There are 108 article(s) tagged Beale Street:

• November 2019

  • Calkins: An unforgettable ‘GameDay’ in Memphis

    "GameDay" came to Beale Street Saturday. It was a once-in-a-lifetime show.

    By Geoff Calkins November 03, 2019

  • Memphis fans grateful for ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’

    ESPN's "College GameDay" made its way to Memphis for the first time before the University of Memphis showdown with SMU Saturday night and Tigers fans show their gratitude during an all-day party on Beale Street.

    By Jonah Jordan November 02, 2019

  • College GameDay set takes form on Beale Street

    The College GameDay setup crew is a well-oiled machine and the crew has landed on Beale Street in advance of Saturday’s national broadcast. 

    By Drew Hill November 01, 2019

• October 2019

  • From a ‘king’ to singers or athletes, who should serve as GameDay guest picker?

    The guess picker for Saturday's broadcast of ESPN College Game has drawn a lot of speculation. So, we decided to let The Daily Memphian staff weigh in on the matter.

    By Clay Bailey October 31, 2019

  • GameDay layout expected to highlight Beale Street business fronts, Handy Park

    The location of things associated with ESPN's College GameDay are starting to emerge with work downtown starting to move quickly after the Elton John concert Wednesday night.

    By Jonah Jordan October 30, 2019

  • Rece Davis: ESPN hopes GameDay on Beale Street is ‘giant extravaganza’

    ESPN College GameDay host Rece Davis and company are excited to get to Memphis this week. 

    By Drew Hill October 29, 2019

  • Calkins: Beale Street is the right spot for GameDay

    ESPN had their options on where to film GameDay. Tiger Lane. In the end, there was only one perfect place perfectly unique to this unique college city: the intersection of B.B. King and Beale Street.

    By Geoff Calkins October 28, 2019

• September 2019

  • Beale Street marker notes site of old Chop Suey Cafe

    The marker is the second in the area to note the contributions of the Chinese in Memphis. It also marks another addition to a block of Beale that is becoming known for its presentation of the district's history.

    By Bill Dries September 16, 2019

• August 2019

  • W.C. Handy House museum reopens after 6-month standoff

    The shotgun house at Beale and Fourth has a new commitment by the city to promote W.C. Handy's music more than a century after he puts the blues on sheet music and spread the music form around the world. 

    By Bill Dries August 15, 2019

  • Handy House to reopen with parade

    The W.C. Handy House and Museum in the Beale Street entertainment district will reopen Saturday with a parade and live music.

    By Bill Dries August 05, 2019

• July 2019

  • Adelman says he is out of New Daisy partnership after four years

    The veteran nightclub operator who came to Memphis four years ago in a partnership to run the New Daisy theater on Beale Street says he is out of the partnership but hopes the venue can reopen soon.

    By Bill Dries July 27, 2019

• June 2019

  • New Daisy co-owner arrested for bounced check to concert promoters

    Steven Adelman is accused of bouncing a $19,000 check for a show at the New Daisy Theatre, which has been closed since January.

    By Bill Dries June 25, 2019

  • Church’s striking and obscure story marked on Beale Street

    The South's first black millionaire was remembered Tuesday, on what would have been his 180th birthday, with a Beale Street parade where the heart of his business empire once stood.

    By Bill Dries June 19, 2019

  • Work resumes for SugaShack music club on Beale

    New music club will serve soul music and Southern food in a simple, brick building on Beale, just east of the entertainment district.

    By Tom Bailey June 19, 2019

  • Hip-hop community responds to loss of local landmark

    Members of Memphis' hip-hop community weigh in on the loss of one of the genre's local landmarks, controversial nightclub 380 Beale.

    By Jared Boyd June 08, 2019

  • Budget votes breeze through City Council, Beale Street cover charge extended

    The City Council stuck with a compromise 4% pay raise for police and firefighters and kept the city property tax rate at $3.19, but also extended a controversial cover charge for Beale Street on summer weekends. 

    By Bill Dries June 05, 2019

  • City Council could finalize 2019-2020 budget Tuesday

    Two council members expressed concerns last week about the Strickland administration's "brilliant at the basics" philosophy, but that probably won't affect votes on a 4% raise for police and firefighters. 

    By Bill Dries June 04, 2019

• May 2019

  • A Memphis Music Road Map: The Early Years

    This year is Memphis' bicentennial, but while there's been Memphis music as long as there's been a Memphis, you can't listen back 200 years. As a result, our three-part Memphis Music Road Map is a de facto centennial (and a little more) of sound. We tell a story of Memphis music's evolution one song at a time, from early blues and the Beale Street sound to the golden age of Sun and Stax and on to the contemporary styles of rock and rap. This first part follows the trail from W.C. Handy to the dawn of World War II. 

    By Chris Herrington May 15, 2019

  • Downtown board cuts Beale Street hotel developer’s requested PILOT extension

    A Downtown Memphis Commission board was not willing to let the developer of a Beale Street boutique hotel delay paying an increased payment-in-lieu-of-taxes to see if he could negotiate with the partners behind Union Row. 

    By Michelle Corbet May 14, 2019

  • Approval for The Clipper will expand Downtown’s core of skyscrapers

    The planning board grants an exception to allow The Clipper hotel and office towers to be up to 275 feet tall, three times the existing limit near FedExForum and Beale Street.

    By Tom Bailey May 09, 2019

  • Beale Street $5 cover to return for rest of May

    A city council decision to return to a Beale Street cover charge for the remainder of May reignited a long-running debate. It follows two crowd "surges" and a shooting after two sold-out nights at the nearby Beale Street Music Festival last weekend.

    By Bill Dries May 08, 2019

• April 2019

  • Downtown officials confirm Insomnia Cookies is coming to Beale

    Downtown officials have confirmed that Insomnia Cookies will become part of the mix in the Beale Street entertainment district.

    By Tom Bailey April 18, 2019

  • Closed Handy House at center of Beale contract talks

    The Downtown Memphis Commission is negotiating with the tour company it forced out of the W.C. Handy House in February, while the musician's family continues to push for changes after years of complaints the property is being ignored.

    By Bill Dries April 04, 2019

• March 2019

  • Beale Street Brass Note will honor Memphis-born Aretha Franklin

    Aretha Franklin's Beale Street Brass Note was unveiled Sunday, one day before what would have been her 77th birthday. Her legacy was celebrated with a processional and tribute from local musicians.

    By Abigail Warren March 24, 2019

  • Handy Park renovation on Beale may start with Insomnia Cookies

    The first construction for Beale Street's Handy Park renovation will create space to house an Insomnia Cookies shop.

    By Tom Bailey March 23, 2019