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Beale Street Music Festival -- 2012

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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 2012 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 4, 2012 -- 5:00 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Saturday, May 5, 2012 -- 1:00 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Sunday, May 6 2012 -- 1:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Tickets:
Three Day Pass (through April 18th only): $75.00
Single Day Ticket in Advance: $32.50
Single Day Ticket Ticket - Day of Event: $40.00

Bands and Artists:

  • Friday
    6:00 p.m.--Breathe Carolina
    6:10pm--North Mississippi Allstars / Volbeat
    6:15pm--Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State Coalition
    6:30pm--T-Model Ford
    7:15pm--T-Model Ford
    7:25pm--Sponge Cola
    7:35pm--Three 6 Mafia
    7:40pm--Needtobreathe
    7:45pm--Will Tucker Band
    8:00pm--T-Model Ford
    8:55pm--Lupe Fiasco
    9:00pm--Megadeth / Bill Abel
    9:15pm--Florence + The Machine
    9:25pm--Bernard Allison
    9:45pm--Bill Abel
    10:30pm--Girl Talk / Bill Abel
    10:50pm--Evanescence
    10:55pm--My Morning Jacket
    11:10pm--Johnny Winter
  • Saturday
    2:15pm--Victor Wainwright
    2:20pm--John Hiatt
    2:25pm--Sponge Cola
    2:30pm--Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
    3:00pm--Blind Mississippi Morris
    3:45pm--Blind Mississippi Morris
    3:50pm--Robert 'Wolfman' Belfour
    3:55pm--Kenny Wayne Shepherd
    4:00pm--Big K.R.I.T.
    4:05pm--Son Volt
    4:30pm--Blind Mississippi Morris
    5:15pm--Blind Mississippi Morris
    5:30pm--Larry McCray
    5:35pm--Buddy Guy
    5:40pm--Black Lips
    5:45pm--Childish Gambino
    6:15pm--Brad Webb
    7:10pm--Valerie June
    7:15pm--The Cult / Cold War Kids / Brad Webb
    7:20pm--Dr. Dog
    8:00pm--Brad Webb
    8:45pm--Brad Webb
    8:50pm--Yo Gotti
    8:55pm--Grace Potter & The Nocturnals / The Bo Keys
    9:00pm--Al Green
    10:40pm--Anthony Hamilton / Pitbull
    10:45pm--Gary Clark, Jr.
    10:50pm--Jane's Addiction
  • Sunday
    2:05pm--Alexis P. Suter Band / Zoogma
    2:15pm--Old 97s
    2:20pm--Prosevere
    2:30pm--David Evans w/ Elmo Lee Thomas
    3:15pm--David Evans w/ Elmo Lee Thomas
    3:35pm--The Chris Robinson Brotherhood
    3:40pm--The Nighthawks
    3:50pm--Black Stone Cherry / The Head And The Heart
    4:00pm--David Evans w/ Elmo Lee Thomas
    5:00pm--Kenny Brown
    5:10pm--Michael Franti & Spearhead
    5:15pm--Duke Robillard
    5:20pm--Coheed and Cambria
    5:25pm--Jerry Lee Lewis
    5:45pm--Kenny Brown
    6:30pm--Kenny Brown
    6:55pm--The Civil Wars / Herbie Hancock and His Band
    7:00pm--Bush / Charlie Musselwhite
    7:15pm--Kenny Brown
    8:30pm--Alison Krauss & Union Station
    8:40pm--Primus
    8:50pm--Wiz Khalifa / Robert Randolph Band

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