Amid all that’s going on this weekend, I totally missed the fact that the 2009 Memphis Zombie Massacre happens this weekend. The zombies will meet up at 6:30 on Beale Street. The undead are marching a longer route this year, going up Third to Union, then back down Second to Peabody Place and then over to Main to hit the South Main Trolley Tour, then they’ll walk back north to Beale. You can show up early (they recommend 4:30) to get made up as zombies by professional makeup artists, or wear duct tape in the shape of an X along the route and they’ll zombify you as you march. More info here.
Friday is also the finals of the Hard Rock Battle of the Bands competition. Hear some great music, and the receipts at the door go to charity. They actually asked me to be a judge for this, not that I know a thing about music (of course, I didn’t know a thing about beer pong but was a judge at Pub Olympics last year, so there is a precedent). I didn’t want to miss an April Trolley Tour though, so I declined. Should be a fun night, no matter which event you attend.
Through the end of the month you can purchase a VIP dining card from Texas de Brazil and enjoy a 50% discount on up to 12 full-price dinners (can be used concurrently or over multiple visits) Sundays-Fridays through November 30. A portion of the price of the gift card goes to benefit the Children’s Cancer Fund.
There will be two free screenings of Getwell, the documentary of the Church Health Center, at Studio on the Square on Thursday, May 7. The film will be shown at 7 PM and again at 8:30 PM.
If you missed B.B. King in December, he’s coming back to his club June 2 and June 3. Guess the December concerts were not his last ones after all.
Next Tuesday, historian Jimmy Ogle will take guests on a walking tour of Court Square at lunchtime (I believe it’s an 11:45 start). Come meet all the bums in person! Get crapped on by the pigeons! It’s part of the Downtown Alive! spring lunchtime series.
Home from work… I got a text from a friend who talked to another friend who talked to the bellman at the Madison Hotel, and he said the Dempseys aren’t playing tonight. It’s apparently some guy on a piano instead. It’s third-hand info, so take it with a grain of salt, but it’s enough to firm my decision to go to the Peabody tonight. (Edit: Just check their website, and their gigs tonight and tomorrow are canceled, so it’s true. Hope everything’s OK with the band.) (Edit 5:36 PM: Now I just got a text that they ARE playing. Who the hell knows.) Will probably do Saucer/Goose or Goose/Saucer before the rooftop. Heading out now…