Entertainment Districts in Memphis

Beale Street is America's Home of the Blues — a three-block pedestrian entertainment corridor in downtown Memphis where BB King, W.C. Handy, and countless legends launched careers, and where live blues music pours out of every bar door 365 nights a year. A designated National Historic Landmark and one of the country's most significant music tourism destinations, Beale Street serves visitors to the Horseshoe Tunica and Southland Casino Resort gaming markets.

Beale Street is America's most historically significant entertainment district — the Memphis blues street where W.C. Handy codified the blues in 1909 and where B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and virtually every blues legend performed. Today's Beale Street entertainment district hosts 40+ clubs and restaurants presenting live blues, rock, and soul seven nights a week in what remains the most authentic blues entertainment experience in the world outside of the Mississippi Delta juke joints.

Beale Street is the birthplace of the blues, presenting neon-lit clubs and live music venues along one of the most historically significant entertainment streets in American music.

Cooper-Young presents craft cocktail bars and restaurants in one of Memphis's most eclectic and artistically vibrant neighborhoods.

Graceland, Elvis Presley's mansion, presents museum tours and event programming as one of the most visited private homes in America.

National Civil Rights Museum at the former Lorraine Motel, site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, presents cultural programming in downtown Memphis.

Overton Square in Midtown Memphis presents theaters, restaurants, and bars in a revitalized 1970s entertainment district near Overton Park.

Shelby Farms Park, one of the largest urban parks in America, presents concerts and events on the outskirts of Memphis.

South Main Arts District is Memphis's most creative neighborhood entertainment destination — an arts corridor adjacent to the National Civil Rights Museum where galleries, restaurant bars, and live music venues serve the Memphis creative community. The district's proximity to the Lorraine Motel (site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination) and its role as Memphis's most architecturally beautiful 19th-century commercial district give it a profound cultural gravity that no other entertainment district in Memphis possesses.

South Main Arts District presents galleries and restaurants along the Main Street Trolley line in downtown Memphis's historic warehouse district.

Stax Museum of American Soul Music, on the site of the legendary Stax Records studio, presents concerts and exhibits honoring Memphis soul music's golden era.