Browse the top events of 2001, including summer highlights like the Taste of Chicago. To search for events on a specific day, use the search below. House of Blues 329 N. Dearborn St. Juke joint meets opera house in the design and atmosphere at the House of Blues, which opened here in October 1996 as the largest in a chain of HOB nightclubs created by Hard Rock Cafe co-founder Isaac Tigrett, who has since departed. Diverse live music, from Aretha Franklin to Ted Nugent, War to current pop alternative bands, is booked seven nights a week.
Blues music is only one of the styles offered.
Although purists won't set foot here, the slickness that turns them off is a big plus to many who believe that the blues doesn't have to live in a shack. Get the inside scoop on what's happening each week. Sign up for our newsletters.