Happy Friday, Memphis!
We like making your life easier. Every Friday, we round up events and live music happening this weekend around the 901, so that all you have to do is decide who you’re bringing.
Let’s dive in.
Events
What’s Happening This Weekend
All Weekend Long
🎭 It's your last chance to catch Sweeney Todd at Playhouse on the Square, closing Sunday after a month-long run.
🎌 Anime Blues Con takes over the Renasant Convention Center all weekend with cosplay, gaming, panels, vendors, and hundreds of hours of programming.
⚽ The World Cup knockout rounds are still on this weekend, and watch parties are happening at bars and breweries all over town.
🏝️ Slider Inn Downtown is hosting Love Island watch parties Friday and Sunday—and Sunday is finale night, so expect the patio to have opinions.
🎸 Live music is everywhere this weekend. You can find the full list at the end of the email.
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Friday, July 10
⛳ Memphis Adult Golf Night returns to The Links at Pine Hill from 6 to 9 pm with golf instruction, a live DJ, food, and drinks. Tickets from $45, 21+.
🕺 Summer Cypher at New Ballet Ensemble & School is a free night of Memphis jookin: a class with Dr. Rico at 6 pm, then an open freestyle session where everybody's invited into the circle. Ages 14 and up, zero experience required.
🏈 The Memphis Hound Dogs host the Arkansas Diamonds in indoor football at the Memphis Sports & Event Center, kickoff 7:05 pm. Tickets start around $12.
🌮 Mariachi night at Taqueria Las Carnitas. Enjoy a live mariachi band, great tacos, and it’s BYOB.
🤠 Learn to country swing dance at Whiskey Jill's with lessons starting at 7:30 pm. Come with two left feet, leave with at least one right one.
🔊 The 2000s Rave hits Growlers at 9 pm with tickets running $15–$22. 18+, and it goes late.
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Saturday, July 11
🧪 Sci Play at Tom Lee Park brings free, hands-on science fun for all ages from 10 to 11:30 am—this round is all about why water conservation matters.
💦 Summer Splash turns the Overton Park Greensward into a waterslide park from 10 am to 2 pm. Free, wet, and exactly what July in Memphis calls for.
🚚 A Food Truck Fair rolls into High Point Climbing Gym from 12 to 5 pm. Climb something, then immediately follow it up with a local lunch.
🎷 Free Family Day at the Stax Museum runs 1 to 4 pm with free admission to the whole museum, live jazz in Studio A, food trucks, games, and crafts on McLemore.
👕 The Valabasas Streetwear Market pops up at 61 Keel Ave, and the first 100 people in line get an exclusive tee.
🏃 The Ed Murphey Classic celebrates its 10th anniversary with a free, festival-style takeover of Beale Street from 3:30 to 8:30 pm. Olympic shot put champ Ryan Crouser is competing, elite pole vaulters will flying over beale street, and a 1-mile downtown race, with 70+ Olympians is happening too. (There's also a ticketed meet at the U of M Friday night.)
🎤 Hops and Hahas brings stand-up comedy to Meddlesome Brewing at 7 pm. Tickets are $22, beer is right there.
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Sunday, July 12
🌱 Sunday Garden Club meets at the Memphis Botanic Garden from 1 to 3 pm. $15 gets you a laid-back afternoon of gardening fun.
🤼 901 Wrestling's WildCard Rumble takes over Minglewood Hall (doors at 4, bell at 5) with an 18-competitor rumble and title match. Family friendly, and tickets start at $9.01. Obviously.
🎺 Sunset Jazz at Court Square closes the weekend downtown at 6 pm. Free, outdoors, family friendly—bring a chair and let the horns do the rest.
Live Music
🎸 Live Music Around the City
👉 Friday
Downtown & Beale Street
Rum Boogie — Cowboy 4pm, FreeWorld 8pm
Flyway Brewing (Edge District) — Patrick McGee 5pm
Tin Roof — Rodell McCord 7pm, Dylan Farrel 10:30pm
BB King's — Beale St Blues Band 12pm, Jason Foree Band 4pm, BB King All Stars 8pm
Midtown, Crosstown & Cooper-Young
Bar DKDC — Hope Clayburn + The Memphis Manes 6pm
Lafayette's Music Room — Pinch 6pm, Cody Clark 9:30pm
Hi Tone — Fight Back Mountain + Pestilence Presents 7:30pm
East Memphis
Neil's Music Room — Heath and AJ 3pm, Natchez 7pm
Germantown, Cordova & Collierville
Villa Castrioti (Cordova) — JP Penn & Reagan Strange 7pm
The Grove at GPAC (Germantown) — Happy Friday (free)
Nashoba (Collierville) — Neon Mooners
Bartlett & Lakeland
Delta Blues Winery (Lakeland) — Double D's Blues Band 7pm
Knuckleheads Sidecar (Bartlett) — The Liquid Paperboys 7:30pm
South Memphis
Hernando's Hideaway — Gia Welch 6pm
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👉 Saturday
Downtown & Beale Street
Tin Roof — Austin Gray 3pm, Deep Roots 7pm, Dylan Farrel 10:30pm
Rum Boogie — Jerrod Minnies 4pm, FreeWorld 8pm
BB King's — Beale St Blues Band 12pm, Flic's Pics Band 4pm, BB King All Stars 8pm
Midtown, Crosstown & Cooper-Young
Lafayette's Music Room — Basketcase 5pm, Almost Famous 8pm
Bar DKDC — Shorty and the Grooves 6pm, comedy night 9pm
Hi Tone — Mondenel 8pm
B Sides — Party Gator, Hartle Road, Aquarian Blood 8pm
East Memphis
Neil's Music Room — Southern Express 8pm
Germantown, Cordova & Collierville
Villa Castrioti (Cordova) — Tatum Shappley 7pm
Tony's Trophy Room (Collierville) — Tyler Coker and the Night Shift 8:30pm
Nashoba (Collierville) — Chinese Connection Dub Embassy
Bartlett & Lakeland
Knuckleheads Sidecar (Bartlett) — Duane Cleveland & Steve duo 1pm, Rox 901 7pm
Delta Blues Winery (Lakeland) — Folsom and Friends 7pm
South Memphis
Hernando's Hideaway — Tom Petty tribute 8pm
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👉 Sunday
Downtown & Beale Street
Rum Boogie — Red Thomas 3pm, The Sensations 7pm
Court Square — Sunset Jazz 6pm (free)
Tin Roof — Rodell McCord 7pm
BB King's — Beale St Blues Band 12pm, Flic's Pics Band 4pm
Midtown, Crosstown & Cooper-Young
Lafayette's Music Room — Keelyn Ellis 12pm, Sarah Spain and the Nightshades 5pm
B Sides — Mystrio 7:30pm
Hi Tone — Mineral King, Holdfast, Aidan Osias, Jombi 8pm
Bar DKDC — Banana Cream Duo
East Memphis
Neil's Music Room — The Mixers 4pm, Wendell Wells 9pm
Bartlett & Lakeland
Knuckleheads Sidecar (Bartlett) — Patio Pirates 1pm
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