RiverArtsFest 2012 Will Feature:

Three performance stages featuring live performances during the two day festival

Stage: Civil Rights Museum

Sponsor: Hyde Family Foundation

Saturday, October 27

Line up presented by Shangri-La Records

11a—Noon                   Mark Edgar Stuart, Chris Milam, J.D. Reager

12:30p—1:30p            Memphis Dawls

2p—3p                          Kenny Brown Band

3:15p—4:15p               Wuvbirds

4:30p                            Jack Oblivian & the Tennessee Tearjerkers

Sunday, October 28

Line up presented by Memphis Music Foundation

11a—11:55a                 Heavy Eyes

1:30p—2:30p              Jamille JAM Hunter

2:50p—3:45p              Myla Smith

4:05p—5p                    Dead Soldiers

Stage: G.E. Patterson

Sponsor: The Blues Foundation

Saturday, October 27

Line up presented by Neosoulville

10:30a—11:15a            CC Hill/JuJu/Barbara J

11:30a—12:15p            Michaelyn Oby

12:30p—1:15p              Devin Crutcher

1:30p—2:15p                D’Monet & Ess Tribe

2:30p—3:15p                3rd Degree

3:30p—4:15p                Black Rock Revival

4:30p—5:30p               The Barnes Family

Sunday, October 28

Line up presented by Blues Foundation

10:45a— 11:45a          Robert Belfour

Noon—1p                     Eric Hughes

1:45p—2:15p               Brandon Baily

2:30p—3:30p              Reba Russell Trio

3:45p—4:45                 Eden Brent Band

Stage: South Main, Central Station

Sponsor(s): First Tennessee Foundation, ArtsFirst and Arts Memphis

Saturday, October 27

Line up presented by Memphis Songwriter’s Association

10a—10:30a                Max Pickard & Adam Miles

10:30a—11a                 KC

11:05a—12:05p           Dan Montgomery

12:05p—12:35p           Three Degrees

12:40p—1:10p             Kim Garmon and Emma Webb

1:10p—2:10p               Cumberland Collective

2:20p—2:55p              Rush

3p—4p                          Deering and Down

4p—4:30p                    Bobby O Neal & Jimmy Anderson

4:30—5:30p                Nancy Apple and the WDB

Sunday, October 28

Line up presented by Visible Music College

11a—Noon                   She Said

12:15p—1:15p              Yancy & Yancy

1:30p —2:30p             7th and Swing

2:45p—3:45p              McQueen

4p—5p                          Dante Everhart and The End Time Movement

General Information

Seating Information: There will be seating provided adjacent to each of our three stages in addition to lawn seating at the Civil Rights Main Stage.

River Arts Fest 2012 will feature many talented performing artists throughout the two day festival. Beginning in 2010, RiverArtsFest teamed up with the Memphis Music Foundation and their associated organizations who took charge of programming our stages.

The Memphis Music Foundation is dedicated to working with the community to cultivate a viable economic engine for Memphis by providing musicians and the music industry with resources and opportunities for growth and independence.