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Delta Blues Museum - Calendar 2019
The Museum Celebrates 40 Years!
The Museum calendar represents events directly associated with the Delta Blues Museum. Please visit the Museum's Events Page for more events located within Clarksdale and its surrounding areas.
Museum Special Hours
Sunday, October 27, 2019
OPEN 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Museum Fall/Winter Hours Begin
Friday, November 01, 2019
OPEN 10:00am to 5:00pm
Museum Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Museum Spring/Summer Hours
The Museum's Spring/Summer hours are:
9:00am - 5:00pm Monday - Saturday
Closed on Sunday
Spring/Summer hours end October 31, 2019
Thanksgiving Holiday Observance
Tuesday, November 28, 2019
Museum CLOSED
Have a Happy & Safe Holiday!
Museum Holiday Observances
The Delta Blues Museum will be closed in observance of the following holidays: New Years Day, Martin Luther King Jr Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Mississippi Blues Trail
The Delta Blues Museum received its very own Mississippi Blues Trail marker in April of 2013. To learn more about the Blues Trail, please visit: www.msbluestrail.org
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2019 Previous Calendar
Event: Deep Blues Festival
Thursday, October 17 - Sunday, October 20, 2019
Clarksdale, MS
deepbluesfest.com
Event: Tennessee Williams Festival
Thursday, October 17 - Saturday, October 19, 2019
Clarksdale, MS
www.coahomacc.edu
Event: Museum Special Hours
Sunday, October 20, 2019
OPEN 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Event: Deep Blues Festival 5k Run/Walk
Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 7:00am
Clarksdale, MS
Event: Museum Special Hours
Sunday, October 13, 2019
OPEN 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Event: King Biscuit Festival
Wednesday, October 09 - Saturday, October 12, 2019
Helena, AR
Event: Museum Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, October 08, 2019 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Event: Museum Special Hours
Sunday, October 06, 2019
OPEN 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Event: Cruz'n The Crossroads Car & Truck Show
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Clarksdale, MS
cruznthecrossroads
Event: DBM Band Performance
Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 1:00pm
September Song Festival
Marks, MS
Event: Smithsonian Museum Day
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Delta Blues Museum
Get a Free Ticket to the Museum
Event: Museum Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Event: Holiday Observance - Labor Day
Monday, September 02, 2019
Museum CLOSED
Have a Happy and Safe Holiday!
Event: Blue Star Museum Program - FINAL DAY
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Hope to see you at the Museum!
Event: Monday Movie Night - POSTPONED
Featuring "Easy Rider"
Monday, August 26, 2019
Sponsored by Hooker Grocer & Eatery
Delta Blues Museum Stage
Event: John Lee Hooker
Birthday Celebration
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Delta Blues Museum
Event: Museum Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Event: Monday Movie Night
Featuring "The Blues Brothers"
Monday, August 12, 2019 at 7:45pm
Sponsored by Hooker Grocer & Eatery
Delta Blues Museum Stage
Event: Museum Special Hours
Sunday, August 11, 2019
12:00pm - 5:00pm
Event: DBM Band Performance
Featuring the Music of John Lee Hooker
Friday, August 09, 2019 at 7:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Stage
Event: Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival
Friday, August 09, 2019 through
Sunday, August 11, 2019
Clarksdale, MS
Event: Sunflower River Blues Association Meeting
Monday, August 05, 2019 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Event: Sunflower River Blues Association Meeting
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 6:00pm - Rescheduled
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Event: Monday Movie Night
Featuring "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Monday, July 29, 2019 at 8:06pm
Sponsored by Hooker Grocer & Eatery
Delta Blues Museum Stage
Event: Sunflower River Blues Association Meeting
Monday, July 22, 2019 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Event: Sunflower River Blues Association Meeting
Monday, July 15, 2019 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Event: Monday Movie Night - CANCELLED
due to weather
Featuring "Easy Rider"
Monday, July 15, 2019 at 8:15pm
Sponsored by Hooker Grocer & Eatery
Delta Blues Museum Stage
Event: Museum Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, July 09, 2019 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Event: Independence Day Holiday Observance
Thursday, July 04, 2019
The Museum will be CLOSED
Have a happy and safe holiday!
Event: Museum Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Event: Memorial Day Holiday Observance
Museum Closed
Monday, May 27, 2019
Have a happy and safe holiday!
Event: Blue Star Museum Program Begins
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Thank You to our Armed Services Personnel!
Event: Museum Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Event: Monday Movie Night
Featuring "Cadillac Records"
Monday, April 22, 2018 at 7:45pm
Sponsored by Hooker Grocer & Eatery
Delta Blues Museum Stage
Event: Shack Up Inn Performances
Featuring: Gyasi, Big A & the Allstars, and
The Stoop Down Rounders
A portion of the proceeds benefits
the Delta Blues Museum
Sunday, April 14, 2019 Starting at 1:00pm
Shack Up Inn, Clarksdale, MS
Event: Museum Special Hours
Sunday, April, 14, 2019
OPEN 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Delta Blues Museum
Event: Juke Joint Festival Performances
Featuring: Carson Diersing, Griot Band,
Ol' Skool Revue, B4Y2K
Saturday, April 13, 2019 Starting at 2:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Stage
Event: DBM Band Performance
Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 1:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Stage
Event: Q&A, Booksigning with
Dr. Tammy L. Turner
Author of Dick Waterman, A Life in the Blues
Friday, April 12, 2019 at 3:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Arts & Education Room
Event: Call & Response with
Big Jon Short & Kenny Brown
Friday, April 12, 2019 at 1:30pm
Delta Blues Museum Arts & Education Room
Event: Call & Response with
Big Jon Short & Anthony "Big A" Sherrod
Friday, April 12, 2019 at 10:30am
Delta Blues Museum Arts & Education Room
Event: Museum Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, April 09, 2019 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Event: Muddy Waters Birthday Celebration
Thursday, April 04, 2019
Delta Blues Museum
Event: Little Junior Parker
Birthday Celebration
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Delta Blues Museum
Event: Museum Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Event: Museum Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Event: Delta Blues Museum Anniversary
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Celebrating 40 years in Clarksdale!
Event: DBM Anniversary Party
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 5:00pm
Featuring the DBM Band and Various Delta Music Guests
Delta Blues Museum
Event: Making Silent Films Workshop
Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 3:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Arts & Education Room
Event: Podcast & YouTube Video Workshop
Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 2:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Arts & Education Room
Event: Clarksdale Film Festival
Friday, January 25th and
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Clarksdale, MS
www.clarksdalefilmfestival.com
Event: MLK Jr Day Holiday Observance
Museum Closed
Monday, January 21, 2019
Have a happy and safe holiday!
Event: Museum Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, January 08, 2019 at 6:00pm
Delta Blues Museum Classroom
Event: New Years Holiday Observance
Museum Closed
Tuesday, January 01, 2019
Have a happy and safe holiday!
Previous Calendar
Regular meetings of the Delta Blues Museum Board of Trustees are held the second Tuesday
of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the Delta Blues Museum classroom.
Due to copyright restrictions, visitors to the Delta Blues Museum are
prohibited
from photographing or video recording any portions of the Museum.
Exceptions to this policy can be made at the sole discretion of Museum staff and might include:
special events; scholars who have made arrangements in advance of their visits; and credentialed members of the press.
Members of the press must obtain permission from the DBM Director no less than 24 hours before arrival to gain free admission to the museum.
The DBM Stage
may not
be used for political or religious purposes. To request a reservation for stage use please submit your request in writing to the Museum stating the date, time and purpose of event.
For more information or questions about these policies, please contact the museum at (662) 627-6820
info@deltabluesmuseum.org
Check out the Museum's YouTube Channel
This site made possible through the support of Mississippi Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Humanities and the Rock River Foundation.
DELTA BLUES MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS
Exhibits, Events and More!
This site made possible through the support of Mississippi Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Humanities and the Rock River Foundation.
Support for the Delta Blues Foudation, Inc has been provided by explore.org, a direct charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundation.
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Museum Contact information
Clarksdale, MS 38614
Phone: 662-627-6820
Email: info@deltabluesmuseum.org
