Oct. 1: Amanda Fish at House of Blues, Chgo

Oct. 2: Bluesday Tuesday w/ Chicago Wind w/ Deitra Farr & Matthew Skoller at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Alastair Greene at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Oct. 3: Alastair Greene at Rosa's, Chicago

Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Oct. 4: BTS Express w/ Shirley Johnson at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Cash Box Kings at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Oct. 5: Billy Boy Arnold at Rosa's, Chicago

Larry McCray, Shalini Varghese at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Lurrie Bell at B.L.U.E.S. (on Halsted), Chicago

The Big Weekend w/ Southern Avenue, Spafford at House of Blues (upstairs concert hall), Chgo

Oct. 5-6: Mike Wheeler Band w/ Demetria Taylor at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Oct. 6: Annika Chambers, Erin Coburn at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Jimmy Johnson at B.L.U.E.S. (on Halsted), Chicago

Mississippi Gabe Carter at House of Blues, Chgo

Highwood Pumpkin Fest (benefit for Make A Wish) w/ Kevin Purcell & The Nightburners with Mike Church & Rob Anderlik in Highwood, IL

Oct. 7: Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Brandon Santini, Joanna Connor at House of Blues, Chgo

Oct. 9: Linsey Alexander at House of Blues, Chgo

Oct. 16: Billy Gibbons at House of Blues, Chicago photo: Eric Kriesent

Oct. 11: Charlie Love & The Silky Smooth Blues Band w/ Jeff Stone at O'Neil's on Wells, Chicago

Oct. 12: Chicago Plays The Stones w/ Ronnie Baker Brooks, Billy Branch, Omar Coleman, Jimmy Burns, John Primer at City Winery, Chicago

Liz Mandeville at Mac's on Slade, Palatine

Oct. 13: Eric Gales at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Oct. 14: Take Me To The River: New Orleans w/ Dirty Dozen Brass Band, George Porter, Jr., Ivan & Ian Neville, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Lost Bayou Rambler Duo, Terence Higgins, 79rs Gang at The Mac, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn

Subdudes, Beausoleil at Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg

Chicago Blues Hall of Fame Induction, 2 p.m. at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Paul Nelson Band at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Oct. 16: Billy Gibbons at House of Blues, Chgo

Oct. 18: Chris Thomas King at Hey Nonny, Arlington Hts.

Blues Caravan w/ Mike Zito, Bernard Allison, Ally Venable at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Oct. 19: Lindsay Beaver, Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Oct. 19-21: Logan Center Blues Fest w/ Charlie Musselwhite, Ruthie Foster, Chris Thomas King, John Primer & Steve Bell, Deitra Farr, Leane Faine, Billy Branch, Blues Kids of America, Blues Brunch, poetry & music workshops, book signing, multi-media, lectures & more at University of Chicago.

Oct. 20: Bettye LaVette at SPACE, Evanston

Oct. 21: Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues birthday bash w/ special guests at SPACE, Evanston

Oct. 22: Linsey Alexander at SPACE, Evanston

Oct. 25: Charlie Love & The Silky Smooth Blues Band w/ Jeff Stone at O'Neil's on Wells, Chicago

Oct. 26:  Eric Lindell w/ Sam Ravenna at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Oct. 28: Eric Lindell w/ Sam Ravenna at SPACE, Evanston