There are 33 article(s) tagged Beale Street:

• 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Rapper BlocBoy JB posts bail following arrest, to appear at Music Fest

    Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB  was charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun and possession of marijuana Friday, the day he is set to perform at Beale Street Music Festival.

    By Yolanda Jones, Jared Boyd May 03, 2019

  • ‘Social media giant’ will be a Memphis in May sponsor

    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.

    By Jared Boyd May 03, 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

  • St. Patrick's Day Parade rolls through Beale Street

    Revelry rolled through Downtown Memphis as the Beale Street Merchants Association hosted their 46th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday afternoon.

    By Jared Boyd March 17, 2019

  • Memphis @ 200

    A yearlong series of stories will chronicle the past, present and future of Memphis as part of the city's bicentennial celebration in 2019.

    By Ron Maxey March 04, 2019

• February 2019

  • Tom Lee Park plans get close look from council

    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.

    By Bill Dries February 21, 2019

  • Cardi B, Dave Matthews Band, The Killers, Khalid playing Beale Street Music Festival

    The lineup is out for the 2019 Beale Street Music Festival, to be held May 3-5 in Tom Lee Park. 

    By Elle Perry February 13, 2019

• January 2019

  • Tom Lee Park engagement center to give Memphians first look at future park

    Memphians will have the opportunity to get a first look and explore the future of Tom Lee Park at a new engagement center inside Beale Street Landing starting Saturday, Feb. 2.

    By Natalie Martin January 30, 2019

  • On the scene at the International Blues Challenge

    Bands and solo/duo acts from Memphis and Mississippi to the Mediterranean and all points in-between competed Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the annual International Blues Challenge on Beale. Competition continues through Saturday.

    By Chris Herrington January 25, 2019

• December 2018

  • Shelby County putting final touches on legislative agenda

    Allowing sports betting on Beale Street and better implementation of the state’s standardized TNReady test are two of the Shelby County Commission's latest requests to the Tennessee General Assembly.

    By Omer Yusuf December 24, 2018

  • 'Roma,' 'The Favourite' named 2018's best films by Southeastern Film Critics

    Fifty-six voters from nine Southern states named “Roma,” director Alfonso Cuaron’s autobiographically influenced return to his native Mexico, the best film of 2018 in annual voting of the Southeastern Film Critics Association.

    By Chris Herrington December 18, 2018

  • GALLERY: Memphis holiday parade rings in season

    The 2018 Memphis Holiday Parade on Beale Street in Downtown Memphis may have been delayed due to the late-running St. Jude Memphis Marathon on Saturday, Dec. 1, but it didn't deter thousands of Memphians from lining up to watch dancers, bands, floats, motorcycles and Santa usher in the holiday season.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 02, 2018

• November 2018

  • Opinions still buzzing over neon Beale Street archways

    The Beale Street archway signs are loved by some and hated by some, but with nearly 1 million impressions in six months, there’s no debate. They work. For the past six months, Chris Porter, the local graphic designer who created the winning submission, has been keeping track of how many times the archways appeared in an online video or were posted to social media.

    By Michelle Corbet November 22, 2018

  • Pat Mitchell-Worley talks new role as executive director of Stax Music Academy

    After serving as interim director since July, Pat Mitchell-Worley is now executive director of Stax Music Academy. Last year, Mitchell-Worley helped SMA start Stax 101, a new program offering group lessons for beginners.

    By Elle Perry November 20, 2018

  • Beale Street Music Festival passes are now on sale

    Three-day passes for the 2019 Beale Street Music Festival are now on sale. 

    By Elle Perry November 19, 2018

• September 2018

  • City ready to re-institute Beale Street Bucks cover charge for security

    The first weekend the Downtown Memphis Commission and Memphis Police Department considered reinstituting a cover charge on Beale Street did not occur.

    By Bill Dries September 24, 2018

  • The Memphis 10 (Summer Edition): Aretha’s house, the ACLU trial, Craig Brewer’s movie, and more

    Welcome to The Memphis 10, which, starting this Thursday, will be a (mostly) weekly collection of observations – commentary, criticism, news, links, songs, etc. – on the week in Memphis.

    By Chris Herrington September 16, 2018