Shacksdale Motel

03/01/2018

Ready, set...GO! Ticket's go on sale TOMORROW, March 1st. Get yours online at deepbluesfest.com and start planning your weekend in Clarksdale of real, deep, blues.

02/16/2018

TAKE THE BAIT! Curious about the 2018 Deep Blues Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi? Start planning your weekend now, and stay tuned for the LINEUP, to be announced any day now.

Weekend passes go on sale March 1st - coming up fast!
If you really want to make it a stellar weekend, be a BENEFACTOR! Your contribution not only helps pull the festival together, but there are perks too:
- dibs on booking accommodation at the Shack Up Inn
- access to the Benefactors' Ball, a party to show you our deepest appreciation.

Details and benefactor's passes on our website, www.deepbluesfest.com

The Shack Up Inn New Roxy

01/16/2018

Mandatory reading before the 2018 grand depart. A great perspective on life, history, culture and struggle in the Mississippi Delta.

Mark your calendars for September 22, 2018.

01/13/2018

For one week each year, there is a sudden, temporary population spike in the number of blues musicians on Beale Street. This year, it's January...

01/09/2018

1st printing will be ready soon. Thsnks for ordering the inaugural T shirt.

01/09/2018

Check out the nominees for 2018.

TAJ MAHAL, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, ROBERT CRAY, NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL-STARS, MAVIS STAPLES AND KEB’ MO’ NUMBER AMONG THE NOMINEES FOR THIS YEAR’S BLUES MUSIC AWARDS Winners will be announced at the Blues Foundation’s Gala Ceremony on May 10th In Memphis

12/30/2017

Get one or two.

Just in time to celebrate the new year and preparing for our trip to the International Blues Challenge, our CD will be available for pre-order TOMORROW, 12-31-17, on my website. www.wesleemusic.com

12/21/2017

Order a tshirt today.

The OFFICIAL BBG T-SHIRT! Cost is $25 per shirt and MUST be ordered online. The T-shirt will be shipped directly to you. A few DISCLAIMERS. This is a FOR FUN effort to help promote future Blues & Greens Festivals by spreading the word. This is NOT a FOR PROFIT effort. Printing this particular de

12/16/2017

Get ya one

Our Event T-SHIRTS are finally coming! Ya'll can order yours on website. We made some changes to the logo so we can get a high quality screen printing on a wrinkle free cotton shirt.

I know ya'll are gonna wear it every dang where you go, so it had to be done right. We also added the performers and sponsors names on the back. At the top it's gonna say "Let's Get It On!"

website: www.bbgfestival.com/tshirt

12/13/2017

Got to schedule nap time next year.

The after party... how ya'll feeling today?

12/11/2017

9 track album

12/11/2017

We'll do it all again next year. Hope all have a safe holiday.

"Strike the tent!" ... I want to thank everyone who participated in the first Blues & Greens Festival. The food, the family, old friends, new friends and dat dog gone blues music was better than anyone could have imagined... Whoo Wee .. Hot dang dat wiz hot hot HOT!

We'll be posting images and videos from the festival all winter long so you can remember the "good times dat wuz had" there at Shacksdale.

We'll also be posting the OFFICIAL BB&G t-shirt which will list the names of all the performers and contributors on the back.

After the duck hunting season is over, late in January, we'll be announcing the date of next years BB&G festival.