Elvis: The original ‘American Idol’

Earlier this year on the hit television show “American Idol,” a young, tanned Elvis Presley walked onto the stage and performed a roughly three-minute duet with Celine Dion.
The stunning performance, which left viewers across the world asking “How did they do that?” could be routine once Robert F.X. Sillerman is finished recreating Graceland. […]

Elvis tribute artists

The lip curls. The hips gyrate. The hands and arms aren’t just holding the microphone, but treating it like a prop.
Elvis Presley was dead before most of the contestants in the Tupelo Elvis Contest were born. To perform as their hero, they have to do like contestant Brandon Bennett. “I watch and listen to […]

Children’s Museum

[ August 11, 2007 to August 17, 2007. ] The Children’s Museum is joining Graceland and the city of Memphis in celebrating Elvis Week 2007, which marks the 30th anniversary of Elvis’ passing. The museum will have a multitude of Elvis related activities throughout the week in tribute to the “King of Rock’n’Roll.” Search Parties for the week will be “Elvis Scavenger Hunts.” Tales […]

Kick-Off Elvis Week 2007 with Tribute Artist Chris MacDonald

[ August 11, 2007; 1:00 pm; ] It’s time to get All Shook Up with Elvis Tribute Artist Chris MacDonald! MacDonald’s rocking performance will take you through three decades of Elvis and kick-off Elvis Week 2007 in Memphis. Free and open to the public.

Peabody Place Retail and Entertainment Center
150 Peabody Place
Main Atrium

The Elvis Presley International Art Show - Fan Art From The Graceland Archives

[ July 27, 2007 to August 18, 2007. ] July 27 - August 18. Tyiese Scarpa, 515 South Main Street, St. 101, Memphis. Over 40 pieces of fan art from the Graceland Archives displayed in a gallery setting. Soon after Elvis Presley became an international singing sensation, fans started sending their drawings, sculptures and paintings to Graceland to him and more has […]

Elvis Fan Club Festival

[ August 10, 2007; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. August 11, 2007; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. August 12, 2007; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. August 13, 2007; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. August 14, 2007; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. August 15, 2007; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] August 10-15. 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Airport Inn, 1441 E. Brooks Rd., Memphis. The 29th year for the Elvis Fan Club Festival. A very special event commemorating the 30th anniversary for Elvis. Special guest tables with Vegas atmosphere, original 1956 EPE products and Vegas items during Elvis’s appearances. Elvis music and videos will be […]

Madacy Entertainment Tent at the Elvis After Dark Complex

[ August 10, 2007 to August 18, 2007. ] August 10-18, day and night. Elvis After Dark complex (formerly known as Graceland Crossing shopping center). Continuous presentation of Elvis music performed live by various singers and bands, plus other activities. A preliminary schedule of acts should be posted here close to the start of Elvis Week. Free admission. A detailed schedule […]

Live Entertainment at EP Delta Kitchen & Bar - Jamie Aaron Kelley

[ August 11, 2007 to August 16, 2007. ] Nightly, August 11-16. EP Delta Kitchen & Bar (formerly Elvis Presley’s Memphis), 126 Beale Street in downtown Memphis. Jamie Aaron Kelley performance schedule: Nightly, August 11-14 at 7:30 PM and 10:30 PM; Candlelight Vigil night, August 15 at 11:00 PM; and August 16 at 11:00 PM. Visit www.epdeltakitchen.com.

Memphian Theatre Tours

[ August 11, 2007; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. August 12, 2007; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. August 13, 2007; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. August 14, 2007; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. August 15, 2007; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. August 16, 2007; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. August 17, 2007; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] August 11-17. 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. 51 South Cooper St., Memphis. $5.00 per person or $3.00 for groups of 20 or more. A 30-minute tour of Playhouse on the Square, formerly The Memphian Theatre, where Elvis used to come and watch movies with his friends. You’ll have the opportunity to sit in the Elvis […]

Tours of Lauderdale Courts

[ August 11, 2007; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. August 12, 2007; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. August 13, 2007; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. August 14, 2007; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. August 15, 2007; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. August 16, 2007; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. August 17, 2007; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. August 18, 2007; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] August 11-18. 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Uptown Square Apts (formerly Lauderdale Courts). Second only to Graceland, Lauderdale Courts is the Memphis home Elvis lived in the longest. From September 1949 to January 1953, Elvis and his parents lived at 185 Winchester, Apartment 328 in Lauderdale Courts. “The Courts” proved to be a pivotal place […]

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    The latest Elvis record is not the kind you download. If you were in Memphis, you knew you weren’t on Lonely Street at all those sold-out events. But Graceland spokesman Kevin Kern says the official attendance figure for the week was 75,000. Even in the sweltering heat, 55,000 took part in the candlelight vigil. “The […]

  • Lisa Marie, dad sing duet to create refuge

    The enormity of Elvis Presley’s fame and his staying power as a force in 21st century music came as no surprise to daughter Lisa Marie Presley.
    “It’s like music is going backward because it was good back then,” says Presley, who is stepping back in time tonight with a duet — with Elvis — of […]

  • Kang Rhee Studios

    Elvis and Priscilla Presley studied under Kang Rhee in the early 1970s at the master’s studio at 1911 Poplar, where the Hi-Tone Cafe is located today.

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