Things To Do
The Reunion Tour Gospel Concert
The Reunion Tour featuring Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, Marvin Sapp, Yolanda Adams, The Clark Sisters and special guest Kierra Sheard-Kelly comes to FedExForum on October 19! Tickets go on sale Wednesday, May 22 at 10am.
RiverArtsFest
Located in Downtown Memphis, Tenn., RiverArtsFest is the region’s largest and longest-running fine arts festival showcasing works from 200+ participating artists from around the Mid-South and across the nation. Ranked among the top 20 fine arts festivals in the nation, RiverArtsFest attracts more than 20,000 visitors during the two-day event to shop and celebrate original, diverse works of art and local live music. The festival features an Artist Market, Artists-At-Work Demonstration Station, Hands-On Arts Station, bands and arts performances, plus plenty of food and beverages. Set along the banks of the Mississippi River on Riverside Drive, the festival is a not-to-be-missed attraction for all ages. Adults $10 Children (ages 6 and up) $5 Children (ages 5 and under) free
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Summer Art Garden: Creatures of Paradise
For the second annual Summer Art Garden on the museum’s plaza, Memphis-based duo Banana Plastik present an environment filled with vibrant and whimsical beings entitled Creatures of Paradise. Oversize bugs and tiny Thumbelinas relax in a fantasy landscape that is equally idyllic and surreal. An ambitious mural is complemented by vivid umbrella designs, surprises hidden in the planters, a botanical intervention on the ground, and more. The artists, Ivy-Jade Edwards and Paige Ellens, were inspired by the abundance of figures, fantastic beasts, and playful proportions of Hieronymous Bosch’s enigmatic painting The Garden of Earthly Delights (ca. 1490-1500, Museo del Prado, Madrid). Ellens and Edwards worked in tandem, passing the work back and forth to create this fever-dream environment filled with curious, feminine deities and fluttering, monstrous insects. Price: Free
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