For a list of Blues Jams, click HERE

June 24: Victor Wainwright at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago photo: Dianne Bruce Dunklau

June 17: J.W. Williams & The Chi-town Hustlers w/ Demetria Taylor at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Omar Coleman at  Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Marty "Big Dog" Mercer at Shaw's, Chicago

June 18: Guy King at House of Blues, Chgo

Studebaker John, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chicago

Vino Louden at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chgo

Melody Angel at Rosa's, Chgo

Dave Herrero at Smoke Daddy, Chgo

Ivy Ford at Mac's on Slade, Palatine

June 19: Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang at B.L.U.E.S., Chicago

The Kinsey Report, Shirley Johnson Blues Band at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Ron Sorin & The Blue Coast Band at Harlem Ave.Lounge, Berwyn

Joe Moss Band at Mac's on Slade, Palatine

June 19-20: J.W. Williams & The Chi-town Hustlers w/ Claudette Miller at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Guy King at Hollywood Casino, Aurora

Sugar Blue, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band at Rosa's, Chgo

June 20: Carl Weathersby at B.L.U.E.S., Chicago

Big James & the Chicago Playboys, Alex Zayas at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Chicago R&B Kings at House of Blues, Chgo

Soul Message w/ Chris Foreman at Nick's Beer Garden, Chgo

"Killer" Ray Allison at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chgo

Brian Carpy & The Standbys at Smoke Daddy, Chgo

Blues in the Garden w/ Nellie "Tiger" Travis at Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven/ Chess Studios, 2120 S. Michigan, Chgo

June 21: Nellie "Tiger" Travis at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Chainsaw Dupont at Blues & Brews Brunch at River Roast, Chgo

Ronnie Hicks & Masheen Co. at B.L.U.E.S., Chicago

EARLY WARNINGS:

June 24: Victor Wainwright at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

June 26: Otis Clay at SPACE, Evanston

Dr. John at The Arcada Theater, St. Charles

June 28: Ana Popvic at SPACE, Evanston

June 27: John Hammond, Jr. at Beverly Arts Center, Chicago

FESTIVALS:

June 19-20: Blues on the Fox, Aurora, IL

July 31 - Aug. 1: Prairie Dog Blues Festival, Prairie Du Chen, WI

August 29: Albert Castiglia, Dave Specter Band w/Sharon Lewis, Mike Wheeler Band, Stormcellar, Jimmy Nick & Don't Tell Mama at Crossroads Blues Festival, Rockford, IL

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