RiverBeat Music Festival
Tom Lee Park
Friday-Sunday, May 3-5
We got the beat. We got the beat. Yeah, the RiverBeat! The inaugural lineup has the Fugees, Odesza, and Jelly Roll, plus a bunch more including lots of local acts. Full lineup here. Purchase tickets here. Three-day pass is $249. Single-day pass is $99. (Before you go, read Alex Greene’s cover story from this week.)
Drink a Beer, Save a River
Grind City Brewing Co.
Friday, May 3, 6-10 p.m.
Do something good with your life: Drink beer. Yes. Drink beer. For every beer you drink $1 will be donated to the Wolf River Conservancy. You can also enter a drawing for a chance to win an unforgettable paddle trip for you and a friend with the Wolf River Conservancy. AND attendees will get to meet Dale “Greybeard” Sanders, a true legend and Guinness World Record holder who conquered the entire length of the Mississippi River by canoe at the age of 87. RSVP here.
May the Fourth Be With You
Black Lodge
Saturday, May 4, 2 p.m.
May the Fourth be with you. And also with you. Lift up for a Star Wars triple-header during the day and costume up for our all-night Star Wars Cantina Dance Party later that night. Screening for free are Solo: A Star Wars Story at 2:45 p.m., Revenge of the Sith at 5 p.m., and Rogue One at 7:30 p.m. Sabacc tournament starts at 7 p.m. as does the lightsaber dueling competition with Memphis Armored Fight Club. Pre-registration is encouraged at the ticket link for dueling. The dance party kicks off at 9:30 p.m. and will go till 3 a.m. You’ll enjoy an evening of cosplay, DJs, dancing, lightsaber duels, themed food and drinks, artist vendors, and more. It’s $10 for the dance party.
Beer Mile – Benefitting Spay Memphis and All 4s Rescue League
Crosstown Concourse
Sunday, May 5, 10 a.m.
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the most pawfect way by supporting Spay Memphis and All 4s Rescue League at Global Cafe’s Beer Mile, where you’ll drink a beer, run a quarter mile, and repeat that three more times. You must be 21 or older, and registration includes four beers and a coupon for a free Juan Margarita ($10 value). Register here for $40. Brunch will be available to purchase post-race at Global Cafe.
Libration
Wiseacre
Sunday, May 5, 2-5 p.m.
Feel the libration. It’s such a good libration. It’s such a sweet sensation — to attend an event supporting the Memphis Public Libraries. Bring the family, friends, even the four-legged kids for live music by the Turnstyles, activities, games, giveaways, and more. Tickets include a beer or a premade cocktail. Early bird tickets are $30/one or $50/two. You only need to purchase tickets for those 21+.
Spring Flicker Fest
Urban Earth Gardens, Nursery & Market
Saturday, May 4, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Celebrate the spring with Urban Earth’s Spring Flicker Fest. Free sodas and beer will be provided by Memphis Made, and Amurica Photobooth will be available for free photos. There will be giveaways, free gardening-themed activities throughout the day for kids and adults alike, free face-painting and balloon-twisting (noon to 2 p.m.), live music from Lucky 7 Brass Band (1 to 3 p.m.), and meet-and-greets throughout the event with local community partners including The Memphis Native Tree Works and Experience Memphis Gardens. Lunch and snacks will be available for sale from Donna’s Taste of Love food truck.
“Summer Art Garden: Creatures of Paradise” Opening Celebration
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Wednesday, May 8, 6-8 p.m.
The Brooks brings its Summer Art Garden, this year with featured artist Memphis-based duo Banana Plastik and their installation “Creatures of Paradise,” where monstrous bugs and tiny Thumbelinas relax in a fantasy landscape. Wednesday marks the opening, so celebrate with a party featuring DJ AD, drinks, and food by Feast & Graze. Teachers, who show their teacher ID, can get a free drink ticket.
There’s always something happening in Memphis. See a full calendar of events here.
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