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The portions of the newly built park that were fenced off tightened the space and altered the flow. But the new parts that were accessible made for a more engaging and functional space.
Danny Broadway put his own imprint and texture on the 2023 design while honoring longtime Beale Street Music Festival poster artist George Hunt.
In five days, music fans will return to the river for Beale Street Music Festival at the newly redesigned Tom Lee Park. Here’s what you need to know before you go.
This weekend, thousands will descend upon the newly renovated Tom Lee Park for Memphis in May’s Beale Street Music Festival. We’ve got a stage map, festival food tips, must-see music recommendations and more.
After two canceled pandemic years and a weird year at Liberty Park, Memphis in May International Festival is heading back Downtown to its longtime home at Tom Lee Park. And we’ve got your survival guide with need-to-know info for the month’s festivities.
The Memphis in May International Festival’s 2023 poster artist is Memphian Kong Wee Pang.
It never looks great on paper, but you can always be guaranteed that great stuff will happen. Like a magisterial Jill Scott cracking jokes and dispensing love advice, Sturgill Simpson surprising with a lacerating, hard country-soul set or that time that a nervy Randy Newman surveyed the afternoon crowd and began playing an unedited version of “Rednecks.”
The move of part of the barbecue contest to Beale Street follows an earlier relocation of the Blues Tent from the Beale Street Music Festival to the entertainment district.
The City Council delayed approving a damage deposit fund on the contract between Memphis in May and the Memphis River Parks Partnernship to Feb. 21, so the city administration can verify that part of the agreement. Police reform ordinances clear second reading at City Council Related story:
The unusually long committee discussion comes with six ordinance proposals that would reform police policies and begins with what are expected to be lots of questions for Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis.
The council renews discussions Tuesday on a damage deposit agreement for the Memphis In May International Festival’s use of Tom Lee Park as well as a tourism surcharge for the Downtown Memphis Sheraton Hotel.
The item returns to the Memphis City Council for discussion at its Nov. 15 session.
The council also takes preliminary votes Tuesday, Nov. 1, on a plan and financing arrangements for an ambitious remake of the Klondike community in North Memphis.
Malaysia is the eighth Asian country Memphis in May has selected for the citywide festival salute.
Negotiations between the festival and the partnership hit a rough patch this week over the amount. Mayor tells MIM and Memphis River Parks Partnership to work it outRelated story:
The day after Memphis in May president Jim Holt said the dispute over holding the festival at Tom Lee Park should be settled by Mayor Jim Strickland, Strickland flatly rejected the idea at least for now and in public. Memphis in May ‘down but not out,’ worries about 2023 festival in Tom Lee ParkRelated articles:
Memphis in May is eager to return to Tom Lee Park but cites issues with a lease and damage deposit lead to ‘uncertainty’ at its annual meeting.Related story:
The unaudited Memphis in May annual report shows a loss as sponsorships and contributions dropped along with revenues from the record 2019 month-long event. The cost or expense of putting on the events was also up due to relocation.
Crews working on the $62 million redesign are on seven-day-a-week schedule. The Memphis River Parks Partnership is hosting events next month to field proposals for events in the park as well as food and beverage vendors.
The president and CEO of Memphis River Parks Partnership says on “Behind The Headlines” that Tom Lee Park’s new look will debut next summer, but it will be available before that, for the Memphis In May International Festival.
Check out The Daily Memphian’s images from this past weekend’s Beale Street Music Festival at Liberty Park. Beale St. Music Fest wraps with positive vibe and (mostly) sunny skiesRelated story:
While there’s nothing like starting the week tired from a weekend at the Beale Street Music Festival, the memories are surely worth the lost sleep.
Friday night’s acts include Al Kapone, Van Morrison, Sarah McLachlan and Three 6 Mafia.
This is not the first time Memphis in May has chosen to honor a country with a questionable record on human rights.
George Hunt died in December 2020, but his final commission for the festival was never released due to the pandemic.