Thursday, March 18th, 2010
At The C Concourse Food Court Stage - Noon
One Terminal Drive
Nashville TN 37214-4114
Ph: 615.275.2040
Price: Free!
Nashville International Airport takes great pride in showcasing the Middle Tennessee region's visual and performing arts. Blue Mother Tupelo will be bringing their swampadelic Southern Soul to the C Concourse Food Court Stage in the passenger terminal at the Nashville International Airport. The C Concourse Food Court Stage of the airport is located in the bar and restaurant area beyond the baggage & security checkpoint with live entertainment.
www.flynashville.com/arts/
Friday, March 19th, 2010
Live performance & interview on "The Joe Show" - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Knoxville TN Request Line: 865.777.4105
Blue Mother Tupelo will perform live on WFIV's "The Joe Show" between 4:00pm - 5:00pm(est). Listen to the live performance and with BMT on WFIV 105.3fm in Knoxville or listen live online at www.wfiv.com/
Friday, March 19th, 2010
9:30pm
112 East Broadway
Maryville TN 37804
Price: $7.00
About Brackins:
Located in historic downtown Maryville, Brackin's features top local, regional, national and international performers - the finest live music in the region, dancing, great food & fine spirits.
Saturday, March 20th, 2010
9:00pm
7695 River Road Pike
Nashville Tennessee 37209
US
Price: $5.00
Norm’s River Roadhouse features honest, homemade Music and Songs from Artists & Musicians that stick with you as mightily as the BBQ and River Road House food sticks to your ribs. You’ll hear great performances by rough-hewn acoustic poets in a wonderful intimate setting. Part of the charm of Norm’s River Roadhouse is the intimate, back-to-nature setting located in deep West Nashville on River Road Pike, on 5 acres next to the Cumberland River. Norm’s was voted as Best New Songwriter’s Club in the Nashville Scene in 2008.
Directions To Norm’s:
I-40 exit 201A for US-70 E/Charlotte Pike
Turn right at Charlotte Pike/TN-24/US-70
Slight right at River Rd
Continue straight onto River Rd Pike/TN-251
Norm’s River Roadhouse will be on the right
www.myspace.com/normsriverroadhouse
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
at the Downtown Presbyterian Church Nashville - 10:45am
154 5th Avenue North
Nashville TN 37219-2398
Ph: 615.254.7584
The Lenten Blues Concert Series takes place at the beautiful historic Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Presbyterians have worshiped at the corner of 5th and Church at the Downtown Presbyterian Church since 1816, when the First Presbyterian Church of Nashville built their first structure. Everyone is invited and welcomed to attend this very special music event and service.
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Blue Mother Tupelo & Various Artists Perform Live-On-The-Air On WSM's Music City Roots - 7:00pm
The Loveless Cafe 8400 Highway 100
Nashville TN 37221
Ph: 615.646.0067 or 800.889.2432
Price: $10
Back to the Roots ... welcome to the future! Music City Roots is a weekly concert that takes place at The Loveless Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee while being broadcast as a live radio show on the legendary 650 WSM.
You can buy tickets in person at Grimey's or at The Loveless Cafe. You may order tickets online here: http://musiccityroots.com/tickets
Directions to Loveless Cafe:
FROM NASHVILLE: Take I-40 West towards Memphis. Exit 192 McCrory Lane. Turn left and go 4 miles until you dead end into Highway 100. Turn left on Highway 100 and the Loveless Cafe is located directly ahead on the left.
FROM BRENTWOOD: Take I-65 North towards Nashville. Take the Old Hickory Blvd exit 74B. Travel 8 miles to Highway 100. Turn left on Highway 100 and go approximately 4 miles to the Loveless. We will be on the right before the Natchez Trace Parkway bridge.
FROM WEST NASHVILLE: Take West End Avenue to the 100/70 split and stay in the left lane as it turns into Highway 100. Travel approximately 7.5 miles to the Loveless. We will be on the right before the Natchez Trace bridge.
Or listen live on 650 AM WSM in Nashville or online at www.wsmonline.com
www.musiccityroots.com
Friday, April 9th, 2010
8:30pm
104 South Park St.
Merigold MS 38759
Ph: 662.748.2441
Price: Free! Love Offering Appreciated!
You can't get the true experience of the Delta without savoring its food and its music- and Crawdad's has some of the finest of both. Located in downtown Merigold, Mississippi off the legendary Highway 61, Crawdad's is best known for its boiled crawfish, juicy steaks, Cajun/Creole dishes with their secret "comeback sauce" and live Delta music amid the dirt roads & cottonfields around Merigold.
www.myspace.com/crawdadsofmerigold
Saturday, April 10th, 2010
12:30pm
Throughout Downtown
Belzoni MS 39038
Price: $5.00
The 35th Annual World Catfish Festival takes place throughout downtown Belzoni, Mississippi, the Catfish Capital of the World. Due in part to its reputation as a family oriented event, the World Catfish Festival has received several awards including Top 100 Events in North America and TOP 20 Events of the Southeast. The Humphreys County Catfish story is a saga of Southern enterprise, ingenuity, determination, dedication and just plain down-home good neighborliness. All of these ingredients — plus inherent agricultural know-how— have figured in the phenomenal progress that has been made in the county since the mid-1960’s when catfish was introduced as a new cash crop. The fest includes fantastic live musical entertainment, an arts and craft show, eating contest, children’s play, queen contest, as well as, plenty of Mississippi catfish to eat! Make plans now to join Blue Mother Tupelo and the citizens of Belzoni for a great day of fun, food, celebration and more!
www.catfishcapitalonline.com/festival02.htm
Saturday, April 10th, 2010
WANNA BOOK BLUE MOTHER TUPELO FOR YOUR SPECIAL EVENT?
WE WANNA HEAR FROM YOU!
To book Blue Mother Tupelo for your House Concert, Festival, Nightclub, Hootenanny, Throwdown, Private Party, Reception or any event, contact us at: booking@bluemothertupelo.com
Please include the phone number where you may be reached. Thanks!
Friday, April 16th, 2010
7:00pm
348 Delta Ave
clarksdale MS 38614
ph: 662.627.1467
Price: Love Offering Encouraged!
On the eve of the Juke Joint Festival, BMT will be layin' down some swampadelic southern soul at the Delta Amusement Cafe.
LIVE MUSIC!
FRESH CRAWFISH BOIL!
ICE-COLD BEER!
BOOGIE ALL NIGHT!
Delta Amusement cooks up superb delta soul food, fresh crawfish boil, ice cold beer, larger-than-life-characters, live music . . . it is the kind of place where you can pour your own cup of coffee (and bring in your friendly dog).
http://www.myspace.com/delta_amusement_cafe
Saturday, April 17th, 2010
at the Bolivar County Courthouse - 12:00pm
200 South Court Street
Cleveland MS 38732
Ph: 662.719.1239
A Delta tradition continues on Saturday April 17, 2010, under the oaks of the Bolivar County Courthouse, South Court Street, Cleveland, Mississippi. The 40th Annual Crosstie Arts and Jazz Festival, a juried fine arts show, will feature between 75-100 exhibitors displaying paintings, sculpture, pottery, fabric and paper designs, hand-made furniture and jewelry, as well as live music entertainment. High quality handcrafts will be offered in a marketplace setting. Road races for young and old, an extensive area just for children, a delicious variety of regional foods, and friendly people combine to make a most enjoyable day. Join us for a great day of entertainment! This year's schedule showcases the best of local & regional talent. From Southern Gospel, Classic Rock, Ol' School, R&B to Southern Soul, there's something for everyone!
Saturday, April 17th, 2010
at the Delta Amusement Stage - 5:00pm
Throughout the city of Clarksdale
Clarksdale MS 38614
Ph: 662.624.5992
Price: Free! Love offering appreciated!
Blue Mother Tupelo & various artists perform live at the Juke Joint Festival!
The Juke Joint Festival features live music throughout Clarksdale; Delta food; pig races; juke joints & Southern hospitality.
www.jukejointfestival.com
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
6:00 p.m.
2323 DeFoor Hills Road, N.W.
Atlanta GA 30318
(404)355-5558
Price: Free Admission
Atlanta Brewing Company hosts a tour and tasting every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 6pm to 8pm, and every Saturday from 2pm to 5pm. Usually three or four beers, including seasonals, are offered on tap at the tasting. Founded in 1993, the award-winning Atlanta Brewing Company (ABC) is the oldest operational craft brewery in the state of Georgia. Red Brick Ale was the first beer brewed by ABC and remains its flagship brand; it is available year round, as are Peachtree Pale Ale and Red Brick Blonde.
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
WANNA BOOK BLUE MOTHER TUPELO FOR YOUR SPECIAL EVENT?
WE WANNA HEAR FROM YOU!
To book Blue Mother Tupelo for your House Concert, Festival, Nightclub, Hootenanny, Throwdown, Private Party, Reception or any event, contact us at: booking@bluemothertupelo.com
Please include the phone number where you may be reached. Thanks!
Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Sundays On The Southside - 12:30pm
1826 Carter Street
Chattanooga TN 37408-1017
ph: 423.266.9270
Price: Free! Love offering appreciated!
A Sunday afternoon of Southern Soul with Blue Mother Tupelo!
The Chattanooga Market, located in the First Tennessee Pavilion, is a weekly open air market in downtown Chattanooga. every Sunday features live music, great food in the Market Cafe, Chef Demos, local produce and locally made arts and crafts!
www.chattanoogamarket.com
Saturday, May 1st, 2010
8:00pm
Lebanon TN 37090
Price: $15 suggested donation
You are welcome to attend! If you are interested in attending this Blue Mother Tupelo House Concert you must RSVP by e-mailing Hillbilly Haiku at hillbillyhaiku@gmail.com.
Blue Mother Tupelo performs for all kinds of events including but not exclusively: House Concerts, Festivals, Nightclubs, Hootenannys, Crawfish Boils, Throwdowns, Wedding Receptions & more good stuff!
To book BMT, please contact us at booking@bluemothertupelo.com and please include event date, location, contact name, e-mail & phone number.
Thanks!
Blue Mother Tupelo
Friday, May 7th, 2010
7:00pm
214 E. Moulton Street
Decatur AL 35601
ph: 256.686.1382
Price: $25 suggested donation
Blue Mother Tupelo performs a funky, soulful, intimate, live acoustic concert at the Decatur Acoustic Concert Series at Trish Land's. Concerts have been selling out quickly at this, Decatur, Alabama's newest & finest concert venue. Reservations are recommended and being accepted now by calling Ph: 256.686.1382. The price is a suggested donation of $25 per person.
Saturday, May 8th, 2010
9:00pm
514 Broad Street
Gadsden AL 35906
Ph: 256.543.0363
Price: $5.00
The Downtown Tavern is quickly becoming the go-to place in Gadsden, Alabama for the hip young cats & the older professionals to eat, drink and especially listen to music ... the best club in town for music lovers!
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
6:00pm
Brasseur des Grottes; 6, rue de la Servette; 1201
Genève Switzerland
A night of American Roots & Blues music with Blue Mother Tupelo, Scissormen, Shake it Like a Caveman, Red Mouth and Wes Mackey at the BDG Club in Genève, Switzerland.
Saturday, May 15th, 2010
TBA
The Crissier Castle
Lausanne Switzerland
Blues Rules is the very first underground blues festival of Switzerland, and one of the rare in all of Europe. Blues Rules is dedicated to the Delta Blues style. The Blues Rules Festival will take place in the Springtime at the Crissier Castle in Lausanne Crissier, in Switzerland, a few steps from the Geneva Lake, between Geneva and Montreux. During this 2-day fest, the biggest names of the Delta Blues family will play on one stage! Coming there from all around the world, artists will share this festive Delta Blues & Roots music with a fascinated and enthusiastic audience!
Blues Rules Festival takes place at The Crissier Castle located in Switzerland, very close to Lausanne. At a few steps from the Geneva Lake, between Geneva and Montreux, this 17th century mansion offers very easy access to main Swiss airports, highways and railways, and an exceptionally beautiful and original environment. www.swisscastles.ch/Vaud/chateau/crissier.html
There will be one large open air stage, close to the old castle stables!
- Bars and snacks under tents for the audience!
- Catering in the castle dependence!
- Public park at a short 10-minute walk from the castle festival grounds!
- Many hôtels and camping around!
Blues Rules Festival
at The Crissier Castle
Lausanne, Switzerland
www.Blues-Rules.com
www.myspace.com/blues_rules_fest
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
TBA
The Crissier Castle
Lausanne Switzerland
Blues Rules is the very first underground blues festival of Switzerland, and one of the rare in all of Europe. Blues Rules is dedicated to the Delta Blues style. The Blues Rules Festival will take place in the Springtime at the Crissier Castle in Lausanne Crissier, in Switzerland, a few steps from the Geneva Lake, between Geneva and Montreux. During this 2-day fest, the biggest names of the Delta Blues family will play on one stage! Coming there from all around the world, artists will share this festive Delta Blues & Roots music with a fascinated and enthusiastic audience!
Blues Rules Festival takes place at The Crissier Castle located in Switzerland, very close to Lausanne. At a few steps from the Geneva Lake, between Geneva and Montreux, this 17th century mansion offers very easy access to main Swiss airports, highways and railways, and an exceptionally beautiful and original environment. www.swisscastles.ch/Vaud/chateau/crissier.html
There will be one large open air stage, close to the old castle stables!
- Bars and snacks under tents for the audience!
- Catering in the castle dependence!
- Public park at a short 10-minute walk from the castle festival grounds!
- Many hôtels and camping around!
Blues Rules Festival
at The Crissier Castle
Lausanne, Switzerland
www.Blues-Rules.com
www.myspace.com/blues_rules_fest
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
9:00pm
7695 River Road Pike
Nashville Tennessee 37209
US
Price: $5.00
Norm’s River Roadhouse features honest, homemade Music and Songs from Artists & Musicians that stick with you as mightily as the BBQ and River Road House food sticks to your ribs. You’ll hear great performances by rough-hewn acoustic poets in a wonderful intimate setting. Part of the charm of Norm’s River Roadhouse is the intimate, back-to-nature setting located in deep West Nashville on River Road Pike, on 5 acres next to the Cumberland River. Norm’s was voted as Best New Songwriter’s Club in the Nashville Scene in 2008.
Directions To Norm’s:
I-40 exit 201A for US-70 E/Charlotte Pike
Turn right at Charlotte Pike/TN-24/US-70
Slight right at River Rd
Continue straight onto River Rd Pike/TN-251
Norm’s River Roadhouse will be on the right
www.myspace.com/normsriverroadhouse
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Blue Mother Tupelo & Various Artists - Gates open at 10:00am(cst)
642 shiloh Road
Crawford Tennessee 38554
US ph: 931.445.2072
Price: $15/$20/$55
Dust off yer campin' gear, grab yer family & friends, throw yer cell phones away and come boogie with Blue Mother Tupelo & many other fine music artists at the 5th annual Jammin at Hippie Jack's Americana Music & Art Festival held on a majestic farm in majestic Crawford, Tennessee!
Y'all come and enjoy Americana, Jamgrass, Bluegrass, Acoustic, and Folk music on 2 stages echoing in the Middle Tennessee mountains! Jammin' At Hippie Jack's lineup features some fine new performers to the festival as well as a reunion of past performers. As past festival attendies can attest & as Hippie Jack himself puts it, "All in attendance will experience incredible good fortune and mental wellness after music on the farm therapy. It's going to be a great one!" Make sure to bring your tent, camper, camping supplies, your kids and especially your dancin' shoes to Jammin at Hippie Jacks!
There'll also be a community pickin' tent, primitive creekside camping under the Tennessee stars, fine art and craft exhibitions, walks in the country and some great down home food!
Ticket prices are: Friday $15, Saturday $20, Sunday $20. Buy a 3-Day Pass and CAMP FREE for only $55. Gates open at 10:00am each day. Children 12 and under are FREE. All ticket prices are per person. No reserved seats. Bring your chairs or blankets. NO PETS! Event held rain or shine. Jammin at Hippie Jack's Americana Music & Art Festival accepts checks payment, VISA, Mastercard in advance. CASH ONLY AT THE GATE. No refunds. Attendance is limited to 500 people daily. To order tickets call Ph: 931.445.2072 or email hippiejackpbs@yahoo.com
Outdoor Experience will have camping extras on hand to make your stay more comfortable..Come out and see us, you won't want to miss it!
Need a hotel? Call the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott for the festival rate 931-854-1050.
The festival is located on "Hippie Jack's" 200-acre farm in the West Fork community of Overton County on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee; half way between Nashville and Knoxville off of i-40 at Monterey. The festival is located 25 minutes north of Monterey, surrounded by rolling hills, no city lights, where cell phones don't apply!
DIRECTIONS:
http://www.jamminathippiejacks.com/directions.html
Saturday, June 5th, 2010
BMT Performs @ 1:00pm
The Cherry Street Pavilion at south end of Cherry Street
Helena AR 72342
Ph: 870.338.4350
Price: Free!
About Mother's Best Music Fest
Mother’s Best Music Fest takes place at the Cherry Street Pavilion in historic downtown Helena, Arkansas, a town built on the rich soil of Delta heritage which bore the fruit of legendary musicians and nationally known festivals. The Delta Cultural Center presents the eclectic music festival featuring the diversity of musical talent in the Delta each June. The Mother’s Best Music Fest is based on the tradition of one man band and cigar box musicians who construct their own instruments. Helena was home to one of the most recognized figures in this genre Doctor Isaiah Ross. “Helena had music innovators that gave birth to the blues, artist that built their own instruments, or created a new style like Dr. Ross” commented Terry Buckalew, “A festival that celebrates musicians who are innovators both in style and unique instruments should feel a linage to the musical heritage of Helena. This was the inspiration behind the festival’s name which originated with the 1940’s radio show in Helena that featured musical innovators from the region.” This free festival will feature live music from recognized artists. Completing the experience will be an instrument demonstration area showcasing unique instruments and a delta folk art exhibit hosted by Cat Head Delta Folk Art. The festival highlights the region's musical heritage. Performers at the The Mother’s Best Music Fest play various styles of music from folk, bluegrass, blues and rockabilly. Fun for everyone! Rain or shine!
The Cherry Street Pavilion is an outdoor, permanent performance stage, located on the south end of Cherry Street in historic downtown Helena.
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
9:30pm
201 South Sharpe Avenue
Cleveland MS 38732-3363
Ph: (662) 843-8510
Price: $5.00
Blue Mother Tupelo brings its sweet Southern Soul sound to The Pickled Okra!
The Pickled Okra is located in historic beautiful downtown Cleveland, Mississippi - home to Delta State University. The Pickled Okra is the place where folks go hang out with friends and listen to great music, The Pickled Okra has a laid back atmosphere, mighty tasty food, great drink specials, and fantastic live entertainment nightly.
Friday, June 11th, 2010
TBA
Mississippi Highway 8
Grenada MS 38901
Ph: 800.373.2571
Price: $10
Blue Mother Tupelo brings their signature Swampadelic SouthernSoul sound to the Thunder on Water Festival in Grenada, Mississippi!
Thunder on Water Festival takes place at Grenada Lake, 3 miles east of Grenada, Mississippi on MS Highway 8. The festival features live music, Camping, boating, food, drinks and fun for the entire family!
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
live concert series at the Dogwood Performance Pavilion - 2:00pm
30 East Broad Street
Cookeville TN 38501
PH: 931.528.1313
Price: Free!
Blue Mother Tupelo brings their SouthernSoul sound to Sundays In The Park!
The Sundays in the Park concert series takes place at the Dogwood Performance Pavilion under the shade at Dogwood Park in Cookeville, Tennessee. Sundays in the Park concerts are FREE and fun for the whole family!
Directions to Dogwood Park:
From Interstate 40, take exit #286 and travel North on Willow Avenue.
At the fourth set of traffic lights turn right on Highway 70/Spring Street.
At the second set of traffic lights turn left on Walnut Avenue.
After one and one-half blocks, Dogwood Performance Pavilion will be on your right.
Park behind Dogwood Performance Pavilion, or in the parking lot across Walnut Avenue.
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Happy Hour with Blue Mother Tupelo - 5:00pm
318 Howard Street
Greenwood MS 38930
Ph: 662.453.2114
Price: Free! Love offering appreciated!
A live acoustic performance by Blue Mother Tupelo for Happy Hour at the majestic Alluvian Hotel in the historic Delta town of Greenwood, Mississippi!
A four-star landmark luxurious cosmopolitan boutique hotel in the heart of the Mississippi Delta - where pure Southern hospitality pours out of the exceptional staff. The Alluvian Hotel is a first-class amazing romantic getaway.
Happy Hour at The Alluvian Hotel ...
The lavish New Orleans-style courtyard is a wonderful place to take in live music and have a cocktail or glass of wine, while visiting with some of the most interesting people you've ever met.
The Alluvian Hotel is a smoke-free premises.
www.thealluvian.com/hotel_alluvian.html
Friday, June 25th, 2010
Various Artists Including Blue Mother Tupelo - Showtime TBA
Center Ave (HWY 349)
Potts Camp Mississippi 38659
US
Price: $30/$40
North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic celebrates the legacies of departed North Mississippi blues legends including R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and Otha Turner, and the festival will once again feature many of their children and grandchildren as well as many, many other performers.
The picnic is the brainchild of Kenny Brown, a great North Mississippi musican who performed at the side of Mississippi legend, RL Burnside for many years. The picnic is run by the non–profit organization North MS Hill Country Picnic, Inc., and enjoys great support and sponsorship from North Mississippi communities. Camping will be allowed, coolers are permitted, and vendors will sell local delicacies including barbeque and fried catfish. A portion of each ticket will be donated to MusiCares , a charity run by the Recording Academy that provides free health care for musicians in need. Sponsors to-date include Flick’s Country Restaurant, R & B Feder Charitable Foundation, Paragon Casino, Freeland & Freeland, One Day Signs, Holly Springs Tourism, Oxford Tourism, and Budweiser.
The last three years' picnics were resounding successes, drawing thousands of people to a rural site in Potts Camp in Marshall County, Mississippi. The festival demonstrated the vitality of the contemporary Blues scene in North Mississippi, and in light of the tremendous public response this year’s event has been extended to two days. Potts Camp is located off of Route 78, about halfway between Memphis and Tupelo.
Driving directions from Memphis, TN to Potts Camp, MS
Take HWY 78 east from Memphis, go past Holly Springs approximately 10 minutes. Take Potts Camp exit off HWY 78. Go 0.3 miles to stop sign, turn left onto Church Ave. go 0.4 miles, turn right onto Center Ave (HWY 349), cross railroad tracks, go 0.9 miles Picnic is on the left.
Driving Directions from Tupelo, MS to Potts Camp, MS
Take HWY 78 west from Tupelo, go approximately 45 minutes. Take Potts Camp exit off HWY 78. Go 0.3 miles to stop sign, turn left onto Church Ave. go 0.4 miles, turn right onto Center Ave (HWY 349), cross railroad tracks, go 0.9 miles Picnic is on the left.
Driving directions from Oxford, MS to Potts Camp, MS
Take HWY 7 north from Oxford going toward Abbeville, go approximately 30 minutes. At Holly Springs exit off HWY 7 onto HWY 78 going east toward Tupelo, go approximately 10 minutes. Take Potts Camp exit off HWY 78. Go 0.3 miles to stop sign, turn left onto Church Ave. go 0.4 miles, turn right onto Center Ave (HWY 349), cross railroad tracks, go 0.9 miles Picnic is on the left.
Tickets:
Weekend Passes
Friday and Saturday with camping $40
Friday & Saturday festival hours only $30
Day Passes
Friday Only $10
Saturday Only $25
Other Passes
Ice Chest Inside Fest $10
Camping per night $5
Workshop $100
www.nmshillcountrypicnic.com
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
Various Artists Including Blue Mother Tupelo - Showtime TBA
Center Ave (HWY 349)
Potts Camp Mississippi 38659
US
Price: $30/$40
North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic celebrates the legacies of departed North Mississippi blues legends including R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and Otha Turner, and the festival will once again feature many of their children and grandchildren as well as many, many other performers.
The picnic is the brainchild of Kenny Brown, a great North Mississippi musican who performed at the side of Mississippi legend, RL Burnside for many years. The picnic is run by the non–profit organization North MS Hill Country Picnic, Inc., and enjoys great support and sponsorship from North Mississippi communities. Camping will be allowed, coolers are permitted, and vendors will sell local delicacies including barbeque and fried catfish. A portion of each ticket will be donated to MusiCares , a charity run by the Recording Academy that provides free health care for musicians in need. Sponsors to-date include Flick’s Country Restaurant, R & B Feder Charitable Foundation, Paragon Casino, Freeland & Freeland, One Day Signs, Holly Springs Tourism, Oxford Tourism, and Budweiser.
The last three years' picnics were resounding successes, drawing thousands of people to a rural site in Potts Camp in Marshall County, Mississippi. The festival demonstrated the vitality of the contemporary Blues scene in North Mississippi, and in light of the tremendous public response this year’s event has been extended to two days. Potts Camp is located off of Route 78, about halfway between Memphis and Tupelo.
Driving directions from Memphis, TN to Potts Camp, MS
Take HWY 78 east from Memphis, go past Holly Springs approximately 10 minutes. Take Potts Camp exit off HWY 78. Go 0.3 miles to stop sign, turn left onto Church Ave. go 0.4 miles, turn right onto Center Ave (HWY 349), cross railroad tracks, go 0.9 miles Picnic is on the left.
Driving Directions from Tupelo, MS to Potts Camp, MS
Take HWY 78 west from Tupelo, go approximately 45 minutes. Take Potts Camp exit off HWY 78. Go 0.3 miles to stop sign, turn left onto Church Ave. go 0.4 miles, turn right onto Center Ave (HWY 349), cross railroad tracks, go 0.9 miles Picnic is on the left.
Driving directions from Oxford, MS to Potts Camp, MS
Take HWY 7 north from Oxford going toward Abbeville, go approximately 30 minutes. At Holly Springs exit off HWY 7 onto HWY 78 going east toward Tupelo, go approximately 10 minutes. Take Potts Camp exit off HWY 78. Go 0.3 miles to stop sign, turn left onto Church Ave. go 0.4 miles, turn right onto Center Ave (HWY 349), cross railroad tracks, go 0.9 miles Picnic is on the left.
Tickets:
Weekend Passes
Friday and Saturday with camping $40
Friday & Saturday festival hours only $30
Day Passes
Friday Only $10
Saturday Only $25
Other Passes
Ice Chest Inside Fest $10
Camping per night $5
Workshop $100
www.nmshillcountrypicnic.com
Friday, July 9th, 2010
8:00pm
235 W Broadway St
Frankfort KY 40601
Ph: 502-875-3009
Price: $10
The Kentucky Coffeetree Cafe, Kentucky's most intimate and unique listening room and cafe, hosts live music concerts from nationally acclaimed performing artists. The sound is pristine and the audience is up-close and personal with the artist in this intimate, ultra cozy environment. Relax and enjoy KCC's organic coffee drinks, homemade soups and sandwiches. Choose from a wide selection of imported beers and microbrews, or select a wine from a carefully crafted list.
Tickets may be ordered in-advance by calling Ph: 502-875-3009, or may be purchased at the door.
Directions can be found at http://www.kentuckycoffeetree.com/directions
Friday, July 16th, 2010
at The Knoxville Museum of Art - 5:30pm
1050 Worlds Fair Park Drive
Knoxville TN 37902
Ph: 865.525.6101
Price: $9.00 / $5.00
Admission is $9 General Admission, $5 for members and students.
Blue Mother Tupelo brings their signature Southern Soul music back home to beautiful Knoxville at The Knoxville Museum of Art's Alive After Five series of live music from 5:30pm - 8:00pm!
Dance alongside masterpieces at Alive After Five, Knoxville's most unique live music experience, taking place at The Knoxville Museum of Art's Great Hall. Alive After Five provides exquisite flavors; the most savory live music Tennessee has to offer, tasty Southern catered food included with admission, drinks offered at two cash bars, tasteful East Tennessee & international artwork, and tons of fun! Folks come dressed casually in their jeans or dressed to the nines ... everyone is welcome at this good-time gathering! AAF is a non-smoking event. Wonderful for your entire family & friends and great for dates!
www.knoxart.org/activities/aliveafterfive/
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
9:30pm
201 South Sharpe Avenue
Cleveland MS 38732-3363
Ph: (662) 843-8510
Price: $5.00
Blue Mother Tupelo brings its sweet Southern Soul sound to The Pickled Okra!
The Pickled Okra is located in historic beautiful downtown Cleveland, Mississippi - home to Delta State University. The Pickled Okra is the place where folks go hang out with friends and listen to great music, The Pickled Okra has a laid back atmosphere, mighty tasty food, great drink specials, and fantastic live entertainment nightly.
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
9:00pm
514 Broad Street
Gadsden AL 35906
Ph: 256.543.0363
Price: $5.00
The Downtown Tavern is quickly becoming the go-to place in Gadsden, Alabama for the hip young cats & the older professionals to eat, drink and especially listen to music ... the best club in town for music lovers!
Friday, August 27th, 2010
6:00pm
985 OB McClinton Road
Senatobia MS 38668
Price: Free - Donations Welcomed!
VARIOUS ARTISTS INCLUDING BLUE MOTHER TUPELO at OTHA TURNER'S FAMILY GOAT BARBECUE PICNIC
LIVE MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG!
This picnic is certainly an Otha Turner family tradition and an old time Mississippi tradition - BMT has performed for the last several years at this nonstop down home foot-stompin’ picnic filled with great food, great folks and great music! - Past performers include: T-Model Ford, RL Burnside, Sam Carr, "Big Jack" Johnson, Kenny Brown, Robert Belfour, Terry "Harmonica" Bean, Cedric & Duwayne Burnside, Kenny Kimbrough, "Slick" Ballinger, Steve "Lightnin’" Malcolm, Blind Mississippi Morris, Big Daddy, The North Mississippi Allstars, Blue Mother Tupelo and of course, Sharde Thomas & The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band). The gathering of friends and the music is always fantastic and the catfish & goat bar-b-q are delicious! Ice-cold beer to top things off - it don’t get no better than this!!! This year, the Turner family will carry on in the traditional picnic style with Otha Turner’s original Rising Star Fife and Drum and his granddaughter, Sharde Thomas, playing the fife and his grandsons playing the drums as well as countless other Hill Country and Delta Blues musicians. Blue Mother Tupelo will be jammin’ there with others. At this picnic, there’s never a schedule for performers and one NEVER knows who’ll be performing for this event. But the music is nonstop and this is always guaranteed to be an old-fashioned Mississippi boogie. Y’all come!
Directions: On I-55, get off on the Senatobia exit and turn left (away from town) down Highway 4. Go approximately three Miles down that road to Gravel Springs Road (the second road to the right on 4 from Senatobia). Turn right on Gravel Springs Road. Go to the second 4-way stop and turn left (that road is OB McClinton Road) Follow that road about a half mile and the Turner’s Picnic is on the right there will be lots of cars & people gathered there. Park along the side of the road.
*BOOK AN AREA HOTEL WELL IN-ADVANCE, ALMOST ALL FILL UP WAY AHEAD OF TIME (the picnic location is about an hour’s drive southeast of Memphis).
"Renowned for his picnic parties Mr. Turner - who played a homemade bamboo cane fife or wooden flute and spent much of his life as a sharecropper and subsistence farmer - was a living link to rural Blues and fife-and-drum pre-blues that extended well into the 19th Century."
www.othaturner.com
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
All Afternoon/All night
985 OB McClinton Rd
Senatobia MS 38668
Price: Free - Donations Welcomed!
VARIOUS ARTISTS INCLUDING BLUE MOTHER TUPELO at OTHA TURNER'S FAMILY GOAT BARBECUE PICNIC
LIVE MUSIC ALL DAY/ALL NIGHT LONG!
This picnic is certainly an Otha Turner family tradition and an old time Mississippi tradition - BMT has performed for the last several years at this nonstop down home foot-stompin’ picnic filled with great food, great folks and great music! - Past performers include: T-Model Ford, RL Burnside, Sam Carr, "Big Jack" Johnson, Kenny Brown, Robert Belfour, Terry "Harmonica" Bean, Cedric & Duwayne Burnside, Kenny Kimbrough, "Slick" Ballinger, Steve "Lightnin’" Malcolm, Blind Mississippi Morris, Big Daddy, The North Mississippi Allstars, Blue Mother Tupelo and of course, Sharde Thomas & The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band). The gathering of friends and the music is always fantastic and the catfish & goat bar-b-q are delicious! Ice-cold beer to top things off - it don’t get no better than this!!! This year, the Turner family will carry on in the traditional picnic style with Otha Turner’s original Rising Star Fife and Drum and his granddaughter, Sharde Thomas, playing the fife and his grandsons playing the drums as well as countless other Hill Country and Delta Blues musicians. Blue Mother Tupelo will be jammin’ there with others. At this picnic, there’s never a schedule for performers and one NEVER knows who’ll be performing for this event. But the music is nonstop and this is always guaranteed to be an old-fashioned Mississippi boogie. Y’all come!
Directions: On I-55, get off on the Senatobia exit and turn left (away from town) down Highway 4. Go approximately three Miles down that road to Gravel Springs Road (the second road to the right on 4 from Senatobia). Turn right on Gravel Springs Road. Go to the second 4-way stop and turn left (that road is OB McClinton Road) Follow that road about a half mile and the Turner’s Picnic is on the right there will be lots of cars & people gathered there. Park along the side of the road.
*BOOK AN AREA HOTEL WELL IN-ADVANCE, ALMOST ALL FILL UP WAY AHEAD OF TIME (the picnic location is about an hour’s drive southeast of Memphis).
"Renowned for his picnic parties Mr. Turner - who played a homemade bamboo cane fife or wooden flute and spent much of his life as a sharecropper and subsistence farmer - was a living link to rural Blues and fife-and-drum pre-blues that extended well into the 19th Century."
www.othaturner.com
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
9:30pm
201 South Sharpe Avenue
Cleveland MS 38732-3363
Ph: (662) 843-8510
Price: $5.00
Blue Mother Tupelo brings its sweet Southern Soul sound to The Pickled Okra!
The Pickled Okra is located in historic beautiful downtown Cleveland, Mississippi - home to Delta State University. The Pickled Okra is the place where folks go hang out with friends and listen to great music, The Pickled Okra has a laid back atmosphere, mighty tasty food, great drink specials, and fantastic live entertainment nightly.
Friday, September 10th, 2010
7:00pm
Highway 73
Townsend TN 37882
Ph: 865.448.0044
Price: $4 adults, children under 6 are free, $3 children 6-17, $3 seniors 61 & older
Blue Mother Tupelo brings their Southern Soul back home to beautiful East Tennessee and to The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center!
The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center is a nonprofit organization formed to preserve, protect, present and promote the heritage of the East Tennessee region; the unique history and rich culture of the residents and Native Americans who inhabited the East Tennessee mountain communities that were incorporated into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and its surroundings.
The Heritage Center is located on a five acre site along state highway 73 in Townsend, Tennessee.
Directions:
3/4 mile beyond the traffic light at the Highway 321 and 73 intersection in Townsend, Tennessee, 3/4 mile from entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
www.gsmheritagecenter.org
Saturday, September 11th, 2010
WANNA BOOK BLUE MOTHER TUPELO FOR YOUR SPECIAL EVENT?
WE WANNA HEAR FROM YOU!
To book Blue Mother Tupelo for your House Concert, Festival, Nightclub, Hootenanny, Throwdown, Private Party, Reception or any event, contact us at: booking@bluemothertupelo.com
Please include the phone number where you may be reached. Thanks!
Friday, September 17th, 2010
TBA
Throughout Historic Downtown Bristol
Bristol TN/VA 24203
Ph: 423.573.4898
Price: $10 - $35
Three Days of Legendary Performances by many of the best Roots Music artists that America has to offer.
Confirmed for the 10th Annual Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion so far include: Del McCoury, Doyle Lawson, Ricky Skaggs, Michelle Malone, Blue Mother Tupelo and dozens more artists to be listed!
In the summer of 1927, the Victor Talking Machine Company tapped producer Ralph Peer for an important task: find the next big thing in American music. To Peer, Bristol looked like the perfect place to scout—the city had a passenger rail line, a main street straddling the border of Virginia and Tennessee, and was central enough to North Carolina, Kentucky and West Virginia to get a musical sample of the mountains.
Blue Mother Tupelo is ever-so aware of the rich musical history of this beautiful region in upper east Tennessee. Ricky quite possibly would never have picked up a guitar or sang a song if it weren't for his late uncle Bus, who picked, sang & rambled with the likes of Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family and some of the early recording artists out of Bristol. Bus played and sang the country hillbilly blues using a pocket knife to slide the guitar strings and he inspired Ricky's dad, other uncles and cousins to play music - and hence, Ricky was born into this family of music thanks to the roots from Bristol.
In the same way Ralph Peer summoned artists to the streets in 1927, Bristol calls its musical children home to the Rhythm & Roots Reunion. Blue Mother Tupelo is truly honored to be included in the line up. The line-up of artists is the strongest ever and promises something for everyone, old and young alike. To see the full line-up & to learn more about the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, visit www.bristolrhythm.com.
Tickets range from $10 - $35 & you may order yours at www.securetricities.com/bristolrhythm/
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
TBA
Throughout Historic Downtown Bristol
Bristol TN/VA 24203
Ph: 423.573.4898
Price: $10 - $35
hree Days of Legendary Performances by many of the best Roots Music artists that America has to offer.
Confirmed for the 10th Annual Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion so far include: Del McCoury, Doyle Lawson, Ricky Skaggs, Michelle Malone, Blue Mother Tupelo and dozens more artists to be listed!
In the summer of 1927, the Victor Talking Machine Company tapped producer Ralph Peer for an important task: find the next big thing in American music. To Peer, Bristol looked like the perfect place to scout—the city had a passenger rail line, a main street straddling the border of Virginia and Tennessee, and was central enough to North Carolina, Kentucky and West Virginia to get a musical sample of the mountains.
Blue Mother Tupelo is ever-so aware of the rich musical history of this beautiful region in upper east Tennessee. Ricky quite possibly would never have picked up a guitar or sang a song if it weren't for his late uncle Bus, who picked, sang & rambled with the likes of Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family and some of the early recording artists out of Bristol. Bus played and sang the country hillbilly blues using a pocket knife to slide the guitar strings and he inspired Ricky's dad, other uncles and cousins to play music - and hence, Ricky was born into this family of music thanks to the roots from Bristol.
In the same way Ralph Peer summoned artists to the streets in 1927, Bristol calls its musical children home to the Rhythm & Roots Reunion. Blue Mother Tupelo is truly honored to be included in the line up. The line-up of artists is the strongest ever and promises something for everyone, old and young alike. To see the full line-up & to learn more about the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, visit www.bristolrhythm.com.
Tickets range from $10 - $35 & you may order yours at www.securetricities.com/bristolrhythm/
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
TBA
Throughout Historic Downtown Bristol
Bristol TN/VA 24203
Ph: 423.573.4898
Price: $10 - $35
Three Days of Legendary Performances by many of the best Roots Music artists that America has to offer.
Confirmed for the 10th Annual Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion so far include: Del McCoury, Doyle Lawson, Ricky Skaggs, Michelle Malone, Blue Mother Tupelo and dozens more artists to be listed!
In the summer of 1927, the Victor Talking Machine Company tapped producer Ralph Peer for an important task: find the next big thing in American music. To Peer, Bristol looked like the perfect place to scout—the city had a passenger rail line, a main street straddling the border of Virginia and Tennessee, and was central enough to North Carolina, Kentucky and West Virginia to get a musical sample of the mountains.
Blue Mother Tupelo is ever-so aware of the rich musical history of this beautiful region in upper east Tennessee. Ricky quite possibly would never have picked up a guitar or sang a song if it weren't for his late uncle Bus, who picked, sang & rambled with the likes of Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family and some of the early recording artists out of Bristol. Bus played and sang the country hillbilly blues using a pocket knife to slide the guitar strings and he inspired Ricky's dad, other uncles and cousins to play music - and hence, Ricky was born into this family of music thanks to the roots from Bristol.
In the same way Ralph Peer summoned artists to the streets in 1927, Bristol calls its musical children home to the Rhythm & Roots Reunion. Blue Mother Tupelo is truly honored to be included in the line up. The line-up of artists is the strongest ever and promises something for everyone, old and young alike. To see the full line-up & to learn more about the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, visit www.bristolrhythm.com.
Tickets range from $10 - $35 & you may order yours at www.securetricities.com/bristolrhythm/
Friday, October 15th, 2010
9:30pm
201 South Sharpe Avenue
Cleveland MS 38732-3363
Ph: (662) 843-8510
Price: $5.00
Blue Mother Tupelo brings its sweet Southern Soul sound to The Pickled Okra!
The Pickled Okra is located in historic beautiful downtown Cleveland, Mississippi - home to Delta State University. The Pickled Okra is the place where folks go hang out with friends and listen to great music, The Pickled Okra has a laid back atmosphere, mighty tasty food, great drink specials, and fantastic live entertainment nightly.
Friday, December 17th, 2010
9:30pm
201 South Sharpe Avenue
Cleveland MS 38732-3363
Ph: (662) 843-8510
Price: $5.00
Blue Mother Tupelo brings its sweet Southern Soul sound to The Pickled Okra!
The Pickled Okra is located in historic beautiful downtown Cleveland, Mississippi - home to Delta State University. The Pickled Okra is the place where folks go hang out with friends and listen to great music, The Pickled Okra has a laid back atmosphere, mighty tasty food, great drink specials, and fantastic live entertainment nightly.
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