CHICAGO BLUES GUIDE

 HOT SHOWS February/March 2012

March 3: Shemekia Copleland at SPACE, Evanston, IL Crowned as the "New Queen of the Blues" during Blues Fest 2011, Shemekia will most likely be talking about her  performance at the White House last week, alongside Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Booker T. Jones, Mick Jagger & more! photos: Michael Kurgansky

Feb. 29: Mavis Staples w/ JC Brooks & Uptown Sound at  Tivoli Theater, Downers Grove, IL

Nick Moss Pro Jam with Jimmy Johnson & friends at House of Blues, Chgo.

March 1: Barrelhouse Ladies at Maple Tree Inn, Blue Island, IL

March 2: Magic Slim at SPACE, Evanston, IL

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones w/ Howard Levy at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts ,Skokie, IL

Sam Burkhardt CD release party at Green Mill, Chicago.

Zac Harmon, Cash Box Kings at Buddy Guy's  Legends, Chgo.

Harry Garner Band at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn, IL

March 2-3: Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band at B.L.U.E.S., Chgo.

Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago, Chgo.

Sugar Blue, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chicago

March 2, 3, 4: Voices of  Chicago with Liz Mandeville, Lynne Jordan, Audrey Morris, Kimberly Gordon, Isiah Mitchell, Skip Griparis, Denise Tomasello and more at Mayne Stage, Chicago.

March 3: Coco Montoya at the Montrose Room, Hotel Intercontinental, Rosemont, IL

Jimmy Burns at Rosa's, Chgo.

Rockin' Johnny at Smoke Daddy, Chgo.

March 4: Mike O'Cull & Nick Bureigi at Lamplighters, Palatine, IL