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Since her last Memphis-area show 18 months ago, the multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter has won a Grammy Award, headlined an international tour and hosted a fundraising concert with Jason Isbell.
The group that started the Mempho festival is behind the effort and in recent years has branched out to booking a variety of other music events beyond the festival.
Other scheduled acts include Lake Street Dive, Band of Horses, Tash Sultana, The War and Treaty, Devon Gilfillian and Larkin Poe.
From a painting pachyderm to a determined violinist, we’re all about those who give their all to do their best, including Tigers football players and IRONMAN triathletes.
“I’ve heard some good music here this weekend,” said Steph Grindell, who drove from Birmingham to attend the three-day festival. “And the weather was all good”
In Memphis, the idea that blues, gospel and soul are as equally “Americana” is a notion as natural as breathing. And this weekend Black roots music, in various forms, made up half of Mempho’s 18 performance slots.
Mempho Music Festival returns this weekend, bringing options for music and food lovers alike.
Rock bands the Black Keys and Wilco are among the headliners at this fall’s Mempho Music Festival, which returns to the grounds of the Memphis Botanic Garden.
Mempho Music Festival’s return came at a new location, on the grounds of the Radians Amphitheater at the Memphis Botanic Garden.
From jam bands to blues upstarts to singer-songwriters both rootsy and rockin’, the return of the Mempho Music Festival showcases a cross-section of contemporary Southern sounds.
With the Delta variant spiking local COVID rates, will tougher, more restrictive measures at venues and festivals become more common in Memphis?
After missing 2020, the Mempho Music Festival is slated to return in October.
The first major, outdoor live-music event in Memphis since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mempho Fest Oct. 1-3 will feature Friday and Saturday headline sets from Georgia’s Widespread Panic, and a closing Sunday night set from North Carolina’s Avett Brothers.
The festival is now slated for Oct. 1-3, moving west from its initial home at Shelby Farms Park to the Radians Amphitheater at the Memphis Botanic Garden.
The nine-member rap crew Wu-Tang Clan, a headliner at Mempho Festival, has a history of relying on Memphis soul for inspiration.
The third Mempho Music Festival kicked off on Saturday at Shelby Farms Park. This year's festival included an increased emphasis on Memphis musicians, food and vendors.
Three 6 Mafia's DJ Paul says October is his favorite time of year. So, it's fitting he's performing twice in front of his hometown crowd.
Mempho Music Festival returns to Shelby Farms Park for a third year, and festival organizers say the park itself will be this year's biggest star.
The Raconteurs, Brandi Carlile, Wu-Tang Clan and The Revivalists are set to headline the third annual Mempho Music Festival, scheduled for Oct. 19-20 in Shelby Farms Park.
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