beale street music festival

You did not add don't get shot on beale street.. Crazy people around Memphis

hasn't been officially released, but this is supposedly it, which by BSMF standards is very very good

Phoenix
The Black Keys
The Black Crowes
Bassnectar
ZZ Top
Alice n Chains
Mavis Staples
The Smashing Pumpkins
Jerry Lee Lewis
Public Enemy
Sheryl Crow
The Flaming Lips
Hall & Oates
The Wallflowers
Three Days Grace
Cracker
Deftones
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Papa Roach
Gov’t Mule
The Joy Formidable
Gary Clark Jr.
Charles Bradley
Lucero
Patti Smith
Dwight Yoakam
Deer Tick
Vintage Trouble
Yngwie Malmsteen

Im no OT baller. I can't afford to stay at the peabody, but i will certainly have a drink in the bar and see the ducks saunter by on afternoon.

if they lineup is good, im seriously thinking about going this year. a 3 day pass is as much as a single day pass at jazzfest.

try earnestine & hazel's on south main. The upstairs
was once a brothel, you can have a tour if you ask the bartender.

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Guessing there's a high % of rain days during it historically. Prepare for that accordingly

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alright, so everything downtown thats worth a damn is booked (or its outrageouly expensive) so we will probably just pay for parking and stay at a b&b away from the hub. We are looking to go a day early or stay a few days after to enjoy the landscape.

For those of you who like outdoor activities, whats your recommendation in the memphis area?

Peabody overrated, all the chains are there. You can get a room in advance and walk everywhere,no need to drive or get a cab. Can walk. Beale street is better than Bourbon street. I've been many times to both. Beale is cleaner,no frontal male nudity, no gays, no crime IF you stay on the main streets. The food is great everywhere,3 or 4 great Memphis BBQ places. Music is not Jazz, it is 60's covers of Soul, R.& B.,STAX, B.B. King, and Dance music. All inabout 3 blocks,good little park on the East side of Beale. The music festival is on the river at the end of Beale street on the West side. Will be packed with 4 big stages,hard core blues in the middle. There's more to eat than BBQ,too. You'll see. Take money it's not cheap. Lot of live music on the street in the clubs,you can see and hear them a little before going in,if you want. I started going when I left Baton Rouge for Tupelo,Ms. about 90 minutes away. Started taking my son and his friends when he got old enough. Was great.

I went last year. We booked our hotel late so it was kinda take what was available. I think we might have stayed at a Days Inn or something; it was horrid. There was ample parking around Beale St. whether it was in lots or garages, and IIRC we paid less than $20 each day. Um...we went to this SUPER sketchy dive bar one night, I believe it was called The Lamplighter. It was a real craphole -- we loved it. It nearly rained on us Friday night but it held off until the end and we made it out dry.

If you plan on buying booze in Memphis, don't. Bring your own, it'll be a lot cheaper and the liquor stores were already semi-picked over by about noon on Friday and it only got worse as the weekend progressed. Of course last year's festival coincided with Cinco de Mayo which could have contributed. Sorry this is so scattered, it's bedtime.

ETA: to the poster who said no gays, yeah, that's crap
As a straight male I was in the severe minority, though I was not the only one around who preferred women