The Beale Street Music Festival is a three day music festival that has both a mix of big-name stars performing side by side with local musical acts. Held during the first weekend of May in the city’s Tom Lee Park at the foot of Beale Street, it is considered to be the kick-off event of the entire Memphis in May celebration. It typically hosts 100,000+ people for each of the first two nights of the event, and usually quite large crowds for the ending big-name finales on Sunday night.
Ticket Price: $32.50 (Single Day); $75 (3-Day)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Prosevere
- Al Green
- Alison Krauss and Union Station
- Anthony Hamilton
- Bernard Allison
- Big K.R.I.T.
- Bil Abel
- Black Lips
- Black Stone Cherry
- Blind Mississippi Morris
- Brad Webb
- Breathe Carolina
- Buddy Guy
- Bush
- Charlie Musselwhite
- Childish Gambino
- Chris Robinson Brotherhood
- Coheed and Cambria
- Cold War Kids
- David Evans with Elmo Lee Thomas
- Dr. Dog
- Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors
- Duke Robillard
- Evanescence
- Florence and the Machine
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Girl Talk
- Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
- Herbie Hancock
- Jane's Addiction
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State Coalition
- John Hiatt
- Johnny Winter
- Kenny Brown
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Larry McCray
- Lupe Fiasco
- Megadeth
- Michael Franti and Spearhead
- My Morning Jacket
- NeedToBreathe
- North Mississippi Allstars
- Old 97's
- Pitbull
- Primus
- Robert "Wolfman" Belfour
- Robert Randolph and the Family Band
- Son Volt
- Sponge Cola
- T-Model Ford
- The Alexis P. Suter Band
- The Bo-Keys
- The Civil Wars
- The Cult
- The Head and the Heart
- The Nighthawks
- Three 6 Mafia
- Valerie June
- Victor Wainwright and the Wildroots
- Volbeat
- Will Tucker
- Wiz Khalifa
- Yo Gotti
- Zoogma
Festival News and Rumors
Insane Clown Posse Announce Otherworldly 2023 Edition of Gathering of the Juggalos
The festival promises such such attractions as "ICP's Alien Probe Adventure"
Bryan Kress May 22, 2023
Hopscotch 2023: Pavement, Denzel Curry, Japanese Breakfast Top Lineup
Alvvays, Digable Planets, Soccer Mommy, and more will also hit the Raleigh fest this September.
Abby Jones May 19, 2023
Live Nation Offering $99 All-In Festival Tickets During Festival Weekend
Governors Ball Roots Picnic, Sound on Sound, and more are participating in the discount.
Carys Anderson May 17, 2023
The National's Homecoming 2023 Lineup Led by Patti Smith, Pavement, & The Walkmen
Weyes Blood, Snail Mail, and Bartees Strange will also play the Cincinnati festival.
Eddie Fu May 17, 2023
Riot Fest's Killer 2023 Lineup Led by Foo Fighters, The Cure & The Postal Service
Carys Anderson May 16, 2023
Guns N' Roses, Billie Eilish, and P!NK to Headline Music Midtown's 2023 Lineup
P!NK, The 1975, Flume, Incubus, and Tove Lo are also set to play the Atlanta festival.
Scoop Harrison May 16, 2023