This week, the sun sets on the Sunset Skate series, the Delta Fair brings thrills (and a lot more) and Slider Inn goes “Back to the Future.”

As the “summer blockbuster” concept took hold, “Jaws” was widely credited — or blamed — with birthing the concept.

The Memphis Symphony Chorus is about to hold auditions for its upcoming season, continuing a 60-year tradition of high-level choral arrangements with no financial incentive.

At the 50th Stone Soul Picnic, gospel singers and R&B performers will blend as the owner of Memphis’ first Black-owned radio station is honored. 

A new season of Opera Memphis starts at libraries, farmers markets and festivals.

Awards were given in a wide range of categories, including acting, directing and backstage contributions.

The album is a “familial” record, KIRBY says, based on her “Mississippi Black American experience.”

When going to the Overton Park Shell, you’re gonna want to take the scenic route.

In this episode of The AM/DM, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about what to do this weekend.

In her newly permanent role, Adeze Wilford comes to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art to help provide opportunities to people who frequently feel left out.

On The To-Do List this week: The Ostrander’s show must go on, Kelly English serves an art-inspired menu and the Stax Music Academy opens the fall Shell series with a summer-themed show. 

The highest-grossing movie of 2025 worldwide is arriving in Memphis this week. Plus, Chris Herrington also ranks his Top 9 Spike Lee films.

The Beatles stopped in Memphis during their August 1966 tour amid a backdrop of protest. The supergroup never toured again, and Memphis could have been a factor in the decision.

The People’s Hip Hop Awards Experience Weekend ends with an award show Downtown with appearances by Big Boogie, the Memphis Jookers and more.

Fans of The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll came to Memphis to celebrate his life and music, traveling from as close as North Mississippi and as distant as Australia.

The annual Candlelight Vigil, the cornerstone event for Elvis Week each year, draws thousands of fans to Graceland on the eve of Presley’s death.

The Memphis Youth Art Mart returns, and this year, 17-year-old co-organizer Baylus Schaffler says it’s tapping into a new form of art. 

In today’s The AM/DM, Mary Cashiola and Bianca Phillips talk about the weekend events they’re excited about, including a Labubu meetup, another sing-a-long and the local production of one of Cashiola’s favorite Broadway shows. 

Two big musicals and a compilation of new works based on a familiar nursery rhyme open on stages across Memphis this month. 

On The To-Do List this week are the Memphis Chicken and Beer Fest and an Unapologetic anniversary. Plus, Like Really Creative is doing, like, a lot this week.

Parting is such sweet sorrow, unless it is from an old ticketing system.

An organizer said he hopes that Memphis will continue to host the awards yearly and potentially serve as a future replacement for the BET Hip Hop Awards, which were suspended.

Fewer than two weeks after Elvis Presley died, three would-be grave robbers tried to take his body from Forest Hill Cemetery. 

More than half the songs have never been released in the U.S.

Taylor Swift played at Beale Street’s Itta Bena in 2007 and helped generate a special bond between a father and a daughter.