There are 3 article(s) tagged music festivals:

• May 2026

  • Arts Beat: Free weekend of music coming to South Main Street

    “People are hungry for songs and stories,” according to a local musician. And a South Main music festival is here to deliver. 

    By Elle Perry May 22, 2026

• October 2024

  • Memphis hires DeMarcus Suggs as new ‘arts czar’

    “The easiest way to explain is that for the first time in the city’s history, we’ve created what is basically an Office of Arts and Culture,” said an official involved in the hire.

    By Jody Callahan October 24, 2024

• June 2023

  • New festival spotlights Memphis women in music

    The lineup includes several local favorites, including seasoned jazz songstress Joyce Cobb, rapper Glockianna, and the Klitz Sisters, Memphis’ pioneering punk band that formed in the late 1970s.

    By Jada Ojii June 19, 2023