
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.
This one is big: Elvis Week wraps up with Saturday's candlelight vigil, and golf's playoffs tee off at Southwind. Heads up: it will be very hot, so pack water for anything outdoors.
Let's dive in.
What's Happening This Weekend

All Weekend Long
⛳ FedEx St. Jude Championship (TPC Southwind)
Golf's playoffs start right here in Memphis. The Tour's top 70 (including world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler) chase the first trophy of the postseason. Every ticket includes free food and soft drinks, and kids 15 and under get in free with an adult.
🕯️ Elvis Week: The Final Weekend (Graceland)
The world's biggest Elvis gathering comes to a close, and Sunday marks 49 years since the King's passing. Fans from all over the world line Elvis Presley Boulevard.
Friday: Elvis Presley in Concert puts the King on the big screen with a live band. Free Meditation Garden walk-ups run 7:30–8:30 AM and 6:30–8 PM.
Saturday: The Candlelight Vigil begins at 8:30 PM at the gates. It's free, open to all, and runs into the early morning hours.
Sunday: The Sunday Morning Gospel Celebration with Jillian Cardarelli and Pat Dunn closes out the week.
🐶 Bluey's Big Play (Orpheum Theatre)
Bluey and Bingo jump off the screen in their first live stage show, with hand-crafted puppets and new music. It runs about 50 minutes — just right for little attention spans.
Saturday: 11 AM and 2 PM
Sunday: 11 AM and 2 PM
🎭 Speak, Salvation, Speak (Hattiloo Theatre)
Hattiloo opens its 20th season with this brand-new production, running through Sept. 6.
Friday: 7:30 PM
Saturday: 2 PM and 7:30 PM
Sunday: 2 PM
Friday, August 14
🖼️ People of Hope Museum — 10 AM at 1325 Jefferson Ave. (free)
🎤 John Legend: Songs and Stories — 8 PM at Radians Amphitheater (Live at the Garden — lawn seating, picnics welcome)
😂 Emergency Comedy — 8 PM at the Hi Tone
🍺 Hops and Hahas stand-up comedy — 7PM at Meddlesome Brewing in Cordova
⚠️ Heads up: GPAC canceled Friday's Happy Friday concert in The Grove because of the extreme heat forecast.
Saturday, August 15
🏃 King 7-Miler and Half Marathon — 7 AM on the Wolf River Trails (cup-less race, bring your own water)
💪 Cardi-O FiTness — 9 AM at the Overton Park Shell (free workout)
🧘 Pilates and Pints — 10 AM at Flyway Brewing (class first, cold one after)
🍖 Bumpus BBQ Rib Competition — 11 AM at Bumpus Harley-Davidson ($10 tasting wristband, awards at 3 PM)
🦕 Beale Street Monster Club: A Lost World Rediscovered — 1 PM at A. Schwab
🏐 Tigers volleyball vs. Harding — 1 PM at the U of M (exhibition)
📓 Junk Journal Jam — 3 PM at the Orange Mound Library
🕺 1970s Community Night — 5 PM at the Dixon (all ages)
⚽ Tigers women's soccer vs. Alabama — 7 PM at the U of M
👑 Elvis: From Hollywood to Burning Love — 7 PM at the Halloran Centre
🎉 Bingo Loco — 7 PM at Minglewood Hall (bingo meets a dance party, confetti cannons included)
🔭 Stargazing at Beale Street Landing — 7 PM on the riverfront
🪩 Bartlett LIVE Music Series: Park Hill Billies — 7 PM at W.J. Freeman Park (free, with food trucks)
Sunday, August 16
🎬 Like You Children's Film Festival Preview Party — 3 PM at Stomping Grounds
🎶 Live Music Around the City

🎸 Friday, August 14
Downtown
Rum Boogie — Cowboy (4PM), FreeWorld (8PM)
B.B. King's — Jason Foree Band (12PM)
Ghost River Brewing on Beale — Robert Allen Parker (6PM)
Tin Roof — Rodell McCord (7PM), Denver Massey (10:30PM)
Blues City Cafe — Rockin 88's (8PM)
Alfred's on Beale — The ShotGunBillys, southern rock (8PM)
Midtown
Growlers — DJ Zirk with Frayser Boy, White Sosa, Yvng $ick, Zynical and Luspitta (8PM)
Lafayette's Music Room — Rock the Boat (6PM), Thumpdaddy (9:30PM)
B-SIDE — Stolen Faces (9PM)
Bar DKDC — Lina Beach + Friends
East Memphis
Neil's Music Room — Souled Out, rock and dance (8PM)
Germantown • Bartlett • Lakeland • Collierville
Nashoba (Collierville) — Terry Greene on the patio (5PM), DJ AD and the Vibe Tribe (8PM)
Delta Blues Winery (Lakeland) — Almost Famous, classic rock (7PM, $10 cover at the gate)
Knuckleheads Sidecar — MusicBoXx (7PM)
South Memphis
Hernando's Hideaway — Robert Washington's Elvis Week dinner show (5PM), then Dash Rip Rock, Louisiana rock (8PM)
🎤 Saturday, August 15
Downtown
Rum Boogie — Chris Gales (4PM), FreeWorld (8PM)
Tin Roof — Jad Tariq (3PM), Deep Roots (7PM), Denver Massey (10:30PM)
B.B. King's — Flic's Pics Band (4PM)
The Brass Door — Jazz in the Cavern (7:30PM, $30)
Blues City Cafe — Rockin 88's (8PM)
Flying Saucer — The ShotGunBillys, southern rock (8PM)
Midtown
Central BBQ (Midtown) — Side Street Steppers (6PM)
Lafayette's Music Room — Baunie and Soul (5PM), Seeing Red (9PM)
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts — Jam in the House! Part 2 (7:30PM)
Hi Tone — Eternity's Pillar, Spek Was Here, Ash Leon, Starbunny and Deaf Revival (8PM)
Minglewood Hall — Poor Elijah with The Blue Byrdes and Aubrey McCrady (8PM)
Growlers — Mala Leche presents Préndelo Memphis with DJ Oddyssey (9PM)
Bar DKDC — Cloudland Canyon DJ set with Strooly and DJ Livin
B-SIDE — Aubrey McCrady (10PM)
East Memphis
Neil's Music Room — Natchez, a party and dance band with horns (8PM)
Germantown • Bartlett • Lakeland • Collierville
Knuckleheads Sidecar — Ken and Darrin (1PM), YMNB (7PM)
Delta Blues Winery (Lakeland) — The Lowdown, classic rock (7PM, free)
Nashoba (Collierville) — Almost Elton John and the Rocketmen (8PM)
South Memphis
Hernando's Hideaway — Robert Washington's Elvis Week dinner show (5PM)
🎶 Sunday, August 16
Downtown
Rum Boogie — Red Thomas (3PM), The Sensations (7PM)
B.B. King's — Flic's Pics Band (2PM)
Blues City Cafe — Robert Washington's Elvis show (6PM)
Silky O'Sullivan's — David Ingle, a one-man piano show (6PM)
Tin Roof — Rodell McCord (7PM)
Midtown
Lafayette's Music Room — Duane Cleveland Acoustic (12PM), Heartless, a Heart tribute (5PM)
Bar DKDC — Jazz Brunch with the Joe Restivo Trio, then Nubia Yasin's album release show (8PM)
Huey's Midtown — Five O'Clock Shadow (3PM)
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts — Strictly Jazz: the music of Pat Martino and Pat Metheny, featuring Gerard Harris (6PM)
Hi Tone — Deerfields, Mr. Scientist and Wagoneer (8PM)
Growlers — Trivet with Mary Hatley, Simon Michael and Garlic Butter (8PM)
East Memphis
Neil's Music Room — The Rob Haynes Band, celebrating Elvis Presley, then Wendell Wells (9PM)
Huey's East (Poplar) — The Chaulkies (3PM)
Huey's Cordova — El Ced and Groove Nation (8PM)
Germantown • Collierville • Lakeland • Millington • Southaven • Olive Branch
Knuckleheads Sidecar — The Patio Pirates (1PM — cowboy hats and eye patches optional)
Delta Blues Winery (Lakeland) — Keszler and Evans, classic rock (2PM)
Huey's Olive Branch — The Fabulous Doo-Vays (3PM)
Huey's Germantown — Tequila Mockingbird (6PM)
Huey's Collierville — Deep Roots (6PM)
Huey's Millington — The Pretty Boys (6PM)
Huey's Southaven — Terry and The Wallbangers (6PM)
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