There are 128 article(s) tagged Memphis In May:
Memphis in May International Festival World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is winding down, and festival organizers have announced which teams have qualified for the top three positions in each category.
Despite a wreck on the way from Texas that totaled his rig, Aaron Vogel and his team Cackle & Oink were back at Memphis in May when the barbecue community rallied.
Two of the oldest teams at Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest both say they've been around since Year 1.
More recipes for Memphis in May's 'Celebrate Memphis' picnic; get yours in right away for a chance to win a seat at the table with us.
Memphis River Parks Partnership plans to begin making changes to Tom Lee Park in the fall. The fall construction appears to steer clear of most, if not all, of the park used by the Memphis In May International Festival.
2019 might be the Chinese year of the pig, but in Memphis, every year we honor the hoofed animal when May rolls around.
Jennifer Biggs talks competing and (hog) breeding with world champion pitmaster and winningest woman in barbecue, Melissa Cookston.
Jennifer Biggs and Memphis in May volunteer John Lawrence talk about barbecue and how volunteers keep the month-long festival working.
Let’s not lose valuable green space to concrete structures before determining this is what citizens want, as well as the impact on tourism, traffic flow and celebrations.
Beale Street Music Fest took over the Downtown riverfront with performances by BlocBoy JB, Shinedown, Brandon Santini, Chvrches and Dirty Heads.
Memphis in May's new partnership with a social media giant includes live streaming from the Beale Street Music Festival and will carry over to the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
More than 40 years ago, as the Memphis in May International Festival was getting off the ground, the organization's first president was told that he could “tank MIM” and “nobody would care.”
The world's largest picnic table will be in Tom Lee Park for Memphis in May, you're invited, and we want your favorite picnic recipes.
We’ve got to decide if we want Tom Lee Park to be merely a space for hosting events, or a distinctive place that inspires and unites us. The clock is ticking.
Gov. Bill Lee is putting $10 million of his $66.8 million supplemental budget into a Memphis riverfront development grant, though the scope of the funding is unclear. Mayor Jim Strickland said the money is specifically for Tom Lee Park.
Houston High School student Eagan Smith's poster, "Jazzy Jim," was unveiled Thursday night as the winner of Memphis in May's 2019 Children's Poster competition.
Retired Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Janice Holder has been appointed to mediate talks between Memphis in May International Festival and the Memphis River Parks Partnership over plans to redesign Tom Lee Park.
For the first time Memphis in May International Festival held an open call for the 42-year-old organization’s annual fine arts poster.
The beauty of Tom Lee Park is the unobstructed expansiveness of it all. It could certainly use some improvements, but keep it simple. Let this park be a park.
The bicentennial observance includes the world's longest picnic table, fireworks, skydivers, an airshow and a parachute team.
Memphis in May staff, Memphis River Parks Partnership and architects emerge from a meeting Tuesday with confidence a solution to differences on a redesigned Tom Lee Park can be achieved.
Memphis in May International Festival's chief executive will seek alterations to a plan to redevelop Tom Lee Park, sharing his concerns about how its largest events will fit into smaller space in the new park.
The Memphis River Parks Partnership plan for a redevelopment of Tom Lee Park got a close look and lots of questions as well as a few suggestions from city council members this week.
City Hall says a redeveloped Tom Lee Park can be done in coexistence with the Memphis In May International Festival and that the festival will likely have to move out of the park temporarily in 2020.
Plans to redesign Tom Lee Park will bridge the disconnect between Downtown Memphis and the Mississippi Riverfront using nature-inspired elements and permanent infrastructure.