The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center officially opened September 13, 2008 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Check out the Museum’s slide show of the full weekend of celebrations, a truly Grand Opening that began on Thursday with a parade of over 1000 harmonica-playing students led by musical great Billy Branch and ended with a Gospel and Grits brunch on Sunday. In between we welcomed B.B.‘s friends and family to the Museum and nearby Club Ebony, offered a Sneak Preview to the local community, and toasted our magnificent donors. Recording stars Robert Cray, Keb ‘Mo and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, as well as blues legend and B.B.‘s longtime friend Bobby “Blue” Bland, joined B.B. in performing on Saturday night in a tent on the Museum grounds. Throughout the weekend entertainment was provided by local musicians from the stage in the gift shop and in the tent, and the entire city of Indianola presented activities for children and families including tours of the town by tractor-drawn open trailers. B.B. played into the wee hours of both Saturday and Sunday mornings at Club Ebony to standing-room-only crowds. It was a celebration worthy of the Delta and Mr. King, and set the tone for the Museum as a gathering place and center of artistic and cultural life in the area.