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April 12, 2012

JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL EVENTS AT THE DELTA BLUES MUSEUM

Delta Blues Museum Band on stage performing.

During the 9th Juke Joint Festival, April 13 - 15, in downtown Clarksdale, MS, the Delta Blues Museum continues its annual tradition of presenting conversations with blues musicians and performances on our stage. The schedule:

2:00 pm Conversations with Big George Brock and Louis "Gearshifter" Youngblood

Arts & Education Classroom, Delta Blues Museum

5:00 pm Performance by DBM Band on the Delta Blues Museum stage, #1 Blues Alley Lane, in conjunction with the Care Station's annual Catfish Fry.

Performances on the Delta Blues Museum Stage, #1 Blues Alley Lane

12:00 pm "Juggology" a presentation by professional jugglers

2:00 pm Delta Blues Museum Band

3:00 pm W. A. Higgins Rock Ensemble

4:00 pm Stax Music Academy

5:00 pm Ol' Skool Revue

Also appearing on Saturday, 11:00 am - 12 noon in the Museum Gift Shop will be Jimmie Lee Jr., Head Engineer for the Mississippi Valley State University B.B. King Recording Studio, who will be playing blues classics on keyboard.

Special Festival Hours: the museum will be open for visitors. ($7 admission)

For more information contact the Delta Blues Museum 662-627-6820.
The Delta Blues Museum is located at #1 Blues Alley Lane in downtown Clarksdale.

This newsletter is supported in part by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state agency, and, in part, from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Delta Blues Museum Board of Directors
William H. Gresham, President
Yvonne Stanford, Secretary
Johnny Lewis
Dr. Frank Marascalco
Jim Herring

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