page_title: Tom Lee Park
section_title: Events held in Tom Lee Park
hierarchical_section_title: Tom Lee Park / Events held in Tom Lee Park
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of the Memphis, TN skyline, the Pyramid Arena in the background.
context_page_description: Tom Lee Park is a city park located to the immediate west of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, overlooking the Mississippi River. Encompassing about 30 acres parallel to the Mississippi River for about one mile, it offers panoramic views of the Mississippi River and the shores of Arkansas on the opposite side. The park is named after Tom Lee, an African-American riverworker, who saved the lives of 32 passengers of the sinking steamboat M.E. Norman in 1925.
  Tom Lee Park is a popular location for walkers, joggers, roller bladers and cyclists, and hosts one event per year, the Beale Street Music Festival that kicks off Memphis in May.
context_section_description: Among several events held throughout the year, the park is well known throughout the city and region as the site of different outdoor events.
caption: Memphis skyline seen from Tom Lee Park (2006)
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