Beale Street Music Festival 2022: Van Morrison, Weezer, join Megan Thee Stallion and more

Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer Van Morrison, alt-pop combos Weezer, Counting Crows and Death Cab for Cutie and singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan are among the artists scheduled to appear at the 2022 Beale Street Music Festival.

Megan Thee Stallion will also join this year's Beale Street Music Festival lineup as a headliner, other announced additions to the lineup include two-time Grammy-winning reggae artist Shaggy and fellow Jamaican reggae fusion artist Third World, Memphis rapper Duke Deuce and local rockers Tora Tora.

Those acts will be joining previously announced headliners Lil Wayne, The Smashing Pumpkins and Three 6 Mafia. The festival will run April 29 to May 1 at Liberty Park — Memphis in May's usual home, Tom Lee Park, will be unavailable due to renovations.

Foo Fighters, previously announced as a headliner, have canceled all their planned concert dates following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. Rockers Sammy Hagar & The Circle were announced as a headlining act on the opening night of Beale Street Music Festival following their cancellation.

The lineup represents a strong return for Beale Street Music Festival, which was not held in 2020 or 2021 due to the pandemic.

In a statement announcing the acts, Memphis in May President and CEO James Holt noted that, “after a three-year absence, we felt it was important to come back big."

“The 2022 lineup is the biggest roster of the best touring artists in the festival’s history," added Holt, "with more surprises on the way and being Beale Street Music Festival, of course, there’s something for almost every musical taste.”

This year’s music fest marks the Foo Fighters' third headline appearance at festival; the band previously headlined in 2000 and 2004. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers last played Memphis in 2018 to a sold-out crowd at FedExForum.

According to festival officials, Morrison’s appearance this year will mark “his first engagement in Memphis in over 25 years, having last performed in the city at the Beale Street Music Festival in 1996.”

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Other artists confirmed to performing include Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham, Modest Mouse, Stone Temple Pilots, Chevelle, DaBaby, Spoon, Dirty Honey, Grace Potter, Goose, Grouplove, Rival Sons, Indigo Girls, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Patty Griffin, Toad the Wet Sprocket, The Glorious Sons, Waka Flocka Flame, Soccer Mommy, Ayron Jones, Black Pistol Fire, JJ Grey and Mofro, Robert Randolph and the Family Band and Elvin Bishop.

African artists Sarkodie and Stonebwoy will also appear as part of festival’s salute to Ghana, Memphis in May’s 2022 honored country.

Memphis hip-hop and rap will highlighted at this year’s festival. Among those set to appear are Moneybagg Yo, NLE Choppa, Project Pat, Al Kapone, Lil Wyte, Jucee Froot and White $osa. Memphis legends Three 6 Mafia are headliners for the first time in a decade.

2022 Beale Street Music Festival day-by-day lineup

Beale Street Music Festival is April 29-May 1 at the Fairgrounds in Liberty Park. Tickets are $70 for single-day or $175 for three-day passes, VIP passes are also available. Go to memphisinmay.org.

April 29

Sammy Hagar & the Circle

Van Morrison

Three 6 Mafia

Sarah McLachlan

DaBaby

Dirty Honey

The Glorious Sons

Waka Flocka Flame

JJ Grey and MOFRO

Kurt Vile & The Violators

Black Pistol Fire

Al Kapone

Janiva Magness

Amy LaVere

Kenny Brown

Earl “The Pearl” Banks

April 30

Megan Thee Stallion

The Smashing Pumpkins

Death Cab For Cutie

Stone Temple Pilots

Sarkodie

Spoon

NLE Choppa

Chevelle

Grouplove

Rival Sons

Toad the Wet Sprocket

Robert Randolph Band

Soccer Mommy

Ayron Jones

Project Pat

Duke Deuce

Lil Wyte

Don Bryant & The Bo-Keys

Tora Tora

Ghost Town Blues Band

Brandon Santini

Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88’s

Barbara Blue

Hurricane Ruth

Blvck Hippie

White $osa

May 1

Weezer

Lil Wayne

Counting Crows

Moneybagg Yo

Modest Mouse

Lindsey Buckingham

Grace Potter

Goose

Shaggy

Stonebwoy

Indigo Girls

Patty Griffin

Third World

Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio

Cory Henry

Sue Foley

Trigger Hippy

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band

Cory Branan

Jucee Froot

Blind Mississippi Morris

Melva Chick Rodgers

This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Beale Street Music Festival 2022 full lineup in Memphis