With new Memphis music festival, the MVPs are the venues
Members of Lavendear are both playing and organizing this weekend’s MVP Fest. (Nick “Nix” Shaw/courtesy Joseph Baker)
It might have began as a joke, but Memphis’ MVP Fest — started by a group of high schoolers — is a serious commitment to the local music scene.
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MVP Festival Memphis Venue Provision Festival National Independent Venue Association Joseph Baker Crosstown High school Brian “Skinny” McCabe Marvin StockwellEzra Wheeler
Ezra Wheeler is the host of the Memphis Musicology podcast and the radio show Dead Wax on WYXR. He’s also a contributor to We Are Memphis and Choose901.
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