HOT SHOWS 2016
DECEMBER

Dec. 23: Mud Morganfield at SPACE, Evanston photo: Roman Sobus

Dec. 20: Luke Pytel Blues Band w/ Laretha Weathersby at Blue Chicago, Chgo

Mike Wheeler, Keith Scott at House of Blues, Chicago

Giles Corey, Mike Wheeler at Kingston Mines, Chicago

Studebaker John at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

Dec. 21: Sammie Jay's Soul Blues Party w/ Willie White at T & JJ's Banquet Hall, Maywood

Dave Specter Band at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Dec. 22: Jimmy Nick & Don't Tell Mama at B.L.U.E.S. (on Halsted), Chicago

Nick Moss Band at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Rob Stone at House of Blues, Chicago

Demetria Taylor at Kingston Mines, Chicago

Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings at Shaw's, Chgo

Dave Herrero at Smoke Daddy, Chgo

Kraig Kenning at Mac's on Slade, Palatine

Dec. 23: Mud Morganfield at SPACE, Evanston

Nellie "Tiger" Travis at Blue Chicago, Chgo

John Primer, Paul Filipowicz at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Vino Louden, Keithen Banks at House of Blues, Chicago

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

Big Dog Mercer at Smoke Daddy, Chgo

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

Juli Wood at Nick's Beer Garden, Chgo

Most Blues Clubs are closed for Christmas Eve & Christmas, except:

December 23-24: Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band at B.L.U.E.S. (on Halsted), Chicago

Big James & The Chicago Playboys, Mike Wheeler at Kingston Mines, Chicago

Dec. 25: Christmas night ProJam w/ Ronnie Hicks & Masheen Company at B.L.U.E.S. (on Halsted), Chicago

Blues Jam w/ B.J. Jones & Linsey Alexander Band at Kingston Mines, Chicago

Dec. 26: J.W. Williams & The Chi-town Hustlers, Corey Dennison at Kingston Mines, Chicago

Matthew Skoller at Shaw's, Chgo

Dec. 27: BTS Express w/ Laretha Weathersby at Blue Chicago, Chgo

Rob Blaine at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Nick Moss Band, Joanna Connor at House of Blues, Chicago

Dec. 28: Guy King, Keithen Banks at House of Blues, Chicago

Brian Lupo at Rosa's, Chicago

Omar Coleman at Shaw's, Chgo

Dec. 29: Maurice John Vaughn Blues Band w/ Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago, Chgo

Corey Dennison Band at B.L.U.E.S. (on Halsted), Chicago

Joe Moss Band at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Jeff Jensen at House of Blues, Chicago

Mississippi Heat, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chicago

Big Dog Mercer at Shaw's, Chgo

Dec. 30: Toronzo Cannon at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Gerry Hundt at Smoke Daddy, Chgo

Pistol Pete Blues Band at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

Ronnie Baker Brooks, West Side Winders at Tailgaters, Bolingbrook

NEW YEAR'S EVE - Dec. 31

John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band w/ Demetria Taylor at Blue Chicago, Chgo

Jimmy Johnson w/ Rico McFarland at
B.L.U.E.S. (on Halsted), Chicago

Mike Wheeler Band, NuBlu Band at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Soul to the Bone (Backporch Stage) House of Blues, Chicago

Larry McCray, Joanna Connor Band, Eddie Shaw & the Wolf Gang at Kingston Mines, Chicago

Jamiah "On Fire" Rogers, Blues Brunch, at River Roast, Chgo

Dave Specter, 7-10 pm dinner show, River Roast, Chicago

Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band at Rosa's, Chicago

Sharon Lewis & Texas Fire at Nick's Beer Garden, Chgo

Louie Zagoras & Rollover at 210 (formerly The Alley), Highwood

J.B. Ritchie & The Wind Gypsies at  Mac's on Slade, Palatine. Advance tickets only.

EARLY WARNINGS

Jan. 3: Kinsey Report at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Jan. 5-29 (Thurs-Sunday): Buddy Guy's January Residency at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Jan. 6: Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater Birthday Bash at SPACE, Evanston

Jan. 7: Winter Blues Fest w/ Downtown Charlie Brown Blues Band, Ivy Ford Band, Vernon Street Blues Band, Al "Hurricane" Spears, Sisa Beth, Danny Bron, Jay Kinser & more, 6 p.m. at Even Flow Music & Spirits, Geneva, IL

Jan. 9: Benefit/Memorial Tribute for Barrelhouse Chuck w/ Erwin Helfer, Mud Morganfield, Billy Flynn, Bob Stroger, Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith, Oscar Wilson, Joe Nosek, Nick & Kate Moss, Gerry Hundt, Little Frank, Dave Specter & more at SPACE, Evanston


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