One of the best Memphis in May events is the Outdoors Inc. Canoe and Kayak Race and Festival, with some 500 paddlers and Canadian national team members racing down the Mississippi River at 10 a.m. where the Wolf River empties into it. Tonight s Margaritas at the Mansion fund-raiser for the Sharpe Planetarium at the Pink Palace features margaritas, hors d ooeuvres, an auction, and live mariachi music by Los Contadores. Tonight s MIM Beale Street Music Fest lineup includes Cheap Trick, Bonnie Raitt, Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm<./b>, Di Anne Price & Her Boyfriends, Maria Muldaur, Puddle of Mudd, Eddie Floyd, Carla Thomas & the Memphis Horns, and Ingram Hill. And at the HI-Tone tonight, there s Big Hal s big 50th Birthday Bash,for those of you whose invitation was lost in the mail.
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