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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Nestle Quik bunny was at the festival.<\/p>\n
Sharon Fernandes of Stonehouse 27<\/a> did an Indian cooking demo.<\/p>\n Jamming to the tunes of Mr. White on the Gayoso Stage<\/p>\n Everybody was kung fu fighting…<\/p>\n There’s a Southern buffet inside the Folklore Hall this year.\u00a0 Buffet?\u00a0 The Nuh-Uh Girl is going to be so sorry she went out of town this weekend.<\/p>\n John Bragg of Circa demonstrating how to make crawfish beignets.<\/p>\n The Majestic Grille’s patio was a popular place to be.<\/p>\n If you like big cock, you should check out this art vendor.\u00a0 They’ve expanded their vendor section and booths lined Peabody Place.<\/p>\n The people in this booth were inviting the public in to sing Christian karaoke.\u00a0 Two things I don’t do are 1) sing karaoke and 2) go to church, so I steered clear.<\/p>\n Chef Michael Patrick of Mesquite Chop House displays the grouper he cooked for his demo.<\/p>\n An evening act I really enjoyed (right before the rain hit) was Jack Oblivian and the Tearjerkers.\u00a0 First time I’ve heard them in years.<\/p>\n Our master of ceremonies.\u00a0 Seemed weird not having IQ there.<\/p>\n The festival continues today, from 11 to 11.\u00a0 Here’s the schedule.<\/a> Below I’ve listed my tentative schedule, and recommendations for those not familiar with the festival or the area.<\/p>\n First of all, if you’ve read this blog before, you know how much fun the locals have at Sunday brunch at the Majestic Grille.\u00a0 Why not give it a try, as long as you’re down here for the festival?\u00a0 Here’s their brunch menu.<\/a> They serve from 11 to 3.\u00a0 They also have some festival specials this weekend – a coconut shrimp basket, a brisket sandwich, an Italian sausage sandwich, and chicken quesadillas.\u00a0 Plus, $4 margaritas and mojitos.\u00a0 You might even get to meet John D, namesake of “John D’s breakfast.”<\/p>\n Mr. White rocks out the Gayoso stage again at 1:30.\u00a0 Wonder if the dancing bum will be back.<\/p>\n At 2:30 there’s the matter of a football game… the best place to watch it is right around the corner… the Flying Saucer.\u00a0 Seven TVs (assuming they pull down the big screens) and they’ve told me they’re going to do better about putting the sound on for games this year.\u00a0 70 beers on tap, another 125 in bottles, one premium beer on Fire Sale for $2.75, pool, darts, hot waitresses in miniskirts.\u00a0 Go Tigers!\u00a0 Ole Miss is one of my three most hated teams of all time (Tennessee and Texas are the other two).<\/p>\n Some evening band recommendations at the festival:<\/p>\n If you want to stay out late past the festival, I have two late-night band recommendations:<\/p>\n And if you want to make it an ultra late night, the Silly Goose stays open until 3.\u00a0 They have $1 MGD during the festival.<\/p>\n Hope to see you down there… this is becoming one of the best festivals of the year and is growing larger and larger.\u00a0 I love it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Memphis Music & Heritage Festival is going on this weekend at the two blocks surrounding the Center for Southern Folklore, at Main near Peabody Place.\u00a0 Here are some pics from yesterday: The Nestle Quik bunny was at the festival. Sharon Fernandes of Stonehouse 27 did an Indian cooking demo. Jamming to the tunes of … Continue reading “Memphis Music & Heritage Fest: Pics from yesterday, recommendations for today. Plus: Go Tigers!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4544"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4544"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4559,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4544\/revisions\/4559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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