The full lineup is out for this year’s Beale Street Music Festival, which takes place Friday, May 3rd through Sunday, May 5th at Tom Lee Park, with artists such as the Black Keys, the Roots, Hall & Oates, and the Black Crowes among the headliners.
Three-day passes for the festival are $85 and are available through April 21st. See MemphisinMay.org for more info.
The Line-Up:
Friday
FedEx Stage: Alice in Chains, Deftones, Yngwie Malmsteen, Don Trip.
Early Read: Ace local rapper Don Trip makes his BSMF debut, then things get heavy.
Orion Stage: Hall & Oates, Sheryl Crow, The Wallflowers, Shannon McNally
Early Read: Maybe the most broadly appealing stage of the festival, with Mid-South powerhouse Crow setting up pop hitmakers Hall & Oates.
Bud Light Stage: Bassnectar, Edward Sharpe & Magnetic Zeros, Mimosa, The Joy Formidable.
Early Read: Alternating alt-rock and electronics, but don’t sleep on the opener, Welsh alt-rock power-trio the Joy Formidable, whose most recent album is appropriately titled The Big Roar.
Horseshoe Casino Blues Tent:Charles Bradley, Heritage Blues Orchestra, Louise Hoffsten, Jimbo Mathus & the Tri-State Coalition.
Early Read: I saw soul man Charles Bradley a couple of years ago at Austin’s South By Southwest Music Festival and can testify as to his live bona fides. Once a James Brown impersonator called “Black Velvet,” Bradley has more recently found an audience with his own music and should play well down in Soulsville.
