Beale Street
National Historic Landmark · Memphis, Tennessee
Three blocks of blues bars, neon and open-air music in downtown Memphis, laid out in 1841 and turned into the centre of black commercial and musical life in the mid-South by the end of the nineteenth century. W. C. Handy published the songs here that first put the blues into print, and the street has been a National Historic Landmark since 1966 and was named the Home of the Blues by an act of Congress in 1977. It is an open-container district, so the drink comes with you from bar to bar.
Beale Street between Second and Fourth Streets, Memphis, Tennessee, 38103, United States
A public street, open at all times. Bars generally from late morning or early afternoon until the small hours, every day. The street closes to vehicle traffic on busy evenings and entry has at times been controlled after about 9 PM on weekend nights.