Festivals

Blues Festivals Around Clarksdale, MS

January
Clarksdale Film & Music Festival
Downtown Clarksdale MS
Mississippi movies, blues docs, history tours & music

Fridays during April & May
Friday at the Stage
Blues Alley Stage (downtown Clarksdale)

April
Juke Joint Festival
Blues Festival in Downtown Clarksdale

April
Cat Head Mini Blues Festival
Downtown Clarksdale at Cathead – FREE

May
Bones Fest
Shack Up Inn

May
Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest
Downtown Clarksdale

May
Red’s Old-Timers Blues Festival
Downtown Clarksdale

May
Goat Fest
Downtown Clarksdale

June
Pinetop Perkins Foundation Masterclass
Downtown Clarksdale

June
Birthplace of American Music Festival
Downtown Clarksdale

July
Fiddlin’ & Fried Green Tomato Festival
Shack Up Inn

August
Sunflower River Blues
and Gospel Festival
FREE Blues Festival
Downtown Clarksdale

August
Cat Head Mini Blues Fest
Downtown Clarksdale at Cathead – FREE

October
King Biscuit Blues Festival
Nearby Helena, Arkansas
(former “Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival)

October
2nd Street Blues Party
Free street music in Clarksdale near Rock & Blues Museum

October
Cat Head Mini Blues Fest
Downtown Clarksdale at Cathead – FREE

October
Pinetop Perkins Homecoming
at Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale (Sunday afternoon of King Biscuit Festival)

October
Deaks Harmonica Block Party
at Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale (Sunday afternoon of King Biscuit Festival)

October
Tennessee Williams Festival
Cutrer Mansion/Downtown Clarksdale/Coahoma Community College/Various Locations

October
Cruzn Crossroads Car & Truck Show w/music
Downtown Clarksdale

October
Hambone Festival
Downtown Clarksdale
Free live music fest near Hambone Gallery

December
Holiday Festival Parade
Downtown Clarksdale

New Year’s Eve Weekend
Live blues music at Ground Zero Blues Club, Red’s Lounge, Hopson Plantation & more!