The King gets crowned, a $10 honky-tonk dinner show, and Christmas in August on South Main

Hey Memphis 👋 It's Tuesday. Sunny and 96, down to about 78 overnight — Monday's heat advisory clocked out at 8 last night, though at 96 the difference is mostly paperwork. And Elvis Week hits the night it's been building toward: somebody gets crowned tonight.

☀️ Today in Memphis

Black Farmers' Market — Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church lot, 491 E. McLemore Ave., 3–7 PM, free to attend. The weekly Tuesday market is in its fifth season: produce, prepared food, and goods from Black farmers and makers, with SNAP accepted and leashed dogs welcome. It wraps September 1, so this is one of the last few. Details

KQ:90 Kahoot Game Night — Knowledge Quest, 990 College Park Dr., 4–5:30 PM, free. The South City nonprofit is hosting 90 minutes of Kahoot trivia — family-friendly, done by 5:30, and posted so quietly last week that no calendar in town has it. Details

50s & 60s Music Bingo at Blue Christmas — Bar Hustle, 477 S. Main St., 5–8 PM, no cover listed. The South Main bar is decked out in "Blue Christmas" trim through August 17, and Tuesday is bingo night, all 50s and 60s music. Elvis Week energy, no wristband required. Details

Robert Washington Dinner Show — Hernando's Hide-A-Way, 3210 Old Hernando Rd., 5 PM, $10. The honky-tonk Elvis actually hung out in runs its own unofficial Elvis Week: a $10 tribute dinner show every night through Saturday, blocks from Graceland and a world away from official-schedule pricing. Stick around — Last Song Standing, a songwriter showcase, follows at 7 for $10–15, which makes the whole night about $25. Details

Sunset Yoga at Silo Square — under the bell tower, Southaven, 6–7 PM, free. Jane's Gym leads the flow, and showing up gets you a free class at the gym on top. It runs every other Tuesday — this is one of them, so bring a mat and water. Details

Self-Rising, with Kat Gordon — Novel, 387 Perkins Ext., 6 PM, free with RSVP. Mindy Merrell and R.B. Quinn wrote a whole book about how self-rising flour quietly rewired Southern baking, and Muddy's founder Kat Gordon gets to ask the questions. Details

Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest — the Final — Graceland Soundstage, 7 PM, $73.75–$102.25 with fees. We said yesterday this is the night it gets decided, and here it is: the semifinal ran Sunday, and the 2026 Ultimate crown goes out on the Soundstage tonight — the part of Elvis Week locals actually enjoy. All three seating tiers were still on sale Monday afternoon. Details

Open Mic with Mak of Memphis — Growlers, doors 6, show 7, $5. An all-genre open stage: five dollars buys you whoever signed up, which some nights is the best deal in town. Details

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📰 The Rundown

The PGA TOUR playoffs tee off at TPC Southwind tomorrow: the FedEx St. Jude Championship runs Wednesday through Sunday, and this year every ticket includes free food and non-alcoholic drinks at on-course concessions, plus each ticketed adult can bring two kids 15 and under for free. One catch — parking is digital-only and reserved ahead, at FedEx headquarters on Hacks Cross. (via WREG) · Tickets & parking

Kids on Vance Avenue have a brand-new playground at the Vance Avenue Youth Development Center — the first dedicated play space in the center's 30-plus years, built by the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis with seed money from Jaren Jackson Jr.'s Much Required Initiative. (via Tri-State Defender)

The 38th Cooper-Young Festival (Saturday, September 19) dropped its music lineup: the Joe Restivo 4, Afrikan Jazz Ensemble, Raneem Imam, Mama Honey, and The Narrows across two stages, with music from 11 AM. (via Memphis Flyer)

Night drivers, plan around this: intermittent overnight closures (8 PM–6 AM) on I-55 and 3rd Street at the I-55 interchange run through August 28, eastbound I-40 between Levee and Hollywood gets nightly paving through Friday morning, and the Watkins westbound on-ramp stays closed through August 17. (per TDOT)

🍽️ Food & Drink

Crack of Dawn wants a roof — Memphis's first breakfast food truck has filed to open a 2,000-square-foot storefront at 929 Porter St. in South Memphis, targeting mid-September: longer hours, a bigger menu (shrimp and grits, chicken and waffles), and the same fight-the-food-desert mission the truck is known for. Until then, the truck's still posted at 765 S. Parkway E. (via WhatNow Memphis) · Follow along

🎟️ Looking Ahead

8Ball & MJG and Bun B, with an orchestra — Memphis rap royalty plays the Orpheum with the Renaissance Orchestra September 11–12, and it's moving fast: Friday is already sold out. Saturday remains, $99.15–$327.75. Details

Satellite Music Hall opens September 4 — The Band CAMINO christens Crosstown's new 1,300-cap room with two nights, and the fall slate behind them is deep: Chance the Rapper September 8, Valerie June September 17, Project Pat September 26, Modest Mouse October 12. Tickets are on sale now. Details

Wiseacre turns 13 on August 29 — a free, all-day birthday party at the original Broad Avenue taproom: new beer release and local music from 1 PM to midnight. Details

🏡 Community Corner

If you're at the Soundstage tonight, hit reply and tell us whether the right one got the crown — we'll print the verdict. And the mural question is still open: the famous ones, or the one only your block knows about. Send the corner, send a photo.

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That's it for today — see you tomorrow at 6.

— Josh