Tickets are now available for the Memphis Flyer’s annual Best of Memphis party, where the winners of the 2025 BOM voting will be revealed. It’ll be at Loflin Yard the evening of Wednesday, September 24. The party is always catered by restaurants that are among the award winners, so you’re guaranteed to get some of the best food in town.
The Flyer has a preview of events that will happen this weekend at the Halloran Centre of Performing Arts, which will be celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Also from the Flyer: A Century of B.B. King. Musicians from all over the world will be in Memphis this weekend in celebration of what would have been King’s 100th birthday.
The Trumpster is considering deploying the National Guard to Memphis as a crime-fighting measure.
The Daily Memphian had praise for the Flying Saucer’s steak frites in a recent subscriber-only newsletter. The steak comes made-to-order and is topped with blue cheese butter. Just the thought of it makes my mouth water!
Slider Inn Downtown is hiring managers, bartenders, and servers.
Johnny Yancey and the Power to the People Jazz Orchestra featuring Gabrielle Cain will play this month’s Sunset Jazz concert in Court Square 5-7 PM Sunday, September 14. Bring nuts to feed the squirrels.
Memphis Made Brewing and West Tennessee K-9 will host a Doggie Social at The Ravine Friday 5-7.
The next Alley Dayz party is set for Stereo Alley next to Hotel Indigo on Wednesday, September 17. There you can catch
- a live performance by Opera Memphis
- local vendors: makers, artisans, interactive pop-ups
- the opportunity to explore neighborhood restaurants including Biscuits & Jams, Memphis Chess Club, and the Brass Door
The folks behind the I Love Memphis Blog would love to meet their readers this afternoon 4:30-6:30 at Birdie’s, the sim-golf bar at 493 S. Main. One attendee will win a Sprock ‘n Roll party pedal bike ride for themselves and their friends.
Afterward, you can walk down Main to Earnestine & Hazel’s and meet the writer behind another Memphis blog, Paul Ryburn’s Journal. He’ll be there from 5-til. The dream team of Allison and Dani will be slinging Soul Burgers, the ghosts will be playing the jukebox, and starting at 8 they’ll have karaoke.
Back tomorrow with a Frupdate.
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