Memphis Rock-n-Romp

11/04/2024

Thanks to everyone who came out to our Halloween Rock-n-Romp at BVO on Mud Island! DJ Aura set the mood and provided the sounds for the dance-off portion of our costume contest, and Hope Clayburn's Soul Scrimmage lived up to the hype as one of the best bands in Memphis!

Everyone got a kick out of the Kaiju Kids' martial arts demo (ha! sorry...), and we had arts and crafts, food trucks, sneak peek tours of BVO, tire chairs by Tad Pierson, and we topped it all off with a Mud Island walking tour led by historian Jimmy Ogle! It was an incredible day on the river at Mud Island!

Special thanks to our sponsors: Downtown Memphis and Memphis Made Brewing Co. for their support, to Live From Memphis for producing the show and to our hosts at Baron Von Opperbean and the River of Time! Christopher Reyes' incredible vision is taking shape, and Mud Island's larger comeback is underway!

🎃 This past Halloween, Mud Island came alive with the sounds of music, laughter, and creative energy for our Rock-N-Romp event at BVO . It was a day full of Music, magic, art, and family fun that left us all buzzing with excitement! The incredible Hope Clayburn and her talented 7-piece band br

11/02/2024

Today! Special thanks to our sponsors, Downtown Memphis and Memphis Made Brewing Co.

11/01/2024

Hope Clayburn’s Soul Scrimmage played WREG Live at 9 this morning, and Hope and BVO - Baron Von Opperbean co-founder Marvin Stockwell talked to Kontji Anthony about tomorrow’s Rock-n-Romp at BVO on Mud Island! Don’t miss one of Memphis’ best bands! See you there!

10/31/2024

For a man lost in the multiverse, the Baron sure seems to be in the press a lot talking up this Saturday’s Halloween Rock-n-Romp at BVO on Mud Island! Thanks to The Daily Memphian’s Stevie Paige for this great feature the concert and the progress the BVO team is making!

The event is a chance for attendees to see the beginnings of a new attraction being built in the former Mississippi River Museum at the park.

10/28/2024

If you want to know more about this Saturday's Rock-n-Romp at the new BVO space at Mud Island, check out the interview that BVO co-founders Christopher Reyes and Marvin Stockwell did with WKNO-FM's Kacky Walton for Checking on the Arts! Thanks for having them on the show, Kacky!

Kacky Walton talked with Marvin Stockwell and Christopher Reyes, founders of “Baron von Opperbean and the River of Time (BVO)," a captivating, immersive adventure created at the former Mud Island Mississippi River Museum.

10/15/2024

Live From Memphis is throwing a Halloween Rock-n-Romp at Mud Island, at BVO's newly spiffed up Lounge (outside if it's nice, inside if it rains)!

Music by Hope Clayburn's Soul Scrimmage!

Sneak peek tours of BVO, the new immersive-experience being built inside Mud Island's river museum.

A special appearance by Baron Von Opperbean himself!

A costume contest, arts & crafts, and a self-defense demo by Kaiju Kids.

Mud Island fun facts from the mic with former Shelby County Historian Jimmy Ogle. After the concert, Jimmy will lead a free Mud Island walking tour.

10/28/2023

Above Jupiter is up next to keep the Rock-n-Romp HALLOWEEN Show! party going!

10/28/2023

KittyPool just kicked things off! Come on out to the Ravine... Rock-n-Romp HALLOWEEN Show! is just underway! No rain in sight!

10/28/2023

10/28/2023

We're on at the Ravine! Looks like the storm is going to miss us to the north.

We feel good that this little rain is going north of us. We are ON rain or gloomy gray festive cloudy weather!

10/28/2023

We feel good that this little rain is going north of us. We are ON rain or gloomy gray festive cloudy weather!