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| Description | Our 9th annual, 2012 edition of Juke Joint Festival is also dedicated to all the other late, great Clarksdale blues performers / supporters who have passed away during the past year. Delta blues legend David Honeyboy Edwards was a regular performer at Juke Joint Festival -- always appearing three times during the weekend (Delta Blues Museum, Juke Joint Festival and Cat Head blues store). He passed away on August 29, 2011 at 96 years old. He may be gone, but his contributions to the music world and our down-home festival will never be forgotten. R.I.P. Last edition, we celebrated the 100th birthday of blues icon Robert Johnson with "100 ACTS FOR 100 YEARS!" ... and it went so amazingly well that we will again feature 100 blues acts during Juke Joint Festival weekend in 2012. Our next Juke Joint Festival is Saturday, April 14, 2012, with exciting related events on starting at 6pm on Thursday, April 12th and carrying through the night of Sunday, April 15th. (Related Events on that Friday include the world-premiere of the new blues documentary film WE JUKE UP IN HERE at Delta Cinema -- www.********.***. Related events on that Sunday include the always free and fabulous Cat Head Mini Blues Fest at 10am.) The home of this much acclaimed festival? Historic CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI -- just 90 minutes south of the Memphis International Airport and once home to such blues greats at Son House, John Lee Hooker, Junior Parker, Ike Turner, Muddy Waters, Pinetop Perkins, Earl Hooker, Lil Green, Big Jack Johnson and many many others. Don't miss the JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL KICK-OFF -- Thursday, April 12th at Delta Cinema (lobby and stage -- 11 Third St.). Fest poster signing with artist Cristen Barnard & free live blues by TBA (6pm) in lobby. And the evening's live blues headliners TBA (7pm) performing on theater stage! Sponsored by Clarksdale Revitalization Inc. What is the JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL? Its a positive event for everyone in Clarksdale. Its good for families, businesses, musicians and tourists alike. The festival itself combines an international blues festival? with a community-minded small-town fair, creating a strong and memorable event like no other in the universe. Its organized by the Clarksdale Downtown Development Association (CDDA) and staffed by enthusiastic volunteers. This half small-town fair, half blues festival does more than simply entertain attendees -- though it definitely does that, too! It aims to educate and enlighten native Deltans and blues tourists alike through a series of performances, exhibits, and presentations involving music, art, storytelling, film, and childrens events. The event mixes visitors with locals and showcases the economic power of cultural tourism, turning average Deltans into ambassadors for the region. Speaking of economics, last year?s festival was our most successful yet with full hotels, nearly doubled attendance and expanded press coverage (including a national AP story that ran in many major cities). Festival attendees came from at least 45 U.S. states, 51 Mississippi counties and 19 foreign countries. The Juke Joint Festival makes every effort to keep vendors, talent and suppliers as local as possible. A family-friendly event, the festival also provides a bus service at night to discourage drinking and driving between music venues. Our daytime Saturday events are all FREE while our nighttime Saturday events all come for the price of a cheap, $15 wristband (which gets you unlimited rides on the blues shuttle bus and entry to almost 20 nighttime juke joint venues). For more information and pictures from past festivals, log on to www.********.***. | ||
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| Year # | 9 | ||
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