Events are compiled from a variety of sources. If there is an event you're interested in attending, we recommend you call (we try to provide a phone number with every listing) and make sure the event hasn't been cancelled or the date changed.

Theatre

Aug. 1-3 – Wiley & the Hairy Man; Germantown Community Theatre, 3037 Forest Hill-Irene, 754-2680.
Aug. 15-Sept. 14 – Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story; Playhouse on the Square, 51 S. Cooper, 726-4656.
Aug. 22-Sept. 14 – Oklahoma! Theatre Memphis, 630 Perkins Ext., 682-8323.
TheatreWorks.  1837 Monroe, 272-9323, 274-7139.
Jly. 11-Aug. 3 – String of Pearls.
Jly. 25-Aug. 24 – Disney’s High School Musical; Circuit Playhouse, 1705 Poplar, 726-4656.

Music

Aug. 1 – Hope Summer Concert Series; with Bebo  Norman & Ginny Owens, 7 p.m., Hope Presbyterian, 8500 Walnut Grove, 877-840-0457, hopeconcerts.com.
Aug. 2 – Dave Matthews Band & Willie Nelson; AutoZone Park, downtown,gates open 5:30 p.m., 721-6000, memphisredbirds.com.
Aug. 2 – Take 6 with Deltacappella; 7:30 p.m., Orpheum Theatre, Main & Beale, 525-3000, 525-1515.
Aug. 2 – Garage Band Reunion; Eddie Harrison, Larry Raspberry, ‘Flash’ Fleischman, 6 p.m., New Daisy, Beale St., $50 per, 372-4585.
Aug. 3 – Anthony & Beard: The Russia Concert; free, 4 p.m., Lindenwood Christian Church, 2400 Union at E. Parkway, 458-1652.
Aug. 3 – Stone Temple Pilots; DeSoto Civic Center, I-55 & Church Rd., Southaven, MS, 525-1515.
Aug. 6 – Billy Bob Thornton & the Boxmasters; 9 p.m., Hi-Tone, hitonememphis.com, 1-800-594-TIXX (8499).
Aug. 7 – Paramore; Mud Island Amphitheatre, downtown, 525-1515.
Aug. 9 – Crosby, Stills & Nash; Live at the Garden, 8:30 p.m., Memphis Botanic Garden, Audubon Park, 636-4107.
Aug. 9 – It’s Time To Laugh Tour Featuring Sommore & Earthquake; 8 p.m., Cannon Center, Downtown, 525-1515.
Aug. 9 – Memphis Tri-State Blues Festival; Bobby Blue Bland, Bobby Rush, more, 6:30 p.m., DeSoto Civic Center, I55 & Church, Southaven, MS, 662-280-9120, 525-1515.
Aug. 9 – Amazing Rhythm Aces; Neil’s, 1835 Madison, $30 at door, 278-6345.
Aug. 12 – Shawn Klush; 2007 Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest winner, 3:30 p.m., comedian Sammy Shore opens, Cannon Center, downtown.
Aug. 15-16 – Music & Bike Rally; Kansas, Blind Melon Fri.; Saliva, Drivin n Cryin Sat.; Charlie Daniels, .38 Special Sun.; Snowden Grove Amphitheathre, Southaven,  MS, gates open 3 p.m., free cycle parking, 525-1515, 1-800-277-1700.
Aug. 16 – 3BA; 7 p.m., DeSoto Civic Center, I-55 & Church, Southaven, MS, 888-280-9120, 525-1515.
Aug. 17 – Kid Rock – Rock & Roll Revival Tour; 7:30 p.m., Mud Island Amphitheatre, downtown, 525-1515, 576-7241.
Aug. 22 – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; 8 p.m., BPACC, 3663 Appling, 385-6440.
Aug. 22 – Boney James, Jonathon Butler; 8 p.m., Cannon Center, downtown, 525-1515.
Aug. 22 – Hope Summer Concert Series; with Family Force 5, Lecrae, Cayerio, 7 p.m., Hope Presbyterian, 8500 Walnut Grove, 877-840-0457, hopeconcerts.com.
Aug. 29 – Paul  Thorn; 7 p.m., New Daisy, Beale St., 525-8981.
Aug. 30 – An Evening with Chaka Khan; 8 p.m., Orpheum Theatre, Main & Beale, 525-3000.
Bally’s Casino Saloon. Tunica, MS, 1-800-38BALLY.
Free live music Fri. & Sat.
Aug. 8-30 – Ricky Lynn Gregg.
Fitzgerald’s Casino. Tunica, MS, 1-800-766-5825.
Aug. 1 – Craig Morgan, 9 p.m., 525-1515.
Gold Strike Casino. Tunica, MS, from 8 p.m. Tues.-Wed., from 9 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., 1-866-245-4536.
Aug. 9 – Terri Clark, 8 p.m.
Harrah’s Casino Tunica. MS, 525-1515, harrahstunica.com.
Aug. 16 – Kool & the Gang & Stephanie Mills, 9 p.m.
Horseshoe Casino. Tunica, MS, 525-1515, 1-800-303-SHOE (7463), harrahs.com.
Aug. 15-16 – A Tribute to the King Starring Ronnie McDowell. 9 p.m., 1-800-303-7463, 525-1515.
Aug. 29 – Trace Adkins, 9 p.m.
Rooftop Parties at The Peabody. 149 Union, Thurs., 6-10, 529-4000.
Sam’s Town Casino.  Tunica, MS, 1-800-456-0711, samstowntunica.com.
Aug. 2 – Ronnie Milsap, 8 p.m.
Aug. 2 – Jypsi.
Aug. 16 – Bang! Fighting Championships, 7 p.m.
Sunset Atop the Madison Hotel. 79 Madison, 5:30-10:30 p.m. every Thurs. Apr. 3-Sept. 25, 333-1200.
Aug. 7 – Daddy Mack Blues Band
Aug. 14 – Delta Highway.
Aug. 21 – Elmo & the Shades.
Aug. 31 – Charlie Wood.

Special Events

Aug. 9-17 – Elvis Week; will include 2nd Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest; 332-3322.
Aug. 9-10 – Southeastern Indian Folklife Festival; Chucalissa Museum, 1987 Indian Village Dr., 785-3160, chucalissa.memphis.edu.
Aug. 19-24 – UniverSoul Circus; Hickory Ridge Mall, 6075 Winchester, 525-1515.
Aug. 28-31 – Sesame Street Live: When Elmo Grows Up; DeSoto Civic Center, I-55 & Church, Southaven, MS, 662-470-2131, 525-1515.
Aug. 29 – Sept. 7 – Delta Fair; Agricenter, 487-3075 (Jan Hamilton).
Agricenter International. 7777 Walnut Grove, 757-7777.
Aug. 8-10 – Mid-South Hunting & Fishing Extravaganza.
Aug. 16 – Everything For Kids Sale.
Aug. 16 – India Fest, free.
Aug. 19-21 – Wurzburg, Inc., tradeshow.
Aug. 29-Sept. 7 – Delta Fair & Music Festival.
Memphis Botanic Garden. 750 Cherry Rd., Audubon Park, 685-1566.
Aug. 14 – Japanese Garden Candlelight Tour; 7:30-9 p.m., 636-4110.
Aug. 16 – Taste of the Garden – Grains, cooking demos, 10 a.m., $6 per, 636-4128.
Aug. 18 – Underwater Odyssey: Amazing Lives of Southeastern Streams, presented with Wolf River Conservancy, 6:30 p.m., 636-4116, 452-6500.
Aug. 26 – Tuesdays on the Terrace: Organic Wines, 6-8 p.m., $35 per, 636-4131.
Orpheum Summer Film Series. Orpheum Theatre, Main & Beale, 525-3000.
Jly. 31 – Sleepless in Seattle.
Aug. 1 – Gone With The Wind.
Aug. 7 – Terms of Endearment.
Aug. 8 – Ben-Hur.
Aug. 15 – The Wizard of Oz.
Aug. 22 – Doctor Zhivago.
Sept. 5 – Casablanca.
Shelby Farms Show Place Arena. Germantown Pkwy & Walnut Grove, 756-7433.
Jly. 30-Aug. 10 – International Buckskin Horse Assn.
Tunica Arena & Exposition Center. Hwy 61 S., Tunica, MS, 662-363-3299.
Aug. 2-3 – Fear Not Team Roping.
Aug. 12-17 – Sam’s Town Summer Cutting Horse Show.
Aug. 29-Sept. 1 – USTRC Team Roping.

Exhibitions

Jan. 12-Oct. 25 – In Spite of Race: The Robert R. Church Family; Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central, 320-6320, memphismuseums.org.
Apr. 3-Sept. 30 – Silver Linings; Woodruff-Fontaine House, 680 Adams, downtown, 526-1469, woodruff-fontaine.com.
May 24-Sept. 27 – Treasure! Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central, memphismuseums.org, 260-6320.
June 6-Dec. 31 – I Shot Ray Charles; Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 926 E. McLemore Ave., 946-2535, soulsvilleusa.com.
Aug. 1-31 – Beat the Heat With Cool Collectibles! Checkerberry Shoppe, 2247 S. Germantown Rd. in Germantown, 754-3601.
Jly. 1-Sept. 28 – Curious George: Let’s Get Curious! Children’s  Museum of Memphis, 2525 Central, 458-2678.
Dixon Gallery & Gardens. 4339 Park, 761-5250.
May 3-Aug. 31 – Turkish Plants & Islamic Design: Ottoman Options in the Dixon Gardens.
May 31-Aug. 30 – Steinunn Thorarinsdottir: Horizons.
June15-Aug. 17 – Passport to Paris: 19th Century French Prints from the Georgia Museum of Art.
Aug. 1 – An Evening Walk in the Dixon Gardens.
Aug. 10-Oct. 12 – Ancestry & Innovation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.  Overton Park, 544-6200.
June 14-Sept. 7 – The Prints of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again.
June 4-Aug. 24 – Psychedelia: Rock ‘n’ Roll Posters 1965-1970.

Sports

Jly. 24-Aug. 1 – Dizzy Dean World Series; Snowden Grove Park, Southaven, MS, 662-890-3371, jbjsports.com.
Memphis Motorsports Park. 550 Taylor Forge Rd., Millington, TN., open 6 p.m., race 8 p.m., 358-7223.
Aug. 2, 24 – PCA/SCCA Autocross.
Aug. 7, 14, 21, 26, 28 – Test-n-Tune.
Aug. 8, 22 – Midnight Madness.
Aug. 9, 26 – E.T. Bracket Racing Series.
Aug. 9 – Heads-Up Madness.
Aug. 29 – Road Course Open Testing.
Memphis Redbirds. AutoZone Park, downtown, 7:05 p.m., 6:05 p.m. Sat., 1:35 p.m. Sun. unless noted, 721-6000.
Aug. 8-11 – New Orleans (fireworks Sat.).
Aug. 12-15 – Round Rock.
Aug. 25-28 – Iowa.
Aug. 29-Sept. 1 – Oklahoma (fireworks Sun.).
Southland Park Gaming & Racing; Live greyhound racing, I-40 & I-55, W. Memphis, AR. Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat. post time 7:30 p.m. Mon.,Wed., Sat. post time 1 pm. Thoroughbred & greyhound simulcast daily. 870-735-3670.
University of Memphis Football. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Hollywood between Central & Southern, 678-2331.
Aug. 30 – Ole Miss (at Ole Miss in Oxford).
Sept. 6 – Rice.

 

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