photo by Max Blau, Flickr

If you are coming to visit Memphis and want to know if your favorite musician will be in town at the same time, these are useful sites to explore. Songkick, Bandsintown, and Pollstar allow you look ahead at artists’ gigs in a certain city. (Your own, too, for that matter–not just Memphis.) They cover big-name touring acts playing at festivals and arenas, as well as regional musicians with club dates. Sign up to follow your personalized list of artists–local or legendary–and get e-mail alerts in time to buy tickets to their upcoming concerts.

SongKick
http://www.songkick.com/metro_areas/22600-us-memphis

Bandsintown
http://www.bandsintown.com/home

Pollstar
http://www.pollstar.com/resultsCity.aspx?ID=37224&SearchBy=memphis, TN