HOT SHOWS 2016
MAY

May 20: Nick Moss Band (Left) CD Party w/ Guy King (R) at SPACE, Evanston

May 16: Lurrie Bell at SPACE, Evanston

Tenry Johns Blues Band w/ Claudette Miller at Blue Chicago, Chicago

May 17: Blues Jam w/ Nic Byrd, Kenny Kinsey, Jerry Porter, Matthew Skoller at Beer Geeks, Highland, IN

Mike Wheeler, Keithen Banks at House of Blues, Chgo

May 18: Dave Specter Blues Band w/ Tad Robinson at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

May 19: Jimmy Burns, 4:20 p.m. show, at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chicago

Mississippi Heat, Breezy Rodio at House of Blues, Chgo

Nellie "Tiger" Travis BD party, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo

The Friends Band (Omar Coleman, Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith) at Shaw's, Chgo

May 20: Nick Moss Band CD Party w/ Guy King at SPACE

Joe Moss Band at Mac's on Slade, Palatine

Heart w/ Mindi Abair & The Boneshakers at Genesee Theater, Waukegan

Sheryl Youngblood, Michael Charles at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Mike Wheeler Band at Rosa's, Chgo

Pat Smillie Blues Band at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

May 20-21: Maurice John Vaughn Blues Band w/ Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Big James & The Chicago Playboys, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo

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

May 21: Billy Branch & Sons of the Blues at The Promontory, Chgo

Lurrie Bell at Rosa's, Chgo

Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames at Smoke Daddy, Chgo

James Armstrong, Alex Wilson at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Linsey Alexander at Shaw's, Chgo

Chicago Slim & Friends, Chicago Blues All-Stars at House of Blues, Chgo

Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings at Nick's Beer Garden, Chgo


Dawn O'Keefe Williams & The Lucky Dogs at Mac's on Slade, Palatine


May 22: Fabulous Thunderbirds at SPACE, Evanston

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

Nellie "Tiger" Travis at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Pat Smillie, Blues Brunch, at River Roast, Chicago

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May 26: Joanne Shaw Taylor, Rebel Soul Revival at Reggie's, Chgo

May 27: Women of the Blues:Coast to Coast Collection, photo exhibition with 60 blues women portraits by 13 photographers. Opening night event, 7-10 pm at Firecat Gallery, Chicago. Ends June 18.

Dave Specter at Nick's Beer Garden, Chgo

Giles Corey's Stoned Soul at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

May 28: Blues For Peace, United Nations fundraiser to help refugees: w/ Mike Wheeler Band, Cash McCall, Katherine Davis. 6-10 p.m. at Mid-America Club, 200 E. Randolph, 80th Floor, Aon Center, Chicago. $25 tickets.

Mississippi Heat at Nick's Beer Garden, Chgo

Nigel Mack & The Blues Attack at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

May 29: Lazer Lloyd at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

May 31: Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues w/ Ernie Watts at City Winery, Chicago

June 8: 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.

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