Oct. 4: Chicago Blues Hall of Fame Induction w/ Sam Lay, Jody Williams, Jimmy Burns, Tail Dragger, Donald Kinsey, Bernard "Beanie" Reed, Chicago Blues All-Stars, Sheryl Youngblood, Melvin Smith, Deitra Farr & many more! House Band: Michael Packer, Willie Hayes, Mike Wheeler, Melvin Smith. 2 p.m. at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago Sam Lay photo by Jennifer Noble

Sept. 29: Charlie Love & the Silky Smooth Blues Band w/ Claudette Miller at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Nigel Mack at  Shaw's, Chgo

Funky MojoDaddy at  Beer Geeks, Highland, IN

Sept. 30: Toronzo Cannon at The Promontory, Chgo

Carl Weathersby, Mike Wheeler Band w/ Peaches Staton at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Sugar Blue Unplugged at Rosa's, Chgo

Matt Hendricks at Smoke Daddy, Chgo

Devil in a Woodpile 4:20 pm show, at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chgo


Oct. 1: Jimmy Burns at B.L.U.E.S., Chgo

Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames Delmark CD Party at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Mississippi Heat, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Guy King 4:20 pm show, at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chgo


Oct. 2: Mike Milligan & Steam Shovel, Diamond Jim Greene at House of Blues, Chgo

Booker T. Jones at Freedom Hall, Park Forest

Kingsnakes at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

Mike Wheeler Band w/ Angela Brown at Rosa's, Chgo

Oct. 2-3: Nellie "Tiger" Travis at Blue Chicago, Chgo

C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band at B.L.U.E.S., Chgo

Chicago Blues All-Stars, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo


Oct. 3: Corey Dennison, Cashbox Kings, Donna Herula at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Guy King, Mike Wheeler at House of Blues, Chgo

Jimmy Burns at Nick's Beer Garden, Chgo

Harry Garner Blues Band at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

Toronzo Cannon at Blues & Brews Brunch at River Roast, Chgo

Carl Weathersby at Rosa's, Chgo

Oct. 4: Chicago Blues Hall of Fame Induction w/ Sam Lay, Jody Williams, Jimmy Burns, Tail Dragger, Donald Kinsey, Bernard "Beanie" Reed, Chicago Blues All-Stars, Sheryl Youngblood, Melvin Smith, Deitra Farr & many more! House Band: Michael Packer, Willie Hayes, Mike Wheeler, Melvin Smith. 2 p.m. at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Los Lonely Boys at SPACE, Evanston

Jimmy Johnson, 4:20 pm show, at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chgo

Joe Moss at Blues & Brews Brunch at River Roast, Chgo


Oct. 5: Tenry Johns Blues Band w/ Sheila Lewis at Blue Chicago, Chgo

Marty Sammon at B.L.U.E.S., Chgo

EARLY WARNINGS

Oct. 6: Joe Filisko & Friends Harmonica Party at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

Kilborn Alley w/ Gerry Hundt at  Beer Geeks, Highland, IN

Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials w/ DJ Tom Marker at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Oct. 7: Rory Block at Old Town School, Chicago

Oct. 8: Buddy Guy at the Arcada Theater, St. Charles

Oct. 9: Billy Branch & Sons of the Blues at The Promontory, Chgo

Oct. 9-10: Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials at Rosa's, Chgo

Anders Osborne at SPACE, Evanston

Oct. 12: The Word w/ Robert Randolph, Luther & Cody Dickenson, Chris Chew & John Medeski plus Amy Helm at Concord Music Hall, Chicago

Oct. 12-13: Aaron Neville at City Winery, Chicago

Oct. 13: Benefit for Lena McLin: The Performer's Concert w/ Otis Clay, Lynne Jordan, Joan Collaso, Maggie Brown, Holle Thee Maxwell, Sharon Lewis, Lorna Boston, Deitra Farr and many more, at The Promontory, Chgo

Kim Simmonds & Savoy Brown at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Dave & Phil Alvin at SPACE, Evanston

Oct. 16: Ronnie Baker Brooks at FitzGerald's, Berwyn


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