Backbeat Tours

read moreDon't just visit Memphis, experience it! Backbeat Tours is your one-stop shop for all of your group's tour and transportation needs. For large groups, we offer sightseeing tours, step-on guide service, bus charters, and walking tours. Our staff of trained professionals knows Memphis like no one else and is happy to arrange custom itineraries, dining, transportation, and admissions for your group. For conventions, we offer private shuttle bus and tour transportation, custom-designed tour itineraries, online ticketing and discount codes.

read moreFrom the author of A History Lover's Guide to Memphis & Shelby County, and A Guide to Historic Downtown Memphis come these fascinating walking tours of the Bluff City. This two-hour walking tour of Memphis explores the city's rich history at a fun and leisurely pace. Memphis has always had sometihng of a dual character or split personality: at once a gracious old Southern city of riverboats and cotton money, as well as a rowdy river town of roughnecks, gangsters and gamblers. Your guide will highlight both sides of the city's history and some of the characters who have made Memphis one of the most unique and colorful places in the world.

read moreIf you really love Elvis, you won't want to miss our special Hound Dog Tour during Elvis Week in August. It's a fun musical tour exploring the places that Elvis lived, worked, and played, and has become an Elvis Week tradition: scroll down for this year's dates and times. But no matter what time of year, no visit to Memphis is complete without a tour of Elvis' beloved home, Graceland. Since the recent remodeling and expansion of the Visitor's Center, there's more to do and see than ever before!

read moreGet the complete Memphis experience on this all-inclusive 3-hour tour. It's a part history tour, part attraction hopping, part food tour that will introduce you to everything that makes Memphis special. Please note: There is no music on this tour. Tour price does not include admission to the National Civil Rights Museum. The Peabody duck march is reserved for hotel guests only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, on those days the tour will visit I Am A Man plaza.

read moreDo you believe in ghosts? Enjoy the darker side of Memphis and hear tales of the city's haunted heritage as told by professional storytellers. Beyond the rhythms of Beale Street's blues lies a darker history of vice, voodoo, phantoms, ghosts and lost souls. Hear the eerie legends while seeing some of Memphis' oldest sites. Please note that guests and guides will be required to wear a mask at all times during the tour. Tour size is limited to 8 guests maximum, and we'll maintain social distancing throughout to ensure a safe experience for all.

read moreAs unique and unconventional as Memphis itself, our tours are the only way to truly experience this amazing city. One of our passengers said it best: "I felt like a part of Memphis." I can't think of a better way to see Memphis. I am so thankful that I decided to take the Mojo Music tour. Not only was it a fabulous time - I would have had no concept of exactly how history rich Memphis was without it. Advance purchases are highly recommended, as many tours do sell out. If you have not purchased your ticket in advance, please call us at (901) 527-9415 before heading for the tour to make sure that we have availability.

read more90 minutes of high-energy fun on this musical journey featuring Memphis' greatest attractions. History, music, comedy, and bongos - it doesn't get any better than this! Whether it's the 90-minute Mojo Tour or the 3-hour Big Mojo Tour with Sun Studio, you can't go wrong on these fun-loving rides through musical Memphis, complete with live music and tambourines, shakers, and bongos for you to enjoy. The Home of the Blues comes alive on this city tour aboard the nation's only music bus. All of the guides on this tour are professional Beale Street musicians who play and sing selections from the city's rich musical heritage, while entertaining you with comedy, history, and behind-the-scenes stories of your favorite Memphis personalities.