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Beale Street, Memphis, TN

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Beale Street

Beale Street is a nightlife spot in Memphis, TN, part of the Memphis guide. Cost: free.

Beale St between Main St and 4th St · Memphis, TN

Why you should go…

Beale Street is the downtown Memphis street that an act of Congress declared the Home of the Blues in 1977. You walk past bars and clubs with live music, restaurants, shops and the New Daisy, a music venue that first opened as a movie theatre in 1937. The 1916 song Beale Street Blues is named for it, and Louis Armstrong, Muddy Waters and Memphis Minnie all played the street. The stretch from Main to 4th has been a National Historic Landmark since 1966.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Beale Street, ordered by straight-line distance.

  • Stay
    Iconic

    The Peabody Memphis

    $50+

    Stay at a 1925 grand hotel or stop in the lobby to watch five mallard ducks march to the fountain.

    Steps awaySwitch it up: Stay

  • Museums
    Iconic

    National Civil Rights Museum

    $25–$50

    Walk through the story of the American civil rights movement at the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in 1968.

    0.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sightseeing
    Iconic

    Sun Studio

    Under $25

    Tour the small Memphis studio where Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis cut records in the 1950s.

    0.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Shopping
    Quirky Fun

    Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid

    Free

    Shop outdoor gear inside a 32-story pyramid with an indoor cypress swamp, aquariums and an elevator ride to a glass-floored deck.

    1.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Shopping

  • Museums
    History Buff

    Stax Museum of American Soul Music

    Under $25

    Explore soul music history on the site of Stax Records, with Isaac Hayes's gold-trimmed Cadillac and a recreated Studio A.

    2.0 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Attractions
    Family Favorite

    Memphis Zoo

    $25–$50

    See polar bears, hippos, Komodo dragons and thousands of other animals across themed zones at a zoo in Midtown Memphis.

    3.4 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions

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