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May 2023
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MIM Guide: How to celebrate Malaysia this week
It’s Memphis in May’s “international week,” and we’ve got your essential guide to celebrating this year’s honored country of Malaysia.
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Herrington: Can Music Fest make it at the new Tom Lee Park? The early answer is promising
The portions of the newly built park that were fenced off tightened the space and altered the flow. But the new parts that were accessible made for a more engaging and functional space.
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Beale Street Musical Festival poster artist tips hat to mentor
Danny Broadway put his own imprint and texture on the 2023 design while honoring longtime Beale Street Music Festival poster artist George Hunt.
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Six things to know before you go to Beale Street Music Festival
In five days, music fans will return to the river for Beale Street Music Festival at the newly redesigned Tom Lee Park. Here’s what you need to know before you go.
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MIM Guide: Beale Street Music Fest’s Downtown Return
This weekend, thousands will descend upon the newly renovated Tom Lee Park for Memphis in May’s Beale Street Music Festival. We’ve got a stage map, festival food tips, must-see music recommendations and more.
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Your guide to Memphis in May’s return to the river
After two canceled pandemic years and a weird year at Liberty Park, Memphis in May International Festival is heading back Downtown to its longtime home at Tom Lee Park. And we’ve got your survival guide with need-to-know info for the month’s festivities.
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March 2023
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Memphis in May unveils annual poster and salute to Malaysia events
The Memphis in May International Festival’s 2023 poster artist is Memphian Kong Wee Pang.
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February 2023
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Herrington: The Music Fest lineup is terrible! (Actually, it’s totally fine)
It never looks great on paper, but you can always be guaranteed that great stuff will happen. Like a magisterial Jill Scott cracking jokes and dispensing love advice, Sturgill Simpson surprising with a lacerating, hard country-soul set or that time that a nervy Randy Newman surveyed the afternoon crowd and began playing an unedited version of “Rednecks.”
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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.
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Music Festival plans move forward as last details on damage deposit hammered out
The City Council delayed approving a damage deposit fund on the contract between Memphis in May and the Memphis River Parks Partnernship to Feb. 21, so the city administration can verify that part of the agreement.
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Police reform ordinances clear second reading at City Council
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City Council to focus on Tyre Nichols incident during three-hour discussion
The unusually long committee discussion comes with six ordinance proposals that would reform police policies and begins with what are expected to be lots of questions for Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis.
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December 2022
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Swearengen-Washington joins Memphis City Council
The council renews discussions Tuesday on a damage deposit agreement for the Memphis In May International Festival’s use of Tom Lee Park as well as a tourism surcharge for the Downtown Memphis Sheraton Hotel.
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November 2022
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City Council delays vote on Memphis in May damage deposit funding
The item returns to the Memphis City Council for discussion at its Nov. 15 session.
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October 2022
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Council weighs Tom Lee Park damage dispute, McGowen’s move to MLGW
The council also takes preliminary votes Tuesday, Nov. 1, on a plan and financing arrangements for an ambitious remake of the Klondike community in North Memphis.
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Malaysia named 2023 Memphis in May honored country
Malaysia is the eighth Asian country Memphis in May has selected for the citywide festival salute.
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August 2022
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Here’s how MIM can lower $1.4M damage deposit for Tom Lee Park
Negotiations between the festival and the partnership hit a rough patch this week over the amount.
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Mayor tells MIM and Memphis River Parks Partnership to work it out
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Mayor tells MIM and Memphis River Parks Partnership to work it out
The day after Memphis in May president Jim Holt said the dispute over holding the festival at Tom Lee Park should be settled by Mayor Jim Strickland, Strickland flatly rejected the idea at least for now and in public.
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Memphis in May ‘down but not out,’ worries about 2023 festival in Tom Lee Park
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Memphis in May, ‘down but not out,’ worries about 2023 festival in Tom Lee Park
Memphis in May is eager to return to Tom Lee Park but cites issues with a lease and damage deposit lead to ‘uncertainty’ at its annual meeting.
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Memphis in May posts record $2.2M in red ink for 2022
The unaudited Memphis in May annual report shows a loss as sponsorships and contributions dropped along with revenues from the record 2019 month-long event. The cost or expense of putting on the events was also up due to relocation.
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Tom Lee Park ‘open for business’ as remodel reaches halfway point
Crews working on the $62 million redesign are on seven-day-a-week schedule. The Memphis River Parks Partnership is hosting events next month to field proposals for events in the park as well as food and beverage vendors.
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July 2022
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Tom Lee Park redesign will be ready to host 2023 Memphis In May
The president and CEO of Memphis River Parks Partnership says on “Behind The Headlines” that Tom Lee Park’s new look will debut next summer, but it will be available before that, for the Memphis In May International Festival.
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May 2022
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See the Beale Street Music Festival 2022 in photos
Check out The Daily Memphian’s images from this past weekend’s Beale Street Music Festival at Liberty Park.
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Beale St. Music Fest wraps with positive vibe and (mostly) sunny skies
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It’s a wrap: Beale Street Music Festival
While there’s nothing like starting the week tired from a weekend at the Beale Street Music Festival, the memories are surely worth the lost sleep.
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April 2022
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After a two-year hiatus, BSMF is officially back
Friday night’s acts include Al Kapone, Van Morrison, Sarah McLachlan and Three 6 Mafia.
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