Here’s Your 2012 Beale St. Music Fest Lineup

Go ahead and stock up on sunscreen, rain boots and ponchos – you're not going to want to miss this year's Beale St. Music Festival.

(logo courtesy of Memphis in May)

The annual festival kicks off Memphis in May, our city-wide month of dancing, partying, grilling and celebrating an honored country (this year, it's the Phillipines).

For the second year in a row, I'm incredibly impressed with the festival's lineup. There are going to be some legitimately huge acts – Girl Talk, Primus, Florence + the Machine – playing at Tom Lee Park.  I'm predicting a lot of running back and forth between stages to catch everyone worth seeing.

Here's who's coming:

Friday, May 4

Bud Light Stage

My Morning Jacket
Florence + The Machine
Needtobreathe
North Mississippi All Stars

Orion Stage

Evanescence
Megadeth
Three 6 Mafia
Volbeat
 

Horseshoe Casino Stage

Girl Talk
Lupe Fiasco
Sponge Cola
Breathe Carolina

FedEx Blues Tent

Johnny Winter
Bernard Allison
Will Tucker
Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition

SoCo Shack

T-Model Ford
Bill Abel

Saturday, May 5

Bud Light Stage

Jane's Addiction
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
The Cult
Childish Gambino
Son Volt
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors

Orion Stage

Pitbull
Yo Gotti
Cold War Kids
Buddy Guy
Kenny Wayne Shepard
 

Horseshoe Casino Stage

Anthony Hamilton
Al Green
Dr. Dog
Black Lips
Big K.R.I.T.
Sponge Cola

FedEx Blues Tent

Gary Clark, Jr.
The Bo-Keys
Valerie June
Larry McCray
Robert "Wolfman" Belfour
Victor Wainwright

SoCo Shack

Blind Mississippi Morris
Brad Webb

Sunday, May 6

Bud Light Stage

Wiz Khalifa
Bush
Coheed and Cambria
Black Stone Cherry
Prosevere

Orion Stage

Primus
Herbie Hancock and his Band
Michael Franti and Spearhead
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Zoogma

Horseshoe Casino Stage

Alison Krauss & Union Station
The Civil Wars
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Head and the Heart
Old 97s

FedEx Blues Tent

Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Charlie Musselwhite
Duke Robillard
The Nighthawks
Alexis P. Suter Band

SoCo Shack

David Evans Jug Band
Kenny Brown

You can pick up a full festival pass for $75 (until April 22). Individual day passes are $32.50 in advance or $40 during the festival. You can pick them up at all Ticketmaster outlets or by calling (800) 745-3000.