Downtown residents will now have easy access to one of the better bbq restaurants in Memphis. Central BBQ will open it's third Memphis location at 147 Butler near the Civil Rights Museum. This should be a great addition to Dowtown and South Main and should be open in the next couple of months.The Overton Square Crawfish Festival is this Saturday, April 7 from noon until 6pm. Admission is free and there will be live music. Crawfish and beverages will be available for purchase. There will also be a 5-mile Crawfish Cruise bike around Midtown starting at 10am.
Organizers of Live at the Garden and the Levitt Shell both recently announced their upcoming concert lineups. The Live at the Garden series will include five concerts this year, beginning with Chicago on June 16. Other shows include: Seal (July 27), Duran Duran (August 17), Lynyrd Skynyrd (August 31) and Bonnie Raitt (October 5). Season tickets are on sale now. Individual show tickets will be available on April 23.
The free concert series at the Levitt Shell begins on May 17 with The Stooges Brass Band. The free shows will continue Thursday through Sunday until July 1. Checkout the full Levitt Shell lineup.
