TOP 10 THINGS TO DO IN CLARKSDALE
Clarksdale, Mississippi
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi So, are you thinking about coming to our little mecca in the heart of the Mississippi Delta but you aren’t too sure what to do when you get here? After all, could there really be that much to do in a town of 15,000+?
Before the list begins, we want you to know that you will meet some of the friendliest people on the planet but you must be open to them. Everyone speaks to each other around here. Speak to folks when you enter a room or a store, even if it’s just a nod of your head. And next, if you feel at all uncomfortable, just tell folks Madge and Billy told you to come here. You know. The Delta Bohemians. Everything should be alright, alright, alright after that!
Here goes. Here is your list of the Top 10 Things To Do In Clarksdale as of right now!
TOP 10 THINGS TO DO IN CLARKSDALE
BEFORE ARRIVING…..
Watch this to learn why people are making Clarksdale a destination!
TOP 10 LIST
Number 1: LISTEN TO LIVE MUSIC
The Delta Bohemian always has the most current SOUNDS AROUND TOWN IN CLARKSDALE posted on our front page. That’s your go-to for live music for the week. It also lists upcoming events to plan for.
Our live music locations include but are not limited to and their hours of operation vary.
Bluesberry Cafe
Cathead Blues & Folk Art (seasonal)
Club 2000 (seasonal)
Crossroads Cultural Arts Center (seasonal)
Delta Blues Alley Cafe
Ground Zero Blues Club
Hambone Music & Art
Hooker Grocery & Eatery
Hopson Commissary
Levon’s Bar & Grill
New Roxy (seasonal)
Our Grandma’s House of Blues (seasonal)
Red’s Blues Lounge
Shack Up Inn
Stone Pony Pizza
Get addresses HERE
Learn more about CLARKSDALE LIVE MUSIC VENUES
Number 2: VISIT A MUSEUM OR TOURISM CENTER
Delta Blues Museum
Tennessee Williams Rectory Museum
Visit Clarksdale Tourism Center
Get addresses HERE
Number 3: DINE IN THE DELTA
Abe’s Bar B Q
Atzimba
Bear’s Deli
Clarksdale Nutrition
Crossroads Restaurant – Home of Larry’s Hot Tamales
Daylight Donuts
Dutch Oven
Ground Zero Blues Club
Guadalajara
Hibachi Buffet
Hicks Bar B Q
Hooker Grocer & Eatery
Kathryn’s on Moon Lake
Levon’s Bar & Grill
Meraki Roasting Company & Coffee Shop
Our Grandma’s House of Pancakes
Ramon’s Italian
The Ranchero
Rest Haven
Sumner Grille
Stone Pony Pizza
Third Street Bistro
Yazoo Pass
Get addresses and more information HERE
Number 4: CHECK OUT AN ART GALLERY
Hambone Music & Art Gallery
Lambfish Art Company
Number 5: TAKE A CANOE TRIP
John Ruskey’s Quapaw Canoe Company
a memory you will never forget
Number 6: PERUSE THE LIBRARY
Carnegie Public Library
cool history in here
Number 7: SPEND SOME BUCKS AT A RETAIL STORE
Bluestown Music
Cathead Blues & Folk Art
Coahoma Collective
Deak’s Mississippi Saxophones
Delta Creations
Delta Blues Museum
Nellie May’s Gift Shop
Mag-Pie Gift & Art
Shack Up Inn
Shankerman’s Menswear Store
and more.
Number 8: TAKE A DELTA BOHEMIAN TOUR with CHILLY BILLY
Cruise around Clarksdale and the back roads of Coahoma County and surrounding counties with Chilly Billy on one of his private Delta Bohemian Tours.
Check out his TripAdvisor Reviews!
Delta Bohemian Tours Top 10 Things to do in Clarksdale
Delta Bohemian Tours Top 10 Things to do in Clarksdale
Number 9: CROSS THE LEVEE
To see the Mississippi River. You can do this on your Delta Bohemian Tour, too.
Number 10: SPEND A NIGHT OR TWO OR MORE
SEE THE BEST PLACES TO STAY IN CLARKSDALE
https://deltabohemian.com/best-places-to-stay-in-clarksdale/
WATCH THIS VIDEO TO GET A LOCAL FLAVOR OF CLARKSDALE. Music by Daddy Rich.
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From a plaque welcoming everyone into Clarksdale along the banks of the Sunflower River at the West end of the 2nd Street Bridge with a small statue in memorial of Louise Moss Montgomery.
Spirit on high, come down, come down…
“Spirit on high, come down, come down
And Rest Thy hand upon this town
And let Thy Love flow full and free
Through human vessels just like me.”
-LOUISE MOSS MONTGOMERY-
Poet Laureate of Mississippi 1973-1978
Plaque in Clarksdale Memorial to Louise Moss Montgomery
Originally published on March 31, 2014.
Comments
Visted Clarksdale for the first time in May of last year and stayed at the ShackUpInn and had a great time. Coming nack again next May and lookig forward to it.
After visiting at least twice a year for the past six years we feel like we are at home. The Shack Up Inn is fantastic. Guy and Bill are so good to us. Sometimes hanging a sign to welcome us.,
Clarksdale is such a friendly place with a vibrant blues scene that has to be experienced!!! I love this beautiful part of the delta.
I am thinking about moving to Clarksdale from Detroit. This video is so informational and wonderful!
Great video! I will have to check out Clarksdale!
How come no one mentioned the Devil’s Crossroads? You know… the place where Robert Johnson sold his soul for rock n roll.
Just open Google maps and find Clarksdale, MS. Devil’s Crossroads is right there, in plain sight, you can’t miss it.
I went to the sunflower Blues Festival back in 2009 when y’all were honoring Sam Cooke and had the best time. Ground Zero Blues Club was amazing. Had some of the best barbecue, ate some of the best catfish ever. Friendliest folks, greatest music, literally saw people spontaneously jamming on the street. Can’t wait to get back there one of these days soon.
Buenas noches
Le escribo desde Barcelona , en un par de meses , visitaremos esta zona de Estados Unidos en nuestra ruta y me gustaría saber en que locales podremos entrar a escuchar musica en directo con nuestro hijo de 2 años.
Felicidades por la página , pues nos sirve de mucha ayuda.
Abrazos!
Whole lot of changes on Hwy One. Remember waking up in the early hours during drives from Minnesota to Clarksdale, Had to wake up and pay the ferry, then down One to Clarkdsale. Don’t remember anymore how to get to the section farm but remember it was close to the County Line Store, and back in the day O.L. Garman had the big farm that Grandpa sharecropped on. Lots of memories of stories of the folks, Daddy instructing for the Army Air Corps at Fletcher Field in Clarksdale, later cropdusting along Hwy One. The stories of what the instructors did to the students, the pranks and being able to later meet some of the student and other instructors. The less fun memories of going to the outhouse at the section and seeing crosses burning down the road (law I’m showing my age). The stories from Mr & Mrs Polis of Mom working for them after highschool. Daddy landing or Mr. Otis Merdith’s private air strip as it was closer to the section farm. Looking forward to a visit this summer. See what other memories rattle loose while I am there.