Sept. 17: Mississippi Heat at House of Blues, Chgo

Sept. 18: Liz Vice at Beat Kitchen, Chgo

Breezy Rodio at House of Blues, Chgo

Sept. 19: J.W. Williams & The Chi-town Hustlers w/ Laretha Weathersby at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Louisiana Al at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Mike Wheeler at Smoke Daddy Wicker Park, Chgo

Sept. 20: Theo Huff at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Chicago R&B Kings, Matt Hendricks at House of Blues, Chgo

Mike Wheeler Band, Nellie "Tiger" Travis at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Original Chicago Blues All Stars at Motor Row Brewery, Chgo

Mississippi Heat at Shaw's, Chgo

Brother John Kattke at Smoke Daddy Wrigleyville, Chgo

Lurrie Bell Band at 210 Live, Highwood

Sept. 21: Cash Box Kings, Luca Chiellini at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Matt Hendricks at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chicago

Linsey Alexander at Mom's Place, Chgo

Smiley Tillmon Band w/ Kate Moss at Nick's Beer Garden, Chgo

Chicago Blues Angels at Smoke Daddy Wrigleyville, Chgo

Ron Sorin & The Blue Coast Band at Smoke Daddy Wicker Park, Chgo

Omar Coleman Blues Band at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

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

Rockin' Johnny Burgin at the Mangy Dawg, Hanover Park

Sept. 21-22: Sheryl Youngblood Blues Band at Blue Chicago, Chicago

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

John Primer, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials at Rosa's, Chicago

Sept. 22: Devil in a Woodpile at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chicago

Corey Dennison Band at Mom's Place, Chgo

Andrew Diehl & The Nightmen at Nick's Beer Garden, Chgo

Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

Kevin Purcell & The Root Doctors at The Copper Fiddle, Lake Zurich

Sept. 22-23: Windy City Blues Festival w/ Mike Wheeler Band w/ Lurrie Bell & Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Tomiko Dixon, NuBlu Band, Original Chicago Blues All Stars, The Chicago Blues Queens, Eddie Taylor, Jr., Black Oil Bros., Jamiah Rogers, Mississippi Gabe Carter, Donna Herula, Ivy Ford, Filisko & Noden, Kilborn Alley, Matthew Curry, Long Tall Deb, Nick Bell, Tyrannosaurus Chicken, Chicago Blues Challenge & much more!
Cermak Woods, Lyons

Sept. 23: Luke Pytel Blues Band w/ Demetria Taylor at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Rockin' Johnny Burgin at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Jimmy Johnson at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chicago

Sept. 24: Taj Mahal Trio at City Winery, Chicago

Sept. 25: Rev. Raven & The Chain Smokin' Altar Boys, Mike Wheeler at House of Blues, Chgo

Big Dog Mercer at Shaw's, Chgo

Sept. 26: Otis Taylor Band at SPACE, Evanston

Sept. 27: Luke Pytel Birthday party w/ Ronnie G. at B.L.U.E.S. (on Halsted), Chicago

Laura Rain at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Honey Island Swamp Band at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Smiley Tillmon, after work set 5:30 -8:30 p.m., at River Roast, Chgo

Sept. 28: Jackie Rose Band w/ Mark Baier, Earl Rosen, Craig Kaye & Dana Goodman at Jimmy's Charhouse, Elk Grove

Sept. 29: Blues Blast Music Awards w/
Jimmy Johnson, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Benny Turner, Karen Lovely w/ Ben Rice, Markey Blue & Ric Latina Project, Bob Corritore, Casey Hensley Band, Shaun Murphy Band, Ivy Ford Band, Heather Newman, Joyann Parker, Ghost Town Blues Band & more at Tebala Center, Rockford

The Record Company at Park West, Chicago

Nick Moss Band at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Will Tilson & Ellen Miller, Blues Brunch, at River Roast, Chgo

Jimmy Nick Band at House Pub, St. Charles

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

Oct. 5-6: The Big Weekend w/ Southern Avenue, Spafford at House of Blues (upstairs concert hall), Chgo

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

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

Paul Nelson Band at  Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

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