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Since it's creation
in 1988, the Sunflower Festival has been entertaining
blues fans for the past 25 years.
Throughout the years there have been numerous high
profile headliners and entertainers such as Ike Turner,
Dorothy Moore
and for this years 25th annual festival, Robert Plant.
The Delta Blues Museum has partnered with the Sunflower
Festival
for many years with coordinating various performances,
booths and special promotions. |
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times you have had at the Sunflower River Blues
& Gospel Festival. Please email any comments and
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August 10th, 11th and
12th
Headliner - Robert Plant with special guest Patty
Griffin
Other celebrities booked for the festival are multiple
Grammy nominee Charlie Musselwhite, and Entertainer
of the Year favorite Bobby Rush.
Delta Blues Museum students will open the Friday afternoon
electric stage while classic acoustic musicians T-Model
Ford, Eddie Cusic, Robert Belfor, Pat Thomas, Arthniece
Jones will draw large crowds Saturday morning.
For the 25th annual festival Vickie Winams will be
the headliner for the Gospel Festival.
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August 12th, 13th and
14th
Headliners - Dorothy Moore and Johnny Rawls
Other award-winning
performers in the Sunflower lineup are David Brinston,
Nathaniel Kimble, James “Super Chikan” Johnson, Earnest
“Guitar” Roy, Kenny Brown, and acoustic legends: Robert
Belfour, Eddie Cusic, T-Model Ford, Pat Thomas, Jimmy
“Duck” Holmes, Arthneice “Gas Man” Jones, and Lucious
Spiller.
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August 6th, 7th and 8th
Tribute - Ike Turner & Rocket 88
Ike Turner and his Rocket
88 crew from Clarksdale who launched the world’s first
rock and roll record are being celebrated as musical
icons this summer by the Sunflower River Blues and
Gospel Festival.
Being planned are reunions, interviews, exhibits,
and educational forums similar to last year’s “Remembering
Sam Cooke” and others honoring Early Wright, Charlie
Musselwhite, Latimore, and Norway ’s Spoonful of Blues
Band.
Check out what people are saying about the Festival!
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August 7th, 8th and 9th
Headliners - Bettye Lavette, Super Chikan and more
Opening the main
stage Friday night, will be the Delta Blues Musuem
Band followed by many other great acts.
Return on Saturday for even more performances including
George Horn and South of Memphis, James "Super Chikan"
Johnson, T-Model Ford, Shardee Turner, Arthneice "Gas
Man" Jones, and many more.
Then finish out the weekend with Gospel at the Civic
Auditorium featuring Chapel Hill's Mens Chorus, Billy
Rivers & Angelic Voices of Faith plus others.
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August 8th, 9th and 10th
Gospel Headliners - Darrell McFadden & the Disciples
Bill Howlin’
Madd Perry, Cadillac John and Bill Abel, Big T and
Arthniece “Gas Man” Jones, and Shemekia Copeland are
just a few of the performers you can expect at the
21st annual Blues Festival.
The Gospel Festival will give you plenty of enjoyment
with Chapel Hill Baptist Male Chorus, Selvy Singers
and many others.
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August 10th, 11th and 12th
Headliners - Bobby Rush and Denise LaSalle
Howlin’ Madd
Bill Perry, Rita Engedalen & Spoonful of Blues from
Norway, Shardee Turner & Rising Star Drum & Fife Band
are just a few of this years acts.
Billy Rivers and the Angelic Voices of Faith, and
Betty Alexander & the Uniques are just the beginning
of the Gospel Festival.
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August 11th, 12th and 13th
"Sam Carr's House Party"
Sunflower Festival returns
as a 3-day festival featuring acts such as Latimore,
The North Mississippi Allstars, the Delta Blues Museum
Band and many more.
Join us at the Delta Blues Museum for Big George Brock
as he talks about his Delta upbringing, his blues
club-owning days and friendships with musicians from
Muddy Waters to Steven Seagal.
Later at the museum Latimore will be interviewed,
then speak, and answer questions about his memorable
experiences and influences throughout his long and
successful career as superstar.
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August 12th and 13th
Headliners - Charlie Musselwhite and Shirley Brown
The Original
Delta Fireballs featuring Geneva Red, Robert Belfour,
Big T & The Family, David “Honeyboy” Edwards and Sam
Carr are just a few of the acts you can see at this
years Blues Festival.
During the 18th annual festival, Charlie Musselwhite
will be at the Delta Blues Museum giving a talk about
his Southern blues roots and influences, his friendships
with Clarksdale natives Muddy Waters and John Lee
Hooker, and what he has planned for the future.
The Gospel Festival will open with the Rev. Lloyd
Johnson & New Tradition and close with headliner The
Rev, Andrew Cheairs & the Songbirds of Memphis.
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August 13th and 14th
"Comin Home to Clarksdale"
Just
a few of the artists for this years festival include
Latimore, Super Chikan, T-Model Ford, Big Jack Johnson
& the Oilers, from the Sunflower's sister festival
in Quebec, Canada - the Bottleneck Blues Band, plus
many others.
The Gospel Festival features Nelson Larkins & God's
Possey of Chicago, The Delta Big Four of Lambert,
and from Arkansas - The Morning Starlights of Cotton
Plant, and The Smith Singers of Marianna, as well
as The Pilgrim Wonders of Toledo, Ohio.
Check out what people are saying about the Festival!
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August 8th and 9th
Honoring - Muddy Waters and Otha Turner
Performances by Latimore,
T-Model Ford, Big Jack Johnson, Sam Carr and many
more.
A tribute to Othar Turner will feature a documentary
by filmmaker Scott Jennison with music by Othar Turner's
granddaughter, Sharde and the Rising Star Fife and
Drum Band. .
A Festival Bonus - "Live Blues" (partially subsidized
by the Sunflower River Blues Association) is being
planned Thursday night at Ground Zero Blues Club,
Hopson Commissary, Sarah's Kitchen, Jacqueline's Blues
Bar and Red's.
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August 9th and 10th
Tribute - Little Jr. Parker
Headlining
this years festival are Charlie Musselwhite and Bobby
"Blue" Bland. Other performances include
Big Jack Johnson, O B Buchana and many more.
The Gospel Stage in the Clarksdale Civic Auditorium
will feature The Jackson Southernaires.
Check out what people are saying about the Festival!
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August 10th and 11th
Headliner - The Pilgrim Jubilees
Spoonful of Blues from
Notodden, Norway is sure to please along with the
Delta Blues Museum Band on the Blues Alley Stage.
James Williams and The Messengers, Yolanda Troupe-Williams,
and more are set to perform on the Gospel Stage.
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August 13th, 14th and 15th
Headliners - Koko Taylor and Bobby Rush
In remembrance of
Frank Frost, Little Jeno Tucker, Wade Walton and Early
Wright.
The JT Express with Arthniece Jones, the Stone Gas
Man, "Tater" Foster Wiley, Blind Mississippi Morris
and many more are sure to whet your blues appetite.
Sunday's Gospel Festival features the Clarksdale Mass
Elementary School Choir, the Victory Travelers and
many more.
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August 13th, 14th and 15th
Headliners - Otis Clay, Charlie Musselwhite, and Eddie
Campbell
Also
appearing are Super Chikan, Frank Frost, Sam Carr,
Othar Turner, Johnny & The Midniters plus many
more you don't want to miss.
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August 7th and 8th
Headliners - Rufus Thomas, Lynn White, and R.L. Burnside
Additional performances
by Big Jack Johnson, The Kinsey Report, Charlie Musselwhite,
Lonnie Pitchford and many more.
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August 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Headliners - Little Milton and Ike Turner
At the Railroad Depot
and the Delta Blues Museum you be sure to enjoy some
great blues acts.
This years headliners are Little Milton and Ike Turner
with additional performances by Big Jack Johnson,
Clayton Love, Frank Frost & Sam Carr, plus many others
you are sure to enjoy.
Slim and the Supreme Angels, Racy Bros, Delta Big
Four and others are sure to please on Sunday at the
Gospel Fest.
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August 2nd, 3rd and 4th
Headliner - Bobby Rush
Sweet
Miss Coffy and Eddie Rasberry, Lonnie Shields, Charlie
Musselwhite, Robert "Bilbo" Walker are just
a few of the acts for your weekend enjoyment.
The Gospel Festival on Sunday features Willie Neal
Johnson & The Gospel Keynotes.
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August 4th, 5th and 6th
Headliners - Denise LaSalle, Charlie Musselwhite and
Frank Frost
Sam
Carr, Lonnie Pitchford, Jack Owens and Bud Spires
are sure to keep you entertained.
On Sunday see The Jackson Southernaires perform gospel.
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August 5th, 6th and 7th
Headliners - Bobby Rush and The Williams Bros
This years festival
marks the second year for the Gospel Festival which
has been incorporated into the Blues Festival.
Join us as The Williams Bros headlines the Gospel
portion of the festival on Sunday.
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August 6th and 7th
Headliners - Booba Barnes and Junior Kimbrough
With 20 performers
this year, it is sure to be a great festival.
This years event includes stars from the motion picture
film "Deep Blues".
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August 7th and 8th
Headliners - Katie Webster, Big Jack Johnson and the
Jelly Roll Kings
Featured
artists for this years event are Katie Webster & The
Vasti Jackson Band, the Jelly Roll Kings, Big Jack
Johnson.
Additional performances by Pinetop Perkins, Snooky
Pryor, Lonnie Pitchford and many more.
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August 9th and 10th
Headliners - Otis Clay & Big Jack Johnson
Come on out and
enjoy the blues this weekend.
Sam & Doris Carr, Stone Gas Band, Clayton Love, and
Wade Walton are just a few performances you don't
want to miss.
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August
4th
Various Artists
This
years festival brings to the stage special guests
Big George Brock, Sam & Doris Carr, Johnnie Billington,
and Patrick Murphy.
You can also expect to be entertained during the weekend
by Mojo Buford, Big Jack Johnson, Stone Gas Band,
and more!
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August
5th, 6th and 7th
Headliners - Bobby Rush & Big Jack Johnson
Funded largely
by individual donors, the second Sunflower Festival
featured Bobby Rush and Big Jack Johnson.
The Williams Bros. was the featured gospel act of
the weekend.
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June
4th
Headliners - James "Son" Thomas & Otis Rush
Join us in Clarksdale,
Mississippi for the first annual Sunflower River Blues
& Gospel Festival!
This inaugural event is funded primarily by merchants
in the downtown Clarksdale area and organized by Jim
O'Neal and Dr. Patricia Johnson.
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For more information regarding the Sunflower River Blues
& Gospel Festival please visit www.sunflowerfest.org.
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