FRIDAY, APRIL 19
As impromptu jam sessions go, it certainly turned out to be one for the history books. Sixty-three years ago, during what was booked as a session for Sun Records star Carl Perkins, fate gathered four giants of American music — Perkins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis — for a loose musical get-together that would become legendary. On Friday, the Horseshoe Casino in Tunica presents a road production of the musical based on this famed rock 'n' roll summit, "The Million Dollar Quartet." The show, set for the casino's Bluesville venue, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets: $51 and $62.
Available at all Ticketmaster outlets or ticketmaster.com.
SATURDAY, APRIL 20
It's detention time at the drive-in when "The Breakfast Club" screens Saturday at the Summer Quartet. (Photo: Universal Pictures)
Eighties suburban high-school hijinks make for a memorable movie experience when this month's edition of the Time Warp Drive-In presents "Don't You Forget About Me: The Teen Film Universe of John Hughes." The fun begins with "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," followed by "The Breakfast Club" and "Weird Science."
7 p.m., Summer Quartet Drive-In. Tickets: $10; children under 10 free. Visit malco.com.
Kevin Barnes leads of Montreal into the 1884 Lounge on Saturday. (Photo: Getty Images)
Athens, Georgia, indie rockers of Montrealplay Minglewood Hall’s 1884 Lounge on Saturday. The long-running group, led by front man Kevin Barnes, released its 15th album, “White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood,” last year. Yip Deceiver — the project from of Montreal alums Davey Price and Nicolas Dobbratz — will open this 18 and older show. Doors open at 8 p.m., music starts at 9 p.m. Tickets: $22.
Available at the box office (1555 Madison), minglewoodhall.com or (901) 312-6058.
Crosstown Arts hosts “Divas of Jazz” a concert tribute celebrating the songs of female greats like Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday and more. The show features vocalist Lisa Nobumoto & Her Sizzling Six combo. The concert — part of the Crosstown Jazz Series, presented by Strictly Jazz Entertainment — will kick off at 7 p.m. at the East Atrium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15.
Go to crosstownarts.org.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
The devil made them do it: A statue of goat-headed Baphomet is among the attractions in "Hail Satan?," which screens Wednesday at the Studio on the Square. (Photo: Magnolia Pictures)
Hail what? "Hail Satan?" That's the title — complete with question mark — of this new documentary about the Satanic Temple, a Salem, Massachusetts-based "faith organization" that employs provocative, often theatrical strategies to expose religious hypocrisy and preserve the separation of Church and State by insisting on satanic representation wherever government-hosted public displays of religion are found. (Famously, the group's insistence that a statue of the goat-headed devil-god Baphomet be erected alongside a Ten Commandments display at the Oklahoma State Capitol led to a court-ordered removal of the Judeo-Christian monument). The movie had its premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival; this week's screening is hosted by Indie Memphis.
7 p.m., Studio on the Square. Tickets: $10. Visit indiememphis.com.
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
Call it "'Purple Rain' in the Sahara": Nigerian "desert rock" musician Mbou Moctar stars in "Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It," which screens April 25 at The CMPLX, 2234 Lamar. (Photo: Christopher Kirkley)
Indie Memphis and The Collective (CLTV) have joined forces for what promises to be one of the more unique arts events in recent memory: Titled "Musicians + Visuals," the program begins with an anthology of recent music videos, followed by a panel discussion on "the art of the music video," featuring musicians and filmmakers. This will be followed by a screening of director Christopher Kirkley's West Africa-set Prince homage, "Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai," which translates as "Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It." (The somewhat laborious translation is due to the fact that the Tuareg language has no word for "purple.") Described by Atlantic magazine as "'Purple Rain' in the Saharan desert" and the first fiction film in Tuareg, this 2015 Nigerian feature stars Mdou Mcotar as a motorcycle-riding, purple-robed nomad in a mix of drama, folklore-inspired episodes and live performances showcasing Mcotar's signature "desert rock": blistering electronic adaptations of traditional African guitar music.
7 p.m. Thursday, The CMPLX, 2234 Lamar. Admission: free. Visit indiememphis.com.
North Mississippi Allstars co-founder Cody Dickinson will appear at Overton Square’s Lafayette’s Music Room on Friday. Leading his Cody Dickinson Project, the Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist will perform a set at 9 p.m. Starting at 6 p.m. that evening singer-songwriter Grace Askew will also play at Lafayette’s. For more information go to lafayettes.com/memphis.
Lafayette’s is at 2119 Madison Ave.