Sunday, May 6, 2012

Memphis in May - Sun May 6, 2012


Memphis in May kicks off
Washington Examiner
AP AP Top Entertainment News At 11:47 am EDT MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — After a year in the works, the Memphis in May festival has arrived. Festivities kicked off this weekend with the annualBeale Street Music Festival. Next weekend, the city gives an ...
Music fans flock to rain-free habitat of Tom Lee Park
Chicago Tribune
South of the FedEx Blues Tent, rising from the increasingly dusty prairie that is Tom Lee Park during a happily rain-free Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival, a marker erected by the Tennessee Historical Commission informs us that in 1820, ...
Day 2 of Music Fest has 'strong attendance'
Memphis Commercial Appeal
"Yesterday was perfect," said Diane Hampton, executive vice president of Memphis in MayInternational Festival, as Saturday's activities got underway. It's not always been so with weather often complicating things. But the weekend promises to be dry ...
Traditional meets cutting-edge music down by the river
Memphis Commercial Appeal
By Mark Jordan May 4, 2012 - Sisters Amber (left) and NIcole Bryan (right) enjoy the sound of Sponge Cole from the Philippines at the Horseshoe Casino Stage during the first day of Memphis in May's Beale St. Music Festival. (Mark Weber/The Commercial ...
Allstars, Three 6 kick open Music Fest with crowd-pleasing anthems
Memphis Commercial Appeal
By Bob Mehr Three 6 Mafia's DJ Paul (middle) dances with dozens of fans at the Orion Stage during the first day of Memphis in May's Beale Street Music Festival. As in life, time seems to fly by at the Beale Street Music Festival. Not that long ago, ...
Mid-South Memories: May 5, 2012
Memphis Commercial Appeal
The Memphis in May event also featured Italian foods and a fashion show. Great Western Financial Corp. is expected to reveal today that it will relocate part of its operations from Miami to Memphis. Representatives of the corporation met in Miami ...
Advice to Music Fest crowd: 'Bring sunscreen'
Memphis Commercial Appeal
A deflated bottle of Southern Comfort provides shade for vendors prior to the opening of the Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival on Friday. There is less than a 20 percent chance of rain for the weekend. After three hours in Tom Lee Park, ...
Unauthorized tax collection cost taxpayers $100000
WMC-TV
Many people who come to town for the Beale Street Music Festival and Memphis in May travel across state lines because of the lower sales tax. Many hotel owners WMC-TV spoke with says charging those customers the expired tourism tax seems deceptive.



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