There are 4 article(s) tagged Beale Street Entertainment District:

• May 2024

  • Street cred: Behind-the-scenes man has run Beale for decades

    In 1983, when Beale Street reopened as the city-owned entertainment district, Al James, now 71, became its official manager, running the hardscape of one of the country’s most famous streets like it was his own front yard.

    By Jane Roberts May 24, 2024

• 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