HOLT STREET SUMMIT
April 29-30, 2026 | 01. CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI
The Holt Street Residency is a membership-based community that convenes elite, cross-industry leaders in places of profound American significance.
A leadership experience defined by proximity, cross-sector perspective, and sustained community. Learning from those who lived it. Standing where movements were organized, where courage was chosen under impossible constraint. Changemakers building relationships rooted in shared experience and high-trust fellowship that endures.
MISSISSIPPI OFFERS US SOMETHING RARE
For decades, Clarksdale's juke joints were where people came together. Not formal venues. Just spaces where musicians, audiences, ideas collided. Where something happened that you couldn't get anywhere else.
Nobody expected Clarksdale to shape global culture. Small town. No resources. No platform.
But the artists here created something so powerful it couldn't be contained. The Blues became rock and roll. Soul. Hip-hop. The foundation of American music and beyond.
CLARKSDALE IS ABOUT DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT
That's our table setting. Gathering in a place that knows how to host something real. Where the setting isn't decoration, it's integral. Because influence doesn't always come from obvious places. And because there's something to learn from those who punched way above their weight.
That's what makes the Holt Street experience different from every other leadership event you've been to.
A high-caliber leadership gathering unlike anything else you've experienced
THE HOLT STREET EXPERIENCE IN CLARKSDALE
A 1.5-day immersion and festival of ideas in the Mississippi Delta, where leaders making decisions that will define the next decade explore what it means to build something that lasts.
Visit the very places where Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, and Sam Cooke honed their craft and the Blues were born.
PLACE
Ground Zero Blues Club. Red's. Shack Up Inn. The crossroads where Ryan Coogler brought legend to life in Sinners. Sites along the Blues Trail where sound was born. Entertainment and Southern hospitality.
CONNECTION
Music makers. Executives. Founders. Titans of industry. Artists. Athletes. Changemakers. Cultural architects. Cross-sector leaders joined in spaces that shaped American culture.
CONTENT
New perspectives on influence and legacy. A different frame for considering what leadership looks like. Clarksdale’s magnetic setting ignites ideas that don't often surface in boardrooms.
OUR TIME
Day 1 | Wednesday, April 29
Afternoon
Evening
Arrivals & Check-in
Recreational Activities
Welcome Cocktails & Apps
Opening Dinner
Post-Dinner Drinks
Day 2 | Thursday, April 30
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Breakfast
Keynote Sessions
Lunch
Morning Breakout Sessions, Fireside Chats
Cocktails
Closing Dinner Party
After Hours
JOIN US
$1,000
Excluding tax and feesRegistration confirms your place for April 29-30, 2026, in this 1.5-day immersive experience and includes full access to all guided landmark visits, site admissions, and program fees. Participants will also enjoy all programmed meals, private on-site transportation, and access to curated sessions throughout the Residency.
Participation in The Holt Street Residency is by private invitation only.
WHAT IS THE HOLT STREET RESIDENCY?
Founded by Tom Davidson, the Holt Street Residency is a membership-based community bringing extraordinary people to extraordinary places across the American landscape, immersing members in new environments that have tested conviction, shaped culture, and reimagined what it means to lead. Part gathering, part reflection, and part catalyst, created for those who believe the future of how we lead can be found through history, humanity and place.
WHO IS IT FOR?
The Holt Street Residency is for those who know that leadership isn’t born in boardrooms or roundtables. For those who believe the future of leadership lies in people, places, and stories shaped by lived experience, divergent perspectives, and honest dialogue with others on the same path.
