
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
⚾ Redbirds vs. Durham Bulls (AutoZone Park)
It's the last home series of the regular season, and the Redbirds are the first-half league champs. Tickets start at $9.01 every game.
Friday: 7:05 PM, Halfway to St. Patrick's Day night. The first 1,500 fans get a free green jersey, and Silky's dueling pianos play before the game
Saturday: 6:05 PM, Wrestling Night. Live wrestling on the plaza, a Jimmy Hart autograph signing, a Rockey bobblehead for the first 1,400 fans, and fireworks after the game
Sunday: 1:05 PM, with Kids Run the Bases after the final out
🎡 The Delta Fair (Agricenter International)
Ten days of rides, a circus, a grizzly bear show, a rodeo, and helicopter rides start this weekend. Gate admission is $15 for adults ($12 in advance), $10 for kids and seniors.
Friday: 4 to 11 PM
Saturday: 11 AM to 11 PM
Sunday: 11 AM to 11 PM
🛰️ Satellite Music Hall opens (Crosstown)
Memphis' brand-new 1,300-person venue opens its doors with two homecoming shows from Memphis-born The Band CAMINO. They're recording a live album across both nights, so the crowd is part of the record.
Friday: The Band CAMINO, 7 PM
Saturday: The Band CAMINO, 7 PM
Sunday: FATTMACK, The McKenzie Tour 2.0, 7 PM
🚬 Beale Street Cigar Festival (Beale Street, in front of Robusto by Havana Mix)
The 11th year takes over the whole block with big cigar brands, live music, food trucks, and giveaways. Proceeds help A Safe Place Inc. It's 21+, rain or shine.
Saturday: VIP at 11 AM, general admission at 1 PM, runs until midnight
Sunday: 11 AM to 11 PM, with a food truck brunch
⚒️ Metal Museum Grand Opening Weekend (Overton Park)
After 47 years on the river bluff, the Metal Museum moves into Rust Hall at 1930 Poplar Ave., right next to the Shell. Both days are free.
Friday: Metal Night at Overton Park Shell, 7 PM, with KaRRot, a KoRn tribute. Wear your best "metal" look, blacksmith or rock star
Saturday: Grand Opening Day, 12 to 4 PM, with new exhibitions, live metalworking demos, and hands-on activities
Friday, September 4
🏐 Tigers volleyball vs. Southeastern Louisiana — 2 PM at the U of M
🛶 Canoes + Cocktails — 6 PM at Shelby Farms Park (21+, sunset paddle on Hyde Lake)
🎷 Memphis Symphony Big Band — gates at 6 PM at The Grove at GPAC in Germantown ($30, kids $5, bring a blanket)
⚽ Tigers men's soccer Senior Night vs. UNC Asheville — 7 PM at the U of M
🎺 The Music Man — 7:30 PM at Theatre Memphis (closing weekend)
🎀 Mean Girls: The Musical — 7:30 PM at Playhouse on the Square (runs through Sept. 13)
💿 Moneybagg Yo's "I See Why" single release party — Friday night at Secrets, 3705 Malco Way (one night only)
♟️ Tennessee Open and State Chess Championship — Friday through Monday at the Memphis Chess Club and the Downtown Holiday Inn (a record $10,001 in prizes)
🏈 High school football — Friday night at stadiums across the metro (our guide has every schedule)
Saturday, September 5
🧘 Pilates in the Park — 8 AM at Shelby Farms Park (with Club Pilates)
🌻 Lightfoot Farm Market — 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM in Millington (free, farm-fresh produce, eggs, honey, beef, and food trucks)
🌬️ Breath Work and Meditation — 9 AM at Overton Park Shell (free)
🏃 Healthier 901 Fest — 10 AM to 2 PM at Shelby Farms Park (free, with a timed 1-mile walk and 4K run)
🔨 Metal Forming Class: Leaves and Pods — 10 AM to 5 PM at Memphis Botanic Garden (hammer copper into pendants and earrings, $85 members, $98 non-members)
🥋 Taijiquan with Milan Vigil — 10:30 to 11:30 AM in the gardens at the Dixon (free, drop-in, ages 16+)
🎨 Project Pop-up! — 1 PM at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens (all-ages art making)
🎤 Memphis PowerPop Festival — 5 to 9 PM at Overton Park Shell (free, headlined by The Smithereens with Joybomb, Your Academy, and The Sonny Wilsons)
🏈 Tigers vs. Arkansas State — 6 PM at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (the first game in the renovated stadium, and our game day guide has parking, tailgating, and more)
🌇 Sunset Southern Soul and R&B Picnic — 6 to 10 PM at Tom Lee Park (21+, bring a blanket or lawn chair)
🎺 The Music Man — 7:30 PM at Theatre Memphis (closing weekend)
🎀 Mean Girls: The Musical — 7:30 PM at Playhouse on the Square (no Sunday show this weekend)
🎩 Sinatra Under the Stars — Saturday night at The Peabody (with the Tommy Ward Orchestra)
Sunday, September 6
🛍️ The (Very First) Frickin' Flea — 11 AM to 4 PM in the courtyard next to Tako's Secondhand, 240 Madison Ave. (free to browse)
🐭 Last day of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse exhibit — at the Children's Museum of Memphis (included with $20 admission)
🎺 The Music Man — 2 PM at Theatre Memphis (the final performance)
🍷 Craft Food and Wine Festival — 5 to 7 PM at the Brooks Museum, VIP at 4 PM (21+, unlimited tastings from 35+ local vendors)
🥂 Memphis Mimosa Festival — 5 to 10 PM at Tom Lee Park (21+, moved to the evening because of the heat, so double-check your ticket time)
😂 Red Grant: Live in Memphis — doors at 5:30 PM, show at 7 PM at Manhattan Sports Bar and Lounge, 819 Exocet Dr. in Cordova (stand-up comedy)
🎶 Live Music Around the City

🎸 Friday, September 4
Downtown
B.B. King's — Jason Foree Band (12PM), Memphis Jones (4PM), BB King All-Stars (8PM)
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)
Rum Boogie — Cowboy (4PM), FreeWorld (8PM)
Tin Roof — Deep Roots (7PM), Computermane in the Green Room (8PM), DJ Bori and Timothy James (both 10:30PM)
Blues City Cafe — Eskimo Brothers
One11 Madison — Unplugged: a Janet Jackson live album listening experience with DJ Avious and a live band (9PM)
Slider Inn — FreeWorld on the patio
Grind City Brewing — Patio Sessions with Delta Current (time TBA)
Midtown
Crosstown Theater — Toby Vest and The Dream Machine, with Frank McLallen and Extra Eyes (7:30PM)
Lafayette's Music Room — Bey Day with DJ AD 901 (8PM)
Culture Box at Hattiloo — D'Vonna Taylor (8PM and 10:30PM)
Growlers — Cunt Coded, with Van Gogh, SUPERSTARSIPA, Billie, and Cinema (8PM)
Hi Tone — Clownvis and IV & The Strange Band in the Big Room (9PM), Phases, Keer, and Vixxen in the Small Room
B-SIDE — Ask Dylan, Graham Perry of Order of Silence, and Twin Heart Trap from Birmingham (9PM)
Lamplighter Lounge — Rude Movements, a bass, house, and techno night with Andy Chance, Ferb, Stiino, and Von Gögh (10PM, 21+)
East Memphis
Neil's Music Room — Heath and AJ Duo (3PM), The Great Landslide Band, a Fleetwood Mac tribute (8PM)
Germantown • Bartlett • Lakeland • Collierville
Nashoba (Collierville) — Jason Middlekauff on the Patio (5PM), Carlos Ecos Band (8PM)
Delta Blues Winery (Lakeland) — Risky Whiskey Boys, classic rock (7PM)
Knuckleheads Sidecar — Thirty Minute Ego (8PM)
🎤 Saturday, September 5
Downtown
B.B. King's — Beale Street Blues Band (12PM), Flic's Pic's Band (4PM), BB King All-Stars (8PM)
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)
Rum Boogie — Red Thomas (4PM), FreeWorld (8PM)
Tin Roof — Tatum Shappley (3PM), Keer (7PM), Computermane in the Green Room (8PM), Timothy James (10:30PM)
Blues City Cafe — Blind Mississippi Morris
Old Dominick Distillery — An Evening with Erica Ryleigh (7PM)
Midtown
Hi Tone — Havana Good Time in the Big Room, LOB and Friends in the Small Room (early show from 5PM, free)
Lafayette's Music Room — Souled Out (5PM), Twin Soul (9PM)
Crosstown Theater — Jeremy Schrader's "Octocats" featuring Saundra Messinger (7:30PM)
Culture Box at Hattiloo — Kortland Whalum (8PM and 10:30PM)
Growlers — 2000's Emo Party (8PM)
Lamplighter Lounge — Goth Night, hosted by Moxie Macabre and Fayetality, with DJ Prozak spinning vinyl (doors 8PM, show 9PM, 21+)
B-SIDE — Louder Than Bombs and Blondme (9PM)
East Memphis
Neil's Music Room — The Risky Whiskey Boys, starring David Pool (8PM)
Germantown • Bartlett • Lakeland • Collierville
Knuckleheads Sidecar — Jase Harshman and Robby Davis Duo (2PM), Matt Boone, a Nashville country and classic rock act (8PM)
🎶 Sunday, September 6
Downtown
B.B. King's — Beale Street Blues Band (12PM), Flic's Pic's Band (4PM), Memphis Soul Factory (8PM)
Silky O'Sullivan's — Buddy Albert Nemenz (1–5PM), New Era Band on the patio (6PM), David and Jeremiah, "Bring the Thundah" (7PM)
Rum Boogie — Red Thomas (3PM), The Sensations (7PM)
Tin Roof — Labor Day Eve party with the Rodell McCord Band (6PM), then Computermane spinning late
Blues City Cafe — FreeWorld
Midtown
Lafayette's Music Room — Duane Cleveland Acoustic (12PM), Pulse, a Pink Floyd tribute (5PM)
Hi Tone — Rev Down (free show)
Growlers — Kolony, with KOLONIS, DØN, and Von Gogh (7PM, free, all ages)
Satellite Music Hall — FATTMACK, The McKenzie Tour 2.0 (7PM)
Lamplighter Lounge — Princess and the Kashjimer Band, soul, blues, and R&B, hosted by Rita Rita (8PM)
East Memphis
Neil's Music Room — The Mixers Party and Dance Band, oldies (4PM), John Williams and the A-440 Band's Pre-Labor Day Party (8PM)
Lakeland
Delta Blues Winery — Over The Garage Band, classic rock (2PM)
That's it for this week!
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Enjoy your long weekend, Memphis. We'll see you Monday!
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