Birthday Celebration & Tour
of New Muddy Waters Addition
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Delta Blues Museum
April is Muddy Waters Month
DBM is celebrating 100 years of Muddy Waters
Multiple events planned during April Read
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Delta Literary Tour
Visited Museum & Clarksdale
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Susan Puckett
Book Signing
Friday, March 15, 2013
Delta Blues Museum
KBA Awards Ceremony
Museum Director Shelley Ritter, Honoree
Friday, February 1, 2013
Memphis, TN Read More
DBM Band Performance
Thacker Mountain Radio
Thursday, January 31, 2013
3rd Annual Clarksdale Film Festival
January 24 - 27, 2013
Clarksdale, MS Read
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Ben Harper &
Charlie Musselwhite
Performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Read
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Museum Holiday Closure
Monday, January 21, 2013
DBM Band Performance
Parade Performance for MLK Day
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Museum Holiday Closure
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
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Museum Holiday
Closures
Monday, December 24, 2012
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Museum
Special Hours
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Spotlight - Bonnie Raitt
King Biscuit Festival
Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 9:30pm
Helena, AR
DBM Band Performance
at
King Biscuit Festival
Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 1:00pm
"Bit o Blues" Stage;
Helena, AR
Book Signing - Language of the Blues, Debra Devi
Friday, September 28, 2012
Noon - 2:00pm
Delta Blues Museum
DBM Band Performance
at
Care Station Fundraiser
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Ground Zero Blues Club
Museum Closed - Monday, Sept. 3, 2012
Labor Day Holiday Observance
Gospel Festival Begins
August 12, 2012 at 5:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Stage
Museum Special Hours
August 12, 2012 open Noon to 5:00pm
Mississippi Blues Trail Marker
Dedication for the
Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival
August 10, 2012 at 10:00am
Delta Blues Museum Grounds
25th Annual Sunflower
Festival
August 10th - 12th, 2012
Robert Plant Headliner Read
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Grits & Greens Party for VIP
Festival Patrons
August 9, 2012 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Grounds
25 Years of the Sunflower
Festival
Jim O'Neal, moderator
August 9, 2012 at 1:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Read
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Reception for "True
Delta" Photography Exhibit
August 8, 2012 at 7:00pm
Delta Blues Museum
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T-Model Ford Birthday Party & Fundraiser
June 24, 2012
Red's Lounge Download
Flyer
Pinetop Perkins Foundation Master Class
Workshops
June 13 - 15, 2012
Hopson Plantation, Shack Up Inn and Ground Zero
Blues Club
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Pinetop Perkins Foundation Master Class
Reception
June 14, 2012
Delta Blues Museum
Friday at the Stage - Party Shot
June 8, 2012 at 7:00pm
Blues Alley Stage Download
Flyer
Friday at the Stage - Big T & the Family Band
May 25, 2012 at 7:00pm
Blues Alley Stage Download
Flyer
Friday at the Stage - Heavy Suga' & the SweeTones
May 18, 2012 at 7:00pm
Blues Alley Stage Download
Flyer
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WA Higgins Academy Orchestra Composers Concert
May 17, 2012 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Stage Read
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Friday at the Stage - The Studebakers
May 11, 2012 at 7:00pm
Blues Alley Stage Download
Flyer
Crossroads Blues Society Dinner
May 11, 2012
Blue Levee Restaurant
Rosedale, MS Read
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IBLA Grand Prize Winners Concert
May 7, 2012 at 6:30pm
Lakeside High School Auditorium
Lake Village, AR Read
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Friday at the Stage - Loose Bruce
May 4, 2012 at 7:00pm
Blues Alley Stage Download
Flyer
Blessissippi
Crossroads Benefit Concert -
Ticket Only Event
April 28, 2012 at 8:00pm
Ground Zero Blues Club Read
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Blessissippi
Crossroads VIP Private Reception -
VIP Ticket
Only Event
April 27, 2012 at 5:00 - 7:00pm
Delta Blues Museum
WA Higgins Academy Dance & Band Program
April 19, 2012 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Stage Read
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Museum Special
Hours
April 15, 2012 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Performance
by Jimmie Lee Jr
April 14, 2012 starts at 11:00am
Juke Joint Festival Event
Delta Blues Museum Gift Shop
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Honeyboy
Edwards Memorial Stage
April 14, 2012 starts at 12:00pm
Juke Joint Festival Event
Delta Blues Museum Stage
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Conversations
with Big George Brock & Louis ‘Gearshifter’ Youngblood
April 13, 2012 at 2:00pm
Juke Joint Festival Event
Delta Blues Museum Arts & Education Room
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DBM
Band Performance
April 13, 2012 at 5:00pm
Juke Joint Festival Event
Delta Blues Museum Stage
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WA Higgins Academy Dance & Band Program
April 4, 2012 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Stage Read
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Sunflower Festival Headliner Announcement Event
March 2, 2012
Ground Zero
Blues Club Read
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Furry Lewis Blues Marker
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 10:00am
Greenwood, MS
Mose
Allison Free Performance at Delta State
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 7:30pm
Jobe Hall, Delta State University Read
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Ailey II Dancers Free Performance
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7:00pm
Clarksdale Civic Auditorium Read
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Dorothy
Moore Free Performance - Delta Music Institute
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 6:00pm
Jobe Hall, Delta State University Read
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Sunflower’s Thanksgiving Eve Blues Party November 23, 2011
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Construction Hours - Early Closure
at the Delta Blues Museum
Thursday, November 3, 2011 from 10:00am to 1:00pm
Tennessee Williams 19th Annual Festival
October 14th - 15th, 2011
Williams Festival Joins Global Celebrations Honoring the Playwright’s
Centennial Year
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Construction Hours - Early Closure
at the Delta Blues Museum
Monday, October 10th and Tuesday, October 11, 2011 from 9:00am to 1:00pm
Special Hours at the Delta Blues Museum
Open Sunday, October 9, 2011 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Book Signing for Roger Stolle, author
of
Hidden History of Mississippi Blues
October 5, 2011 at 5:00pm
Delta Blues Museum
E-vite
IC Music Fest - Chicago, IL August 20, 2011
All donations benefit the Delta Blues Museum
Read More
Special Hours at the Delta Blues Museum
Open Sunday, August 14, 2011 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm
24th Annual Sunflower Festival August 12th - 14th, 2011
Festival Headliners Read
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Festival to Celebrate Five Read
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Festival Lineup now available View
Here
Book Signings for Charles Farley, author
of
Soul of the Man:
Bobby "Blue" Bland, New Biography
August 12, 2011 at 2:00pm and
August 13, 2011 at 11:00am
Delta Blues Museum
E-vite
Opening Reception for Son House Exhibit
of Photos by Dick Waterman
June 23, 2011 5:00 - 7:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Press
Release
E-vite
DBM Band CD Release Party
June 2, 2011 6:00 - 8:00pm
Ground Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, MS
Admission is Free! Press
Release
E-Vite
George Winston Solo Harmonica Concert and Harmonica
Workshop
May 6, 2011 starting at 4:15 pm
On the DBM stage at the Delta Blues Museum
Admission is Free! Read
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E-Vite
16th Annual Natchez Bluff Blues Fest April 29th
- May 1st, 2011
Admission is free! Download
Flyer Download
Press Release
Special Hours at the Delta Blues Museum
Open Sunday, April 17, 2011 from Noon to 4:00pm
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The Juke Joint Festival April 16, 2011 at 3:00pm
Music on the DBM "Robert Johnson" Stage featuring
the DBM band, David
"Honeyboy" Edwards, STAX Academy band, and Ole Skool Review from Delta State
University
Juke Joint Festival April 15, 2011 at 4:00pm
David "Honeyboy" Edwards, a conversation and Delta
Blues Museum Band performs for Care Station Fundraiser
at the Delta Blues Museum
Mississippi
Blues Trail Marker for Wade Walton
April 15, 201 at 1:00pm
317 Issaquena, Clarksdale, MS
Acoustic Africa April 14, 2011 at 7:00pm
Coahoma Community College - The Pinnacle
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The Juke Joint Show April 14, 2011 at 6:00pm
The Gordon Gallery
Read More
Acoustic Africa: From Mali to Mississippi Welcoming Reception
April 13, 2011 at 5:00pm
Delta Blues Museum
Cultural Awareness Week
April 10 - 17, 2011
Coahoma Community College Download
Flyer
Delta
Blues Museum Exhibit Opening Reception and Book Signing
Thursday, April
7, 2011 at 5:00pm
Mississippi:
State of the Blues with Ken Murphy and Scott Barretta Read More
Tennessee Williams Spring Festival March 26, 2011
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Barefoot Workshops Read
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Photographing The Mississippi
Delta
February 6 - 12, 2011
Documenting The Mississippi Delta
February 13 - 26, 2011
Editing In The Mississippi Delta
February 27 - March 5, 2011
For more information visit www.barefootworkshops.org
Delta Documentary Film Festival,
February 25, 2011 at 7:00pm
Shack Up Inn, Hopson Plantation
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Pinetop
Perkins Lifetime Achievement Award
The 2011 Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts
ceremony will be held on Thursday, February 24, 2011. Read
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Mississippi
Blues Trail Marker for John Lee Hooker, Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 10:00am in Vance, MS.
Acoustic Blues & Slide Guitar
Workshop with Scott Ainslie
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 PM at the
Delta Blues Museum
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo January 30, 2011 at 3:00pm
Coahoma Community College - The Pinnacle Read
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Mississippi Blues Trail
Marker for Gatemouth
Moore Monday, November 8, 2010
at 10:00a.m. in Yazoo City, MS
Clarksdale Annual Fall Festival
October 30, 2010 beginning at 8:00am
Featuring The Delta Blues Museum Band 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Last Friday Artwalk
Oct. 29, 2010
starts at 5:30pm
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Ferriday Song Fest October 23, 2010 at the Arcade
Theater (part of the popular Delta Music Museum) begins
9:00am and runs all day long. At 6:00pm, workshop attendees
move to Bowie's Tavern in nearby Natchez, Mississippi,
for a special open mic event. Read
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For more information or on-line registration, go
to www.ferridaysongfest.com
Otis Clay at City Limits Nightclub
Friday, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:00pm
18th Annual Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams
Festival October 15-16, 2010 www.coahomacc.edu
Download
Flyer
Download
Registration
Delta Blues Museum Band live October 9, 2010 at 2:00pm
at The Delta Blues Museum Read
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Clarksdale Arts Alliance Artist Reception
October 9, 2010 at 6:00pm at The Greyhound Bus Station
Read
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Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival October
7-9, 2010 www.bluesandheritagefest.com
Andy Coats live October 7, 2010 at 1:30pm at
The Delta Blues Museum Read
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John Gindick Harmonica Camp @ Shack Up Inn March
23-27, 2010 And September 27 – Oct. 2, 2010 www.shackupinn.com
Wing
Dang Doodle Festival, Forest, MS, Saturday, September
25, 2010 Read
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www.forestareachamber.com
Reception at Delta Blues Museum for Pinetop Perkins Piano Masters Class. Open to the public. Aug 4, 2010 5:00 - 7:00pm
Pinetop
Perkins Master Class students and instructors perform
at Ground Zero Blues Club along with Pinetop Perkins,
Lee WIlliams, Cassie Taylor, and Bob Margolin.
Aug
5, 2010
Mississippi
Blues Trail Marker for Ike Turner at Alcazar Hotel.
Aug 6, 2010 10:00am
Clarksdale
Walk of Fame Marker for Ike Turner at Delta Blues
Museum.
Aug 6, 2010 2:00pm
DBM
band kicks off 23rd Annual Sunflower River Blues
& Gospel Festival.
Aug 6, 2010 4:00pm
23rd
Annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival. Aug 7, 2010 9:00am - evening
Delta
Blues Museum special hours - come cool off and enjoy
our new exhibits!
Aug 8, 2010 1:00 - 5:00pm
Cathead
Mini Festival Aug 8, 2010 10:00am
Sunflower
River Gospel Festival (City Auditorium) August 8, 2010 4:00pm
Pinetop
Perkins Youth Workshop Series: Piano Master Class
Aug 3, 2010 - Aug 5, 2010 Shack Up Inn
Read More www.pinetopperkinsfoundation.org
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Sunflower
River Blues & Gospel Festival
August 6,7,8 2010 Read
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Travis Calvin Live at New Covenant Baptist Church,
Clarksdale, Mississippi July 17, 2010 Read More
The Oxford American Presents "The Most Southern
Weekend on Earth", Clarksdale, Mississippi July 9 - 10,
2010
Read More
Peter Guralnick, Author of Dream Boogie: The
Triumph of Sam Cooke. Discussion of writing about the
blues with book signing afterwards at the Delta Blues
Museum.
July 10, 2010 at 1:00pm Read More
MS Blues
Trail - Mississippi to Maine Blues Trail Marker
- July 8, 2010
at 3:00 PM in Rockland, Maine
B.B. King Live in Concert June 30, 2010 7:30pm
Bologna Performing Arts Center To purchase tickets: www.bolognapac.com
Oxford
Rhythm Revival, Oxford Mississippi
June 19,
2010 Read More
Purchase your tickets at www.oxfordrhythmrevival.com
The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art will hold its 17th Annual
Blues Bash Friday, June 4 from 6:30 - 10:30 p.m. on the
museum front lawn. This year's event will feature The
Daddy Rich Blues Band. Daddy Rich (Richard Crisman) is
a musician and songwriter hailing from Clarksdale, and
is currently an instructor at the Delta Blues Museum Arts
MS Blues
Trail - Biloxi Blues Marker - May 27, 2010 at
11:30 am - Main and Murray Streets in Biloxi, Mississippi
Johnny Winter
Poster Signing Party
Highway
61 Blues Museum Leland, MS
Thursday, May 27, 2010 5 –
7 pm Read
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Juke
Joint Festival April 16-18, 2010 Read More
Robert
Johnson/Gibson Guitar New Generation Award Read More
Juke Joint
Festival April 14th through the 17th, 2010. For a complete
schedule of events
MS
Blues Trail - WROX Blues Marker - April 16, 2010 @ 12
Noon - 257 Delta Avenue - Clarksdale, MS
Ishmon
Bracey Marker Ceremony - April 5, 2010
Read More
Blues CD
Release Party Coming to Ground Zero Blues Club March 20th
Read
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The Leland
Blues Project announces The 8th Annual Highway 61 Blues
Museum Benefit - Place: The Walnut Street Blues Bar, Greenville,
MS Date: Friday, March 12, 2010 Time: 7:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Admission: $5 Donation at the door
Delta Blues
Museum Exhibit opening reception: Thursday, March 4, 2010
Booze Blues & BBQ : photographs by Michael Loyd Young
5-7- p.m.
Barefoot Workshops @ Shack
Up Inn February 14-27 and September 10-25 www.shackupinn.com
Come
On Home: January 12, 2010 In the Soul Kitchen
- A celebration of the musical genius of Willie
Mitchell. Read More
Surfer-Dudes
coming for Muddy Waters - Below the Surface Presents Signs
at the Crossroads in Clarksdale, MS while preparing for
Expedition Gaining Ground. Read More
International
Blues Challenge January 20-23, 2010 Memphis, TN Read More
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Delta
Blues Museum Hosts "A Blue Christmas" December
10th Read More
BBC
producer to air documentary at Williams Festival Read
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Sunflower
River Blues and Gospel Festival,
Clarksdale , Miss., August
30th Read More
Otha
Turner Trail Marker Dedication,
August 29th
Read More
Big
Brock's 'Blues Bus' Hits
Clarksdale, MS 7-29-09
Read More
Sam
Cooke Weekend Proclaimed August 7-9
Read More
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Notes
from the Mississippi Delta July 14th Read More
North
MS Hill Country Picnic
June 26-27, 2009 Read More
22nd Sunflower
River Blues and Gospel Festival
August 7 - 9, 2009 Read
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CCC to host legendary Blind Boys of Alabama
Free Concert
April 24 Read
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Charlie
Musselwhite : Son of Mississippi, Citizen of the World
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