King Biscuit Week starts now.

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Oct 7
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King Biscuit is here! We start Wednesday at noon, with an epic week of music, panels, cocktails & cuisine -- featuring superstars like Garry Burnside, Jimmy Duck Holmes, Reba Russell, Paul Thorn, Eden Brent, Anson Funderburgh, Bob Corritore, the Pinetop students and so many more. Scroll below for the full schedule, all stages, all week.

Neighbors are co-hosting this year. We'll kick off here downtown Wed. afternoon, before throwing a Mississippi Welcome Party (with gumbo of course) at Hopson 5-10p. We'll picnic and party there Thu. until 4p, juke up and dine around town, then end by Friday noon, before the King Biscuit Blues Festival begins in Helena Fri. 1pm.

Also new are Delta Dirt Distillery cocktail and Delta fusion cooking classes to "Warm Up" your week, and a "Blues on the Farm" exhibit and panels at Clarksdale Carnegie Public Library and Hopson Hospitality.

Delta scholars and musicians will share their insights and experiences at the intersection of blues and farming, past and present -- including T-Model's grandson Stud Ford, Mark "Muleman" Massey, and James "Superchikan" Johnson.

Full schedule is below. Proceeds support the festival, and online tickets offer the best discounts in advance at our website or Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../king-biscuit-week...

So grab those tickets, pack your dancing shoes, and come join us for a cocktail, a conversation -- and a heckuva 5-day all-star blues party.

- WEDNESDAY -

King Biscuit Week Kickoff

Noon-1:30p | 121 Delta Ave. | FREE

live with Lucious Spiller

Panel & Exhibit Opening: "Blues on the Farm"

1:30-2:30p | Carnegie Public Library | FREE

King Biscuit Hour host & Delta Cultural Center director Thomas Jacques, Delta Center for Culture & Learning director Dr. Mandy Truman, Carnegie Public Library director Tracy Caradine, and T'Model's grandson Stud Ford.

The exhibit is curated by researchers at the Carnegie Public Library.

Deak Harp & Quicksand #LiveFromClarksdale

3:00-4:00p | Deak's Mississippi Saxophone & Blues Emporium | FREE

Front-porch concert with Deak Harp & Quicksand, playing the music of blues brotherly love.

Delta-Fusion Cooking Class

4:00-5:00p | Shack Up Inn | $40

Join Julie Diaz, founder of Clarksdale Cooks, for an experience sharing food and stories together.

Mississippi Welcome Party

5:00-10:00pm | $25

Live with Terry "Big T" Williams, Miss Gladys, Stud Ford, Keith Johnson, Garry Burnside & Gracey Williams

Gumbo dinner served in honor of King Biscuit's favorite traditions.

- THURSDAY -

Blues Brunch & Southern-Style Picnic

10:00a-4:00p | Hopson Hospitality courtyard | $25

10a LaLa Craig 11a Mark 'Muleman' Massey

Noon lunch conversation: Blues on "The Farm" with Mark 'Muleman' Massey, Jock Webb & James 'Superchikan' Johnson sharing experiences from Parchman Farm to their own work on local farms, past to present.

1p James 'Superchikan' Johnson

2p Jimmy Duck Holmes

3p Arkansas Brothers' Tim Hoggard & Bowlegged Rooster

Delta Dirt's Hands-On Class for Cocktail Connoisseurs

4:00-5:00p | Levon's Bar & Grill | $40

Sample local gin, vodka, and Arkansas Brown (bourbon!) while learning directly from the distillers how to make drinks that'll impress anyone.

Dine Around Town

5:00-8:00p | downtown Clarksdale | à la carte

Happy hour & dinner at Levon's, live with Maggie McCabe & Charlotte Taylor

Annual Jam Night

8:00p-Until. | Ground Zero Blues Club with Mississippi Marshall

- FRIDAY -

Blues Brunch with Jesse Cotton Stone

9:00a-until | Levon's Bar & Grill | $20

Wake up and fuel up with the best of vibes and blues brunch live with Jesse Cotton Stone.

Riverside Hotel Interpretive Center: Living Blues & Civil Rights Museum Grand Opening & Blues Trail Marker Unveiling

10:00a-noon | The Riverside Hotel | Free

...and send-off to Helena!

- THURSDAY-SATURDAY IN HELENA-

Saturday events:

7:30a: Flour Power 5k run

9:30a: Tour da Delta Bike Ride

10:00a: Music from the Main Stage

3:00p: Cornhole Tournament

King Biscuit Blues Festival

Mainstage music lineup:

"Bit o' Blues"

Highlighting local young performers, on the main stage this year:

Fri 9:45a-1p: The Delta Blues Museum Band, The Spa City Youngbloods, Harrell "Young Rell" Davenport & the Pinetop Perkins Boogie Woogie Showcase

Front Porch Blues Bash

Hosted by the Delta Cultural Center in the Miller Annex.

Fri noon-6p: Libby Rae Watson, Mississippi Spoonman ft. Spoonfed Blues, Watermelon Slim, Sean McDonald, Front Porch Blues Jam hosted by Brotha Ric Patton

Sat 1p-6p: Australia "Honeybee" Jones, Detroit Johnny, Charlotte Taylor, Cannonball Red, Larry McCray

Quicksand's Busker Stage

Live busking on Cherry Street, across from Delta Dirt.

- SUNDAY IN CLARKSDALE -

Super Blues Sunday

Enjoy an encore with live music at venues across downtown Clarksdale, starting with the Cat Head Mini Blues Fest, 10a-3p: Lucious Spiller, Big T & the Family Band, Sean Apple, Little Willie Farmer & Terry Harmonica Bean.

Full listing of all Clarksdale music is at the Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Arts website as always.

Pinetop Homecoming

The 25th Annual Homecoming is held at Hopson & the Shack-Up Inn and now supports the Pinetop Perkins Foundation.

Sun 3-8p: Bob Corritore, Big Joe Maher, Wyly Bigger, Delta Divas, Hal Reed, Batterton & Edwards, Anson Funderburgh, James Mayes, Young Rell Davenport, Joe Tellman, Matt Lesch, Christian Dozzler, Joe Eagle, Jesse Black, Heather Crosse Band, Akeem Kemp Band, Steve Kolbus Band -- and the "Pinetopper" students of the program.

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