3DD, Goos, Panic & Chains At This Year’s Beale Street
11:01 AM Thursday 3/4/10
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Memphis In May officials held a press conference today to announce the lineup for this year’s Beale Street Music Festival, saying 3 Doors Down, Alice In Chains, Widespread Panic, Goo Goo Dolls and Daryl Hall & John Oates are just a few of the nearly 60 acts scheduled to play at Memphis’ Town Lee Park April 30-May 2.
Other bands and artists scheduled to descend on Beale Street include Earth, Wind & Fire, Alison Krauss & Union Station Feat. Jerry Douglas, The Flaming Lips, Drive-By Truckers, John Hiatt, Chevelle, Michael McDonald, Blues Traveler, Jeff Beck, Seether, Limp Bizkit, The B-52’s, and Coco Montoya.

Epicenter 09, Pomona, Calif.
August 22, 2009
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This year’s festival will also include several artists with roots in Memphis, including Jerry Lee Lewis, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Booker T. & The MG’s, Yo Gotti, Al Kapone, Alvin Youngblood Hart and North Mississippi Allstars.
Beale Street’s Blues Tent will be going full-throttle with the likes of Robert Wolfman Belfour, Blind Mississippi Morris, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Hubert Sumlin, Janiva Magness, Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers, Kenny Neal Band, Ruthie Foster, Savoy Brown, Walter Trout & The Radicals, Sonny Landreth and Leon Russell.
And don’t forget about the SoCo Blues Shack, which will host Richard Johnston and T-Model Ford.
The festival will also salute the Republic of Tunisia’s musical culture on May 1 with a performance by that country’s hip hop group, Dragon Balti.

MotorCity Casino & Hotel, Detroit, Mich.
December 31, 2009
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“We are pleased to bring fresh new talent to the Beale Street Music Festival along with old favorites,” Memphis In May president/CEO Jim Holt said. “Beale Street Music Festival continues to be strong while some music festivals in a recession climate are canceling or struggling due to talent availability.
Tickets, including special three-day passes for $65 and a limited number of daily tickets priced at $29.50, are on sale now. For more information, click here for the Beale Street Music Festival Facebook page and here for the Memphis In May Web site.
--Jay Smith