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Let Backbeat Tours lead you on a tour as unique as our hometown, Memphis, Tennessee. Conveniently located on Beale Street in downtown Memphis, we offer daily sightseeing bus tours as well as an evening Haunted Walking Tour. All of our tours are led by professional guides who use music, comedy, and song to create a one-of-a-kind touring experience. Our tours have been featured in Southern Living magazine and the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper, and on the BBC, Irish TV, Japanese TV, and Fox 13 News.



The Memphis Mojo Tour is our most popular tour and has been ranked as the best tour in Memphis by Tripadvisor.com. The tour offers 90 minutes of high energy fun on this musical journey through Memphis greatest attractions. Visit Beale Street, Sun Studio, Stax Records, the Peabody Hotel, the Overton Park Shell, the Lorraine Motel , Civil War sights and movie locations while listening to toe-tappin' renditions of the hits of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, B.B. King, Robert Johnson, and Otis Redding, just to name a few.

The Haunted Memphis Walking Tour explores the darker side of Memphis. Do we see ghosts? We can't guarantee it, but it's not uncommon. We go where the spirits call us, so the sites change frequently. You may find yourself on the site of an 1860s cemetery or inside a former brothel; listening by the river for the howling of an Indian ghost dog or searching for ghosts along "Dead Man's Alley," where hundreds of dead were piled during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic. Make sure to bring your cameras!

Our Sun/Stax Tour offers an in-depth look at your choice of Memphis' two famous recording studios. Visit Sun Studio for a guided tour of the studio where Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash launched their careers. Or take a self-guided tour of Stax Museum of American Soul Music to see Isaac Hayes' gold plated Cadillac, the Soul Train dance floor, and the studio where Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett, and the Staple Singers recorded.

We also offer regular tours of Graceland – Elvis Presley's famous home. Your Platinum Pass includes transportation to and from Graceland, as well as admission to the Mansion, the Auto Museum, Elvis's private jets, and all of the Visitors' Center shops, exhibits and attractions.

For the hard-core Elvis fan, we offer our Hound Dog Tour during Elvis Birthday Week in January and throughout the month of August (including Elvis Week). Follow in the footsteps of Elvis, as you see Humes High School, Lauderdale Courts, the Overton Park Shell, Libertyland, Immaculate Conception High School, Supercycles, and radio station WHBQ. With our guides playing live all of your favorite Elvis hits and telling you the behind-the-scenes stories of Elvis' life, it's the next best thing to riding with the King himself.

All of our tours are available as a step-on service or as custom private tours for tour operators, conventions and corporate groups, family reunions, church and school groups, or any party of 15 or more. Charter tour operators may want to try a History Tour to see the historic side of our beautiful city, a Pub Crawl to sample the nightlife, an excursion to Oxford to see the home of William Faulkner, or an excursion to Tupelo to see Elvis' birthplace. For foodies, we offer progressive lunches and dinners, as well as outings to the world-famous Viking Cooking School. Planning a corporate event? An interactive event, such as our Scavenger Hunt or Amazing Memphis Race, is the perfect activity to bring your group together. Student groups will appreciate a visit to the National Civil Rights Museum or the Mississippi River Museum. Have a special event such as a wedding or an off-site convention dinner? Consider chartering the Backbeat bus for stylish and entertaining transportation!