Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival
- Dates
- Expected August 2027
- Status
- Expected
- Venue
- Downtown Clarksdale / Delta Blues Museum stage
- Price
- Free
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Aug 23, 2026
Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival comes to Clarksdale, MS, Expected August 2027. Froligo tracks free-entry details, attendee feedback and travel details.
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Lineup
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Getting there
How do I get to Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival?
By car
Most people drive to Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.
By train
No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.
By bus & public transit
Runs from the Memphis bus terminal (not the airport itself) up to 2x/day along the Delta corridor pair with a rideshare/taxi leg from MEM to the Memphis Greyhound stop first
Book / info →Taxi & rideshare
The festival's own site gives explicit driving directions: US Highway 61 South from Memphis directly into Clarksdale, through Robinsonville, Tunica, Friars Point, Lula, Lyon, and Coahoma
Book / info →Standard rideshare/taxi is not commonly used/affordable for the full ~76-mile MEM-to-Clarksdale leg; a pre-arranged private shuttle/limo or a Greyhound+taxi combo are the realistic non-rental-car options
Book / info →Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.
🅿 Parking
On site parking available. Cost appears to be free, festival-organized park-and-ride. Multiple secondary/regional-press sources (aggregated search summaries citing Delta-area press coverage) describe a festival-organized park-and-ride system: trolleys/buses shuttling attendees from outlying lots bordering Clarksdale Crumpton Field, the Expo Center, the DeSoto Avenue side of Nosef Park, and the old Walmart lot into downtown, specifically to relieve downtown gridlock/parking pressure during the festival. A human should re-check sunflowerfest.org closer to the 2027 event date, since exact lots/schedule may also change year to year
🚙 Car hire
Compare car hire
MEM is ~76mi/~1h20-30 from Clarksdale with no direct rail and only limited bus/rideshare options for that leg car hire (per the festival's own recommended US-61 driving route) is the primary realistic option for fly-in attendees
Search car hire →Live price search coming soon.
Where
Venue
Downtown Clarksdale / Delta Blues Museum stage
Camping & Accommodation
Where can I stay near Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival?
No on site camping. Here is where to stay nearby.
Budget stays 2
Named the 'official festival hotel' on sunflowerfest.org's own trip-planning page a booking-partner/recommendation relationship, no documented shuttle. 818 S State St
≈ $77-98 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Book direct →Iconic, blues-culture-specific lodging in restored sharecropper shacks on historic Hopson Plantation the festival's own homepage-adjacent trip guide lists it first for 'Clarksdale (Best for Blues Culture).' Its own rates page notes festivals/holidays carry an added room charge on top of the listed rates, so expect a premium above this range during the festival weekend
≈ $85-110 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Book direct →Mid-range hotels 1
Standard chain mid-range option; free hot breakfast, outdoor pool
≈ $148-166 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Book direct →Luxe hotels 2
Artist-run boutique hotel, downtown within walking distance of festival venues per the festival's own trip-planning page; TV-free rooms, lobby fireplace
≈ $154-166 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Book direct →Full-service riverside casino resort, 120+ rooms, ~13mi from Clarksdale (named on the festival's own trip guide as a 'Near Lula' option) classified luxe by positioning/amenity level despite a moderate price point
≈ $80-87 / night approx, book direct with the hotel
Book direct →Airbnb & private camping
short-term-rental availability should be assumed to compress on festival weekend, consistent with the festival's own advice to book/arrive early
Search Airbnb →Hipcamp lists a smaller number of private-land camping/glamping options in the wider Mississippi Delta region around Clarksdale for attendees willing to camp rather than book scarce festival-weekend hotel rooms
Search Hipcamp →Pricing
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