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Monday, August 14 Official Graceland Insiders Conference 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM & 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM. Graceland Soundstage A, Elvis Presley’s Memphis. $50 Hosted by Tom Brown, the Graceland Insiders Conference will feature special segments that highlight various parts of Elvis' life and career with sneak peeks, behind-the-scenes looks, rarely-seen videos, feature segments filmed just for the event and much more. 2017 special guests include: Bill Wallace, Elvis' friend and karate champion; Sam Thompson, Elvis’ bodyguard and the brother of Elvis’ girlfriend Linda Thompson; Charles Stone, who worked closely with the Colonel on Elvis' tours and career; Dick Grob, who served as chief of security for Elvis; Lisa Marie co-pilot Ron Strauss; rockabilly pioneer Wanda Jackson, who toured with Elvis; and Dixie Locke Emmons, Elvis' first girlfriend. A Band of Legends Remembers Elvis 8:00 PM. Graceland Soundstage A, Elvis Presley’s Memphis. $40 Hear stories and music ...

Sunday, August 13 Elvis 101 10:00 AM. Graceland Soundstage A, Elvis Presley’s Memphis. $20 Elvis' influence on music, pop culture and society has been studied, analyzed and debated since his music first hit the airwaves in 1954. Elvis 101 features scholars, authors and those who have spent hundreds of hours studying Elvis Presley talking in-depth about different aspects of The King of Rock 'n' Roll's life and career. Hosted by Tom Brown, special guests for 2017 include: author Peter Guralnick, sharing stories about what it was like to research for his two Elvis biographies “Last Train to Memphis” and “Careless Love”; John Beifuss, film critic and reporter for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, talking about Elvis’ films; Sony Music's Ernst Jorgensen; and Tupelo historian Roy Turner. Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center Fan Reception 1:00 - 3:00 PM. Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center at Regional One Health, 877 Jefferson Avenue. Free. Celebrate at the Annual...

Saturday, August 12 35th Annual Elvis 5K Run 8:00 AM. Run starts and finishes at gates of Graceland. Annual 5K run. After the race, enjoy a party featuring food, music and fun! Elvis Presley Fan Club Presidents’ Event 10:00 AM. Graceland Soundstage A, Elvis Presley’s Memphis. $20 Celebrate the world of Elvis Presley Fan Clubs around the world at our bi-annual fan club event. The event will feature special programming that celebrates both Elvis and his dedicated fan clubs. Special guest speakers for the event will be Elvis’ friend and hair stylist Larry Geller and legendary radio personality and author Norm Nite. Fan Club presidents will get an invite and registration form directly from EPE to attend the event. The Auction at Graceland 12:30 PM. Guest House Theater, The Guest House at Graceland The Auction at Graceland will include artifacts from across the spectrum of collecting, including items owned by Elvis, gifted by Elvis, written by Elvis, used by Elvis and c...

Sunday, August 13th at 9 PM EST on the REELZ Channel. So far, we know Wink and Sandy Martindale, Lowell Hays and Linda Thompson are featured. Sounds good so far.And usually these folks do not participate in the tabloid television shows. But Reelz is usually very unfair to Elvis. But we all will tune in and hope for the best!

Looks like Graceland's new fee to visit Elvis' grave and other jacked up fees are backfiring on them. Fans from around the world, as well as Memphians and local businesses have reached out to me to express their outrage. Some even saying, this may be the last hurrah. And that maybe the company or "campus" as they now call themselves has become too greedy. And that they are USING last year's protests as an excuse to charge fans to pay their respects to Elvis during the candle light vigil started BY FANS and FOR FANS . Even protesters from last year are encouraging EPE to drop the 28.75 FEE. From Fox 13 Memphis Demonstrators who filed a discrimination lawsuit against Graceland told FOX13 they believe their protest last year may have led to this year’s security changes during Elvis Week. In an email to FOX13 Thursday, Elvis Presley Enterprises confirmed what it called “updated security measures” during Elvis Week. Related Headlines For the first time, Gr...

Friday, August 11 Elvis Fan Reunion 2:00 PM. Graceland Soundstage A, Elvis Presley’s Memphis. $10 Join us for one of our most celebrated first-time events from last year – as we welcome Elvis fans to Memphis. This special Elvis Fan Reunion allows fans to re-connect, meet new friends, share stories, play Elvis team trivia and much more. Elvis Week hosts Tom Brown, Joey Sulipeck and DJ Argo will be part of this special event, along with Elvis' TCB Band guitarist, James Burton. This is an Elvis Fan "Family" Reunion to celebrate YOU! Elvis Week Dance Party 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM. Graceland Soundstage A, Elvis Presley’s Memphis. $25 Join Elvis Radio DJ Argo as he spins your favorite Elvis records while you dance the night away at our Elvis Week Dance Party event. The night will feature dancing, games and lots of giveaways!  Saturday, August 12  35th Annual Elvis 5K Run Benefiting Livitup 8:00 AM. Run starts and finishes at gates of Graceland. Join Livitup Inc. fo...

Elvis fans, for the first time ever, will have to pay to get onto the grounds at Graceland for the vigil. A wrist-band will cost between $28-$75 and without it, Elvis fans will not be allowed through the gates of Graceland. Many fans are horrified and outraged. One fan even went as far as to call them Money Hungry Bastards. Pretty CLEVER this was just announced LATE Thursday night when fans are just arriving or headed to Graceland, huh? Too late to cancel. Maybe Clever is the wrong word. More like Sneaky and dishonest! It also shows they KNEW fans would be upset about this. IF this really was a "safety" concern, why not be upfront about it? My Fox 13 Memphis reached out to Elvis Presley Enterprises Thursday evening and they received this statement from EPE "This year we have updated our security measures at Graceland for Elvis Week, as we anticipate very large crowds for this 40th anniversary. In order to keep everyone safe and ensure an enjoyable and ...