Juke Joints & Music

Juke Joints & Live Blues Music in Clarksdale, MS

Club 2000
Just down the street on Issaquena, near New Roxy Theater

Delta Blues Room
220 Sunflower
662-624-9200
Open most evenings with great food, regular DJ events and occasional “live” blues. 

The Den
220 Yazoo Avenue
901-605-8662
An annex of the Rock & Blues Museum, a smoke-free environment featuring musicians and art exhibits. 

Ground Zero Blues Club
0 Blues Alley
662-621-9009
Really cool juke joint Co-owned by actor Morgan Freeman. Open Wed. thru Sat. with everything from basic blues jam to well known artists the likes of Big T and Super Chikan.

Hambone Gallery
111 E. 2nd Street
662-253-5586
Live music (usually blues) every Tuesday, around 7pm. Non-smoking.

Messenger’s
133 MLK Boulevard (4th St.) between Sunflower and Yazoo
662-624-2305
The oldest, continuously running business in Clarksdale. It’s a pool hall, domino den, juke joint and café.

Pete’s Grille
550 Sunflower Avenue, close to the Riverside Hotel

Red’s Blues Club
395 Sunflower Avenue (Former LaVene Music Center building)
662-627-3166 or 662-627-1367
Corner of Sunflower Avenue & Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.
Authentic juke joint – you MUST go here!

River’s Edge
287 Sunflower Avenue

Smitty’s Red Top Lounge (Closed but for sale)
377 Yazoo Ave.
Please move to Clarksdale and re-open this legendary juke joint!

A little further away…

Po Monkey’s Lounge
near Merigold, MS
Rural Juke Joint featuring music on Thursday evenings

Juke Joint Chapel
001 Commissary Circle
662-624-8329
Live blues music in the Cotton Gin Inn at Hopson Plantation

Hopson Commissary
Hopson Plantation (about 3 miles south of Clarksdale off Route 49
662-624-5756 
Live blues and rock ‘n roll music in the commissary at historic Hopson Plantation