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Geoff Calkins said, “The organizers of the Ed Murphey Classic got a burst of inspiration this year. How about bringing the pole vaulting competition to the people? It made for a wildly entertaining night on Beale Street.”
The organizers of the Ed Murphey Classic got a burst of inspiration this year. How about bringing the pole vaulting competition to the people? It made for a wildly entertaining Saturday night on Beale Street.
Competition takes place at the University of Memphis’ South Campus — and on Beale Street. Beale Street will host the pole vault competition on July 30.
This week, Theatre Memphis closes out its season with “Ragtime,” High Cotton Brewing hosts a beer mile and a Memphis native author celebrates her book release with a skate party.
Documents filed with the city propose a Hard Rock Hotel at the current Jerry Lee Lewis Cafe & Honkey Tonk on Beale Street.
A $5 entry fee, plus weapon and ID checks, were required to enter Beale Street between 8 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m., helping officials track the number of visitors.
The Grizzlies may have lost Game 1 of the playoff, but Downtown Memphis bars and restaurants were big winners.
Memphis police Tuesday released video footage of the three suspects from the shootout that occurred on Beale Street April 10.
Throughout the city, gun-related arrests, gun thefts, and gun seizures have increased for the year.
Downtown Memphis Commission President Paul Young talks on Behind The Headlines about saving tax incentives for Class A office space, why incentives for residential development are still necessary despite a rise in rents and an RFP on Beale Street.
“We’re thinking of this as the kickoff to spring and hopefully, all things normal,” Silky O’Sullivan’s owner Joellyn Sullivan said. “This is the beginning of our path out of the pandemic.”
The fanfare is back for the 47th Annual Silky Sullivan St. Patrick’s Parade on Saturday, March 12.
At a meeting Wednesday, Jan. 5, local artists’ colorful image for the Hyatt Centric — on a concrete wall facing the intersection of Beale and Wagner streets — will be considered.
At least a couple of venues are reacting to the COVID surge by canceling their New Year’s Eve events, but so far the Beale Street festivities are still on.
If you decide to leave your couch this New Year’s Eve, here are a few options to welcome the year 2022.
Tommy Peters was a money man, not a restaurateur, but he loved music and when he met B.B. King, his path changed.
Ghost River Beale Street opened earlier this month on the east end of the street, bringing food, live music, its local beers, a nano brewery and a full bar to the new taproom.
Second-generation Memphis musician Rodd Bland, the son of late soul/blues great Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, pays tribute to his father’s sound, on a new tribute album and a Beale Street concert.
Chef Sobie Johnson of Flying Sobie’s Gourmet Kitchen will provide the food at the second Ghost River location.
Local tourism businesses have come up with some creative services to keep their operations going during a time when the COVID-19 pandemic severely restricted leisure travel.
There’s a new spot for classic Southern comfort food on Beale.
Plans for a new hotel at the east end of the Beale Street entertainment district show a mostly glass-and-brick building that will house 145 guestrooms. At six stories, the building would tower over the nightclubs and restaurants.
Hyatt Centric’s hotel guests and patrons of its rooftop bar and riverfront restaurant will have river views despite plans to erect a taller Grand Hyatt next door.
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.
Three more businesses have been cited for a variety of COVID-safety violations.