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

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🎶  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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