HOT SHOWS 2016
January

IT'S BUDDY TIME IN CHICAGO: Buddy Guy performs each week in January, Thursdays-Sundays, at his club Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago. Saturday nights are sold out. Visit the club website for more info and tickets.

Jan. 16-17: Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday with the 11th annual Too Hot To Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah starring soloists Rodrick Dixon (photo), Alfreda Burke and Karen Marie Richardson. The all-American reinvention of Handel's Messiah, which blends classical with jazz, gospel and blues music, will be performed by a 200-piece orchestra and choir of Chicago's finest musicians and vocalists, directed by Bill Fraher and Suzanne Mallare Acton.

Jan. 11: Dave Specter w/ Jimmy Johnson, Joanna Connor at House of Blues, Chgo

Blue Monday w/ Donald Kinsey at SPACE, Evanston

Jan. 12: Tenry Johns Blues Band w/ Claudette Miller at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Chicago Rock'N'Soul Revue w/ JC Brooks at City Winery, Chgo

Jan. 13: Ghost Town Blues Band, Keithen Banks at House of Blues, Chgo

Corey Dennison, Mike Wheeler w/ Peaches Staten at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Jan. 14: Sugar Blue, 4:20 pm show, at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chgo


Jan. 15: Jarekus Singleton at SPACE, Evanston

Duke Tumatoe, Jonna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Corey Dennison at Nick's Beer Garden, Chgo

Rockin' Johnny at Smoke Daddy, Chgo

Jan. 15-16: J.W. Williams & The Chi-Town Hustlers w/ Laretha Weathersby at Blue Chicago, Chicago

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

Corey Harris Jan. 16  &  Jan. 30

Jan. 16: Duke Tumatoe, Vance Kelly at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Corey Harris, Jimmy Burns at Rosa's, Chgo

Amy Hart, Liz Mandeville & The Bluepoints at Reggie's, Chicago

Marty Sammon, 4:20 pm show, at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chgo

Tom Holland at Mac's on Slade, Palatine

Jan. 16-17: 11th Annual Too Hot To Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah at The Auditorium Theater, Chicago

Jan. 17: Sonic Soul at River Roast, Chicago

Working Man's BBQ & Blues Showcase at 210 (formerly The Alley), Highwood

EARLY WARNINGS

Jan. 20: Davina & The Vagabonds w/ Luke Wade at  City Winery, Chgo


Jan. 21: Lazer Lloyd at Red Line Tap, Chicago


Jan. 30: Corey Harris & Eric Bibb at Fermilab, Batavia


Jan. 31: Delmark Records presents: Studebaker John & The Maxwell St. Kings w/ Earl Howell, Rick Kreher, Steve Cushing, Mike Morrison at B.L.U.E.S., Chgo

Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya Party w/ Chico Welch, Wayne Jones, Jim Conway at Lizard's Liquid Lounge, Chicago

Feb. 2: Bluesday Tuesday w/ Billy Branch & Sons of the Blues at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Feb. 6: Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues at SPACE, Evanston

Erwin Helfer Birthday Bash (2 shows at 7 & 10 pm) w/ Katherine Davis, Barrelhouse Chuck, John Brumbach & more at Old Town School, Chgo

Feb. 9: Mardi Gras Party w/ Nelson Street Revival, Roy Rubenstein's Chicago Hot 6, VoiceBox  at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Feb. 13: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg

Ronnie Baker Brooks at SPACE, Evanston

All-Star Blues Bash w/ Bobby Rush, Joe Louis Walker, Wayne Baker Brooks, Shawn Holt at Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills

Feb. 27: Blues 88s w/ Mick Archer, J.T. Talmadge, Donny Nichilo, Troy Neihardt at Serbian Village, Chicago

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