Beale Street Music Festival 2009 Lineup

[Staxsun]

Another festival that conflicts with JF (second weekend):

Friday May 1

The All-American Rejects
Steve Miller Band
Ben Harper & Relentless 7
Tommy Castro
Katy Perry
The Cult
G Love & Special Sauce
Jack's Mannequin
Rise Against
Ronnie Baker Brooks
Matt Nathanson
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Lurrie Bell

Saturday May 2

Al Green
Korn
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
John Lee Hooker Jr.
Shinedown
Elvis Costello
The Roots
Curtis Salgado
Saving Abel
Los Lobos
Michael Burks
The Bar-Kays
Thriving Ivory
Susan Tedeschi
Julian Marley
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm
Chancho En Piedra
Muck Sticky
Green River Ordinance
Hubert Sumlin
Shane Dwight
Jump Back Jake

Sunday May 3

James Taylor
311
Fall Out Boy
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Hinder
Bonnie Raitt
Snoop Dogg
Guitar Shorty
Theory of a Deadman
Jerry Lee Lewis
Three 6 Mafia
Sherman Robertson
Chancho En Piedra
Amos Lee
Prosevere
Damon Fowler
Dead Confederate
Reba Russell Band

[Moon]

Dayum! I'm thinking I might have to start alternating festivals; JazzFest one year, Beale Street the next.

[Staxsun]

Dayum! I'm thinking I might have to start alternating festivals; JazzFest one year, Beale Street the next.

I just wish they'd make it a daytimer like JF. I get tired of ducking drunk teenagers. You can see why I'm usually a first weekender. If I can't afford both weekends, at least I can do okay at home.

[sophisticated sissy]

Whew! The line up kills!
I have to go sometime, maybe next year. :)

[ohio]

Wow! I assume it's cheaper to do than Fest?

[jonnygospeltent]

I just wish they'd make it a daytimer like JF. I get tired of ducking drunk teenagers. You can see why I'm usually a first weekender. If I can't afford both weekends, at least I can do okay at home.

Hey ,Rachel's not a teenager anymore.

[festivalgirl]

Wow! I assume it's cheaper to do than Fest?

3 day pass - 63.50
day ticket - 28.50

[Moon]

Beale Street Festival is spread out over a dog walk park on the river. While not as large a layout as JazzFest, there are numerous stages with national and local favorites. That and the cheaper tickets are the only real comparison to New Orleans. The best thing about Beale is the fact that you can leave and come back. So after a long day of listening to Big Star, Booker T & the MGs, Precious Bryant, and whoever Jim Dickinson is playing with these days; you can leave, stroll up the hill to the Blues City Cafe and have the best ribs you ever put in your mouth. Then you can walk across the street to Silky O'Sullivans and pound down a few Irish car Bombs before heading back to the Festival. It's a real hoot.