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Hear music on porches, the Peabody rooftop and at the new Grind City Amp

adrake@dailymemphian.com (Alys Drake) — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:00:21 -0500

In this week’s To-Do List, an animal-free circus comes to the Buckman, crawfish are on Riverside Drive and you can watch every episode of the first season of “Twin Peaks” on a big screen.

Arts Beat: Why the national choreography center is stopping in Memphis

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:43:01 -0500

The National Center for Choreography–Akron is “Making Moves” across the United States, but the ties that bring it to Memphis go beyond tour dates.

Concerts in the Grove return to Germantown with new spring lineup

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:36:01 -0500

Singer-songwriter and bassist Mark Edgar Stuart opens the spring series on May 7.

Arts Beat: Nashville-based artist plays tribute to his Memphis hometown

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:57:13 -0500

Elvis, Jerry Lawler and the Beale Street Flippers: Find the nooks and crannies of Memphis culture in this “Where’s Waldo”-inspired piece.

Dress like Selena, party with Trekkies and get a tattoo at Graceland

adrake@dailymemphian.com (Alys Drake) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:40:42 -0500

In this week’s To-Do List, the Stax Music Academy takes over Handy Park, Ballet Memphis performs a Shakespeare classic and Novel’s new club lets you walk and read at the same time.

Bodywerk, Brezay, Sunset Symphony to play Overton Park Shell

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Wed, 8 Apr 2026 17:14:27 -0500

The lineup includes Scottish and Australian artists, as well as artists from Brooklyn, Hawaii and New Orleans.

Grind City Amp's grand opening kicks off with a free concert

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Tue, 7 Apr 2026 10:09:50 -0500

Grind City Amp’s official grand opening on Saturday, April 25, will feature a free concert of Memphis-area musicians, but you can catch another concert a few days earlier.

Arts Beat: More on baseball movies

adrake@dailymemphian.com (Alys Drake) — Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:40:44 -0500

More Daily Memphian staffers share their favorite baseball movies.

Some of these can be considered to be more baseball movies than others, but hear us out.

Easter egg hunts, a pierogi class and thrift shopping to benefit WKNO

bphillips@dailymemphian.com (Bianca Phillips) — Thu, 2 Apr 2026 18:51:41 -0500

In this week’s To-Do List, the ’80s are back at Bar Keough, the women of Memphis jazz are at Crosstown Arts and Blue Suede Vintage has retro finds for all sizes.

Fuchsia, Los Angeles landscapes, light inspire April art shows

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Thu, 2 Apr 2026 18:51:17 -0500

Bright fuchsia, light and space, “Alice in Wonderland,” full-circle moments, retrospectives, nature, and mysteries decorate Memphis art galleries in April.

5 must-see concerts (and a festival) for April

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Thu, 2 Apr 2026 18:50:06 -0500

April is full of opportunities to see multiple Memphis musicians on the bills of local venues. The month also includes the debut of a local venue and the return of a local festival.

Ballet Memphis' 2026-27 season includes 'Peter Pan'

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Thu, 2 Apr 2026 10:18:59 -0500

“What makes our production a little bit different than a lot of productions is it’s a fully automated flying rig,” said artistic director Steven McMahon. “And we can fly five dancers at one time.”

'Good Things' coming to the Buckman, starting with the BoDeans

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:01:35 -0500

Peking Acrobats, Urban Bush Women, an “America’s Got Talent” semifinalist puppet show and Caroline Rhea: What’s on the Buckman stage this season?

Arts Beat: Brooks Museum highlights an MCA alumnus outside of its walls, too

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:46:13 -0500

Samilia Pelshak, a Memphis-based fashion designer, is the artist behind the outdoor installation “Wax Print Wonderland.”

Trolley Night is back, and a garden party at the Dixon is gonna be golden

bphillips@dailymemphian.com (Bianca Phillips) — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:54:27 -0500

In this week’s To-Do List, a Ghanaian artist makes life-sized movie poster art, an author chases ghosts at Elmwood and Soul & Spirits has a street-food fest.

'Hillbilly Bible' movie to film in Memphis later this year

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:10:29 -0500

“Hillbilly Bible” is a faith-based comedy drama that will now be filmed in honor of late actor John Amos.

GPAC’s latest season includes Mavis Staples, Second City, Samara Joy

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:18:09 -0500

The season includes actor/singer Darren Criss, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, and fiddle duo Carter and Cleveland.

Arts Beat: Downtown is coming alive with the sound of street performers

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:21:36 -0500

Walking in Memphis is about to get a lot more entertaining as the DMC will hire buskers to perform along a Downtown street.

Welcome spring with beer, kites, fairies and all the colors of the rainbow

bphillips@dailymemphian.com (Bianca Phillips) — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:45:42 -0500

In this week’s To-Do List, there’s a comedy show at DKDC, a final goodbye from Journey at FedExForum and a mash-up of goth culture and cumbia music at Growlers.

Arts Beat: Drawing strangers with crayons in a bar

eperry@dailymemphian.com (Elle Perry) — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:36:36 -0500

In a Cooper-Young bar, a musician and painter led a room full of people through speed portraits.