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 a big one: it’s tax-free weekend, the last hurrah before school starts back Monday, and the Memphis Classic crowns a champion Sunday.
Let’s dive in.
What’s Happening This Weekend
All Weekend Long
🛍️ Tennessee Sales Tax Holiday (Everywhere in Tennessee)
The state’s tax-free weekend lands right before the first bell rings Monday. Clothing and school supplies $100 or less and computers $1,500 or less are exempt from state and local sales tax. Jewelry, handbags and sports equipment don’t count — nice try.
Friday: Starts at 12:01 AM
Saturday: All day
Sunday: Ends at 11:59 PM
🎾 The Memphis Classic: Championship Weekend (Leftwich Tennis Center)
Pro women’s tennis is back in Memphis, and this is the business end of it. Nine days of matches come down to a champion Sunday afternoon.
Friday: 11 AM & 6 PM sessions
Saturday: 1 PM (Semifinals)
Sunday: 12:30 PM (Final)
🦆 Ducks Unlimited Expo (Renasant Convention Center)
DU is headquartered right here, and its expo fills the convention center with roughly 300 vendors, duck-calling competitions, a conservation corner and the “Duck Den.”
Friday: 12–6 PM
Saturday: 9 AM–6 PM
Sunday: 9 AM–4 PM
🗳️ SUFFS (The Orpheum)
The Tony-winning musical about the American suffragists plays four performances and then it’s gone. Runs about 2.5 hours; recommended for ages 10+.
Friday: 7:30 PM
Saturday: 2 PM & 7:30 PM
Sunday: 1 PM (Final Performance)
Friday, July 31
🥬 Fresh Food Fridays — 3PM at 520 N. Third St. in Uptown
🍎 Teachers’ Night Out — 5PM at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens (free for all Mid-South educators)
🎶 Happy Friday at The Grove — 5PM at Germantown Performing Arts Center
🧙 Wizarding Week: The Great Hall Feast — 5PM at Grind City Brewing
⚰️ Tomb Talks: Secrets in Stone — 6PM at Elmwood Cemetery
🕯️ Candlelight: Fleetwood Mac & Whitney Houston Tributes — 6:30PM & 8:45PM at the Brooks Museum
🍿 Friday Flick: Wicked For Good — 7:30PM at Carriage Crossing in Collierville (free)
🎪 The 4th Annual Liars Ball — 8PM at TheatreWorks Overton
Saturday, August 1
🏃 Cobra Den Trail Series: Caspian 5 & 10 Miler — 7AM at Shelby Farms Park
🏉 Elvis 7s Rugby Tournament — 8AM at Magdovitz Rugby Complex (free to watch)
✂️ All-N-One Back-to-School Event — 9AM at Bluff City Barber College (free haircuts & backpacks)
🚜 Lightfoot Farm Market — 9AM in Millington (100+ vendors)
🎒 Greater Mt. Moriah Community Fair — 10AM at 489 Edith Ave.
📚 Ruby Bridges Reading Festival — 10AM at the National Civil Rights Museum (free)
💪 Wiseacre Workout Series — 10AM at Wiseacre Downtown HQ (free)
🌹 Jerry Day — 12PM at Crosstown Brewing Co.
🏍️ 2 Broke for Sturgis Party — 1PM at Knuckleheads Sidecar in Bartlett ($8 slushies, $10 sandwich combos and live music at 1 & 7, for Bumpus Harley-Davidson’s 40th)
🎨 Project Pop-Up! — 1PM at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens
🎒 Back to School Community Festival — 1PM at 781 S. Highland St.
🎭 Hattiloo Season 20 Kickoff Block Party — 2PM in Overton Square (free)
🎧 The Long Play: Frank Ocean’s Blonde — 3PM at the Memphis Listening Lab
🎡 Lakeland Back-to-School Celebration — Lakeland (water slide, food trucks & an outdoor showing of Monsters University)
🎶 Four on the Floor — 7:30PM at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Sunday, August 2
🤼 901 Wrestling: Meltdown — Minglewood Hall
🎸 Singer Songwriter Sunday — 4PM at Meddlesome Brewing in Cordova (free)
🧘 Sean Murphy: Sound Meditation Journey — 6PM at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
🔊 Underoath: The Van Tour to Vans Warped Tour — 1884 Lounge at Minglewood Hall (sold out)
🎶 Live Music Around the City
🎸 Friday, July 31
Downtown
Rum Boogie — Cowboy (4PM), FreeWorld (8PM)
Tin Roof — Deep Roots (7PM), Computermane in the Green Room (8PM), Denver Massey (10:30PM), DJ Bori (10:30PM)
BB King’s — Jason Foree Band (12PM), Memphis Jones (4PM), BB King All-Stars (8PM)
Blues City Cafe — Blind Mississippi Morris (8PM)
Silky O’Sullivan’s — New Era Band on the patio (6PM), Dueling Pianos (7PM)
Flyway Brewing — Larry Dean Dixon w/ Mia Dixon (5PM)
Midtown
Lafayette’s Music Room — Facelift (6PM), Twin Soul (9:30PM)
Bar DKDC — Joybomb + Degenerate Breakfast
Hi Tone — Heels, Deaf Revival, Uncl Aunti & DJ Zirk (8PM, free), Slumberland in the Small Room (8PM)
B-SIDE — Cody Crazee, White Sosa, Memphis Red & Rarri Richie (9PM)
Growlers — The Contradictions w/ After The Rain and Serg. (8PM)
Lamplighter Lounge — Frog Squad (9PM)
Crosstown Theater — Storytime and Song with Ashley Támar (7:30PM)
East Memphis
Neil’s Music Room — Memphis Funk N Horns Big Dance & Party Band (7PM)
Huey’s Southwind — Music Bingo (8PM)
Germantown • Bartlett • Lakeland • Collierville
Nashoba (Collierville) — Scott Sudbury on the Patio (5PM), Rowdy & The Strays (8PM)
Knuckleheads Sidecar — Risky Whiskey Boys Band (7PM)
Delta Blues Winery — Deborah Swiney (7PM)
South Memphis
Hernando’s Hideaway — Sad Daddy (8PM)
Wild Bill’s — Big Don & The Juke Joint Allstars
🎤 Saturday, August 1
Downtown
Rum Boogie — FreeWorld (8PM)
Tin Roof — Hunter Creed (12PM), Rodell McCord (3:30PM), Deep Roots (7PM), Computermane in the Green Room (8PM), Denver Massey (10:30PM), DJ Bori (10:30PM)
Blues City Cafe — Blind Mississippi Morris (8PM)
Silky O’Sullivan’s — New Era Band on the patio (6PM), Dueling Pianos (7PM)
Midtown
Hi Tone — MariBeth Fest 7 (5PM), Lord Buffalo, $un Ra$sco P! Coltrane & Superceptual in the Small Room (9PM)
B-SIDE — Fearless Dave and the Tsunamis, Tom Foolery & Phases (8PM)
Bar DKDC — Qemist extended DJ set
Growlers — Minion Rave (9PM)
Lafayette’s Music Room — closed for a private event
East Memphis
Neil’s Music Room — “Landslide”: A Memphis Tribute to Fleetwood Mac (8PM)
Germantown • Bartlett • Lakeland • Collierville
Nashoba (Collierville) — GenX (8PM)
Knuckleheads Sidecar — Jase Harshman & Robbie Davis Duo on the patio (1PM), 901 Rox (7PM)
Bartlett LIVE Music Series — Twin Soul (7PM at W.J. Freeman Park, free)
Delta Blues Winery — Risky Whiskey Boys (7PM)
Carrington Oaks Coffeehouse (Lakeland) — Richard Wilson
South Memphis
Hernando’s Hideaway — Webb Wilder Band (7PM)
Wild Bill’s — Big Don & The Juke Joint Allstars
🎶 Sunday, August 2
Downtown
Rum Boogie — Red Thomas (3PM), The Sensations (7PM)
Tin Roof — KEER (3:30PM), Rodell McCord (7PM)
Huey’s Downtown — Ken Houston Duo (3PM)
Silky O’Sullivan’s — New Era Band on the patio (6PM), David & Jeremiah / Bring the Thundah (7PM)
Blues City Cafe — FreeWorld (8PM)
Midtown
Bar DKDC — Jazz Brunch with the Joe Restivo Sunday Trio
Lafayette’s Music Room — Duane Cleveland Acoustic (12–3PM), Back in Time: Huey Lewis & The News Tribute (5PM)
B-SIDE — The Soul Ingredient album release (6–8PM)
Growlers — Anxious Arms w/ No One Left and Banales (8PM)
East Memphis
Neil’s Music Room — The Reba Russell Trio, with Wayne Russell and Lyn Jones (4–7PM)
Huey’s East — The Bugaloos (3PM)
Huey’s Cordova — Royal Blues Band (8PM)
Germantown & Collierville
Nashoba (Collierville) — Swingtime Explosion (6PM)
Huey’s Germantown — The Pretty Boys (6PM)
Huey’s Collierville — Even Odds (6PM)
South Memphis
Hernando’s Hideaway — Chicken Sh*t Bingo with Hillbilly Mojo Memphis (no cover)
Bartlett • Lakeland • Millington • DeSoto
Delta Blues Winery — 901 Tall Boys (2PM)
Huey’s Olive Branch — Dottie Kelly & Her All-Star Band (3PM)
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Enjoy your weekend, Memphis. We’ll see you Monday!
— 901 Today