Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival

This year's festival will feature Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, and Terry "Harmonica" Bean as headliners.
Performances will include The DBM Band, Libby Rae Watson, Little Willie Farmer, Jimbo Mathus, Rev. Andrew Cheairs & The Songbirds, James "Super Chikan" Johnson & The Fighting Cocks, and many more.
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This year's festival will feature Anthony "Big A" Sherrod, and Super Chikan as headliners.
Performances will include The DBM Band, Lucious Spiller, Little Willie Farmer, Terry "Harmonica" Bean, Mark "Mule Man" Massey and many more.
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This year's festival will feature Super Chikan Johnson and Terry "Big T" Williams as headliners.
Performances will include, Charlie Musselwhite, Heather Crosse, Lee Williams, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, and many more.
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Unfortunately due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 33rd annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival has been cancelled.
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This year's festival will feature Super Chikan, Terry "Big T" Williams, and Anthony "Big A" Sherrod as headliners.
Performances will include The DBM Band, Lady Trucker, Heather Crosse - Heavy Suga & The Sweet Tones, The Stone Gas Band, Lightning Malcom, and many more.
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This year's festival will feature Christone "King Fish" Ingram and O.B. Buchana as headliners.
Performances will include Gramm Phillips, Richard "Daddy Rich" Crisman, Marshall Drew, Anthony "Big A" Sherrod, Terry "Big T" Williams, and many more.
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This year's festival will feature Charlie Musselwhite, O B Buchana, Super Chikan and Nathaniel Kimball as headliners.
Performances will include Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Lucious Spiller, Watermelon Slim, Rich "Daddy Rich" Crisman, The DBM Band, Joshua "Razor Blade" Stewart, and many more.
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This year's festival will feature Super Chikan, Lonnie Shields, Toni Green and Sweet Angel as headliners.
Performances will include Jimbo Mathus, Vasti Jackson, gospel legend Lee Williams, and many more.
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This year's festival will feature Classic "soul" pioneer William Bell, and Norwegian "Blues Queen" Rita Engedalen as headliners.
Performances will include Leo "Bud" Welch, Sweet Angel, Sharde Turner, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, James "Super Chikan" Johnson, Lusicous Spiller, Terry "Big T" Williams & The Family Band, and many more.
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This year's festival is dedicated to the legacy of Big Jack Johnson, one of Clarksdale's most extraordinary musician and songwriters since the days of Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, and Muddy Waters.
Performances will include Latimore, Johnny Rawls, Home Made Jamz, Super Chikan Johnson, Jimbo Mathus, Robert Belfour, Eddie Cusic, Pat Thomas, Lusicous Spiller and many more.
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This year's festival is dedicated to the late Melville Tillis, owner of the Rivermount Lounge (a frequent venue for the likes of Rush, Ike Turner, and Little Milton), blues historian, festival co-chairman, and friend to the Delta Blues Museum.
Tributes to Arthneice "Gas Man" Jones, DBM Band performances, and the opening of the Delta Blues Museum's new exhibit "26 Years of Sunflower" are just a few of the events planned for this years Sunflower Festival.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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Additional performances by Big Jack Johnson, The Kinsey Report, Charlie Musselwhite, Lonnie Pitchford and many more.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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