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SUMMER BLUES FESTS 2016 JULY Happy Independence Day!!
SUMMER BLUES FESTIVALS
2016 CALENDAR
JULY
FITGERALD’S
AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
Berwyn, IL
June 30 – July 3 6/30:
Webb Wilder, Donna
The Buffalo, Sarah Borges & more. 7/1:
The Lee Boys, Nelson
Street Revival, Eric Lindell w/ Anson Funderburgh, Willie Nile &
more 7/2:
Terrence Simien, Jon
Dee Graham, Robbie Fulks & more 7/3:
Toronzo Cannon, The
Claudettes, Dos Lobos (David & Cesar from Los Lobos), James McMurtry,
Tributosaurus as James Brown & more. 7/5:
Bluesday Tuesday w/
Corey Dennison Band
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
BLUES FESTIVAL
LeClaire Park,
Davenport, Iowa July 1-2
Toronzo Cannon, Tweed
Funk, Shawn Holt & The Teardrops, Laura Rain & The Caesars, Jim
Suhler & Monkey Beat, The Cash Box Kings, & more.
WILLIE DIXON’S BLUES
HEAVEN/ CHESS STUDIOS
2120 S. Michigan,
Chicago 7/1:
Willie Dixon 101st
Birthday Bash w/ Jimmy J. & The Hard Drive plus special guests. All Summer:
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.
Griffith, IN
July 2-3 7/2:
Bobby Rush, Kinsey
Report, Liz Mandeville & The Blue Points, Jimmy Nick & Don’t Tell
Mama, Bobby Slim James, Upside Down & Backwards 7/3:
Tommy Z, Howard & The
White Boys, Joanna Connor, Omar Coleman Band, Smiley Tillmon w/ Kate
Moss, The Fabulous Kings
Chicago, IL June 29:
Blues & BBQ w/ Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings July 1-3:
Moonrunner’s Music
Festival (over 20 roots acts each day) including: CW Ayon, Wayne
“The Train” Hancock, Dale Watson, Split Lip Rayfield, Blackgrass
Gospel, Death and Memphis & much more. July 5:
Devon Allman
Northerly Island,
Chicago July 16:
Gregg Allman, Peter
Frampton, Blackberry Smoke, Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band,
Li’l Ed & The Blues
Imperials, Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater, Roomful of Blues, Rick
Estrin & The Nightcats.
American Indian
Veteran’s Fundraiser
Mac’s on Slade,
Palatine, IL July 24:
J.B. Ritchie w/ Ivy
Ford, Dean Milano Trio w/ Chuck Jennings & Chris Minardi, Dawn
O’Keefe Williams & The Lucky Dogs w/ Carl Davis, Mark Cleveland, Rob
Rosenberg & more.
Kankakee, IL July 29-30:
Kilborn Alley
Blues Band, Andy T & Nick Nixon Band, Cedrick Burnside Project,
Blackfoot Gypsies, Mary Jo Curry Blues and more.
St. Feriole Island,
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin July 29-30:
Nora Jean
Bruso, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Corey Stevens, Shonn Hinton &
Shotgun, Blue Rooster, Tweed Funk, John Nemeth, Jane Lee Hooker,
Norman Jackson Band & more.
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