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Happy $9.01 Day 🎉
Happy $9.01 Day 🎉
The city's official party was the weekend. Today the 901 belongs to your block.
Hey Memphis 👋 It's Tuesday, and it's 901 Day. Sunny and 99 out there with a heat index near 107 — the 901 celebrating in its own way.
☕ Byway today
Paradox at PeCo — 248 S. Cooper, 7 AM–1 PM
One trailer today — that's the whole posted schedule, and the trailers do move, so their IG has the full week. They've also got a new menu landing this week, which means the August drinks have had their run. New here? Our coffee guide has the story on the Airstream that comes to you.
One thing worth knowing before you plan today: the city's official 901 Celebration already happened. It ran Friday on South Main and Sunday on Beale, and the City deliberately left the day itself alone — 901 Day belongs to the businesses and the neighborhoods. Which is why today's best stuff is a yard, a brewery, a ballpark and a theater instead of a main stage. It's also why so much of it costs exactly $9.01.
☀️ Today in Memphis
Celebrate Our City: 901 Day — Loflin Yard, 7 W. Carolina Ave., 5–10 PM, free. Loflin Yard doesn't open on Tuesdays. It's opening for this one: Choose901 in the yard with food, drinks, games and music, from happy hour straight through to ten. No ticket, no RSVP, no list — walk in. Details
Memphoria 901 Day Music Fest — Ghost River Brewing Co., 827 S. Main, 10:30 AM–11 PM, $9.01. Thirteen hours that open with a DJ set and end under neon, with Dino D. & The D. Train Band headlining at 5:30. Details
901 DAY ft. MAK of Memphis — Growlers, 6 PM, $5. Growlers named the night after the holiday and handed it to a soul singer. Details
Memphis Redbirds vs. Durham Bulls — AutoZone Park, first pitch 6:45 PM, tickets from $9.01. The first-half league champs open a six-game homestand, and the cheapest seat in the park costs the area code. Details
Toy Box: Karaoke & Game Night — Hattiloo Culture Box, 37 Cooper St, 5:30–8:30 PM, pay what you want. Chess and Connect Four on one side, a live mic on the other, and you set the price. Details
Club de lectura (Spanish Book Club) — Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 6–7 PM, free. A book club held entirely in Spanish, first Tuesday of every month, and the Dixon lends you the book. Details
Canasta — Lakeland Senior Center at the International Harvester Clubhouse, 4523 Canada Rd, 12:30–3 PM, free. Two and a half hours of cards in the air conditioning, which is the correct response to a 107 heat index. Details
👶 With the kids
Mini Masters (ages 2–4) — Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 10:30–11:15 AM, $8, members free. Art, movement and crafts built for toddlers, safely indoors. Registration is required and space is limited, so check before you drive over. Details
Long Live the King! Chess Club — Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 6–7:30 PM, free. Free chess tutorials with no age floor and no ceiling — a six-year-old and a grandparent can sit at the same board. Details
📰 The Rundown
Memphis gets a new music venue tomorrow night. Satellite Music Hall, at 1291 Autumn Ave. in Crosstown, holds a Community Preview Night on Wednesday — the room's first public evening, with Chance the Rapper, Modest Mouse and Iron & Wine already booked this fall. No start time posted yet. (via Satellite Music Hall)
The Metal Museum's move to Overton Park has dates. There's a Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, Sept 5, and the museum reopens to the public on Friday, Sept 11. (via the Metal Museum)
The city's splash pads close for the season on Monday, Sept 7. Until then they're free and running 8 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. at David Carnes, Douglass, Hollywood, McFarland, Orange Mound, Peabody and Whitehaven Parks. Six days left. (via Memphis Parks)
A zoo note worth pinning somewhere: Tennessee Tuesdays are genuinely free for Tennessee residents, but reservations are required and they drop at 9 a.m. the Wednesday before. Today's are long gone. Tomorrow at 9 a.m. is when next Tuesday's open. (via Memphis Zoo)
🍽️ Food & Drink
WISEACRE Downtown HQ — 398 S B.B. King Blvd, 4–9 PM. Select pints are $5 all evening, which is the second-best price in this issue. Details
🎟️ Looking Ahead
KARROT (Metal Night) — Overton Park Shell, Friday Sept 4, 7–9 PM, free.
The Shell turns 90 — a free three-day Shellebration Sept 11–13, opening with a birthday picnic and the Memphis Youth Symphony.
8Ball & MJG and Bun B with the Renaissance Orchestra — the Orpheum, Sept 11–12. Two nights, tickets through the theater.
🏡 Community Corner
Yesterday we asked where your corner of town actually celebrates 901 Day — not the official programming, the block-level stuff. The porch cookout, the bar that prices everything at $9.01, the church that does something every year. Send it to hey@heymemphis.co and we'll run what comes in. No gatekeeping.
That's it for today — see you tomorrow at 6.
— Josh
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