2008 Festival

21st Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival Tentative lineup:

August 8-9-10, 2008

FRIDAY, AUG. 8, 2008
MAIN STAGE – BLUES ALLEY – DOWNTOWN CLARKSDALE
4:00 pmSouth of Memphis
4:30 pmDelta Blues Museum Students
5:00 pmStan Street
5:30 pmJoy
6:30 pmMs. Jody
7:30 pmGuitar Mikey with Nellie Tiger Travis
8:30 pmNathaniel Kimble
9:30 pmLatimore
 
SATURDAY, AUG. 9, 2008
MAIN STAGE – BLUES ALLEY – DOWNTOWN CLARKSDALE
1:00 pmRazorblade
1:45 pmBig T (Terry Williams)
2:30 pmWesley Jefferson and the Southern Soul Band
3:15 pmJames “Jimbo” Mathus
4:00 pmEddie Lee Coleman Band
5:00 pmWillie King and the Liberators
6:00 pmLil’ Howlin’ Wolf
7:00 pmEarly Wright and Julius Guy Award Presentations
7:30 pmSuper Chikan Johnson
8:30 pmJimmy Burns
9:30 pmShemekia Copeland
OTHAR TURNER STAGE, CLARKSDALE STATION
INSIDE THE DEPOT BLUES CLUB – ISSAQUENA & BLUES ALLEY
9:00 amFoster ‘Tater’ Wiley
9:30 amBig T and Arthniece “Gas Man” Jones
10:00 amEddie Cusic
10:30 amPat Thomas
11:00 amRobert Belfour
11:30 amShardee Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Corps
THE SUNFLOWER RIVER WALK ACOUSTIC STAGE
(LOCATED AT SUNFLOWER AVE. & THIRD STREET)
2:00 pmL.C. Ulmer
2:45 pmCadillac John and Bill Abel
3:30 pmTerry Harmonica Bean
4:15 pmJimmy “Duck” Holmes
5:00 pmKenny Brown
5:45 pmBill Howlin’ Madd Perry
 
SUNDAY, AUG. 10, 2008
SUNFLOWER RIVER GOSPEL FEST – MAIN STAGE
4:30 pmChristopher Coleman
4:45 pmBetty Alexander
5:20 pmThe Myles Familys
6:00 pmJohn Howard
6:45 pmChapel Hill Baptist Male Chorus
7:30 pmSelvy Singers
8:30 pmDarrell McFadden & the Desciples
Shemekia Copeland
Nellie “Tiger” Travis and Guitar Mikey
Jimmy Burns
James “Super Chikan” Johnson
Nathaniel Kimble

The Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival is free and open to the public. Donations to keep the festival free are tax-deductible and welcome: Sunflower River Blues Association, Box 1562, Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614. The festival is staged entirely by volunteers committed to keeping the festival free and accessible to all in the birthplace of Delta blues. The association is a 501 c 3 non-profit organization. Funds from grants, foundations, corporations, businesses, and individuals are used exclusively to pay performers and production costs.