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Soul Day Fest 2026: Bringing Faith, Hope, and Community Together in Memphis
Something exciting is happening in Memphis this October! Truth Generation Church invites the entire community to Soul Day Fest 2026, a free, family-friendly community outreach festival happening Saturday, October 17, 2026, from 10 AM to 4 PM at 5535 Pleasant View Road in Memphis. With a heart for serving people...
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Memphis Print Shop Hosts Six Hours of Nonstop Sound Monday Night
More than a dozen musicians will perform at a Downtown Memphis warehouse Monday night in a continuous six-hour set. The event, called Memphis Drone, runs from 6 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. at the Memphis Print Shop at 325 Wagner Place. Attendees surround the performers, and mats are welcome. According to...
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Things to Do in Memphis This Weekend: Oct 16 to 18
Memphis does not do a quiet October, and this weekend proves it 🎃 Friday opens at the Overton Park Shell with The Co-Lab, a benefit night where Memphis artists team up on one stage. Saturday belongs to the river as RiverArtsFest turns 20 with more than 160 juried artists, and Sunday ends loud when Mastodon rolls into Satellite Music Hall at Crosstown Concourse. In between, there's a cemetery tour full of séances, a Halloween Hike for tiny trick-or-treaters, Mavis Staples at the Germantown Performing Arts Center and a costume-friendly 5K through East Buntyn. Here's every pick for October 16 to 18, hour by hour.
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Ran’D Shine brings Black magic, history to Memphis for one night only
For magician and comedian Ran’D Shine, magic is more than making a playing card disappear or leaving an audience wondering, “How did he do that?” It is also about history, representation and telling Black stories that are often overlooked. Shine will bring “The Heart & Soul of...
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RiverArtsFest returns with more than 160 artists for its 20th anniversary
RiverArtsFest celebrates its 20th anniversary with a weekend of art, music, and entertainment along Riverside Drive in downtown Memphis on Saturday, October 17, and Sunday, October 18. Darel Snodgrass spoke with RiverArtsFest Board Chair and Festival Director Denise Ford about the region's largest and longest-running fine arts festival, featuring more...
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Born 99 Years Ago Today in Memphis, the Multifaceted ”Nashville Sound” Architect Who Backed Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, and Jim Reeves
On this day (October 13) in 1927, Anita Kerr was born in Memphis, Tennessee. As the lead soprano and brains behind the Anita Kerr Singers, she left her stamp on the lush “Nashville sound” that permeated country music in the 1960s, lending background vocals to songs like Roy Orbison’s “Only the Lonely”, Jim Reeves’ “He’ll Have to Go”, and Brenda Lee’s “I’m Sorry”.
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Nine bronze wolves set to prowl Germantown for public art scavenger hunt
GERMANTOWN, Tenn. - Germantown is getting a pack. Nine bronze wolf sculptures will soon take up residence across the city as part of Discover Germantown, a community scavenger hunt that sends residents and visitors out to explore the city and its public art. Before the wolves go on the loose,...
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Project Pat to headline LeMoyne-Owen's homecoming celebration
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It will be a homecoming in more ways than one for a local rap legend. Memphis rapper and brother of Three 6 Mafia member Juicy J, Project Pat, is set to headline LeMoyne-Owen College's "LOCHELLA" homecoming celebration Saturday, Oct. 24, bringing live music, food, and festivities to the historic HBCU.
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10 Restaurants Elvis Presley Loved Most in America
From Memphis diners to Vegas steakhouses, discover 10 restaurants Elvis Presley loved most and how they became part of the King's food story. The post 10 Restaurants Elvis Presley Loved Most in America appeared first on FoodnService.
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Terence Blanchard honors Miles Davis and John Coltrane at GPAC
The Jazz Series at Germantown Performing Arts Center (GPAC) continues Saturday, November 7, with Terence Blanchard — an eight-time Grammy winner and two-time Emmy and Oscar nominee. The acclaimed trumpeter and composer celebrates the centennial birth years of jazz legends Miles Davis and John Coltrane with a performance at Highland Capital Performance Hall.
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Project Pat to headline LeMoyne-Owen College homecoming festival
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Memphis rap legend Project Pat will headline the LeMoyne-Owen College homecoming “LOCHELLA” music festival and tailgate on Oct. 24. The day will kick off with the annual parade starting at 9 a.m. on Bellevue/McLemore and conclude at Saxon Ave. The music festival and tailgate...
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Grind City Brewing Gives Memphis A New Amphitheatre and Kicks It Off With Great Music
Anyone familiar with Memphis’s Grind City Brewing Company knows that their beers are named for various aspects of the city’s music scene, particularly its soul music legacy, and the brewery has already sponsored music concerts in the past. But in April of this year they launched something much bigger, a new outdoor amphitheatre adjacent to the tasting room, featuring a stage where the downtown skyline forms a dramatic backdrop to the performers on stage.
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Bell Wringer: An 1820s witch causes mayhem in Tennessee
Pinky Swear Productions is excited to announce the remount of the 2023 Best Musical winner of Capital Fringe Bell Wringer. Have you ever been beset by strange happenings? A weird creature in your backyard…or closet? Someone poked you, but nobody’s there? One Tennessee family sure has. This fast-paced...
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A Distillery And Live Music in Covington
Live music is not as common in Tipton County, Tennessee as it should be, but the opening of 797 Distillery gives reason to hope that things might be changing for the better. While the distillery sells a variety of vodka, rum and moonshine, its beautiful outdoor stage and patio can hold hundreds, and in nice weather is a comfortable place to enjoy a band, a drink or two, and food from local food trucks.
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Memphis Designer Brings Survivor Advocacy to Her Fashion Label
Carol Corbett’s Memphis-based label, the Carol Corbett Collection, serves runway and private clients, with pieces also available online and in Memphis. Corbett has cited African couture and cultural heritage as influences on her designs, according to WREG. The outlet reported that the collection appeared on a New York Fashion Week runway in September.
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Project Pat to headline LeMoyne-Owen ‘Lochella’ tailgate, music festival
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Legendary Memphis Rapper Project Pat is set to perform at HBCU LeMoyne-Owen College during their “Lochella” homecoming music festival. Dr. Christopher B. Davis, President of LeMoyne-Owen, says “Lochella”, inspired by the Coachella music and arts festival, is welcoming the community to join the HBCU experience with them. “We’re inviting the entire city […]
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Historic photo session with members of the Memphis 13
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Generations of civil rights history came together in Memphis Sunday for a photo designed to preserve their stories for the next generation. The historic photo session took place outside the Lorraine Motel at the National Civil Rights Museum. It brought together members of the Memphis 13, Selma “Bloody Sunday” foot soldiers, the […]
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‘A Different World’: A new generation of storytellers
For Felicia Pride, returning to Memphis was an opportunity to talk about what happens when Black creatives claim their voices, control their stories and create pathways for the generation coming behind them. Pride, writer and showrunner of Netflix’s “A Different World” reboot, was the featured speaker Oct. 3 at a...