Mempho Music Festival returns this weekend, bringing options for music and food lovers alike.

As the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center embarks on a new season, the lineup features a variety of shows geared to an array of audiences.

Stan Bell said that there is a close correlation between teaching and broadcasting. In both fields, a person can be a voice of influence for generations.

Gloria “GloRilla” Woods visited her former high school, MLK Prep, to surprise students with a musical performance and a donation.

From major touring bands headed to Elvis’ house to emerging Memphis groups, the fall concert calendar has some intriguing options for risk-taking rock fans. 

Twenty brass legends, including Chicago’s Lee Loughnane. will join Robert Moody, music director of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, for the “Cancer Blows” benefit concert Sept. 24 at the Cannon Center.

Hulsey Britt and Frankey Anderson approached Kenneth Wayne Alexander with a proposition: to curate a combined art space, restaurant, and entertainment venue dedicated to Black culture and Black excellence.

With an interest in music dating to her early childhood days, Priya Vani hs expanded her talents and is featured on a new music series called Arlington Jams.

Three nights of costumed walking tours, Oct. 6-8, pay tribute to the songwriters, producers, composers and singers buried in Memphis’ oldest cemetery.

After weeks of violence, community members gather at the Cooper-Young Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, to celebrate “our diversity and beauty and our rich culture.”

Crumpy’s Hot Wings celebrates 31 years, The Rock gives a toast to Memphis and rapper GloRilla gets nominated for a BET Award. 

In a city that is mostly recognized for its gritty rap scene, Timothy “Lukah” Love is restoring balance. 

Booker T. Jones and Priscilla Presley were among eight new inductees to the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.

Booker T. Jones grooved on “Green Onions” again, ahead of his Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction, and the Stax Museum teased a year’s worth of 20th anniversary events as past, present and future collided in Soulsville. 

Overton Park Shell hosts one of Memphis’ oldest music events, the 47th annual WLOK Stone Soul picnic showcasing up-and-coming gospel artists.

Reggae at The Shed brings island sounds, along with food, drinks and local vendors to the Carolina Watershed, 141 E Carolina Ave. 

Minglewood will play host to the latest incarnation of another Bluff City tradition on Saturday, Sept. 10, when the grounds of the venue feature the 2022 installment of the Lucero Family Block Party.

Sports fans shared thoughts online of former Memphis Tigers athlete Emmanuel Akot’s exit, two Memphis producers celebrated going platinum and locals had a lot to say about Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert.

The Halloran Centre will showcase the heyday of Royal Studios’ legendary musical history with the concert “The History of Royal Studios Narrated by Boo Mitchell.”

The upcoming festival is the first phase in a broader plan to bring regular live music to Grind City Brewing Co. 

A Nashville band with a very Memphis ethos and a keyboard player who has performed with The Rolling Stones, John Mayer and George Harrison are coming to the Germantown Performing Arts Center this fall. 

Perhaps few are as well-suited to be the head of Soulsville as Pat Mitchell Worley, co-host of “Beale Street Caravan,” former communications director of the Memphis Music Foundation, one-time hard rock DJ and protégé of Deanie Parker. 

Local fans can catch The Millennium Tour: Turned Up on Saturday, November 5 at the FedExForum. 

Shangri-La Records is bringing back its popular summer event, with an impressive line-up and a pandemic-sized backlog of record deals. 

“The Voice” runner-up has been on the road for most of the year, touring alongside Vince Gill.