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: $85.00 (3-Day); $35 (1-Day)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- 311
- Alabama Shakes
- Ana Popovic
- Anthrax
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Big Gigantic
- Black Joe Lewis
- Black Stone Cherry
- Blues Traveler
- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
- Bootsy Collins
- Buddy Guy
- Carolina Chocolate Drops
- Chick Corea
- Dickey Betts
- Dropkick Murphys
- Fitz and the Tantrums
- Foster the People
- Grouplove
- Jason Isbell
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Joan Jett
- Juicy J
- Kid Rock
- Leftover Salmon
- Los Rabanes
- MS MR
- North Mississippi Allstars
- Pretty Lights
- Quinn Sullivan
- Seether
- Snoop Dogg
- Sonny Burgess and the Legendary Packers
- St. Paul and the Broken Bones
- String Cheese Incident
- The Dandy Warhols
- Third Eye Blind
- Wolfmother
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