
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's special: the city turned its favorite holiday into a full 901 Weekend, with Trolley Night tonight and an all-day takeover of Beale on Sunday.
Let's dive in.
What's Happening This Weekend

All Weekend Long
🎉 901 Weekend (Downtown Memphis)
901 Day is Tuesday, but the city starts the party now — more than 300 paid Memphis artists across Downtown stages. Our full 901 Day guide has every detail.
Friday: Trolley Night on South Main kicks off at 6 PM, with a Creative Mixer at the Halloran Centre (5 to 7 PM) and the free-spirited Kickoff Concert at the National Civil Rights Museum (7 to 10 PM) with DJ Brilli, Lana J, Jad Tariq, Preauxx, and Iris Collective
Saturday: the city takes a breather — that's when Wiseacre's birthday bash and Recess Reloaded take over (see below)
Sunday: 901 on Beale, 11 AM to 6 PM — five zones of music, art, food, and family fun, closing with a David Porter tribute and a Tay Keith celebration on the Ida B. Wells Stage
🎺 The Music Man (Theatre Memphis)
Seventy-six trombones keep marching as this feel-good classic heads into its final stretch. It runs through Sept. 6.
Friday: 7:30 PM
Saturday: 7:30 PM
Sunday: 2 PM
🎭 Speak, Salvation, Speak (Hattiloo Theatre)
Hattiloo's 20th season opener stars Harry Lennix of "The Blacklist" in a gripping family drama. It runs through Sept. 6.
Friday: 7:30 PM
Saturday: 2 PM and 7:30 PM
Sunday: 2 PM
🎀 Mean Girls: The Musical (Playhouse on the Square)
Tina Fey's hit musical runs through Sept. 13.
Friday: 7:30 PM
Saturday: 7:30 PM
Sunday: 2 PM
Friday, August 28
📚 Reading Rhythms story time — 10 AM at Beale Street Landing (free, with the Orpheum Theatre Group)
🍅 Fresh Food Fridays — 3 PM at Roxie's Market on Mulberry Street
🕺 For The Girls Market: Disco Cowgirl — 4:30 to 9:30 PM at Grind City Brewing (65+ women vendors, food trucks, bull riding, and photo ops)
🎨 Happy Friday in The Grove — 5 PM at GPAC in Germantown (free, with live music and a full bar)
🍺 Drink a Beer, Save a River — 5:30 PM at Flyway Brewing (fundraiser pint night)
🛶 Canoes + Cocktails — 6 PM at Shelby Farms Park (21+, sunset paddle on Hyde Lake)
🌙 Carriage After Dark — 6:30 PM refreshments, 7 PM dance performance by L.Y.E. Academy, 8 PM free outdoor screening of "Michael" — at The Shops at Carriage Crossing in Collierville
🤼 MICHAEL: A JussPlay LIVE Experience — 7:30 PM at Crosstown Theater
🤼 Micro Wrestling — Friday night at Knuckleheads Sidecar (the small-person wrestling tour)
🏈 High school football — Friday night at stadiums across the metro (our guide has every schedule)
Saturday, August 29
🏃 19th Annual Forrest Spence 5K — 8 AM at Shelby Farms Park
🥕 Memphis Farmers Market — 8 AM to 1 PM at Central Station downtown (free)
💪 Hustle & Flow HIIT — 9 AM at Tom Lee Park (free workout under the Sunset Canopy)
🏋️ Free Workout Series — 10 AM at Wiseacre Downtown
🤼 901 Wrestling — 11 AM at the Memphis Sports Lounge (tickets start at $5)
🧸 Recess Reloaded — 11 AM to 6 PM at Mud Island River Park (21+, the adult field day with giant waterslides and rock climbing)
🛍️ Memphis Vintage Market — 11 AM to 6 PM at Crosstown Concourse (free)
🎨 Afro-Futurist Comic Workshop — 11 AM at the Brooks Museum
🍺 Wiseacre's 13th Birthday — 1 PM to midnight at the original Broad Avenue taproom (free, with Melinda, Ibex Clone, Optic Sink, and a Goner DJ set on the Shell on Wheels stage)
🛼 Memphis Roller Derby 20th Anniversary Double Header — doors at 3 PM, first bout at 4 PM at the Pipkin Building
🕺 Disco Detective murder mystery — 3 PM and 7 PM at the Halloran Centre
🎉 Momma's 3rd Anniversary Party — Saturday at Momma's Bar, 855 Kentucky St in Downtown Memphis
🏈 Tigers at UNLV — 9 PM on FOX (the season opener is in Las Vegas, so grab a couch and some snacks)
Sunday, August 30
🐔 Chicken Sh*t Bingo with Hillbilly Mojo — 12 PM at Hernando's Hideaway (free, all ages)
🏐 Tigers volleyball vs. College of Charleston — 1 PM at the U of M
🎻 Vince Gill: 50 Years From Home — 7 PM at the Orpheum (Saturday sold out, so they added this show)
🎶 Live Music Around the City

🎸 Friday, August 28
Downtown
Rum Boogie — Cowboy (4PM), The Sensations (8PM)
B.B. King's — Jason Foree Band (12PM), Memphis Jones (4PM), BB King All-Stars (8PM)
Blues City Cafe — Brimstone Jones
Slider Inn — The Bugaloos, playing Trolley Night
Tin Roof — Rodell McCord (7PM), Computermane in the Green Room (8PM), DJ Bori and Wrestle With Jimmy (both 10:30PM)
Silky O'Sullivan's — Buddy Albert Nemenz (1–5PM), New Era Band on the patio (6PM), Dueling Piano Show (7PM), guest DJ on the patio (10PM)
South Main Sounds — Amber Rae Dunn and Wayne Alexander: Trolley Night Special (7 PM)
Midtown
Minglewood Hall — 42 Dugg and Babyface Ray, 4 The Trenches Tour (8PM)
1884 Lounge — Dirt Monkey, Golden Banana Tour (8PM)
Growlers — VonOff1700 (8PM)
Hi Tone — Memphis Hates You presents (9PM)
B-SIDE — LJ Cates and Friends (9PM)
Lamplighter Lounge — Frog Squad (9PM)
Bar DKDC — DKTV2 x Infinity Stairs: Memphis Music Video Night
Lafayette's Music Room — TILT (6PM), Cody Clark (9:30PM)
East Memphis
Neil's Music Room — Motel California, an Eagles tribute (8PM)
Germantown • Bartlett • Lakeland • Collierville
Delta Blues Winery (Lakeland) — Deborah Swiney, jazz (7PM)
Nashoba (Collierville) — Lee Gilliland on the Patio (5PM), Bluff City Bandits (8PM)
South Memphis
Graceland Soundstage — Jacquees and K Camp (7:30PM)
🎤 Saturday, August 29
Downtown
Rum Boogie — Chris Gales (4PM), The Sensations (8PM)
B.B. King's — Beale Street Blues Band (12PM), Flic's Pic's Band (4PM), BB King All-Stars (8PM)
Blues City Cafe — Brimstone Jones
Slider Inn — The Delta Current
Tin Roof — Jad Tariq (3PM), Deep Roots (7PM), Computermane in the Green Room (8PM), DJ Bori and Wrestle With Jimmy (both 10:30PM)
Silky O'Sullivan's — Buddy Albert Nemenz (1–5PM), New Era Band on the patio (6PM), Dueling Piano Show (7PM), guest DJ on the patio (10PM)
Midtown
Growlers — "Chris" by The Narrows, a debut album release with Degenerate Breakfast, Zoë Dominguez, Lina Beach and more (4PM)
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts — Black Cream (7:30PM)
Hi Tone — Saw It Coming, The Storyline and Foxbody (8PM), Outside Source, Digital Tech and Jake Jones (9PM)
B-SIDE — Omcat, Walt Phelan and DJ Chris (9PM)
Bar DKDC — Impala
Lafayette's Music Room — Rice Drewry Collective (5PM), Motel California, a Memphis tribute band (9PM)
East Memphis
Neil's Music Room — Memphis Funk N Horns (7PM)
Germantown • Bartlett • Lakeland • Collierville
W.J. Freeman Park (Bartlett) — Bartlett LIVE Music Series with Business Casual (7PM)
Delta Blues Winery (Lakeland) — Velvet Chord, electric rock (7PM)
Nashoba (Collierville) — Memphis Jones (8PM)
Knuckleheads Sidecar — Bluff City Bandits (8PM)
South Memphis
Hernando's Hideaway — Joe Austin and the Tallahatchies
🎶 Sunday, August 30
Downtown
Rum Boogie — Red Thomas (3PM), The Sensations (7PM)
B.B. King's — Beale Street Blues Band (12PM), Flic's Pic's Band (4PM)
Blues City Cafe — FreeWorld
Silky O'Sullivan's — Buddy Albert Nemenz (1–5PM), David Ingle's one-man piano show (6PM)
Tin Roof — 901 Day kickoff with DJ Bori on the Main Stage (11AM) and Computermane in the Green Room (1PM), then Rodell McCord (7PM)
Huey's Downtown — Duane Cleveland Band (3–6PM)
Midtown
Bar DKDC — Jazz Brunch with the Joe Restivo Trio
Hi Tone — Rev Down Trio matinee (6PM, free)
B-SIDE — Memphis Reggae Nights with Black Cream (7:30PM)
Lamplighter Lounge — Mark Winters
Lafayette's Music Room — Wyly Bigger (12PM), Elevation Memphis: Tina Turner Experience (5PM)
Huey's Midtown — Reba Russell Trio (3–6PM)
East Memphis
Neil's Music Room — The New Pacemakers, Beatles and British Invasion (4PM)
Huey's Poplar — The Settlers (3–6PM)
Huey's Cordova — The Pretty Boys (8–10:30PM)
Germantown • Bartlett • Lakeland • Collierville
Delta Blues Winery (Lakeland) — Richard Wilson, soulful jazz (2PM)
Huey's Germantown — John Paul Keith Band (6–9PM)
Huey's Collierville — Charvey Mac (6–9PM)
Millington • DeSoto
Huey's Millington — Tequila Mockingbird (6–9PM)
Huey's Southaven — Ken Houston Duo (6–9PM)
Huey's Olive Branch — Twin Soul Duo (3–6PM)
That's it for this week!
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Enjoy your weekend, Memphis. We'll see you Monday!
— 901 Today
