Here’s the complete schedule for the 2008 Memphis Music & Heritage Festival, to be held Saturday and Sunday on the Main Street Mall at Peabody Place/Gayoso.
And here are my picks:
Saturday
noon Greg Hisky & his Dixie Whisky Flyers (Peabody Place at Main stage)
noon Jimmy Crosthwait – puppet show (Trolley Stop Stage)
1:15 PM Charlie Wood (Folklore Store stage)
1:30 PM Mr. White (Gayoso & Main stage)
2:55 PM Ella Kizzie Southern cooking demo (Trolley Stop Stage)
6:30 PM Alicja Trout & the River City Tanlines (Gayoso & Main stage)
7 PM Giant Bear(Peabody Place at Main stage)
8:30 PM Al Kapone (Gayoso & Main stage)
8:45 PM Hope Clayburn & Soul Scrimmage (Folklore Hall Stage)
9:15 PM Harlan T Bobo (Folklore Store stage)
I’ve also received a recommendation to go see Punching Nicholas, who will be playing down the street at the Tap Room on Beale at 10 PM.
Sunday
noon Jimmy Crosthwait – puppet show (Trolley Stop Stage)
1:30 PM Mr. White & David Agape (Gayoso & Main stage)
2:15 PM Barbara Blue (Folklore Store stage)
2:55 PM Ella Kizzie Southern cooking demo (Trolley Stop Stage)
6:25 PM Chef Michael Patrick Creole gumbo demo (Trolley Stop Stage)
7 PM Sonny Burgess & the Pacers (Peabody Place at Main stage)
8 PM FreeWorld featuring Herman Green (Peabody Place at Main stage)
8:30 PM Exodus (Gayoso & Main stage)
10 PM Jason D. Williams
10:15 PM Blind Mississippi Morris (Folklore Store stage)