For those of you who can’t make it to Bonnaroo this year, the Beale Street Music Festival may be worth looking into. Just down the road, our Memphis friends are putting on a show that rivals most 2013 lineups and is only one-third of the cost. Featuring names like Phoenix, The Flaming Lips, The Smashing Pumpkins, Hall & Oates, The Roots, and The Black Keys, the festival takes place May 3rd through May 5th at Tom Lee Park during the Memphis in May International Festival. Plan your weekend accordingly:
Friday, May 3
Alice in Chains
Daryl Hall and John Oates
Bassnectar
Charles Bradley
The Deftones
Sheryl Crow
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Heritage Blues Quartet
Yngwie Malmsteen
The Wallflowers
Mimosa
Louise Hoffsten (from Sweden)
Shannon McNally
The Joy Formidable
Don Trip
Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition
Brad Webb
Marcus James
Kinney Kimbrough
Saturday, May 4
The Black Keys
ZZ Top
The Roots
Coco Montoya
Dwight Yoakam
Big Boi
Gov’t Mule
Patti Smith
Ronnie Baker Brooks
Mavis Staples
Gavin DeGraw
Will Tucker
Cracker
Jerry Lee Lewis
Pickwick
Zac Harmon
Star & Micey
Jake Bugg
Ryan Bingham
Matt Isbel
Blind Mississippi Morris
Sunday, May 5
The Smashing Pumpkins
Flaming Lips
Phoenix
The Black Crowes
Public Enemy
Royal Southern Brotherhood
Three Days Grace
Papa Roach
AWOLNATION
Gary Clark, Jr.
Lucero
Davy Knowles
The Slide Brothers
Vintage Trouble
Deer Tick
Louise Hoffsten
The Slide Brothers
River City Tanlines
Al Kapone
Kingtson Springs
Barbara Blue
Brandon Bailey
Kenny Brown
Three-day passes start at $85 and you can grab them here.
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