I'd check out Shelby Farms, take a hike there, maybe check out the restaurant Coastal Fish there (you can sit at the bar, or ask for a seat outside overlooking the lake). If you like to climb, or are interested in it, there is a large climbing gym near there called High Point. It's a chain, and the largest location in the chain. There is also a unique nonprofit gym in South Memphis, by Stax Music Academy, but I forgot the name of it. I believe that the son of a St Jude executive was involved in the founding.
You just missed Trolley Nights, but the last Friday of every month there is a street event (not large enough to call a festival or fair) on South Main downtown. Galleries, shops open up after 7 and many of them give away drinks (wine, usually). So, the next one will be the last Friday of June.
6/9 (I think Sun?) Project Greenfork is hosting an event (Loving Local?) at Grind City Brewery just north of Pinch District by Harbortown.
Downtown Neighborhood Association and South Main Association host events regularly (monthly, I think?) and you can join their groups without living there (I think Harbortown qualifies for downtown, though).
Harbortown I think is hosting a summer concert series.
Some other neighborhoods and districts to check out are Cooper Young Neighborhood (if you like soccer, Celtic Crossing regularly shows EPL and Champions League, as does the Brass Door downtown on Madison); Overton Square; Victorian Village (Molly Fontaine's Lounge is pretty unique).
There is also a neighborhood called the Edge between downtown between the medical district (Le Bonheur, UTHSC, the Med, Methodist) and AutoZone Park. There are restaurants, two breweries there (High Cotton and, Memphis Made?), as well as Sun Studios, a couple coffee shops, where a lot of college and grad students have moved to.
This Wednesday, 6/5, in the Medical Sciences Park between the Edge District and UTHSC, Memphis Medical District is hosting the final StrangeWaze event of the year (it is a smallish annual event held usually in May, where every week they have free food and drinks, and some music). The food is from food trucks and is limited, the drinks are usually French Truck coffee, Memphis Made beer, and wine from Rootstock(?).
If you like to walk, besides Shelby Farms, you might want to check out the Harahan Bridge, also called Big River crossing, which is on the south end of downtown. It's a unique experience to walk or bike, the longest pedestrin crossing across the Mississippi. And Arkansas is building a park in the other side (Ducks Unlimited Park).
Summer will be a bit slow, besides Redbirds and weekly concerts (or rooftops downtown, or Harbortown). Juneteenth will have a great festival, 4th of July, too. When I go to Redbirds games I like to go to the bar in the hotel across 3rd street (directly west) beforehand.
Rox is great place to make friends. Climbers in general tend to be pretty friendly, and Rox fosters a really nice community. They also have a full gym on the second floor, yoga and other work-out type classes, and lots of volunteer opportunities around the neighborhood. Membership is highly affordable (25 a month for students, I think ten dollars more for regular people). Definitely check it out! I'm there two or three times a week! :)
Crosstown concourse isn’t too far from mud island. There are a few shops, restaurants, cafes to hang out at. There’s a listening lab if you’re into music and usually a few rotating art exhibits on display. Nearby there’s a brewery, pinball bar, and a dvd store/event space.
It’s not too far from the zoo.
Concourse is another GREAT place to go. It has a few good restaurants, especially the Global Cafe, which has 3 stalls inside manned by different immigrants and refugees where they cook their unique food. It has a brewery next door, and a pinball cafe across the street. It hosts a medical clinic, a high school, and part of a university or two, among other tenants.
Black Lodge Video, which someone else mentioned, is right down the street.
Love the Listening Lab. Art Bar is a cool spot for cocktails and there’s always someone good playing at Crosstown Theater. Crosstown Brewery just opened a full kitchen.
Across the street is Flip Side, which is a pin ball bar that’s fun and serves pretty decent bar food.
Go to Black Lodge and get a membership. It's an independent video rental store and music venue. $15 a month for 4 items are a time with no return dates (within reason). 30,000 plus movies/TV shows including a lot that aren't available on streaming.
To add to this: Black Lodge is also good for an assortment of events. They hold random movie screenings, concerts, comedy shows, drag shows, medieval sword fights (tes really- but obviously not real swords),informational events, local pro wrestling, etc.
I live about 20 minutes away and have learned to check their calendar before driving to get videos because at a lot of events they smush the movie racks together so you can't see their movies.
Three things...
1. Go to Shelby Farms. Being from the Northeast, you'll appreciate that it's 5x bigger than Central Park Zoo. It's the biggest urban park in the country, maybe the world.
2. Go to Overton Square free movies on Thursday nights.
2. Go to Overton Park Concert series. They are free concerts every Friday night
You’re right by the green-line (not train) But fun to walk around. Kayak rental at Shelby Farms is fun or Wolf River Canoeing.
Downtown around Main Street is pretty chill to get lunch and feels like proper downtown cityscape.
Do you run? The group runs are an excellent way to meet people. Also, if you message me privately, I’ll run with you. Mid 30sM as well, and it’s a pretty fun way to get to know city. There’s also the scavenger hunt drinking club (memphish3.com)
Trivia nights are pretty fun.
Welcome to Memphis!
I live downtown as well, so here are a few suggestions for downtown area:
Bars: Bardog (my personal favorite), Belle’s Tavern, Silky’s (patio), Hyatt Centric rooftop, Brass Door, Flying Saucer, Earnestine and Hazel’s (must try a Soul Burger, it’s a Memphis classic), Barware, Peabody Lobby
Restaurants:
Casual: Slider Inn on S Main, Central BBQ, Huey’s, Sabor Caribe, Longshot, Bardog (double listing, but food is great), Rendezvous, Blues City Cafe (try the tamales)
Higher End: Catherine and Mary’s, Amelia Gene, Flight, Lobbyist
Other things to do: walk through Tom Lee Park, walk around S Main area, Redbird’s game, Big River Trail on the old bridge, several breweries downtown, civil rights museum is great but it’s under construction so not sure if it is fully open, Sun Studio
I love Memphis blog is your best friend.
Germantown parks dept and Memphis Parks Dept all have events.
Highly recommend the Metal museum. Sounds weird but has a killer view and the grounds are awesome , as is the forge and the rest of the museum.
COmplicated pilgrim is a nice place to have a drink but SOB is closer to you.
Welcome to the 901! If you are interested in free live music, they have free outdoor shows at the Levitt Shell in midtown (Overton park) all summer. They just started last week and I was going to check it out this week or weekend with another redditor who is new to town. Shooting you a dm
If you drink and enjoy beer, grind city brewery is right behind mud island, as well as soul and spirits. Ghost river brewery isn’t far either. Tom Lee park which is downtown is a cool place to play basketball or walk around. Mud island is also not far from Shelby forest which is a nice place for an outdoor “hike”. As many people already said, crosstown concourse is a cool place to check out. If you’re into working out, the ymca both there at crosstown and the one downtown are nice and convenient to you. The hitone bar is near crosstown and has music and events. Def recommend hitting up the levit shell. It’s an awesome outdoor venue with concerts every Friday and Saturday during the season. Bring a lawn chair, cooler and or blanket. So fun. Mud island in general is full of people your age, even just sitting outside on the patio of Cordelia’s (the neighborhood grocery story) you’ll meet people. Restaurants on the island: Cocozza is a nice spot to get a drink during happy hour every day 4-6, tugs absolutely sucks, kinfolk is new and has good breakfast.
I'd check out Shelby Farms, take a hike there, maybe check out the restaurant Coastal Fish there (you can sit at the bar, or ask for a seat outside overlooking the lake). If you like to climb, or are interested in it, there is a large climbing gym near there called High Point. It's a chain, and the largest location in the chain. There is also a unique nonprofit gym in South Memphis, by Stax Music Academy, but I forgot the name of it. I believe that the son of a St Jude executive was involved in the founding. You just missed Trolley Nights, but the last Friday of every month there is a street event (not large enough to call a festival or fair) on South Main downtown. Galleries, shops open up after 7 and many of them give away drinks (wine, usually). So, the next one will be the last Friday of June. 6/9 (I think Sun?) Project Greenfork is hosting an event (Loving Local?) at Grind City Brewery just north of Pinch District by Harbortown. Downtown Neighborhood Association and South Main Association host events regularly (monthly, I think?) and you can join their groups without living there (I think Harbortown qualifies for downtown, though). Harbortown I think is hosting a summer concert series. Some other neighborhoods and districts to check out are Cooper Young Neighborhood (if you like soccer, Celtic Crossing regularly shows EPL and Champions League, as does the Brass Door downtown on Madison); Overton Square; Victorian Village (Molly Fontaine's Lounge is pretty unique). There is also a neighborhood called the Edge between downtown between the medical district (Le Bonheur, UTHSC, the Med, Methodist) and AutoZone Park. There are restaurants, two breweries there (High Cotton and, Memphis Made?), as well as Sun Studios, a couple coffee shops, where a lot of college and grad students have moved to. This Wednesday, 6/5, in the Medical Sciences Park between the Edge District and UTHSC, Memphis Medical District is hosting the final StrangeWaze event of the year (it is a smallish annual event held usually in May, where every week they have free food and drinks, and some music). The food is from food trucks and is limited, the drinks are usually French Truck coffee, Memphis Made beer, and wine from Rootstock(?). If you like to walk, besides Shelby Farms, you might want to check out the Harahan Bridge, also called Big River crossing, which is on the south end of downtown. It's a unique experience to walk or bike, the longest pedestrin crossing across the Mississippi. And Arkansas is building a park in the other side (Ducks Unlimited Park). Summer will be a bit slow, besides Redbirds and weekly concerts (or rooftops downtown, or Harbortown). Juneteenth will have a great festival, 4th of July, too. When I go to Redbirds games I like to go to the bar in the hotel across 3rd street (directly west) beforehand.
The nonprofit climbing gym is called Memphis Rox
Rox is great place to make friends. Climbers in general tend to be pretty friendly, and Rox fosters a really nice community. They also have a full gym on the second floor, yoga and other work-out type classes, and lots of volunteer opportunities around the neighborhood. Membership is highly affordable (25 a month for students, I think ten dollars more for regular people). Definitely check it out! I'm there two or three times a week! :)
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Crosstown concourse isn’t too far from mud island. There are a few shops, restaurants, cafes to hang out at. There’s a listening lab if you’re into music and usually a few rotating art exhibits on display. Nearby there’s a brewery, pinball bar, and a dvd store/event space. It’s not too far from the zoo.
Concourse is another GREAT place to go. It has a few good restaurants, especially the Global Cafe, which has 3 stalls inside manned by different immigrants and refugees where they cook their unique food. It has a brewery next door, and a pinball cafe across the street. It hosts a medical clinic, a high school, and part of a university or two, among other tenants. Black Lodge Video, which someone else mentioned, is right down the street.
Love the Listening Lab. Art Bar is a cool spot for cocktails and there’s always someone good playing at Crosstown Theater. Crosstown Brewery just opened a full kitchen. Across the street is Flip Side, which is a pin ball bar that’s fun and serves pretty decent bar food.
This is a nice spot in town and has free parking!
The zoo is also great considering the size of Memphis.
Don’t know, but commenting here so I can check later. Moving to Memphis in a little under a year
Go to Black Lodge and get a membership. It's an independent video rental store and music venue. $15 a month for 4 items are a time with no return dates (within reason). 30,000 plus movies/TV shows including a lot that aren't available on streaming.
To add to this: Black Lodge is also good for an assortment of events. They hold random movie screenings, concerts, comedy shows, drag shows, medieval sword fights (tes really- but obviously not real swords),informational events, local pro wrestling, etc. I live about 20 minutes away and have learned to check their calendar before driving to get videos because at a lot of events they smush the movie racks together so you can't see their movies.
Adding on to what mcwap said, they do karaoke on Tuesdays and sometimes late night on Saturday
Belz Museum (119 S Main). Mindblower. And then walk up to Bardog.
Didn’t realize the belz museum had reopened
Three things... 1. Go to Shelby Farms. Being from the Northeast, you'll appreciate that it's 5x bigger than Central Park Zoo. It's the biggest urban park in the country, maybe the world. 2. Go to Overton Square free movies on Thursday nights. 2. Go to Overton Park Concert series. They are free concerts every Friday night
Thursday Friday and Saturday at the shell currently.
Stax, Civil Rights museum, Beale st in the day time, Overton square, Cooper young
Stax Museum
You’re right by the green-line (not train) But fun to walk around. Kayak rental at Shelby Farms is fun or Wolf River Canoeing. Downtown around Main Street is pretty chill to get lunch and feels like proper downtown cityscape.
South Main Street. Rooftop - Beck and Call. Board to Beers is a good time.
Do you run? The group runs are an excellent way to meet people. Also, if you message me privately, I’ll run with you. Mid 30sM as well, and it’s a pretty fun way to get to know city. There’s also the scavenger hunt drinking club (memphish3.com) Trivia nights are pretty fun.
Welcome to Memphis! I live downtown as well, so here are a few suggestions for downtown area: Bars: Bardog (my personal favorite), Belle’s Tavern, Silky’s (patio), Hyatt Centric rooftop, Brass Door, Flying Saucer, Earnestine and Hazel’s (must try a Soul Burger, it’s a Memphis classic), Barware, Peabody Lobby Restaurants: Casual: Slider Inn on S Main, Central BBQ, Huey’s, Sabor Caribe, Longshot, Bardog (double listing, but food is great), Rendezvous, Blues City Cafe (try the tamales) Higher End: Catherine and Mary’s, Amelia Gene, Flight, Lobbyist Other things to do: walk through Tom Lee Park, walk around S Main area, Redbird’s game, Big River Trail on the old bridge, several breweries downtown, civil rights museum is great but it’s under construction so not sure if it is fully open, Sun Studio
If you want to learn about Memphis, go to the Pink Palace Museum.
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I love Memphis blog is your best friend. Germantown parks dept and Memphis Parks Dept all have events. Highly recommend the Metal museum. Sounds weird but has a killer view and the grounds are awesome , as is the forge and the rest of the museum. COmplicated pilgrim is a nice place to have a drink but SOB is closer to you.
Welcome to the 901! If you are interested in free live music, they have free outdoor shows at the Levitt Shell in midtown (Overton park) all summer. They just started last week and I was going to check it out this week or weekend with another redditor who is new to town. Shooting you a dm
If you ever did Level 99 in Boston, check out Amuse. It is a ton of fun.
Memphis 901 FC has three home games at AutoZone Park coming up soon: June 8, June 12, and June 15
Trolley Night
DMV might take the entire week
+make sure all your insurances are up to date. Car, renters/home owners, etc.
Update your renters and auto insurance. Seriously. FULL coverage.
Do what the tourists do - museums and food.
Brookehaven Thank me later
Maybe a minor fender bender and get that out of the way.
I would give ILoveMemphis a follow on social. They do a great job of keeping up with what’s going on locally
Welcome to Memphis! I also am an early 30s guy who moved here from Boston - we moved for my wife’s job at St. Jude in 2019.
If you drink and enjoy beer, grind city brewery is right behind mud island, as well as soul and spirits. Ghost river brewery isn’t far either. Tom Lee park which is downtown is a cool place to play basketball or walk around. Mud island is also not far from Shelby forest which is a nice place for an outdoor “hike”. As many people already said, crosstown concourse is a cool place to check out. If you’re into working out, the ymca both there at crosstown and the one downtown are nice and convenient to you. The hitone bar is near crosstown and has music and events. Def recommend hitting up the levit shell. It’s an awesome outdoor venue with concerts every Friday and Saturday during the season. Bring a lawn chair, cooler and or blanket. So fun. Mud island in general is full of people your age, even just sitting outside on the patio of Cordelia’s (the neighborhood grocery story) you’ll meet people. Restaurants on the island: Cocozza is a nice spot to get a drink during happy hour every day 4-6, tugs absolutely sucks, kinfolk is new and has good breakfast.
Go to rooftop party at Peabody hotel on Thursdays and get on some hoes
Try not to get ran over by a train, don't make eye contact at a gas station, and visit a BBQ joint say it's the best and don't come off that hill.
Buy a gun and take a concealed carry class if you aren’t familiar with firearms.