JJF ACTIVITIES
Activities run all day. Starting times are variable.
Located at: JOHN LEE HOOKER LANE
Our greatest attraction will be with us for 2 days in 2019, Friday & Saturday
Led by professional rodeo cowboy Tim “WILD THANG” Lepard,Team Ghost Riders is a group of sheep dogs and monkeys, who team together to provide one of the most entertaining traveling acts you will ever see.
"The animals are like family and require 24/7 care to ensure their well-being. When I see the crowd smiling and hear the laughter, it makes all the hard work worthwhile.(Tim)"
×10:45 am
12:45 pm
3:45 pm
5:00 pm
Located at: JOHN LEE HOOKER LANE
JJF EVENTS
Bring the kids, your favorite instrument or dress the part...and let's kick off the festival Delta style. 2021 Juke Joint Bride and Groom Anne Marie Pepper and Michael Rhodes, Juke Joint King Bryson Walls and Queen Piper Fondren and Juke Joint Twins Jack Fondren and Colt Fondren and Juke Joint Baby James Nelson.
×Where: Regions Bank Juke Joint Festival Parade
Starting from Regions Bank 211 East Second Street and traveling around downtown Clarksdale.
Juke Joint Festival Merchandise Sales
Festival shirt, hats and other festival merchandise.
×Where: Juke Joint Festival Headquarters - 243 Delta Avenue
The official Juke Joint Festival Headquarters is conveniently located at 243 Delta Avenue in downtown Clarksdale (basically across the street from Nellie Mays).
Show 1 of 4. Pontatoc, Mississippi Ghost Riders. A must see for the whole family!
×Where: John Lee Hooker Lane
FREE: Show 1 of 6
×Where: John Lee Hooker Lane
Free: Show 2 of 6
×Where: John Lee Hooker Lane
FREE: Show 2 of 4. Pontatoc, Mississippi Ghost Riders. A must see for the whole family!
×Where: John Lee Hooker Lane
Free: Show 3 of 6.
×Where: John Lee Hooker Lane
Free: Show 4 of 6.
×Where: John Lee Hooker Lane
JJFest History Walking Tours with Robert Birdsong
"History Walking Tours with Robert Birdsong" outside Yazoo Pass. JJFest wristband required. Limited attendance.
×Where: Yazoo Pass Espresso Bistro & Bakery
A cup of coffee with class.
In downtown Clarksdale, MS enjoy a cup of coffee and a fresh baked pastry while relaxing in the cozy atmosphere of Yazoo Pass. The espresso bar and bistro serves up fresh ingredients at this welcoming breakfast and lunch spot.
The warm colors and clean aesthetic provide a classy location for a breakfast meeting, lunch group, or coffee chat session in the booths, couch area, or at the community table- or stay a while and enjoy the complimentary wireless internet.
Free: Show 5 of 6.
×Where: John Lee Hooker Lane
FREE: Show 3 of 4. Pontatoc, Mississippi Ghost Riders. A must see for the whole family!
×Where: John Lee Hooker Lane
Free: FINAL SHOW
×Where: John Lee Hooker Lane
JJFest History Walking Tours with Robert Birdsong
LAST TOUR: "History Walking Tours with Robert Birdsong" outside Yazoo Pass. JJFest wristband required. Limited attendance.
×Where: Yazoo Pass Espresso Bistro & Bakery
A cup of coffee with class.
In downtown Clarksdale, MS enjoy a cup of coffee and a fresh baked pastry while relaxing in the cozy atmosphere of Yazoo Pass. The espresso bar and bistro serves up fresh ingredients at this welcoming breakfast and lunch spot.
The warm colors and clean aesthetic provide a classy location for a breakfast meeting, lunch group, or coffee chat session in the booths, couch area, or at the community table- or stay a while and enjoy the complimentary wireless internet.
(Cover may apply.)
10:00 am
Bill Abel from Belzoni Mississippi plays the raw gutbucket blues he learned from Paul Jones, T Model Ford, Cadillac John and many other blues legends.
https://www.facebook.com/Bill-Abel-192999535686/
×Where: Deak Harp Harmonica Shop
12:00 pm
Where: Levon's Bar & Grill
2:00 pm
Where: Deak Harp Harmonica Shop
2:00 pm
3:30 pm
Carson is the youngest endorsee with Hohner Harmonicas.
Featured on the Hohner Red Dragon Harmonica box.
skateboarding with a harmonica in his hand.
Where: Deak Harp Harmonica Shop
4:00 pm
Where: Ground Zero Blues Club
PLEASE NOTE: Saturday night (April 23, 2022), IF Juke Joint Festival Sat-night Wristbands are NOT sold-out, then limited quantities will be available for purchase only at the 243 Delta Ave JJF HQ building (only till 8:30pm) AND Ground Zero Blues Club, Hambone Gallery and Hopson Commissary (if/while supplies last). Entry to any/all 20+ JJF Sat-night venues requires a festival wristband. No exceptions. Details on Wristband webpage or in program booklet.
GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB: Clarksdale's largest real-deal blues music venue offers "live" Mississippi blues music every Wednesday to Saturday... plus special events during festival time periods. Co-owned by actor Morgan Freeman, Bill Luckett, Howard Stovall and Eric Meier, Ground Zero Blues Club will celebrate its 5th anniversary in May 2006. Besides the plethora of incredible local blues acts who have performed there, musicians from Mavis Staples and Alvin Youngblood Hart to Jerry Lee Lewis and Bobby Rush have been filmed playing there.
http://www.groundzerobluesclub.com
×4:15 pm
Where: Deak Harp Harmonica Shop
5:30 pm
Deak Harp has been playing harmonica since he was 12 years old. His biggest early inspiration came when his brother introduced him to the music of James Cotton.
Deak followed Cotton's band along the east coast for close to five years before Cotton offered Deak a job driving his van. For the next six years, Deak toured with the James Cotton blues band, eventually opening acts and playing along with "Superharp" himself.
Where: Deak Harp Harmonica Shop
7:00 pm
Where: Ground Zero Blues Club
PLEASE NOTE: Saturday night (April 23, 2022), IF Juke Joint Festival Sat-night Wristbands are NOT sold-out, then limited quantities will be available for purchase only at the 243 Delta Ave JJF HQ building (only till 8:30pm) AND Ground Zero Blues Club, Hambone Gallery and Hopson Commissary (if/while supplies last). Entry to any/all 20+ JJF Sat-night venues requires a festival wristband. No exceptions. Details on Wristband webpage or in program booklet.
GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB: Clarksdale's largest real-deal blues music venue offers "live" Mississippi blues music every Wednesday to Saturday... plus special events during festival time periods. Co-owned by actor Morgan Freeman, Bill Luckett, Howard Stovall and Eric Meier, Ground Zero Blues Club will celebrate its 5th anniversary in May 2006. Besides the plethora of incredible local blues acts who have performed there, musicians from Mavis Staples and Alvin Youngblood Hart to Jerry Lee Lewis and Bobby Rush have been filmed playing there.
http://www.groundzerobluesclub.com
×(Cover may apply.)
Tennessee Williams Rectory Museum
Open 1pm - 4 pm Admission is a donation of any amount Address: 106 Sharkey Ave, near First Street Website: www.tennesseewilliamsrectorymuseum.com
×Where: Tennessee Williams Rectory Museum
Dedicated to the seminal Mississippi Delta history of one of America's greatest playwrights.
https://tennesseewilliamsrectorymuseum.com
×Where: Bluesberry Cafe
Blues Berry Cafe 1st place winners 2007 Jubliee BBQ Cook Off
Past Performers: Malted Milk Band, Lala , Incode, Super Chikan and The Fighting Cocks, Heavy Suga, Razor Blade, Shake it Like A Caveman, The Blind Ducks, Jeff Lewis, and many more.
Good Food, Good Music, Good Drinks, = Good Times
https://www.facebook.com/Bluesberry-CAFE-245591678792724/
×The Cutrer Mansion, located at 109 Clark Street in Clarksdale's historic district, will be open for tours on Friday, April 16 and Saturday, April 17. We are offering guided tours at 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM each day. This Italian style villa was completed in 1916. Named Belvoir by the Cutrer family, this home and the family who lived there inspired character names and settings in several works by celebrated playwright Tennessee Williams. For more information, call the Cutrer office at 662-621-9344 or contact Jen Waller at 662-645-3555 or jenwaller05@gmail.com.
×Where: Cutrer Mansion
The mansion was built in 1916 by Memphis architect Bayard Cairnes for Clarksdale attorney J.W. Cutrer and his wife Blanche Clark Cutrer, daughter of Clarksdale’s founder, John Clark. The dapper Jack Cutrer was very flamboyant and equally famous for his legendary parties and fiery politics. Not to be outdone, Blanche often threw extravagant yard parties and opulent masked balls, usually to the accompaniment of a full orchestra or swing band. Such events often attracted a young Tom Williams, who later became the celebrated playwright Tennessee Williams, to the Cutrer home as a child. Williams most likely came to the Cutrer Mansion on parish calls with his beloved grandfather, Rev. Walter Dakin. The Cutrers and their home, which they called Belvoir, inspired character names and settings in several of Tennessee Williams’ plays including A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie, Orpheus Descending and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
The Cutrer Mansion, located at 109 Clark Street in Clarksdale's historic district, will be open for tours on Friday, April 16 and Saturday, April 17. We are offering guided tours at 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM each day. This Italian style villa was completed in 1916. Named Belvoir by the Cutrer family, this home and the family who lived there inspired character names and settings in several works by celebrated playwright Tennessee Williams. For more information, call the Cutrer office at 662-621-9344 or contact Jen Waller at 662-645-3555 or jenwaller05@gmail.com.
×Where: Cutrer Mansion
The mansion was built in 1916 by Memphis architect Bayard Cairnes for Clarksdale attorney J.W. Cutrer and his wife Blanche Clark Cutrer, daughter of Clarksdale’s founder, John Clark. The dapper Jack Cutrer was very flamboyant and equally famous for his legendary parties and fiery politics. Not to be outdone, Blanche often threw extravagant yard parties and opulent masked balls, usually to the accompaniment of a full orchestra or swing band. Such events often attracted a young Tom Williams, who later became the celebrated playwright Tennessee Williams, to the Cutrer home as a child. Williams most likely came to the Cutrer Mansion on parish calls with his beloved grandfather, Rev. Walter Dakin. The Cutrers and their home, which they called Belvoir, inspired character names and settings in several of Tennessee Williams’ plays including A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie, Orpheus Descending and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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13 Third Street. Harmonica students playing.
Steak, Catfish, Burgers Pizza, Pasta
Colorado-born, American highway-raised, bluesman.
Hobson back yard stage
