Co-owned by actor Morgan Freeman, Bill Luckett, Howard Stovall and Eric Meier, Ground Zero Blues Club will celebrate its 5th anniversary in May 2006. plus special events during festival time periods. GROUND ZERO BLUES CLUB: Clarksdale's largest real-deal blues music venue offers "live" Mississippi blues music every Wednesday to Saturday. Details on Wristband webpage or in program booklet. Entry to any/all 20+ JJF Sat-night venues requires a festival wristband. PLEASE NOTE: Saturday night (April 23, 2022), IF Juke Joint Festival Sat-night Wristbands are NOT sold-out, then limited quantities will be available for purchase only at the 243 Delta Ave JJF HQ building (only till 8:30pm) AND Ground Zero Blues Club, Hambone Gallery and Hopson Commissary (if/while supplies last). Live broadcast on Delta Force 3 radio and Bluesday 2'sday with liveīands every Tuesday Night, and couple 2 for 1 admission and specials.ĭelta Blues Alley Caf� blues lounge welcomes you to the place where hard times and struggle fell in love, and the blues was born. One of the longest running blues program in the Mississippi Delta with More have graced our stage and are scheduled for upcoming events.Īlso coming Soon, the Saturday Night Fish Fry with Jaka Sherrie from Local legends and up incoming stars like Robert Bilbro Walker, David Kimbrough and the Kimbrough Family, Cops by day, blues in the heat of the night, Otis TCB Taylor and main stage band, and Rickey Burton and all soul band, plus many Perform live Delta Blues Alley Caf� blues lounge. Local radio stationĭisc jockeys play the grooves nightly and blues icons and other artist Newly added mainstage for your entertainment. Wall' and fade to black, its an unexpected experience with a danceįloor, tables, booths, a separate bar and grill for your enjoyment and Then once you go thru the 'big hole in da Jams and Ice cold beer and beverages, giving you that local feel onlyĬlarksdale can provide. Equipped with a street sideīar open daily with pool tables, games, flat screen viewing, juke box andīlues Alley, 'now how down home is dat'. The newest kid on the block, located on the corner of Delta ave. The Cutrers and their home, which they called Belvoir, inspired character names and settings in several of Tennessee Williams’ plays including A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie, Orpheus Descending and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Williams most likely came to the Cutrer Mansion on parish calls with his beloved grandfather, Rev. Such events often attracted a young Tom Williams, who later became the celebrated playwright Tennessee Williams, to the Cutrer home as a child. Not to be outdone, Blanche often threw extravagant yard parties and opulent masked balls, usually to the accompaniment of a full orchestra or swing band. The dapper Jack Cutrer was very flamboyant and equally famous for his legendary parties and fiery politics. Cutrer and his wife Blanche Clark Cutrer, daughter of Clarksdale’s founder, John Clark. The mansion was built in 1916 by Memphis architect Bayard Cairnes for Clarksdale attorney J.W.
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