2014-03-13

The Beale Street Music Festival (BSMF) is kicking off Memphis in May for the 38th time this year. The festival is predicted to be one of the top 20 best music festivals of 2014 according to Fuse Magazine and the lineup will make anyone salivate. Motorhead, The Dandy Warhols, Third Eye Blind, Check out the lineup and details below.



Memphis, Tennessee has hosted Memphis in May since 1977, but Beale street was a land mark long before that. In the 1800’s, African-American musicians would congregate to perform music on the street, and the movement made a lasting impact on the music culture in Memphis. It is now a haven for local and national musicians and artists and attracts visitors even when festivals aren’t being held.

The Memphis is May Festival lasts for a month and is divided into 4 events. The kickoff event is BSMF, a three day event from May 2nd – May 4th. BSMF hosts artists from all over the world, bringing all kinds of music, artwork, and cooking cooking to one place.

The festival will be held by the Mississippi River in downtown Memphis, Tennessee in Tom Lee Park. The park boasts 33-acres and will feature amazing stages, vendors and plenty of space to walk around. Tickets will be sold as single day passes with availability for 3-day VIP passes including a pass for the one of the biggest barbecue contests in the world. Check out the lineup below and get excited for some music, barbecue and beautiful weather.

2014 Beale Street Music Festival Lineup

311

Juicy J

AER

Alabama Shakes

Ana Popovic

Avenged Sevenfold

Beats Antique

Big Gigantic

Black Stone Cherry

Black Joe Lewis

Blind Mississippi Morris

Blues Traveler

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Brandon Bailey

Buddy Guy

Canned Heat

Chick Corea & the Vigil

Daddy Mack Blues Band

David Evans

Dickey Betts & The Great Southern Bootsy Collins

Dropkick Murphys

Eric Gales

Fitz & the Tantrums

Foster the People

FreeWorld

Fuzzy Jeffries

Ghost Town Blues Band

Grouplove

Herman Green

Jason Isbell

Jerry Lee Lewis

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Kenny Brown

Kenny Neal

Kid Rock

Leftover Salmon

Leo Bud Welch

Lord T & Eloise

Los Rabanes

Lucky Peterson

Memphis Dawls

Motorhead

MS MR

North Mississippi Allstars

Patti LaBelle

Pretty Lights

Project Pat

Quinn Sullivan

Reba Russell

Robert “Wolfman” Belfour

Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings

Seether

Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion

Sonny Burgess & the Legendary Pacers

St. Paul and the Broken Bones

STS9

Surrender the Fall

The Carolina Chocolate Drops

The Dandy Warhols

The String Cheese Incident

Third Eye Blind

Tommy Castro

Tony Joe White

Twenty One Pilots

Will Tucker

Wolfmother

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