Located at: JOHN LEE HOOKER LANE
Our greatest attraction will be with us for 2 days in 2025, 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
5:15 pm
JJF EVENTS
Enjoy socially-distanced blues on Cat Head's front porch, and shop the Juke Joint Festival store across the street.
×Enjoy socially-distanced blues on Cat Head's front porch, and shop the Juke Joint Festival store across the street.
×BLUES MUSICIAN PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderated by Dr. Clay Motley (Florida Gulf Coast University). Blues musician lineup: Watermelon Slim, Lucious Spiller, Lala Craig and Anthony "Big A" Sherrod.
×Where: Meraki Coffee Roasters
Thursday Open Mic is open to all ages, levels of talent and skill. We want everyone to come and share a piece of themselves and their love for blues. Til 5pm
Sunday breakfast with Jax Nasser 10 am to 12pm
Meraki Roasting Company - Freshly Roasted Artisan Coffee roasted in house supporting our youth entrepreneurship program. Come visit our roastery to try our current coffee profiles. Pastries made by local vendors. www.merakiroasting.com www.griotarts.com
www.merakiroasting.com www.griotarts.com
282 Sunflower Ave
Meraki Hours:
Monday-Sunday (every day!) 7am to 2 pm
http://www.griotarts.com/meraki
×PUBLIC INTERVIEW WITH SUPER CHIKAN
Friday, April 22 at 2pm - Meraki Coffee Roasters - James "Super Chikan" Johnson interview (blues music/folk art) with Clay Motley.
×Where: Meraki Coffee Roasters
Thursday Open Mic is open to all ages, levels of talent and skill. We want everyone to come and share a piece of themselves and their love for blues. Til 5pm
Sunday breakfast with Jax Nasser 10 am to 12pm
Meraki Roasting Company - Freshly Roasted Artisan Coffee roasted in house supporting our youth entrepreneurship program. Come visit our roastery to try our current coffee profiles. Pastries made by local vendors. www.merakiroasting.com www.griotarts.com
www.merakiroasting.com www.griotarts.com
282 Sunflower Ave
Meraki Hours:
Monday-Sunday (every day!) 7am to 2 pm
http://www.griotarts.com/meraki
×Enjoy socially-distanced blues on Cat Head's front porch, and shop the Juke Joint Festival store across the street.
×KIDS' INSTRUMENT BUILDING WORKSHOP
Instrument building workshop for kids with Keith "Blues Wizard" Keifer. Approximately two hours long. Use paper plates, shipping tubes and other craft items to build simple rhythm instruments. Free to all. Family friendly, all ages.
×Where: Meraki/Griot -
Enjoy socially-distanced blues on Cat Head's front porch, and shop the Juke Joint Festival store across the street.
×Special FREE Juke Joint Festival music event!
Special FREE JJF event starring Greenville, Mississippi's Eden Brent at the historic New Roxy!
×Where: New Roxy (main stage)
The New Roxy is a former movie theater located in the historic New World District of downtown Clarksdale. After deteriorating over a 30-year vacancy, this iconic building is being resurrected as a vibrant music, art, and theater venue for you to discover and enjoy.
Step inside to experience the regrowth—original sloping concrete floor, masonry stage, distressed brick walls, space for dancing, drinking, dining—all beneath a gorgeous view of the night sky through the open rooftop.
We are open throughout the year for events such as festivals, theater performances, film screenings and private parties. Two separate areas await your arrival. The front bar features a small, intimate stage (now fully covered and weather-proof) while the open-air main stage provides ample room for larger productions.
Who: Seth Hill Band
(Cover may apply.)
(Cover may apply.)
Juke Joint Festival® name and logo are registered trademarks of Clarksdale Downtown Development Association. All rights reserved.
FREE sidewalk performances! Please tip your musicians, y'all
