There are 81 article(s) tagged Memphis in May International Festival:

• February 2022

  • Foo Fighters, Van Morrison to headline 2022 Beale Street Music Fest

    Beale Street Music Festival organizers are bringing back 10 of its most popular headliners for the 2022 event. 

    By Jasmine McCraven February 16, 2022

• September 2021

  • 2022 Memphis in May moving to Liberty Park

    Barbecue fest was actually held at Liberty Park in 2011 after flooding on the Mississippi River necessitated it be moved. 

    By Jasmine McCraven September 28, 2021

• February 2021

  • MIM salute to Ghana delayed until 2022

    Memphis in May has moved its planned 2021 salute to Ghana to 2022 because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 05, 2021

• December 2020

  • Beale Street Music Festival out for 2021; other events on with restrictions

    Beale Street Music Festival is out again for 2021 because of COVID-19, but the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest will return to the river. 

    By Jennifer Biggs December 18, 2020

  • Tom Lee Park project begins virtually

    City of Memphis and Memphis River Parks Partnership officials hold virtual groundbreaking on Cutbank Bluff, the first phase of a $60 million overhaul of Tom Lee Park.

    By Wayne Risher December 09, 2020

• October 2020

  • Memphis in May posts record red ink

    The Memphis in May International Festival recorded a loss of nearly $1.8 million in fiscal 2020, the largest loss in its 44-year history.

    By Wayne Risher October 15, 2020

  • New Tom Lee Park rental potential sized up

    A study done for the Memphis River Parks Partnership by Leo Events estimates new venues in Tom Lee Park could generate as much as $1.243 million in the first year.

    By Wayne Risher October 14, 2020

  • Tom Lee Park plan nixes beach, adds outdoor ‘lounges’

    The Memphis River Parks Partnership presents a schematic design for Tom Lee Park on Riverside Drive in Downtown Memphis. 

    Related: Q&A on the latest Tom Lee Park changes.

    By Wayne Risher October 09, 2020

• July 2020

  • Exclusive: How much will it cost to maintain new Tom Lee Park?

    There's no doubt costs of maintaining and operating Tom Lee Park will increase after a planned $60 million overhaul of the riverfront park. How much is an open question.

    By Wayne Risher July 06, 2020

• June 2020

  • Memphis in May cancels fall events

    Memphis in May has canceled the 2020 Beale Street Music Festival and World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

    By Jennifer Biggs June 18, 2020

• May 2020

  • New Tom Lee Park plans include large open spaces, fountain, treetop walkway

    Memphis River Parks Partnership and its design team, led by Studio Gang and Scape, announced a new, improved concept for a $60 million overhaul of Tom Lee Park. 

    By Wayne Risher May 21, 2020

  • Memphis in May to remain at Tom Lee Park in 2021

    Memphis in May will remain at Tom Lee Park in 2021, MIM organizers announced Tuesday, May 19.

    By Wayne Risher May 20, 2020

• March 2020

  • Department cites ‘personal travel’ for MPD director’s self-isolation

    Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings has been out of the office on "personal time" off and no one will confirm if he went on trip to Ghana with the Memphis in May delegation. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 28, 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 11: Rhodes, UT suspend in-person classes

    • TSSAA addresses COVID-19 concerns
    • Impact of flight reductions on Memphis unclear
    • Dow enters bear market on Wednesday

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 13: Grizzlies to pay game-night employees

    • Germantown cancels programming until end of March
    • Bartlett changes municipal services
    • Municipal school districts to close through March 27
    • First Shelby County coronavirus patient released from hospital
    • Weekend looms large for restaurateurs

     

    Confirmed cases

    Tennessee

    26

    Shelby County

    2

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

  • Memphis In May schedule remains up in the air

    So far, organizers of the month-long festival say they are sticking with the May schedule but more talks are to come with the city.

    By Bill Dries March 17, 2020

  • Strickland: Drive-thru testing soon, Memphis in May could move to summer or fall

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland discusses drive-thru testing, Memphis In May and a legal order that might allow him to close businesses that flout CDC guidelines on COVID-19.

    By Bill Dries March 17, 2020

  • State has only 500 coronavirus tests available

    Tennessee has tested less than 300 people in the past two weeks; 'There aren't enough kits,' local doctor says

    By Bill Dries, Sam Stockard March 16, 2020

  • State basketball tournaments canceled for coronavirus

    State basketball tournaments are latest cancellations with COVID-19. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 13, 2020

• February 2020

  • Tourism growth drives record sales for Memphis hoteliers

    Hoteliers in the Memphis area set new records in 2019 for revenues, rooms sold and the number of rooms available.

    By Wayne Risher February 25, 2020

  • Tom Lee Park design retooled to suit mediation, Corps of Engineers

    Designers are revising a proposed revamp of Tom Lee Park according to specifications of a city-ordered mediation agreement and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    By Wayne Risher February 19, 2020

  • Memphis in May unveils fine arts poster to honor Ghana

    This year's artist is Carl E. Moore, whose work has been included in more than 150 solo and group exhibitions.

    By Jared Boyd February 05, 2020

• December 2019

  • Three 6 Mafia, Lil’ Wayne, The Lumineers to appear at BSMF 2020

    Mavis Staples and Young Dolph, both with Memphis connections, also are on the music festival lineup.

    By Jared Boyd December 19, 2019

  • Tom Lee Park plan designs begin redraft next month

    The Studio Gang design firm talked by video conference Tuesday with the board of the Memphis River Parks Partnership about meeting the specific terms of a mediated agreement announced last week. Among the results is more space for the 2006 Tom Lee Memorial in the park.

    By Bill Dries December 11, 2019

  • Memphians gather to congratulate Cynthia Ham at retirement celebration

    Memphians gathered at BRIDGES to celebrate the career and leadership of Cynthia Ham, a pivotal figure in the development of Memphis in May, Archer Malmo, Mud Island and Beale Street Historic District.

    By Jared Boyd December 06, 2019