This time of year galvanizes Memphis with memories of the King, and that’s just as true with online events. Elvis Presley’s Graceland has really stepped up their game in the live-streamed realm this year with Virtual Elvis Week 2021. Highlights include a 50th anniversary concert celebrating Elvis’ Nashville recording sessions, Ultimate ETA Contests, Elvis in Concert on the big screen, and more.
Nearly all of Graceland’s events, with concerts and events at The Soundstage at Graceland, will be live streamed in pristine HD with soundboard audio. Unlike last year’s Virtual Elvis Week where the content was pre-recorded or pulled from archival footage, this year, fans will experience Elvis Week as it’s happening. There are three Virtual Elvis Week Pass options: The Elvis Super Fan Pass, The Elvis Tribute Artist Pass, and The Elvis Legacy Pass. All shows included in each pass can be watched live, and then re-watched on demand for 72 hours following the final performance.
That other epicenter of Elvitude in Memphis, Hernando’s Hide-a-way, will also have many events streaming online in real time. Check their website during the concerts below to see which artists and events will be streamed live.
For those who don’t go for any of that, there are other options. A entirely different kind of tribute goes down at B-Side Memphis on Saturday with Noisy Cats Are We, a group devoted to R.E.M.’s pre-Green material. This is their maiden voyage. Or check out the many fine original bands and artists listed below. As always, take a moment to send the performers a virtual tip.
ALL TIMES CDT
Thursday, August 12
11 a.m. through Tuesday, August 17
Virtual Elvis Week 2021 – Live from Graceland
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5 p.m.
Robert Washington as Elvis — at Hernando’s Hide-a-way
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7 p.m.
Velvetina’s Blue Moon Revue — at Hernando’s Hide-a-way
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9 p.m.
Hickoids and Joecephus & the George Jonestown Massacre
— at Hernando’s Hide-a-way
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9 p.m.
Devil Train — B-Side Memphis
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Friday, August 13
6 p.m.
Ted Torres Martin as Elvis — at Hernando’s Hide-a-way
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8 p.m.
Jason D. Williams — at Hernando’s Hide-a-way
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10 p.m.
Funk Griot — at B-Side Memphis
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Saturday, August 14
10 a.m.
Richard Wilson
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7 p.m.
Rob & the Rockin 88’s — at Hernando’s Hide-a-way
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10 p.m.
Timbo & the Lonesome Country — at Hernando’s Hide-a-way
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10 p.m.
Noisy Cats Are We [Tribute to early R.E.M.] — at B-Side Memphis
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Sunday, August 15
3 p.m.
Dale Watson/Dalevis — Chicken $#!+ Bingo at Hernando’s Hide-a-way
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9:20 p.m.
Elvis Week 2021 Candlelight Vigil — Elvis Presley’s Graceland
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9:30 p.m.
Richard & Anne — at B-Side Memphis
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Monday, August 16
5 p.m.
Robert Washington as Elvis — at Hernando’s Hide-a-way
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7 p.m.
Dalevis ’68 Comeback Special — at Hernando’s Hide-a-way
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10 p.m.
Evil Rain — at B-Side Memphis
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Tuesday, August 17
10 p.m.
Johnny Burgin — at B-Side Memphis
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Wednesday, August 18
5:30 p.m.
Richard Wilson
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7 p.m.
Sam Morrow with Jeremy Pinnell — at Hernando’s Hide-a-way
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