Live blues in Clarksdale tonight — venues and covers

Live music, seven nights a week

Which room has music tonight, who is playing, and what it costs at the door.

There is no evening in Clarksdale without music somewhere. What changes is which room, and how much it costs to walk in.

Agenda

What is on

The venues

By the night

Wednesday is the jam at Ground Zero, hosted by Steve Kolbus. Bring an instrument and you play; bring an ear and it costs $10.

Thursday to Saturday the club runs a full band, $15 at the door, kitchen open until the last set.

Most nights Red's Lounge on Sunflower Avenue opens when Red's son feels like opening it. No website, no advance ticket, the hat goes round. That is not a shortcoming; it is the point.

Weekend mornings the Bluesberry Café serves the Blues Breakfast at ten with a band already playing. It is the only place in town where the music starts before noon.

Box office

Buy at the door, or here

Festival

One week a year, everywhere at once

During the Juke Joint Festival in April, twenty-odd rooms run at the same time on a single wristband, and twelve daytime stages are free.