There are 3 article(s) tagged Beale Street Entertainment District:

• February 2024

  • Withers Gallery joins Civil Rights Trail, Beale Street’s future explored

    The archive of 60 years of Ernest Withers’ photographs joins the national set of historic places as the Beale Street entertainment district marks 10 years of operation and management by the Downtown Memphis Commission.

    By Bill Dries February 06, 2024

• August 2023

  • Council pushes for permanent sheriff’s presence on Beale

    The resolution by council chairman Martavius Jones and council vice chairman JB Smiley Jr. asking the Memphis Police Department to ask Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner for the permanent cooperation was approved by the council on a 10-0 vote.

    By Bill Dries August 23, 2023

• February 2023

  • Part of Barbecue Fest moves to Beale Street

    The move of part of the barbecue contest to Beale Street follows an earlier relocation of the Blues Tent from the Beale Street Music Festival to the entertainment district.

    By Bill Dries February 24, 2023