There are 54 article(s) tagged Beale Street Music Festival:

• March 2022

  • Foo Fighters will no longer headline Beale Street Music Fest

    The band canceled all of its upcoming tour dates following the recent death of drummer Taylor Hawkins.

    By Jasmine McCraven March 29, 2022

• February 2022

  • Megan Thee Stallion to perform at BSMF

    Beale Street Music Festival, set for April 29-May 1, will be held at the Fairgrounds in Liberty Park as construction continues at Tom Lee Park. Memphis in May announced the single day line-up performances Monday.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 28, 2022

• December 2021

  • Social Club: Fans talk Ja Morant’s return; Memphians react to Music Fest lineup

    Grizzlies fans show Ja Morant support and Memphians react to the initial 2022 Beale Street Music Festival lineup.

    By Jasmine McCraven December 24, 2021

  • The Early Word: Omicron is here, Ja is back and Music Fest has bands

    Omicron is here, Ja is back and Music Fest has bands.

    By Chris Herrington December 21, 2021

  • Foo Fighters, Lil Wayne among Beale Street Music Fest headliners

    The Beale Street Music Festival returns in April after a two-year COVID-induced hiatus. 

    By Chris Herrington December 20, 2021

  • Beale Street Music Festival tickets go on sale Friday

    The festival will take place April 29 — May 1 at Liberty Park.

    By Jasmine McCraven December 01, 2021

• September 2021

  • Memphis in May announces 2022 dates

    The 2022 dates for Memphis in May have been announced and the locations for Beale Street Music Fest and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest will be announced in mid-September. 

    By Jennifer Biggs September 03, 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

  • Mempho Music Festival announces new dates, new location

    The festival is now slated for Oct. 1-3, moving west from its initial home at Shelby Farms Park to the Radians Amphitheater at the Memphis Botanic Garden. 

    By Chris Herrington February 04, 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

  • Beale St. Music Festival canceled as City Council mulls ‘safer at home’

    The Memphis In May International Festival is calling off the Beale Street Music Festival in May as the Memphis City Council considers urging a Christmas week “safer at home” order. 

    By Bill Dries December 18, 2020

  • Beale St. Music Festival artist George Hunt is dead at 87

    Since 1992, Hunt was the official artist for the Beale Street Music Festival, creating a new painting for the festival each year for nearly three decades.

    By Omer Yusuf December 06, 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

• May 2020

  • Herrington: Tom Lee Park is on the right path, but questions remain

    The general footprint of the plan to renovate the park – three “stages” with separation and a smaller covered venue – mimics the footprint of Memphis in May's Beale Street Music Fest, but in a way that would make a good park even without it. 

    By Chris Herrington May 22, 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

  • Modified design concept for Tom Lee Park to be revealed

    The new concept for the park's $60 million transformation will be revealed live today at 3:30 p.m. on The Daily Memphian's site. 

    By Wayne Risher May 20, 2020

• April 2020

  • The Lumineers, Liam Gallagher among acts dropping out of BSMF lineup

    Festival organizers say the majority of previously announced acts will remain on-board for the rescheduled Beale Street Music Festival in October. A revised lineup announcement with replacement acts is planned for June.

    By Jared Boyd April 25, 2020

• March 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

  • 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

  • DaBaby, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer join list of BSMF 2020 headliners

    Memphis artists confirmed to appear include Don Bryant & the Bo-Keys, Moneybagg Yo and Al Kapone.

    By Jared Boyd February 12, 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

• August 2019

  • Memphis in May sets sights on Ghana in 2020 after record-breaking 2019

    Memphis in May looked forward, to honoring Ghana in 2020, and back, to record-setting revenues and economic impact last May, during an annual meeting Wednesday.

    By Wayne Risher August 14, 2019

• May 2019

  • Music Fest needs an overhaul

    What happens at Music Fest in Memphis feels like a frantic cash-grab to break even on the massive production costs of creating a miniature city at Tom Lee Park every May. New Orleans’ Jazz Fest and Austin’s South by Southwest do a better job of dispersing throughout the city cores, which boosts businesses while drawing tourists.

    By Taylor Berger May 10, 2019

  • Miley Cyrus thrills during muddy second day of Beale Street Music Fest

    Miley Cyrus joined Marc Cohn for a rendition of "Walking in Memphis" as the rain fell over Tom Lee Park on the second day of Beale Street Music Fest.

    By Jared Boyd May 05, 2019

  • Miley Cyrus added to Saturday’s Beale Street Music Fest lineup

    Beale Street Music Fest took over the Downtown riverfront with performances by BlocBoy JB, Shinedown, Brandon Santini, Chvrches and Dirty Heads.

    By Jared Boyd May 04, 2019