Flying Fish Lands In Downtown Memphis

The Flying Fish, a causal seafood restaurant, has opened in Downtown Memphis. The menu is loaded with catfish, shrimp, crawfish, oysters and more. The food it pretty good and is reasonably priced. You can also buy buckets of domestic beer for a little over $2 per beer.

I believe they have daily specials, with my favorite being $.25 raw oysters on Sundays.

Check this place out. Its great place to grab a bite to eat and have a beer when you are Downtown.

Memphis International Film Festival March 22 - 25

Memphis' premiere film event will kicks of tomorrow at Malco's Paradiso and Studio on the Square theaters. Along with feature films, The Memphis International Film Festival will also present documentaries, shorts and more.

I've never been to the festival, but I've heard its a good time.

March Madness Is Here, Memphis Tigers Headed To New Orleans

The Memphis Tigers have earned a #2 seed in the NCAA Basketball Championship Tournament. The Tigers open tournament play on March 16 in New Orleans. I encourage Memphis fans to support the Tigers and take the trip to the Crescent City for the food, festivities and one of the best St. Patrick's Day celebrations in America.

Here's how I see the tournament shaking down.

Sweet Sixteen
Florida vs Maryland
Oregon vs Wisconsin
Kansas vs Southern Illinois
Pittsburgh vs UCLA
North Carolina vs Texas
George Washington vs Georgetown
Ohio State vs Virginia
Texas A&M vs Memphis


Elite Eight
Florida vs Wisconsin
Kansas vs Pittsburgh
Texas vs Georgetown
Ohio State vs Memphis

Final Four
Florida vs Kansas
Texas vs Ohio State

Championship
Kansas vs Ohio State

Champion - Kansas

2007 Beale Street Music Festival Lineup Announced

Memphis In May has announced the 2007 Beale Street Music Festival lineup. This year's festival will be held May 4 - May 6, 2007. Visit MemphisInMay.org for more information.

Friday, May 4: The Allman Brothers Band, Three 6 Mafia, Koko Taylor, Gym Class Heroes, Gov’t Mule, Social Distortion, Richard Johnston, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chevelle, Hubert Sumlin & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Plain White Ts, The Derek Trucks Band, North Mississippi Allstars, Popa Chubby.

Saturday, May 5: Steely Dan, Godsmack, George Thorogood, Bobby “Blue” Bland, The Bar-Kays, Wolfmother, The Ohio Players, Walter Trout & the Radicals, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Taking Back Sunday, Taj Mahal, Ryan Shaw, Kelley Hunt, Old Crow Medicine Show, Jack’s Mannequin, The John Butler Trio, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Eddie Floyd, Hawthorne Heights, Keller Williams, David “Honeyboy” Edwards, One Less Reason, The Duhks, Daddy Mack Blues Band.

Sunday, May 6: Counting Crows, John Legend, Hinder, Elvin Bishop, Barenaked Ladies, Corinne Bailey Rae, Daughtry, Tab Benoit, Guster, Edwin McCain, Project Pat, Backdoor Slam, Umphrey’s McGee, Ann Peebles, Papa Roach, Watermelon Slim, Billy Lee Riley, Egypt Central, The Lee Boys, James “Super Chikan” Johnson.

Conference USA Basketball Tournament Returns To Memphis This Week

The 2007 C-USA Men's Basketball Championship Presented by Aéropostale will be held at the FedEx Forum beginning Wednesday, March 7. This tournament may be more competitive than most fans think. Memphis has struggled in their last few wins and with a ticket to the NCAA tournament on the line, everyone will bring their A games.
Great seats are still available.

Wednesday, March 7

(7) Rice vs. (10) UTEP Noon

(6) Southern Miss vs. (11) SMU 2:30p

(8) Marshall vs. (9) UAB 6:00p

(5) Tulsa vs. (12) East Carolina 8:30p


Thursday, March 8

(2) UCF vs. Rice/UTEP (CSTV) Noon

(3) Houston vs. No. Southern Miss/SMU (CSTV) 2:30p

(1) Memphis vs. Marshall/UAB (CSTV) 6:00p

(4) Tulane vs. Tulsa/East Carolina (CSTV) 8:30p


Friday, March 9

*Semifinal # 1 (CSTV) 3:30p

*Semifinal # 2 (CSTV) 6:00p


Saturday, March 10

Championship (CBS) 10:35a


*highest remaining seed entering the semifinals will play at 3:30 p.m.

All Times Central

Looking for some family fun this weekend in Memphis

If the weather holds up this weekend, I recommend catching some baseball at the innagural Autozone Classic at Autozone Field in Downtown Memphis. The tournament will be hosted by the Memphis Tigers baseball program. Other teams participating will be Eastern Illinois, Indiana and Northern Iowa. Action begins on Friday and continues through Sunday.

The 15th Annual Porter-Leath Rajun Cajun Crawfish Festival

I've been going to this event for a couple of years now. Its always a good time.

Kick off spring with Rajun Cajun on the banks of the Mighty Mississippi. One of Memphis' most popular events returns Sunday, April 22nd for the 15th year with something for everyone. The festivities start with 500 pounds of FREE crawfish given away at Noon.

Rajun Cajun is bigger and better than ever featuring 2 stages with Cajun and Zydeco music – the ever popular "Lafayette's Bayou Boys" and "Terry and the Zydeco Bad Boys" straight from Lafayette, Louisiana.

The Gumbo Cooking Contest is sure to be a sellout once again! Over $1,000 in prize money will be awarded.

In addition to over 10,000 pounds of crawfish, the event hosts a variety of food vendors selling food, drinks, art and more!

Zany Cajun contests are back – crawfish races, a crawfish eating contest, crawfish toss and the real crowd pleaser – the crawfish bob.

Join us for food and fun on Wagner Place between Union and Beale St. Admission is free as always, with all proceeds benefiting the 10,000 children and families served by Porter-Leath. No outside beverages or coolers allowed. Sorry, no pets.