For months, sneak peeks of Bao Toan Kitchen & Bar's chic interior have had Memphians eagerly anticipating its grand opening. Now, the wait is over.

Officially open at Crosstown Concourse—right in time for Lunar New Year—Bao Toan has transformed the former Wolf River Brisket space into a vibrant, immersive dining experience.

This blog was written in collaboration with our friends at Campfire Collective.

Lucy J’s Bakery opened in 2018 as a local non-profit organization dedicated to providing job training and living wage employment for parents who have lived – or who currently live — at the Dorothy Day House (DDH). The faith-based shelter provides temporary housing and support for unhoused families.

This is a fight club we can talk about (and spectate!) and it's our newest obsession. 

From the Middle Ages to Memphis, watch as people, clad in authentic full armor, wield swords, axes, and maces, engaging in intense one-on-one battles. Memphis Armored Fight Club is devoted to the study of medieval armored combat.

Red and blue lit up Crosstown as they hosted the annual Red Bull Dance Your Style event where 16 contestants went head-to-head with each other; battling it out for their spot in the Red Bull Dance Your Style National Final in Atlanta.

In this competition there are no judges, because the crowd gets to decide who moves on to the next round… with a click of a button, we get to pick: the dancer on the red team or the dancer on the blue team.

April swings into full gear with Jazz Month at Crosstown Arts! Get ready for a full lineup of soul-stirring performances that will have you tapping your feet all night long

From smooth ballads to electrifying fusion, The Green Room and Crosstown Theater set the stage for legendary artists, rising stars, and top local talent.

Jazz Month Lineup⁠

The 2025 lineup features 17 performances in the intimate Green Room and Crosstown Theatre beginning March 28th.

Southern Grooves is the realization of a life-long dream by Grammy-award winning producer, engineer, and mixer Matt Ross-Spang.

When you step inside Southern Grooves Recording Studio in Crosstown Concourse, its mid-century decor complete with wooden panels, green flooring, and orange walls gives anyone the vibe that the studio has been long in operation when it’s really Memphis’ newest recording studio.

Mark your calendars! The Asian Night Market returns for its third year on July 19, 2025, with more than 80 vendors.

For the first time in more than two decades, regular live Saturday morning wrestling shows are coming back to Midtown.

Saturday mornings in Memphis have been too quiet for too long. For about 40 years, the reverberating sounds of pile drivers and body chops echoed through the corridors of WMC-TV’s midtown studios, drawing cheers, sneers and tears from a live audience packed in to see some of the entertainment sport’s biggest stars.

Memphis, it’s time to mark your calendars. WYXR’s Raised By Sound Music Festival, presented by MEMPHO, is back on Saturday, December 6, 2025 for an unforgettable day of music.

What makes Raised By Sound so special? It’s WYXR’s way of connecting Memphians with the artists who’ve defined our culture, alongside fresh new sounds that are shaping the future.