The Mempho Music Festival, scheduled for October 4-6, has announced the performers to be featured this year, and it makes it clear once again why Billboard Magazine called it “one of the premiere southeast music festivals for Americana, rock, and blues music.” And with Queens of the Stone Age topping the bill, Mempho is certainly bringing serious rock bona-fides to the Mid South.
Mempho’s commitment to the jam band sound, well-established with its history of bringing Widespread Panic to Memphis multiple times, also continues unabated, with Trey Anastasio also headlining. As the lead guitarist and songwriter for Phish, the jam band star will be continuing the approach started this month in touring with his “classic” Trey Anastasio Band (TAB), composed of drummer Russ Lawton, keyboardist Ray Paczkowski, and bassist Dezron Douglas.
Finally, the outlaw county element will be well represented by Cody Jinks, the onetime thrash rocker from Texas who’s been making waves on the country charts for nearly a decade.
Mempho’s eclecticism goes far beyond those genres, as the next tier of talent slated to appear this year reveals. If snagging the Fugees for Mempho Presents’ recent RiverBeat Music Festival was impressive, so too is the appearance of both The Roots and Digable Planets at Mempho Fest this fall. And beyond those eternally fresh Philly favorites, the list also includes Goose, Sublime with Rome, Marcus King, Charles Wesley Godwin, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors, Cory Wong, Warren Haynes Band, and The Kills. Other artists will fill in the roster as well, including some of this city’s finest artists. Once again, ground zero for the multi-stage festival will be Radians Amphitheater at the Memphis Botanic Garden.
Three day tickets to the Mempho Music Festival are now available and can be purchased through memphofest.com/tickets. Single-Day tickets will be made available soon with the announcement of the daily lineup.