Feb. 20: Ruthie Foster & Eric Bibb at City Winery, Chgo photo: Jennifer Noble

Feb. 17: Erwin Helfer, Katherine Davis, John Brumbach at Katerina's, Chicago

James Armstrong at House of Blues, Chicago

Feb. 18: Guy Davis at SPACE, Evanston

Matthew Skoller Band Beer Geeks, Highland, IN

Feb. 19: Joe Moss Band at House of Blues, Chicago

Feb. 20: Ruthie Foster & Eric Bibb at City Winery, Chgo

Feb. 21: Dave Specter Band w/ Jimmy Johnson at Rosa's, Chicago

Nick Moss Band at Smoke Daddy, Chgo

Rhythm Rockets at Untitled, Chgo

Willie "The Touch" Hayes Band at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

Giles Corey Band at  Nick’s Beer Garden, Chgo

Big James & The Chicago Playboys at Sharky's, Round Lake

Feb. 21-22: Nellie "Tiger" Travis at  Blue Chicago, Chicago

John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band at B.L.U.E.S., Chgo

Duke Tumatoe & The Power Trio, Joanna Connor Blues Band at Kingston Mines, Chgo

John Talmadge, Damian Williams at Hugo's Frog Bar, Chgo

Feb. 21 - Mar. 5: Queenie Pie, a Duke Ellington jazz opera by the Chicago Jazz Orchestra & Chicago Opera Theater at Harris Theater, Chicago

Feb. 22: Kinsey Report, Nick & The Ovorols, Killer Ray & Chicago Slim at Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago

Tab Benoit, Tommy Malone at SPACE, Evanston

Feb. 23: Brother John Kattke Shaw's, Chicago

Delmark Night w/ James Wheeler, Billy Flynn, Mike Morrison, Jimi Schutte at B.L.U.E.S., Chgo

Early Warnings:

 Feb. 28: Taj Mahal at Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg

March 1: Joe Louis Walker at City Winery, Chgo

March 1 - 2: Ice Meltin' Blues Fest w/ Carl Weathersby, Demetria Taylor, Billy Branch & Sons of The Blues, Corey Dennison, Rockin' Johnny. Blue plate specials, ice sculptures, art & more. Long Grove, IL

March 3: Marcia Ball, Jambalaya Cookoff at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

March 4: C.J. Chenier Mardi Gras Party at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Smiley Tillmon Band, Coyote Riot Mardi Gras Party at Beverly Arts Center, Chicago

March 5: James Knowles Benefit w/ The Platinum Band, Otis Clay, Floyd Taylor, Terisa Griffin, Rico McFarland, Sugar Blue, Melvin Taylor, Carl Weathersby, Jimmy Johnson, Vance Kelly, Stan Mosely, Theo Huff at Rosa's, Chicago

March 7: Campbell Bros. (sacred steel) at Old Town School, Chgo

March 9: Buckwheat Zydeco at  SPACE

March 11: Eric "Guitar" Davis Memorial Benefit w/ Ronnie Baker Brooks, Kinsey Report, Linsey Alexander, Billy Branch,  Toronzo Cannon, The Davis Children, Tom Holland, Gerry Hundt, Sharon Lewis, Vino Louden, Jerry "Bam Bam" Porter, Jamiah "On Fire" Rogers, The Troublemakers, Carl Weathersby & more at  Beer Geeks, Highland, IN

March 21: Jimmie Vaughan at The Arcada, St. Charles

March 22: Jimmie Vaughan at SPACE, Evanston

April 11: Keb' Mo' at SPACE, Evanston