HOT SHOWS 2016
JUNE

June 17-18: Guy King's Little Big Band at Hollywood Casino, Aurora photo: Jennifer Noble

June 14: Sugar Blue at Beer Geeks, Highland, IN

June 15: Dave Specter at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

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

June 16: Jimmy Burns at B.L.U.E.S., Chicago

Mississippi Heat, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Guy King, Fletcher Rockwell at House of Blues, Chgo

June 17: Wayne Baker Brooks, Planetary Blues at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Amy Black's Muscle Shoals Revue at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Billy Branch & Sons of the Blues at Rosa's, Chgo

Rockin' Johnny Band at Mac's on Slade, Palatine

Carlos Johnson, 4:20 p.m. show, at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chicago

Rodney Brown & Hot Rod at Nick's Beer Garden, Chgo

Omar Coleman Blues Band at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

June 17-18: Carl Weathersby at B.L.U.E.S., Chicago

Mike Wheeler Band w/ Demetria Taylor at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Vance Kelly, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Blues on the Fox Festival: (June 17) Robert Cray, Marcia Ball (June 18)Tedeschi Trucks Band, Los Lobos, Larry McCray, Leland, RiverEdge Park, Aurora

Guy King's Little Big Band at  Hollywood Casino, Aurora

June 18: Mike Wheeler, Blue Olives at House of Blues, Chgo

Kinsey Report at at Rosa's, Chgo

Carlos Johnson, Tracee Adams at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

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

Donald Kinsey, 4:20 p.m. show, at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chicago

Brother John Kattke, Blues Brunch, at River Roast, Chicago


June 19: Golden State-Lone Star Revue (Mark Hummel, Anson Funderburgh, Little Charlie Baty), Nick Moss Band, 4 pm at Danny's on Douglas, Elgin

Keithen Banks, Jimmy Burns at at House of Blues, Chgo

Eric Noden, Blues Brunch, at River Roast, Chicago

June 20: Blues in the Garden w/ Nellie "Tiger" Travis, 6-7 p.m. at Blues Heaven/ Chess Studios, 2120 S. Michigan, Chicago. FREE

June 23: Linsey Alexander, Dave Specter Band w/ Jimmy Johnson at House of Blues, Chgo

BLUES PHOTO EXHIBITS

Women of the Blues: Coast to Coast Collection, photo exhibition with 60 blues women portraits by 13 photographers. Blues Fest kickoff event, 7-10 pm at Firecat Gallery, Chicago. Ends June 18.

The Roots to the Fruits, photo exhibition with over 40 prints by Howard Greenblatt, Cary Baker and Walter Wimberley, dating from the 1970s to the present. Through the end of summer, at Blues Heaven/ Chess Studios, 2120 S. Michigan, Chicago.

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