Beale Street Music Festival - - 2009

If you love music or even if you just love to party, you won't want to miss the Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival. This annual event features three days of live music featuring rock, blues, gospel, alternative, R&B, and soul. Past performers include: The Dave Matthews Band, Ray Charles, Three 6 Mafia, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sheryl Crow, James Brown, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Charlie Daniels, Saliva, Bob Dylan, and many more.

Below you will find information for the 2009 Beale Street Music Festival.

Location:
Tom Lee Park on Riverside Drive between Beale Street and Georgia Avenue in downtown Memphis.

Dates and Times:
Friday, May 1 -- 5:00 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Saturday, May 2 -- 1:00 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Sunday, May 3 -- 1:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Tickets:
Three Day Pass (through April 30th only): $63.50
Daily Ticket in Advance: $28.50
Daily Ticket - Day of Event: $33.00

Bands and Artists:

• Friday
  The All-American Rejects
  Steve Miller Band
  Ben Harper & Relentless 7
  Tommy Castro
  Katy Perry
  The Cult
  G. Love & Special Sauce
  Jack's Mannequin
  Rise Against
  Ronnie Baker Brooks
  Matt Nathanson
  Medeski, Martin, & Wood
  Lurrie Bell

• Saturday
  Al Green
  Korn
  George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
  John Lee Hooker, Jr.
  Shinedown
  Elvis Costello
  The Roots
  Curtis Salgado
  Saving Abel
  Los Lobos
  Michael Burks
  The Bar-Kays
  Thriving Ivory
  Susan Tedeschi
  Julian Marley
  Cedric Burnside & Lightin' Malcolm
  Chancho En Piedra
  Muck Sticky
  Green Rive Ordinance
  Hubert Sumlin
  Shane Dwight
  Jump Back Jake

• Sunday
  James Taylor
  311
  Fall Out Boy
  John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
  Hinder
  Bonnie Raitt
  Snoop Dogg
  Guitar Shorty
  Theory of a Deadman
  Jerry Lee Lewis
  Three 6 Mafia
  Sherman Robertson
  Chancho En Piedra
  Amos Lee
  Prosevere
  Damon Fowler
  Dead Confederate
  Reba Russell Band