Calendar 2026 Events Festivals for music. Festivals for food. Festivals for music about food. JANUARY Elvis’ Birthday Celebration graceland.com Memphis Tattoo Festival memphistattoofestival.com 47 th Annual Blues blues.org Music Awards Germantown Charity Horse Show gchs.org Blues Awards Rajun Cajun Crawfish Festival porterleath.org/ rajun-cajun-home Mid-South Pride Fest midsouthpride.org King Day civilrightsmuseum.org International Blues Challenge blues.org Africa in April africainapril.org Memphis Juneteenth Festival memphisjuneteenth.com FEBRUARY Black History Month memphistravel.com/ blackhistory Vintage901 vintage901.org Cooper-Young Porchfest cooperyoung.com Memphis Brewfest Memphis Crafts & Drafts Festival memphisbrewfest.com Memphis Tattoo Festival memphistattoofestival.com memphiscraftsanddrafts.com Memphis Restaurant memphisrestaurants.com Association Food Festival Shell Daze Music Festival SmokeSlam – The World's Ultimate BBQ Showdown smokeslam.com Downtown Memphis Brew Hop downtownmemphis.com/ eventsdowntown-brew-hop memphopresents.com/events/ shell-daze-music-festival wiseacrebrew.com/event-detail/ taste-the-rarity/ MARCH Silky O’Sullivan’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Beale bealestreet.com Taste the Rarity International Salute memphisinmay.org memphisinmay.org Great American River Run Memphis Italian Festival memphisitalianfestival.com JULY 4th of July Fireworks on the River memphisriverparks.org MAY RiverBeat Music Festival riverbeat.com Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Weekend graceland.com/eta-events Memphis Art & Fashion Week memphisfashionweek.org Liberty for All Fireworks libertyparkmemphis.com Overton Park Shell overtonparkshell.com Black Restaurant Week blackrestaurantweek.com Concert Series begins DreamFest Weekend Graceland's All-American Fourth of July Weekend graceland.com Soulful Food Truck Festival soulfulfoodtruckfestival.com World Championship memphisinmay.org dreamfestweekend.com Barbecue Cooking Contest Experience Memphis Gardens begins experiencememphisgardens.org Asian Night Market nightmarketmemphis.com edmurpheyclassic.com World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest APRIL Memphis Redbirds memphisredbirds.com Overton Square Ed Murphey Classic Crawfish Festival overtonsquare.com AAA Baseball begins Memphis Greek Festival memphisgreekfestival.com AUGUST Elvis Week elvisweek.com University of Memphis Football begins gotigersgo.com deltafest.com Peabody Rooftop Parties begin peabodymemphis.com JUNE Live at the Garden radiansamp.com World Championship Hot Wing Contest & Festival worldwingfest.com Concert Series begins Delta Fair & Music Fest What's happening right now in Memphis? memphistravel.com/events 20 Clockwise from top right: Craig Thompson, Julian Harper, Julian Harper RiverBeat Music Festival
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