YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO: NIGHT TRAIN - A Celebration of the Stax Museum’s 20th Anniversary

Fashioned to replace our annual Staxtacular event hosted by the Memphis Grizzlies that raised over $1 million over 10 years, the inaugural Night Train gala, to be held April 29, 2023 in celebration of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music’s 20th Anniversary, is now the Soulsville Foundation's largest fundraiser of the year.

Night Train is a lavish party reminiscent of the days when the main means of travel was by rail and Pullman Porters traveled with Black Americans from coast to coast, often for music events. A celebration of African American music and culture, it will feature the Stax Museum filled with live music, a silent auction, fantastic cuisine, cocktails, dancing, DJs, and more, all in our newly renovated lobby, gift shop, and mid-century modern lounge, as well as?Studio A, Isaac Hayes' gold-trimmed Cadillac exhibit, our theater, and other spaces.

• WHAT: Night Train Fundraising Gala
• WHEN: Saturday, April 29, 7 pm-Midnight
• WHERE: Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 926 E. McLemore Ave, Memphis, TN 38106
• HOW MUCH: $200 Per Person

Your trip through the Stax Museum will include but won’t be limited to:

• FIFE & DRUM BY RISING STARS: Dine on authentic Delta Tamales with all the accoutrements as you listen to Sharde Thomas, Othar Turner’s granddaughter, who is keeping alive the tradition of blues fife & drum music.
• ALL THAT JAZZ: Be transported back to the Roaring 20s when Jazz ruled the world. Great food, great music, great fun with the legendary Joyce Cobb.

• SWEET SOUL MUSIC: Get on up and get on down to the sounds of Stax and other Memphis Sound specialties by 926, the Stax Music Academy Alumni Band, one of the most sought-after groups in Memphis and beyond.
• STREET CORNER HARMONIES: Harken back to the days when doo wop and girl groups sang on the street corners of every city. Hear Street Corner Harmonies sing doo-wop a cappella tunes in front of Isaac Hayes’ gold-plated, fur-lined, Peacock Blue 1972 Cadillac Eldorado.
• BATTLE OF THE DJs: Take a break from the evening in our new Mid-Century Modern Lounge….or dance the night away to our DJ Battle in our newly renovated lobby and gift shop, where there will be a “Hip Hop Buffet.”

To purchase tickets to Night Train, please click HERE.