Phish frontman, jam bands strike a chord with Mempho fans
Warm weather and hot music: Guitar-heavy, long sets are just what the Mempho Music Festival goers wanted Saturday at Memphis Botanic Garden.
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October 2024
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Table Talk: Go to Mempho for the music; stay for the food
VIP chefs at the Mempho Music Festival include Ryan Prewitt and Stephen Stryjewski of Pêche and Cochon in New Orleans; Rob McDaniel of Helen in Birmingham, and Aaron Siegel, Taylor Gariggan and Jonathan Banta of Charleston’s Home Team BBQ.
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May 2024
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Here’s who is playing the 2024 Mempho Music Festival
The lineup includes Queens of the Stone Age, The Roots, Sublime with Rome, Marcus King, Charles Wesley Godwin, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors and Digable Planets.
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April 2024
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Americana star Allison Russell opens for Hozier in Southaven
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.
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October 2023
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Mempho producing a new music festival in Tom Lee Park in May
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.
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April 2023
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The Black Crowes, My Morning Jacket headline 2023 Mempho Music Festival
Other scheduled acts include Lake Street Dive, Band of Horses, Tash Sultana, The War and Treaty, Devon Gilfillian and Larkin Poe.
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October 2022
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Oh, Snap: This week’s best photos
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.
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Mempho Music Fest spotlights national and local artists
“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”
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Herrington: At Mempho, a rousing primer on Black roots music
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.
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September 2022
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Mempho returns with Widespread Panic headlining two nights for 2022 festival
Mempho Music Festival returns this weekend, bringing options for music and food lovers alike.
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April 2022
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Black Keys, Wilco, Big Ass Truck to play Mempho Music Festival
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.
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October 2021
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Mempho Music Festival sees capacity crowds, mostly clear skies, good tunes in concert return
Mempho Music Festival’s return came at a new location, on the grounds of the Radians Amphitheater at the Memphis Botanic Garden.
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September 2021
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A band-by-band guide to this year’s Mempho Music Festival
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.
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August 2021
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Gonerfest joins Mempho in adding COVID restrictions
With the Delta variant spiking local COVID rates, will tougher, more restrictive measures at venues and festivals become more common in Memphis?
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Mempho Fest to require COVID vaccination or negative test
After missing 2020, the Mempho Music Festival is slated to return in October.
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April 2021
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Widespread Panic, Avett Brothers headline return of Mempho Music Fest
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.
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February 2021
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Mempho Music Festival announces new dates, new location
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.
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October 2019
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15 connections between Wu-Tang Clan and the Memphis soul sound
The nine-member rap crew Wu-Tang Clan, a headliner at Mempho Festival, has a history of relying on Memphis soul for inspiration.
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Spirit of Memphis headlines Mempho Music Festival
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.
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DJ Paul celebrates October with Three 6 Mafia reunion, Mempho show
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.
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September 2019
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Mempho Music Fest puts Shelby Farms at center stage
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.
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June 2019
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Raconteurs, Brandi Carlile, Wu-Tang Clan to headline Mempho Music Festival
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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October 2018
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Founder: 2019 Mempho Music Fest will be at least three days, double the stages
The second annual Mempho Music Festival at Shelby Farms Park was so successful that organizers say they expect to expand the event in 2019. “Memphis deserves a world-class music festival,” Mempho founder Diego Winegardner said Sunday.
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