
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.
What's Happening This Weekend

All Weekend Long
🎬 Indie Memphis Film Festival (Halloran Centre & Malco Powerhouse)
The city's biggest film festival wraps up its 28th year in the South Main Arts District. Single tickets are $15 ($20 for the closing night film), and a festival pass is $140.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday: screenings all day; full schedule on the festival site
⚔️ Renaissance Faire at Wiseacre (Wiseacre OG Taproom, 2783 Broad Ave.)
Merchants, medieval combat, food, music and dancing at the Broad Avenue taproom. It's free and all ages, costumes are welcome, and canned food donations go to the Mid-South Food Bank.
Saturday and Sunday: starting at noon
🎭 Gold In Our Bones (Centenary United Methodist Church, 584 E. McLemore Ave.)
A new Orpheum-commissioned play made with the Soulsville and South City community, about a man confronting who profits from his ancestor's stolen song. Free, all ages, no tickets needed; doors open 30 minutes early.
Friday: 7 PM
Saturday and Sunday: 2 PM
🎹 Million Dollar Quartet (Theatre Memphis)
Closing weekend for the musical about the 1956 Sun Studio jam session with Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. Tickets are $15 to $62.
Friday: 7:30 PM
Saturday: 2 PM (final show)
🏠 Memphis Home & Lifestyle Show (Agricenter International)
Remodelers, builders and home vendors fill the Agricenter for the fall show.
Friday: noon to 6 PM
Saturday: 10 AM to 5 PM
Sunday: 11 AM to 4 PM
🦁 Narnia (Playhouse on the Square)
The family holiday show opens Friday and runs through Dec. 20.
Opening weekend: showtimes on the Playhouse site
Friday, November 6
🌿 Weed Wrangle — 9 AM to noon at Memphis Botanic Garden (volunteers pull invasive plants)
☕ Fire Pit Friday: Cocoa & Crafts — 4 to 6 PM at Tom Lee Park's Visionary Grove (hot chocolate, holiday coloring and s'mores)
🎓 Grizzlies HBCU Yard Fest — 4 to 6:30 PM at Big River Steel Plaza, FedExForum (HBCU tents, live entertainment and a DJ before the game)
🍎 Teacher's Night Out — 5 to 7 PM at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens (for Mid-South educators)
🦫 Memphis Parks Movie Night: "Hoppers" — 6 PM at the Mud Island Trailhead on the Wolf River Greenway (free; treats from 5:30)
🥃 Spirits with the Spirits — 6 PM at Elmwood Cemetery (an after-dark tasting evening; tickets about $39)
🔬 MoSH Laser Live ft. Unapologetic. — 6 PM at the AutoZone Sharpe Planetarium, Museum of Science & History (live music with a laser show; DJ Lady Love pre-show)
🏀 Tigers Women's Basketball vs. Middle Tennessee — 6 PM at Elma Roane Fieldhouse
🐻 Grizzlies vs. Oklahoma City Thunder — 7 PM at FedExForum (NBA Cup opener and HBCU Night)
Saturday, November 7
🏃 Sugar Run 5K — 8 AM at Wolf River Nature Area, Germantown (benefits Breakthrough T1D)
🌶️ Chilly Chili Run for Neurodiversity — 9 AM at Concord Academy, 4942 Walnut Grove Rd. (5K and 1-mile family run)
🚗 Cruisin' & Craftin' for a Mission — 9 AM to 2 PM at Longview Heights Baptist Church, Olive Branch (car show and craft fair)
🛍️ Crafts & Drafts Holiday Market — 10 AM to 4 PM at Crosstown Concourse (local makers and craft beer samples)
🌳 Tree Tour of Elmwood Cemetery — 10:30 AM to noon at Elmwood Cemetery
🔥 Metal Museum Community Day — 11 AM to 4 PM at the Metal Museum (free admission; metalsmithing demos, an iron pour, music and food trucks)
🍗 901 Hot Wing Festival — 11 AM to 6 PM at Grind City Brewing (free entry; wings for a small donation to the Memphis Child Advocacy Center)
🌎 We Outside: Youth Environment Day — 12:30 to 3:30 PM at Soulsville Charter School (free food, games, prizes and a DJ)
🍖 Bar B. Q. Blues & Wings Festival — 1 PM at BHW Estate, 3681 Hawkins Mill Rd. (blues from Carl Anthonie, Courtney Little, John Williams & the A440 Band and more)
🎨 Project Pop-up! — 1 to 3 PM at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens (free drop-in art for all ages)
🐯 Tigers Men's Basketball vs. VCU — 2 PM at FedExForum (home opener; on ESPN+)
🍺 Meddlesome Meandering 0.5K — 4 PM at Meddlesome Brewing, Cordova (the brewery's tongue-in-cheek half-K; your ticket includes food from four local vendors)
✨ Race for the 'Ville 5K Glow Run — 6 PM at West Collierville Middle School
🍷 Whiskey, Wine & Dine — 6 PM at The Kent (benefits Special Olympics of Greater Memphis)
🏈 Georgia vs. Ole Miss Watch Party — 6:30 PM at Slider Inn Downtown (outdoor big screen, $3 Modelo drafts and a food truck)
🤠 Josh Turner — 7:30 PM at the Cannon Center
🎺 Terence Blanchard: Miles + Coltrane Centennial — 8 PM at GPAC, Germantown
Sunday, November 8
🏃 #NFStrong Memphis 5K — 10 AM at Overton Park's East Parkway Pavilion (check-in at 9)
🏐 Tigers Volleyball vs. North Texas — 1 PM at Elma Roane Fieldhouse
🌮 Food of Memphis Festival — 1 to 6 PM at 781 S. Highland St. (food vendors, food trucks and live entertainment)
🍲 The Great Congregational Cook-Off — 4 to 6 PM at WKNO's Digital Media Center, Cordova (bring canned goods for the food drive)
🤼 901 Wrestling Classic Finals — 5 PM at Minglewood Hall (doors at 4)
🎷 Glenn Miller Orchestra — 7 PM at the Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary's
🎶 Live Music Around the City

🎸 Friday, November 6
Downtown
Tin Roof — The Super 5 (7PM), Computermane in the Green Room (8PM), Denver Massey (10:30PM)
B.B. King's — Jason Foree Band (12PM), Memphis Jones (4PM), BB King All-Stars (8PM)
Rum Boogie — Cowboy (4–7PM), FreeWorld (8PM–12AM)
Blues City Cafe — CowBoy Neil and the Real Deal (8PM)
Midtown
Lafayette's Music Room — Almost Elton John (7PM)
Crosstown Arts — The Music of Stephen M. Lee, featuring dancer Naomi Lee (7:30PM)
Hattiloo Culture Box — Music Box featuring Tony B. Dickerson (doors 7:30PM, show 8PM)
Hi Tone — Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends (doors 8PM, show 9PM, small room)
B-SIDE — The Stolen Faces, a Grateful Dead tribute (9PM)
Bar DKDC — Private Dive's debut show (doors 9PM, band around 10PM), with DJs after
East Memphis
Neil's Music Room — Bob Nelson & Natchez (7–11PM)
Brookhaven Pub & Grill — Charvey (9PM)
Germantown • Bartlett • Lakeland • Collierville
Knuckleheads Sidecar — Brian Johnson Band (7PM)
Delta Blues Winery (Lakeland) — Bad Habit (7PM)
Villa Castrioti (Lakeland) — Scott Sudbury (7–10PM)
Nashoba (Collierville) — Thumpdaddy (8PM)
Tony's Trophy Room (Collierville) — Big Wheel (8:30PM)
South Memphis
Hernando's Hide-A-Way — Pine Hill Haints (doors 6PM, show 8PM)
Tunica
Bluesville at Horseshoe Tunica — Dylan Gossett (8PM)
🎤 Saturday, November 7
Downtown
Tin Roof — Emilee + Levi (3PM), Kota (7PM), Computermane in the Green Room (8PM), Denver Massey (10:30PM)
B.B. King's — Beale St Blues Band (12PM), Flic's Pic's Band (4PM), BB King All-Stars (8PM)
Ghost River (South Main) — Pam & Terry (2–6PM), Piano-Men (7–10:30PM)
Rum Boogie — Chris Gales (4–7PM), FreeWorld (8PM–12AM)
One11 Madison — Bird Williams (7PM and 9PM shows)
Blues City Cafe — CowBoy Neil and the Real Deal (8PM)
Midtown
Lafayette's Music Room — Rice Drewry Collective (5PM), Area 51 (9PM)
Satellite Music Hall — Fetty Wap: Nostalgia Tour (7PM)
Crosstown Arts — Victory Boyd with opener Doll McCoy (7:30PM)
Minglewood Hall — Yung Gravy: The Joyrider Tour (doors 7PM, show 8PM); The Band Memo (doors 7PM, show 8PM)
Lamplighter Lounge — lob, IDKIDC, Brennen Dyson and a special guest (8PM)
Bar DKDC — Sweet Darlin (8PM)
East Memphis
Neil's Music Room — Landslide, a Fleetwood Mac tribute (8PM)
Brookhaven Pub & Grill — Tequila Mockingbird (9PM)
Germantown • Bartlett • Lakeland • Collierville
Knuckleheads Sidecar — Jase and Robby Duo (1–5PM), 901 Rox (7PM)
Maeve's Tavern (Collierville) — Redhead Rendezvous (6PM)
Delta Blues Winery (Lakeland) — Donald Robbins (7PM)
Villa Castrioti (Lakeland) — Sean Austin (7–10PM)
South Memphis
Hernando's Hide-A-Way — Clownvis Presley (doors 6PM, show 8PM)
🎶 Sunday, November 8
Downtown
B.B. King's — Beale St Blues Band (11:30AM), Flic's Pic's Band (3PM), Memphis Soul Factory (7PM)
Rum Boogie — Red Thomas (3–6PM), The Sensations (7–11PM)
Huey's Downtown — Twin Soul (3–6PM)
Tin Roof — Rodell McCord (7PM)
Blues City Cafe — FreeWorld (8PM)
Midtown
Hi Tone — The Merrycrest Sessions #200, a 200th-episode special and fundraiser (11AM)
Huey's Midtown — The Chaulkies (3–6PM)
Lafayette's Music Room — Heartless, a Heart tribute (5PM)
Growlers — Gabriel Rutledge (doors 7PM, show 8PM)
East Memphis & Cordova
Huey's Poplar — Medium Walter (3–6PM)
Huey's Southwind — Duane Cleveland Band (6–9PM)
Huey's Cordova — The Bugaloos (8–10:30PM)
Germantown • Bartlett • Collierville
Knuckleheads Sidecar — Kevin & Bethany (1–5PM)
Huey's Germantown — Bob Nelson & The Bobcats (6–9PM)
Huey's Collierville — Charvey Mac (6–9PM)
South Memphis
Hernando's Hide-A-Way — The Sonny Wilsons with Amber Rae Dunn, a fundraiser for Dolly's Second Chance (doors 3PM, show 4PM)
Millington & DeSoto
Huey's Olive Branch — Tequila Mockingbird (3–6PM)
Huey's Millington — Jack & Noah (6–9PM)
Huey's Southaven — Eric Hughes Band (6–9PM)
That's it for this week!
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