Here is your FINAL MMHF Schedule for this weekend!

MOVED TO THE TOP.

Heads up, Crackerphiles, unless something dramatic happens, your Cracker is now in FESTIVAL mode. There won't be any posts until Monday at the earliest. Come down this weekend, the weather is going to be exquisite, nothing short of it. You will want to be outside, come down and hang with us. I will be at the ArtsMemphis stage, and I will be live-tweeting from my stage and twit-picing as well. Look for hashtag #MMHF for all festival tweets. Go also to the Center's Facebook page at http://facebook.com/southernfolklore.

Saturday, Sept. 4				Sunday, Sept. 5
ArtsMemphis Stage @ Peabody Place & Main St.				ArtsMemphis Stage @ Peabody Place & Main St.
2:00pm	MouseRocket	Indie, Cello Pop		1:30pm	Hickory Withe  Bluegrass	Bluegrass
3:00pm	Devil Train	Blue grass Jam Band		2:30pm	Voice of Golden Eagle	Cherokee Flute
4:00pm	Stevenson Clark	Gospel Choir Ensemble		3:30pm	Promise	Gospel Jazz
5:00pm	Los Cantadores	Latin		4:30pm	Daddy Mack  Blues Band	Blues
5:45pm	Watoto Memphis	Latin Dance		5:15pm	Watoto Memphis	Blues Dance
6:00pm	Elmo &  the Shades	R&B		5:30pm	John Paul Keith &  the 145s	Rock, Country
7:00pm	Bluff City  Backsliders	Jug Band		6:30pm	Sonny Burgess &  the Pacers	Rockabilly
7:45pm	Watoto Memphis	Ragtime Dance		7:30pm	The Brown Singers	Gospel
8:00pm	Joyce Cobb	Jazz, Rock, Blues		8:30pm	Reba Russell Blues Band	Blues
9:00pm	Darrell Petties  & SIP	Gospel		9:30pm	Funzo Crush aka Young AJ  ft. Al Kapone	Rap
10:15pm	Bobby Rush	Soul, R&B		10:15pm	Hill Country Revue	Indie Blues
Folklore Store Stage @ 123 S. Main St.				Folklore Store Stage @ 123 S. Main St.
1:15pm	Roy Harper	Old-time Country		1:15pm	Roy Harper	Old-time Country
2:15pm	Nancy Apple	Alternative Country		2:15pm	Lauren Strange	Pop
3:15pm	William L. Ellis &  Jimmy Crosthwait	Songwriting Workshop		3:00pm	Bill Shipper	Funny Folk
4:15pm	Tonya Dyson &  Green Onions	Neo-Soul		4:00pm	Deborah Swiney	Jazz
5:15pm	The Josh Shoe Band	Bluegrass		4:55pm	The Paperboyz	Hip-Hop, Rap
6:15pm	Don McMinn	Blues, Boogi Woogie		5:15pm	Last Chance Jug Band	Jug Band
7:15pm	Sidney, Cidney,  Sidney	Jazz		6:15pm	Cody Dickinson Project	Experimental
8:15pm	The Sultana	Gothic Americana		7:15pm	Sons of Mudboy  Small Band	Folk
9:15pm	William Lee Ellis	Blues		8:15pm	Valerie June	Folk
				9:15pm	Eden Brent	Blues
Comcast Folklore Hall Stage @ 119 S. Main St.				Comcast Folklore Hall Stage @ 119 S. Main St.
2:45pm	Barbara Blue	Blues		2:45pm	The Agitators	Blues
3:45pm	The Jumpin' ChiChis	Jazz		3:45pm	Memphis Klezmer Orchestra	Klezmer
4:45pm	The Kattawar  Brothers	Boogie Woogie		4:45pm	Moments of Joy	Gospel
5:45pm	The Golden Keys	Gospel		5:45pm	Eddie Bond	Country, Rockabilly
6:45pm	Lisa Lambert  & the PRB	Bluegrass		6:45pm	Papa Top's  Westcoast Turnaround	Country
7:45pm	Jack Oblivian &  the TN Tearjerkers	Garage Rock		7:45pm	Orange Mound  Jazz Messengers	Jazz
8:45pm	Blind Mississippi  Morris	Blues		9:00pm	Kate Campbell	Folk
Tennessee Arts Stage @ Main St. and Gayoso				Tennessee Arts Stage @ Main St. and Gayoso
12:30pm	Randal Morton	Banjo Workshop		12:00pm	Valerie & Jason	Children's Songs
1:00pm	Watoto Memphis	African Dance Clinic		12:30pm	Watoto Memphis	African Dance Clinic
1:30pm	David Evans	Jug Band Workshop		1:00pm	Pyramid Dancers	Belly Dance
2:00pm	Desert Rose	Belly Dance		1:30pm	Michael Graber & Jason Freeman	Kazoo & Jug Workshop
2:30pm	David Bowen	Guitar & Memphis Music Workshop		2:00pm	Chang Shu	Chinese Dance & Martial Arts
3:00pm	Danza Azteca  Quetzalcoatl	Aztec Dance		3:15pm	The Jazz Collective	Big Band
3:30pm	Johnny Yancey &  the SJO	Big Band		4:15pm	Smoochy Smith Trio	Rockabilly
4:30pm	Sweet Angel	R&B		5:00pm	Millennium Madness	Drill & Drum Show Team
5:15pm	Millennium Madness	Drill & Drum Show Team		5:15pm	Memphis Harmonizers	Gospel
5:30pm	The True Sons  of Thunder	Rock, Metal		6:15pm	Star & Micey	Folk Pop
6:30pm	The Bell Singers	Gospel		7:00pm	Watoto Memphis	Folk Dance
7:15pm	Watoto Memphis	Gospel Dance		7:15pm	The Mellow Tones	Gospel
7:30pm	The Bo-Keys	Soul		8:15pm	FreeWorld	Jam, Rock, Funk
8:30pm	Symbiosis	Latin		9:30pm	Homemade Jamz Blues Band	Blues
9:30pm	Exodus	Reggae

MMHF 2010 is only 10 days away

MMHF wants YOU!

CALL for VOLUNTEERS

Memphis Music & Heritage Festival

The Memphis Music and Heritage Festival is just a few short months away!!

You are receiving this announcement because you have signed up for information about events at the Center for Southern Folklore, have been a valuable volunteer in the past, or have asked to be a part of the 23^rd  Memphis Music and Heritage Festival.

(Well no, I'm on the Board and I'm putting it up so YOU, dear reader, can be a part of this magnificent event!)

We would like to welcome all y’all to come out and participate in what has become THE music and cultural event of the year in Memphis.  Please take a moment and explore the opportunities that are offered by being a festival volunteer.

One of the most amazing facts about an enormous undertaking like the Memphis Music & Heritage Festival is that it’s produced by the Center for Southern Folklore with a full and part-time staff of only a half dozen people.  The secret is VOLUNTEERS.  Every year, dozens of Memphians and Mid-Southerners contribute their time and their energy to a variety of jobs – setting up vendor booths, serving dinners, keeping the trolley tracks clear, decorating Main Street with festive lighting and so on.  This volunteer spirit makes it a truly Memphis festival and represents all the good things about our region that the Center celebrates every day.

If you or your organization would like to be part of the special team of volunteers that produces the Memphis Music & Heritage Festival –Saturday and Sunday, September 4^th & 5^th  -  Click here to fill out volunteer application  or call 901.525.3655 for more information. 

The Festival staff asks that prospective volunteers attend the remaining volunteer orientation meeting on Wednesday, August 18 at 6:00 p.m. in the Folklore Store at 123 S. Main.  There, volunteers will meet the staff, learn about the duties involved, and get a background briefing about the Festival.  Whether your volunteer form has been filled out, all volunteers are welcome to attend this meeting.  The staff will do their best to put this year’s volunteers into positions fitting their desired placement and overall abilities.

Thanks for your help and support. We look forward to seeing you soon at our 2010 Memphis Music & Heritage Festival!

STEVE again - I can tell you that you will have a great time and enjoy yourself, and remember this - per the Weather Channel, the Average high for September 4 and 5 is ONLY 88 degrees, with average lows of 68 degrees, so we should be past this horrible heat by then! 

The Festival Schedule is UP, come on out this weekend!

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The Memphis Music & Heritage Festival, produced by the Center for Southern Folklore, begins at 11 AM on September 5. for more information, visit our website.

UPDATED WITH COOKING DEMONSTRATION STAGE!

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Saturday, September 5th, 2009 Sunday, September 6th, 2009

Verizon Wireless Stage Main St.@ Peabody Place Ave. 2:00 p.m. Ghost Town Blues Band Blues 3:00 p.m. Smoochy Smith & Hooch Rockabilly 4:00 p.m. Devil Train Bluegrass Jam Band 5:00 p.m. Sweet Angel R&B 6:00 p.m. The Bo-Keys Funk, Soul 7:00 p.m. Los Cantadores Latin 8:00 p.m. Elmo & The Shades R&B, Blues 9:00 p.m. The Brown Singers Gospel 10:00 pm. Bobby Rush Soul, R&B ArtsMemphis Stage On Peabody Place at Gayoso Lane 11:15 a.m. Dandelion & The Raindrops Music for the Family 11:45 p.m. Watoto Memphis Dancers 12:30 p.m. New Ballet 1:00 p.m. Elaine Blanchard-Voices of the South Children's Storytelling 1:30 p.m. Chinese Dance & Martial Arts 2:00 p.m. Desert Rose Dancers Belly Dancers 2:30 p.m. Kenneth Jackson Basically Blues 3:00 p.m. Watoto Memphis Dancers 3:45 p.m. The Tennessee Boltsmokers Bluegrass 5:00 p.m. Johnny Yancey & The Sanctuary Jazz Orchestra Big Band 5:45 p.m. The Millennium Maddness Fancy Trick Drill & Drum Show Team 6:00 p.m. Currie Williams My Stories and My Art 6:30 p.m. Last Chance Jug Band 7:30 p.m. Barbara Blue Blues 8:30 p.m. Jack Oblivian & The Tearjerkers Indie Rock 9:30 p.m. Amy LaVere Indie Folk Rock Folklore Store Stage 12:15 p.m. David Bowen Guitar & Memphis Music Workshop 2:15 p.m. Mary Unobsky & Kim Richardson Songwriting Workshop 3:15 p.m. Tori Norton Folk 4:15 p.m. Roy Harper Country 5:15 p.m. Kim Richardson Folk 6:15 p.m. Slidin' Clyde Roulette Blues 7:15 p.m. Paul Taylor Psychedelic Folk & Funk 8:15 p.m. Sidney, Cidney, Sidney R&B, Jazz 9:15 p.m. William Lee Ellis Blues 10:15 p.m. Hope Clayburn & Soul Scrimmage Jazz Funk Fusion Folklore Hall Stage 12:45 p.m. Los Cantadores Trio Mariachi 1:45 p.m. Greg Hisky & His Whisky Dixie Flyers Rockabilly 2:45 p.m. The Jumpin' Chi Chis Jazz 3:45 p.m. The Annointed Cowans Singers Gospel 4:45 p.m. Chris Parker & Kelley Hurt Jazz 5:45 p.m. Grassfire Bluegrass 6:45 p.m. The Sensational Six Gospel 7:45 p.m. Eddie Bond Country 8:45 p.m. Joyce Cobb & Hot Fun Jazz Rock & Blues Comcast Gayoso Stage Main St @ Gayoso Avenue 1:30 p.m. Mr. White DJ Set 2:30 p.m. Deborah Swiney Jazz & Blues 3:30 p.m. Agitators Blues 4:30 p.m. Tempeh Four Jazz Funk Jam Band 5:30 p.m. The Moments of Joy Gospel 6:30 p.m. John Paul Keith & The One Four Five's Indie Country 7:30 p.m. Victor Wainwright Blues & Boogie 8:30 p.m. Al Kapone Rap 9:30 p.m. Exodus Reggae Trolley Stop Cooking Stage 12:00 p.m Mary Kirkpatrick Fried Pies 12:45 p.m.Sharon Fernandes, Stonehouse 27 Curried Okra & Indian Sauces 1:30 p.m. Uele Siebert, Groovy Food s Granola 2:15 p.m. John Bragg , Circa Crawfish Beignets 3:00 p.m. Christopher Ruess, Mississippi Mud Coffee Roasting and Brewing 3:45 p.m. TBA 4:30 p.m. Michael Patrick, Mesquite Grill Smoked TN Trout 5:15 p.m. UT Medical Healthy Habits in Diet 6:00 p.m. Ella Kizzie Hot Water Cornbread 6:45 p.m. Hattie Childress Chow Chow 7:30 p.m. Karen Febles, Tim's Family Farms Guacamole

Verizon Wireless Stage Main St.@ Peabody Place Ave. 2:00 p.m. The Golden Keys Gospel 3:00 p.m. Delta Highway Blues 4:00 p.m. Billy Lavender with Brad Webb & The Pocket Rockets Blues 5:00 p.m. Sonny Burgess & the Pacers Rockabilly 6:00 p.m. Giant Bear Orchestral Funkabilly 7:00 p.m. The Mellowtones Gospel 8:00 p.m. Blind Mississippi Morris Blues 9:00 p.m. Jason D. Williams Rockabilly/Boogie 10:15 p.m. Darrel Petties & SIP Gospel ArtsMemphis Stage On Peabody Place at Gayoso Lane 11:15 a.m. Music for Aardvarks Memphis Memphis Music for the Family 12:00 p.m. Watoto Memphis Dancers 12:45 p.m. New Ballet 1:15 p.m. Currie Williams My Stories and My Art 1:30 p.m. Randal Morton Banjo Workshop 2:00 p.m. Edward Oluokun Yoruba Drumming 2:30 p.m. Pyramid Dancers Belly Dancing 3:00 p.m. Watoto Memphis Dancers 4:00 p.m. Two Way Radio Indie Rock 5:00 p.m. Mark "The Muleman" Massey Blues 6:00 p.m. Singing Southern Jubilees Gospel 6:45 p.m. Sunshine and Ladia Yates Jookin' 7:15 p.m. Fitz's Ultimate Cooking Hookers Music That Smells Good 8:15 p.m. The Papa Tops West Coast Turn Around Country 9:15 p.m. Tonya Dyson & Green Onions Soul Folklore Store Stage 1:15 p.m. Hattie Childress Quilt Making 2:15 p.m. Joe Scott Baseball Stories 3:15 p.m. Roy Harper Country 4:15 p.m. David Evans Jug Band Workshop 5:15 p.m. Dan Montgomery Trio Rock 6:15 p.m. Niko Lyras & Vicki Loveland Jazz 7:15 p.m. Super Chikan Blues 8:15 p.m. Ms Nickki & the Soul Survivors Blues 9:15 p.m. Valerie June Trio Folk Folklore Hall Stage 12:45 p.m. Los Cantadores Trio Mariachi 1:45 p.m. Nancy Apple Country 2:45 p.m. Promise Jazz 3:45 p.m. Memphis Klezmer Allstars 4:45 p.m. Dani Rock 5:45 p.m. Gary Topper Trio Jazz 6:45 p.m. Lisa Lambert & The Pine Ridge Boys Bluegrass 7:45 p.m. Orange Mound Jazz Messengers Jazz 8:45 p.m. Kate Campbell Folk Comcast Gayoso Stage Main St @ Gayoso Avenue 1:30 p.m. Mr. White DJ Set 2:30 p.m. JD Reager & The Cold-Blooded Three Indie Rock 3:30 p.m. Charles Johnson & Kwest Jazz Gospel 4:30 p.m. Gospel Jubilees Gospel 5:30 p.m. Will Graves Neo-Soul 6:30 p.m. Bluff City Backsliders Jug Band 7:30 p.m. FreeWorld featuring Dr. Herman Green Jam Rock & Funk Band 8:30 p.m. Susan Marshall Jazz, Rock & Blues 9:30 p.m. The Daddy Mack Blues Band Trolley Stop Cooking Stage 12:45p.m. Nickson Vu Traditional Hmong Home Cooking 1:30 p.m. Thomas Sit, Sr. Chinese Fried Rice 2:15 p.m. Mary Kirkpatrick Fried Pies 3:00 p.m. Karen Febles, Tim's Family Farms Fresh Salsa 3:45 p.m. UT Medical Healthy Habits in Diet 4:30 p.m. Claudia Thompson Choctaw Fry Bread 5:15 p.m. Deanna Lubin Bread Making 6:00 p.m. Christopher Ruess, Mississippi Mud Coffee Roasting and Brewing 6:45 p.m. Suzanne Powers, Delta Pecans Pecan Roasting Techniques 7:30 p.m. Ella Kizzie Peach Cobbler

This is your two-week warning, the Festival is at hand!

Memphis Music & Heritage Festival Takes Center Stage

Downtown Memphis

Saturday and Sunday, Labor Day Weekend, September 5-6.

Memphis, TN. August 20, 2009. Center for Southern Folklore transforms a two block area of Main Street Labor Day Weekend Street September 5th and 6^th for its annual Memphis Music & Heritage Festival. The festival runs from11:00 AM to 11:00 PM each day. The festival is a celebration of what makes the Memphis Delta Region so special…its music, arts and culture, said Center for Southern Folklore Executive Producer Judy Peiser. This 22^nd Festival presents the musicians, artists, craftspeople, cooks, talkers, dancers and more who come together each year and show Memphians and tourists alike why Memphis is such a special place. There are five outside stages and two stages inside the Center for Southern Folklore. Best of all, admission to the public is FREE!

At the heart of the festival is the music. From dynamic soul man Bobby Rush to the wild man of rock, Jason D. Williams the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival presents over 400 musical performers who made Memphis the great melting pot of America's musical heritage and keep it cooking today.

The entire festival roster reads like a who’s who of both the traditional and contemporary Memphis music scene including: new South singer/songwriter Kate Campbell, rockabilly legend Sonny Burgess & The Pacers, insightful songstress Amy LaVere, neo-soul from Tonya Dyson & Green Onions, hip hop artist Al Kapone, the dynamic gospel sounds of Darrel Petties & SIP, country legend Eddie Bond, bluegrass jam band Devil Train; jazz-blues diva Joyce Cobb, authentic Delta blues from Blind Mississippi Morris and Brad Webb, jazz and swing with Johnny Yancey and the Sanctuary Jazz Orchestra, jazz-funk-and-fusion artists FreeWorld featuring Herman Green, reggae from Nathaniel Kent and Exodus; urban blues from The Daddy Mack Blues Band, jug band music from The Bluff City Backsliders, youthful jam band Tempeh Four, the energized Millennium Maddness Drill Team, and the list goes on and on.

Each year the Center celebrates the heritage of Memphis Music with the release of its annual Festival Poster and T Shirt (see attachment) designed by Tennessee artist Gray. This year the Center is proud to honor three legendary Memphis saxophone players Fred Ford, Evelyn Young and Sonny Williams who made their marks on Memphis Music and in the hearts of all of us at the Center for Southern Folklore, said Peiser. Throughout the Center’s history these musicians performed, assisted in educational programs and told and retold us stories of Memphis Musical History. These stories are archived in the Center’s Multimedia Archives and in films we produced like All Day & All Night: Memories from Beale Street Musicians. To learn more about the lives and careers of Ford, Young, and Williams, click on Festival Dedication.

The Festival will feature special workshops for aspiring musicians to learn from the masters. Blues/R&B/Rock performer David Bowen will perform a soul music set while talking about the guitar; Randal Morton will demonstrate his mastery of the five-string banjo; musician and noted ethnomusicologist David Evans conducts an impromptu seminar on jug band and blues music. In addition, there will also be two songwriting workshops – a joint venture by musical collaborators Mary Unobsky and Kim Richardson and one by acclaimed New South singer/songwriter Kate Campbell.

A special stage on Peabody Place will feature theatre, dance, drumline, and music for young folks and their families. They’ll be entertained by storytellers from The Voices of the South and musicians such as Joe Murphy’s Dandelion &The Raindrops and the Memphis chapter of Music for Aardvarks performing for younger festival-goers. The Trolley Stop Stage will feature two full days of cooks and chefs talking about making everything from Peach Cobbler to Fried Rice. And they’ll be plenty of time to hear artists and musicians talk about their work in the Heritage Hallway and the Center’s Folklore Store.

New this year will be the opportunity for festival goers to record their voices and music on 19^th Century Cylinders. Martin Fisher, Manager of Recorded Media Collections at the Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University will bring his old fashioned horn along so festivalgoers will have a chance to see how early recordings were first made. Even when he uses modern equipment, there’s nobody more retro than octogenarian Roy Harper who sings old time country tunes from the 1920s and 30s and talks about his long career and the history of real country music. The delightful Hattie Childress will show off the pillows and quilts she’s sewn from Crown Royal liquor bags as well as the homemade chow-chow and pickled peach preserves made from ingredients she grows in her garden.

In addition to shopping for great folk art, books and CDs in the Center’s Folklore Store over 30 artists and craftspeople will be on hand selling their wares. In Heritage Hall Center Archives Staff and volunteers will be on hand to talk about the Center’s newest online exhibit featuring the photography, audio recordings and filmmaking of Rev. L. O. Taylor. Festival goers will have the opportunity to screen and help identify images and hear recordings.

On Saturday September 5^th Memphis historian Jimmy Ogle will give three walking tours of Downtown Memphis. Festivalgoers can meet Ogle outside the Center’s Folklore Store for a tour of Union Avenue at 12:00 PM, Beale Street at 2:00 PM and Cotton Row at 4:00 PM. Festivalgoers can make reservations for the tours by emailing eric@southernfolklore.org or by signing up at the Folklore Store prior to the tours. Space is limited for each tour and reservations are encouraged. A donation of $5.00 per person is requested. The tours are free to FolkPass Holders.

Festivalgoers can purchase a CSF FolkPass. They become a VIP at the Festival and receive numerous benefits at the Festival and throughout the Year. Click here for FolkPass Details.

The Memphis Music & Heritage Festival is produced by the Center for Southern Folklore with generous support for the Tennessee Arts Commission, Arts Memphis, Center City Commission, Memphis Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, SunTrust, Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation, Southern Heritage Charitable Foundation, Blue Moon and MGD 64, The New York Times, How Sweet The Sound, I 55 Productions, Majestic Grille, Circa, Blue Fin, Shelton Clothiers, Arts on a Hot Tin Roof, Peabody Place, Mississippi Mud Coffee, Harkavy Shainberg, St. Blues Guitars, The Memphis Flyer, The Memphis Downtowner, Citadel Broadcasting, WRBO 103.5 Soul Classics, KIX 106, 98.9 KIM FM and many other individuals and businesses.

-0-For More Information, Images and Interviews:

Tim Curry

901.525.3655

timcurry@southernfolklore.org

We're less than two months away!

The Memphis Music & Heritage Festival returns September 5 & 6, and the Center's Facebook page notes this:

If you haven't attended the Memphis Tradition - Memphis Music and Heritage Festival, surely, as a Fan of the Center for Southern Folklore, you have heard of it.

We are looking for committed volunteers to help out with stage management, kitchen, beer and merchandise sales, and lots of other fun stuff at this year's festival, September 5 and 6. That's Labor Day Weekend.

Volunteer by emailing volunteer@southernfolklore.org, or calling Brian Paris at 901-525-3655, or visit the website at Center for Southern Folklore and fill out a volunteer form.

Here's the MMHF 2008 SCHEDULE!! LAST UPDATE

YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE UNLESS YOU JUST GOT BACK FROM DENVER OR ARE HOSPITALIZED. COME ON DOWN, I'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU!

(Note: Updated 8/29/08)

2008 Festival Schedule

Saturday August 30th, 2008

Peabody Place & Main Street Stage

(LWC's Stage)
12:00 pm Greg Hisky and His Dixie Whisky Flyers (Country)
1:00 pm The Mighty Kings of Harmony (Gospel)

2:00 pm Agitators with Joe Gaston & Jimmy Segerson (Blues)
3:00 pm The City Champs (Jazz)
4:00 pm The Sensational Six (Gospel)
5:00 pm The Billy Gibson Blues Band (Blues)
6:00 pm The Kattawar Brothers (Rhythm & Blues)
7:00 pm Giant Bear (Folk Rock)
8:00 pm The Tim Terry Experience (Funk)
9:00 pm The MellowTones (Gospel)
10:00 pm Bobby Rush (Soul)

Trolley Stop Stage
11:15 am The Flying MonkeyMan Band (Music for the Family)
12:00 pm Jimmy Crosthwait (Puppet Show)
12:40 pm Voices of the South - High Cotton (Music for the Family)
1:15 pm Randal Morton (Banjo Workshop)

1:40 pm Felix Hernandez (Puerto Rican Cuisine)
2:05 pm TBA
2:30 pm David Bowen (Guitar Workshop)
2:55 pm Ella Kizzie (Southern Cooking)

3:20 pm TBA
3:45 pm Billy Gibson (Harmonica Workshop)
4:10 pm Thomas Sitt (Chinese Cuisine)

4:35 pm Willie Firecracker (Freestyle Workshop)
5:00 pm Choctaw (Cooking and Dancing)

5:25 pm Felix Hernandez (Latin Percussion Workshop)
5:50 pm Salsa Memphis (Dance Routine)
6:30 pm The US Navy Big Band (Big Band)
7:30 pm Valerie June Trio (Folk)
8:30 pm Fitz's Ultimate Cooking Hoorkers (Music That Smells Good)
9:30 pm Tonya Dyson & Green Onions (Neo-Soul)

Folklore Store Stage
1:15 pm Charlie Wood (Jazz & Blues)
2:15 pm Deborah Swiney (Jazz)
3:15 pm Roy Harper & Rob Pearcy (Country)
4:15 pm Devin Miller (Blues)
5:15 pm Sidney, Cidney, Sidney (Rhythm & Blues)
6:15 pm Kim Richardson (Folk)
7:15 pm William Lee Ellis (Blues)
8:15 pm Promise (Jazz)
9:15 pm Harlan T Bobo (Rock)
10:15 pm Steve Gardner & The Jake Leg Stompers(Jug Band)

Folklore Hall Stage
2:45 pm Los Cantadores Trio (Mariachi)
3:45 pm Gary Topper Quartet (Jazz)
4:45 pm Singin Southern Jubilees (Gospel)
5:45 pm Billy Lee Riley (Rockabilly)
6:45 pm Grassfire (Bluegrass)
7:45 pm Tony Thomas Trio featuring Sam Shoup & Tom Lenardo (Jazz)
8:45 pm Hope Clayburn & Soul Scrimmage (Funk & Soul)

Gayoso & Main Street Stage
1:30 pm Mr. White (DJ & Vocal Set)
2:30 pm Moments of Joy (Gospel)
3:30 pm Lucas Cates Band (Rock)
4:30 pm Devil Train (Gypsy Jazz)
5:30 pm Elmo & The Shades (Blues)
6:30 pm Alicja Trout & The River City Tanlines (Rock)

7:20 pm Amemphis Prodigy Records (Rap & Hip Hop)
7:35 pm The Dark Side Thugs (Rap & Hip Hop)
7:50 pm The Tunnel Clones (Rap & Hip Hop)
8:30 pm Al Kapone (Hip Hop)
9:30 pm The Daddy Mack Blues Band (Blues)

Sunday August 31st, 2008

Peabody Place & Main Street Stage
(LWC's Stage)
12:00 pm Hickory Withe Bluegrass (Bluegrass)
1:00 pm Phil Durham (Rhythm & Blues)
2:00 pm Smoochy Smith & Hooch (Country)
3:00 pm Annointed Cowans Singers (Gospel)
4:00 pm Will Graves and Soul (Soul)

5:00 pm Reba Russell (Blues)
6:00 pm Homemade Jamz Blues Band (Blues)
7:00 pm Sonny Burgess & The Pacers (Rockabilly)
8:00 pm FreeWorld featuring Herman Green (Rock & Jazz)
9:00 pm Darrell Petties & SIP (Gospel)
10:00 pm Jason D. Williams (Boogie Woogie)

Trolley Stop Stage
11:00 am Michigan City Soul Steppers Drill Team
11:15 am The Flying MonkeyMan Band (Children's Music)
11:45 am The Sophisticated Sound & Steppers Drill Team
12:00 pm Jimmy Crosthwait (Puppet Show)
12:45 pm Voices of the South- Virginia Ralph (Children's Storytelling)
1:40 pm Pyramid Dancers (Belly Dance Performers)
2:05 pm Deanna Lubin (Working with Challah)
2:30 pm David Evans ( Jug Band Workshop)

2:55 pm Chinese Dance & Martial Arts
3:20 pm Chef Judd Grisanti (Spindini / Italian Cuisine)
3:45 pm The Isiserettes Drill and Drum Corp Drill Team
4:00 pm Johnny Yancey Big Band (Big Band)

4:50 pm Ella Kizzie (Southern Cooking)
5:15 pm Memphis Area Square Dancers
5:45 pm Millennium Maddness Fancy Trick Drill & Drum Show Team

6:00 pm Ekpe (African Drumming)
6:25 pm Chef Michael Patrick (Creole Gumbo)
6:45 pm Jumpback Jake (Soul)
7:45 pm Don McMinn & Nightrain (Blues)
8:45 pm The Gypsy Hombres (Jazz)
9:45 pm Willie Covington (Soul)

Folklore Store Stage
1:15 pm Caleb Sweazy (Folk & Country)

2:15 pm Barbara Blue (Blues)
3:15 pm Roy Harper & Rob Pearcy (Country)
4:15 pm Dan Montgomery Trio (Rock)
5:15 pm Audie Smith & Vicki Newsum (Jazz)
6:15 pm Eden Brent (Blues)
7:15 pm Thomas Spurlock (Neo-Soul)
8:15 pm Last Chance Jug Band (Jug Band)
9:15 pm Pierce Pettis (Folk)
10:15 pm Blind Mississippi Morris (Blues)

Folklore Hall Stage
1:45 pm The Jumpin Chi Chis (Jazz)
2:45 pm Ms. Nikki (Blues)
3:45 pm Eddie Bond (Country)
4:45 pm Memphis Klezmer Allstars (Klezmer)
5:45 pm Orange Mound Jazz Messengers (Jazz)
6:45 pm Jim Dickinson, Sid Selvidge, & Jimmy Crosthwait (Blues)
7:45 pm Niko Lyras Trio

8:45 pm Joyce Cobb (Jazz, Blues & Rock)


Gayoso & Main Street Stage
1:30 pm Mr. White & David Agape (Gospel & House Set)
2:30 pm FreeVerse (Jam Band & Funk)
3:30 pm The Golden Keys (Gospel)
4:30 pm Charles Johnson & Kwest (Jazz & Rhythm & Blues)
5:30 pm Kenny Brown
6:30 pm Brown Singers (Gospel)
7:30 pm Susan Marshall (Jazz, Rock & Blues)
8:30 pm Exodus (Reggae)
9:45 pm Los Cantadores (Latin)

Here is my FGF for today, no FGF roundup though

I will be working in the morning overseeing stage construction for the Memphis Music & Heritage Festival, then work a full day at FedEx.

These kids, the Homemade Jamz Blues Band, are part of why I love this festival so much. While we are more than just blues, these kids are unbelievable musicians, but they and their family are even better people.

Please enjoy them here, then come down and see them this weekend, I'll be looking for you.