Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts is proud to present The Ozark Mountain Daredevils Curtain Call Concert Series – 53 Years of Music, 3 Unforgettable Nights. This historic three-night event, set for November 13-15, 2025, will celebrate the legendary band’s incredible career and mark the culmination of their current tour with a series of unique performances.

Following the overwhelming success of the sold out 2025 voyage in only its second year, StarVista Live’s Big Easy Cruise will set sail again January 18 – 25, 2026. The ship will depart from Ft. Lauderdale and will stop in New Orleans and Cozumel, Mexico aboard the luxurious Holland America Line m/s Eurodam.

The joy of Scottish music springs to life as Alasdair Fraser and the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers unleash the Stravaig Spring Concert Series. Stravaig, a Scottish word meaning to wander, digress, and stray beyond limits, perfectly captures the essence of this musical adventure. More than 65 musicians—on fiddles, cellos, guitars, piano, and percussion—will fill the stage, transforming concert halls into exuberant gatherings of rhythm, melody, and heart.

Snakes Made of Light, the debut collection of all-original songs by the Memphis/North Mississippi roots psychedelic band Delta Stardust, was released on January 24, 2025, on Robot Distro, a division of Golden Robot Records. Snakes Made of Light features 10 songs that “go for transcendence, but also long to be from somewhere; the whole push/pull, yin/yang thing,” according to Michael Graber, the band’s chief songwriter, in an interview with the Memphis Flyer.

Sixthman, the leader in festivals and music cruises for more than two decades, has announced the 25th anniversary of The Rock Boat, sailing January 29 - February 5, 2026 from Miami, FL to St. Maarten and San Juan, Puerto Rico aboard the Norwegian Pearl.

Today, Nashville guitar virtuoso Sean Thompson releases Head In The Sand, his second album under the moniker Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears, via Ears Over America/Missing Piece Records. He celebrated the album with a release show last night at The Blue Room and will play a Grimey’s In-Store today before closing out the weekend with a listening party event at East Nashville’s The Green Ray.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Josh Phillips, founding member of Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band and Josh Phillips Folk Festival, is proud to announce the release of his new charitable EP, “Already Gone,” out now via CommunityZ RecordZ—a 501(c)(3) charitable record label owned and operated by friends and fellow artists SeepeopleS and Sparxsea.

AEG Presents Rocky Mountains and John Summit are thrilled to unveil the full weekend schedule for the John Summit Presents Experts Only Vail Weekender, running February 14–16, 2025. Vail once again transforms into the world’s premier alpine music venue, encompassing daytime pop-ups, après parties, main-stage sets at Ford Park, and late-night afterparties.

Today, GRAMMY® Award-winning jazz pioneers Yellowjackets release their newest single “The Lion” featuring guitarist and singer-songwriter Raul Midón. The song appears on their upcoming album Fasten Up, due out February 21 via Mack Avenue Records.  Well into their fourth decade as a band, the new release from these masterful musicians will be Yellowjackets’ 27th album and their seventh for Mack Avenue Records.

The Blues Foundation is pleased to announce its 45th class of Blues Hall of Fame inductees. This year’s honorees represent the heart and soul of the blues, reflecting the genre’s continued impact, innovation, and cultural importance. The Induction Ceremony will be held at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 255 N. Main St., on Wednesday, May 7. A Cocktail Reception honoring both the Blues Hall of Fame inductees and Blues Music Awards nominees will start at 5:30 p.m., with the formal inductions beginning at 6:30 p.m.