NOTE: Lee's Unleaded Blues in Chicago is temporarily closed.

Sept. 2: Joe Filisko Harmonica Party at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

Jimmy Burns Band at Beer Geeks, Highland, IN

Sept. 3: Gary Vincent Unplugged at Rosa's, Chgo

Sept. 4: Blues Benefit Concert & Live Auction for "Us Too" Cancer Support w/ Nu Blue Band & WGN's Steve Sanders at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chgo

Sept. 4, 5, 6: Shirley Johnson Blues Band at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Sept. 5: Fabulous Thunderbirds at Beverly Arts Center, Chicago

Giles Corey's Stoned Soul CD Party at Rosa's, Chgo

Morry Sochat & The Special 20s at Untitled, Chgo

Sept. 5-6: Chicago Blues All-Stars, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Sept. 6: Kinsey Report, Duke Tumatoe at Round Lake Hometown Fest, Round Lake, IL

Carlos Johnson & The Serious Blues Band at B.L.U.E.S., Chicago

Smiley Tilmon & Kate Moss at Nick's Beer Garden, Chgo

Mary Lane & The No Static Band at Smoke Daddy, Chgo

J.B. Ritchie Power Trio at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

Rodney Brown & The Hot Rods at Mac's on Slade, Palatine

Musical Benefit for PADS, Blues for the homeless in Lake County w/ Low-reen & The Maxwell Street Market Blues Band at Fox's Lounge in the Best Western hotel, Rt. 173, Antioch, IL

Sept. 7: Mississippi Heat House of Blues, Chgo

Billy Branch & Sons of the Blues at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chgo

Sept. 9: Sandi Thom at Rosa's, Chgo

Early Warnings:

Sept. 12: Elvin Bishop at SPACE, Evanston

Art & Music Event w/ Wade Fernandez at Trickster Art Gallery, Schaumburg. 6:30-10 p.m. FREE!

Sept. 13: Janiva Magness at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Mississippi Heat CD Party at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chgo

Blues For Sean Costello Benefit w/ Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings, Billy Boy Arnold, Jody Williams, Long Tall Deb & Colin John, Kate Moss, Dave Herrero, Felix Reyes, Richard Rosenblatt, Dick Shurman (emcee) Rosa's, Chgo

Sept. 14: Maria Muldaur at SPACE, Evanston

Sept. 17: Tad Robinson & Dave Specter at SPACE, Evanston

Sept. 20: Jesse Dee at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Oct. 3: Nick Moss Band, Kevin Purcell & The Nightburners at Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg

Oct. 24: Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater CD Party at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chgo

Nov. 1: Robert Randolph & The Family Band at Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg