 New
Year's Eve, Dec.
31 -- Magic Slim & John Primer at
Legends;
$25.
Jimmy Johnson at
B.L.U.E.S.; $25
Grana' Louise at
Blue Chicago,
736 N. Clark. Linsey Alexander & Patricia Scott at
Blue Chicago,
536 N. Clark; $20 for both clubs.
Billy Branch & Sons of the Blues at
Rosa's; $25. |
 Dec.
26. -- Chick Willis & Eric Davis at
Legends,
Chicago.
Dec. 27 -- Carl Davis (photo) at
Blue Bayou, Chicago.
Dec. 26 & 27 -- Maurice John Vaughn at
Blue Chicago,
736 N. Clark.
Nellie "Tiger" Travis at
Blue Chicago,
536 N. Clark. |
 Dec.
19 -- Dave Specter & Guy King at
SPACE,
Evanston.
Lil' Ed at Rosa's,
Chicago.
Dec. 20 -- Joe Moss at
Blue Bayou,
Chicago.
Carlos Johnson at
B.L.U.E.S.,
Chicago |
 Chicago
Blues Guide HOT
shows:
Dec. 5 -- Super Chikan with Matt
Skoller at Buddy
Guy's Legends.
Dec. 6 --
Dave Herrero with Jimmy Sutton & Felix Reyes at Blue
Bayou
Honeyboy Edwards with Billy Branch at
Legends. |
ChicagoBluesGuide
HOT shows:
Nov. 21-- Kenny Neal at
Legends.
Pat Smillie Band at Blue Bayou.
Nov. 22 -- Nick Moss at
Legends.
 ChicagoBluesGuide
HOT shows:
Nov. 14--Michael Burks at
Legends.
The Blasters with Dave Herrero & Felix Reyes at
FitzGerald's |
Nov. 7 -- Lurrie Bell with Eric Noden at
S.P.A.C.E. in
Evanston.
Nov. 8 -- Bobfest benefit with Dave Specter,
Jimmy Johnson, Sharon Lewis, 8 Miles South and more at
S.P.A.C.E. in
Evanston. |
Nov.
2: Blues Blast Music Awards show to debut at Buddy Guy's
Legends with Magic Slim & the Teardrops, Lurrie Bell, Nick Moss, John
Nemeth, Kilborn Alley, Dave Riley & Bob Corritore, Eden Brent, Sugar Ray
Norcia, Teeny Tucker, Gina Sicilia, Too Slim Langford.
Chicago Blues Guide
HOT shows:
 Oct.
24 -- Lonnie Brooks & Michelle Malone
at FitzGerald's,
Berwyn, IL.
Blues Harmonica Blowout with Mark Hummel, Magic
Dick, Billy Boy Arnold, Billy Branch at
Beverly Art Center, Chicago.
Oct. 25 -- Joe Moss (photo) at
Blue Bayou, Chicago.
|
Sept.
26: Delmark Records celebrates 55th Anniversary with
Chicago Blues/Jazz Concert at Old Town School
Sept.
19: Little Arthur Duncan Memorial & Benefit Concert with the Backscratchers, Tail Dragger, and many special guests
at Rosa's Lounge, Chicago.
Sept. 13: Lil' Ed & The Blues
Imperials CD Release party for Full Tilt
at Legends.
Chicago
Blues Guide HOT
Shows:
Sept. 6: Nick Moss, Blue
Truth and more in
free outdoor fest, Elgin, IL
Sept. 7:
Nick
Moss, Rev. Raven, Billy Flynn, the DeVilles and more in
benefit concert at
Milwaukee Ale House, WI
Chicago
Blues Guide HOT Shows:
August 29: Kenny Neal at Legends
August 30: Eddy "The Chief"
Clearwater & Lonnie Brooks at
FitzGerald's
in Berwyn
September 1: Lonnie Brooks
at
Septemberfest in Schaumburg. FREE!
Chicago
Blues Guide HOT Shows:
August 23: Lil' Ed & The
Blues Imperials at
Bill's Blues in Evanston
August 22: Two
Sonny Friday! Sonny Landreth at
FitzGerald's
and Sonny Rhodes at Legends
Blues
Day Festival: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN
POSTPONED. New date is T.B.A.
All ages concert and workshop with Fruteland
Jackson, Lonnie Brooks, Fernando Jones, Nellie Travis, Nu Blue,
C4, Columbia College Blues and more at Congress Theater, Chicago, IL
Chicago Blues
Guide HOT
Show
August 16: Janiva Magness CD
release party at Buddy Guy's
Legends; Tail Dragger opens at 9:30 p.m., Janiva at 11 p.m.
Chicago
Blues Guide
HOT
Show:
August 8
-- Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues in
Hodges Park, Park Ridge, IL;
8 p.m. FREE.
August 9, Corky
Siegel Chamber Blues with Doyle Bramhall at
FitzGerald's
; 8:30 p.m.
Chicago
Blues Guide
HOT
Show:
August 1
-- Ronnie Baker Brooks at
FitzGerald's
in Berwyn, IL -- 9:30 p.m. showtime; $12 cover.
Coming August 9, Corky
Siegel Chamber Blues with Doyle Bramhall
Chicago
Blues Guide
HOT
Show:
July 25 & 26 -- Rare appearance by legendary
harp player Sugar
Blue at Rosa's in Chicago
Two
Buddy Guy Events July 20:
Buddy Guy to receive
award at FREE Millennium Park concert with Jimmie
Vaughan and Lou Ann Barton
at 8 p.m.; Legends club to host CD release party at 9:30 p.m.
Muddy
Waters Blues Tribute: July 13 at Taste of Westmont FREE! Billy Branch, Billy Flynn, Shirley King, Mud Morganfield, Eddie
Taylor, Jr., Barrelhouse Chuck, blues jam open mic and more!
Ex-Fleetwood
Mac guitarist to play rare U.S. shows; Jeremy Spencer to perform
in Chicago suburbs
July 8 at S.P.A.C.E. in Evanston, IL
July 11
at FitzGerald's in Berwyn, IL
Taste
of Chicago: June 27 - July 6,
Chicago, IL
Free concerts in Grant Park with Chaka Khan,
Stevie Wonder, Bonnie Raitt, Joss Stone, Fantasia, Gomez,
Broadway in Chicago and much more. FREE!
FitzGerald's
American Music Fest: July 2 - 5, Berwyn, IL
Marcia Ball, Holmes Bros., Janiva Magness, Dave Alvin & the
Guilty Men, Joe Ely, Jon Dee Graham, Robbie Fulks, Geno Delafose,
Bryan Lee and much more!
Blues
on the Green: June 21
Mt. Prospect Blues &
Art Festival
Magic Slim, Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Shirley
Johnson, Ms. Peaches, Cadillac Dave & the Redhots with Chico
Banks, BTS Express. FREE!
1st
Annual Blues Festival at S.P.A.C.E.: June 4-7
Four
nights of blues legends in Evanston, IL with Honeyboy
Edwards, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, Dave Specter, Barrelhouse
Chuck, Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Burns, Syl Johnson and more!
Hot Blues
Nights at Chess Studio: June 5-7
Located at 2120 S. Michigan in the historic
Chess Records studio, this hot blues fest features four
generations of blues players including Honeyboy Edwards, Mud
Morganfield, Alex Dixon, Lurrie & Steve Bell, Cash McCall,
Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Billy Branch and more!
25th
Annual Chicago Blues Festival:
June
5-8
Chicago, IL
BB. King, Koko Taylor, Johnny Winter, James
Cotton, Eddy Clearwater, Bobby Parker, Lurrie Bell, Buckwheat
Zydeco, Lil' Ed and more!
Blues on the Fox Festival: June
13-14, Aurora, IL
Elvin Bishop, Kenny Wayne Shepherd,
Hubert Sumlin, Eddy Clearwater, Marcia Ball, Bettye LaVette,
Corey Harris and more!
Blues and the Spirit:
May 22-24--A
Symposium on the
Legacy of
Blues and Gospel
Music at Dominican University, River Forest, IL
Otis Clay, Sharon Lewis, Larry Taylor, James Wheeler, Bob
Stroger, pub crawl, tours & more!
Dec.
13 -- Liz Mandeville CD Release Party & Art Exhibit,
Nov.
1 -- 
