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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Thousands of music fans are counting down the days and hours until the start of the Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This year, the festival has a new temporary home at Liberty Park. For the first time in two years and since the pandemic, crews […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A West Memphis man is behind bars following a shooting in Downtown Memphis on June 12 near Beale Street. Vincent Williams, 18, has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault after Memphis Police said he fired shots from an SUV near B.B. King and Peabody Place during a busy time. Two […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– A family has identified one of the victims of a shooting on Beale Street that left one person dead and two injured early Sunday morning. Weekend violence on Beale Street has pierced the heart of Tashia Smith. “I had to watch my son die in my hands,” she said. Her 26-year-old son Tacquan […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Beale Street Music Festival organizers have announced changes in hopes of easier access to the festival. Organizers believe what has attributed to the longer wait times is that both entrances are not being used by concertgoers. Randy Blevins said the changes are based on previous experiences. “We made adjustments based on what […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Officials with the Memphis in May International Festival say this year’s festival marked the lowest attendance the festival has seen in decades. For the first time in more than 20 years, combined attendance for the Beale Street Music Festival and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest reportedly fell below 115,000. The organization […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The gates are now open for the Beale Street Music Festival. This is the first time the event has happened since 2019 due to the pandemic. The stage is set. Beale Street Music Festival has returned to the Bluff City. “The energy is finally here,” said Randy Blevins with Memphis in May. […]

MEMPHIS – Less than 30 games into the season and with a starting line-up that has yet to play a single minute together, the Grizzlies woke up Friday morning as the best team in the West and boasting the third best record in the NBA . This after making a monumental statement to close out […]

How good would it look to see Kevin Durant in the Beale Street Blue? According to Shams Charania of the Athletic, the Grizzlies have become the latest team to show interest in acquiring the two-time NBA Finals MVP. Durant has asked the Brooklyn Nets for a trade and has four years left on his contract.  […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — With a little over a week away from the start of Memphis in May festivities, preparations at Tiger Lane are well underway. Thursday, crews were hard at work building stages and seating areas for this year’s Beale Street Music festival. Instead of the Mississippi River and Downtown Memphis as the backdrop, it […]

MEMPHIS – The Memphis Grizzlies continue to be the talk of the NBA these days. But for all the wrong reasons. It was positive publicity when they were winning 11 games in a row… but now, not so much. Whether it the shouting match with Shannon Sharpe in L.A. Or the chaos in Cleveland that […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis in May is returning to Tom Lee Park this year. That’s the official word from the festival’s President and CEO Jim Holt as the lineup for the Beale Street Music Festival is released. Headliners include GloRilla, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, and Earth Wind & Fire. As the lineup for the music […]