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Herrington: Memphis in May ushered in change; now it needs to embrace it
 
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The Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival takes place at Tom Lee Park on May 4, 2013. (Lance Murphey/The Daily Memphian file)
 

The Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival takes place at Tom Lee Park on May 4, 2013. (Lance Murphey/The Daily Memphian file)

As tensions continue between Memphis in May and the Memphis River Parks Partnership, the festival’s stance has communicated to potential ticket-buyers that anything different than the old festival on the old footprint is destined to be a lesser experience. But it doesn’t have to be. 

 
 

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