Elvis Week 2025 Schedule Announced; Tickets On Sale Now

Elvis Week, August 8-16, will welcome thousands of fans from around the world to Graceland to celebrate the life, music, and legacy of Elvis Presley.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Graceland has announced the Elvis Week 2025 schedule and tickets for all events are now on sale at ElvisWeek.com. From August 8-16, Elvis fans and music lovers from around the world will make their pilgrimage to Memphis for a week of live performances, panels, contests, movie screenings, the annual Candlelight Vigil, and more, all celebrating the enduring legacy of Elvis Presley.

Elvis Week 2025 features an unforgettable lineup. Highlights include Elvis: Live on Stage on August 16, a big-screen Elvis experience with a live band; A Night in Elvis’ Hollywood on August 13, celebrating his film career with co-stars and live music; an Elvis Music Salute on August 14, featuring artists who shared the stage and studio with Elvis; and Conversations on Elvis on August 15, with intimate stories from his friends and colleagues. Plus, witness the excitement of the 2025 Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest and more!"

The cornerstone event of the week will be the annual Candlelight Vigil on August 15 at Graceland’s front gate. Elvis music sets the tone of the evening as fans walk up the driveway to Meditation Garden. This event lasts throughout the night as thousands of participants gather on Elvis Presley Boulevard listening to music, remembering Elvis, and enjoying the memorials that are created by fans along the street. The Candlelight Vigil ceremony will also be streamed live online for fans around the world to watch.

Confirmed Elvis Week guests include Elvis’ friend Jerry Schilling, Elvis’ girlfriend Linda Thompson, along with singer/songwriter Tony Orlando, who will share their favorite memories of spending time with Elvis; Larry Gatlin, singer/songwriter for Elvis’ hits "Help Me" and "Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall"; singer Brenda Lee, who met Elvis while he was recording in Nashville; Charlie McCoy, Nashville studio legend; Peter Guralnick, author of Last Train to Memphis, Careless Love, and newest upcoming release The Colonel and The King; Elvis co-stars Pat Priest (Easy Come, Easy Go), Marlyn Mason (The Trouble with Girls), and Robin and Gavin Koon (Follow that Dream); former member of JD Sumner and the Stamps Quartet Larry Strickland; members of Elvis’ Imperials Terry Blackwood and Jim Murray; Sweet Inspiration Estelle Brown; and more.

Elvis Week 2025 kicks off with the Ultimate Return on August 8, a high-energy tribute spanning Elvis' iconic decades. The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest Semifinal and Final Round take place on August 9 and 10, where 19 semifinalists will compete for the title of Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist champion. Additional Elvis tribute artist events include Elvis Unplugged, Ultimate Gospel Celebration, Elvis: That’s The Way It Is: A Tribute, and Elvis: The Other Side of the Tracks; featuring performances by Dean Z, Taylor Rodriguez, David Lee, Brandon Bennett, Jay Dupuis, Victor Trevino Jr., Emilio Santoro, and Cote Deonath.

Additional Elvis Week 2025 events include Fan Celebration on August 12; Elvis: An Author’s Perspective on August 13; Brunch and a Movie on August 16; Inspired by Elvis on August 16; plus after-parties, Moonshine dinners, fan meet-ups, meet ‘n’ greets, and more.

Various event packages, ticket options, and tour experiences are available for purchase. Elvis Week packages offer the best seats to Graceland Soundstage events, can’t-buy experiences, exclusive merchandise, special photo opportunities, and more.

The Guest House at Graceland resort hotel is in the heart of the action and is home to many of the week’s shows, offering free live lobby entertainment and complimentary shuttle service throughout the Graceland campus. Rooms are still available for select nights of Elvis Week. Visit GracelandGuesthouse.com to make your room reservations.

For a complete line-up of all Elvis Week events and to purchase tickets or packages, go to ElvisWeek.com.

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All guests, times, prices, and details are subject to change.

About Graceland and Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.

Elvis Presley’s Graceland, in Memphis, is music’s most important and beloved landmark, with hundreds of thousands of fans from around the world visiting the historic home each year. Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE) manages the operations of Graceland and its related properties, including Elvis Presley's Memphis, Graceland's entertainment and exhibition complex over 200,000 square feet in size; the new 80,000 square feet Graceland Exhibition Center featuring rotating exhibits; the AAA Four Diamond Guest House at Graceland 450-room resort hotel; and the Graceland Archives, featuring thousands of artifacts from Elvis’ home and career. EPE also produces and licenses Elvis-themed live events, tours, and attractions worldwide. Graceland Holdings LLC, led by managing partner Joel Weinshanker, is the majority owner of EPE. Graceland is the only attraction worldwide to ever receive 12 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards including “Best Holiday Historic Home Tour,” “Best Tennessee Attraction and Iconic Landmark,” “Best Musical Attraction,” “Best Historic Southern Attraction,” and the #1 “Iconic American Attraction.” The TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards named Graceland the most popular attraction in Tennessee and one of the top 25 landmarks in the world and Rolling Stone named it one of 10 Great American Music Landmarks. For more information on EPE and Graceland, visit www.graceland.com

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