Chicago Blues Festival

Chicago was very important for the development of Blues. Many people from the south went to Chicago to find a better life and the brought their musical tradition with them. In the clubs of the South Side a new style, known as Chicago blues, developed. Many musicans made the city famous for it´s blues music scene.

This years festival will be held from June 10th-12th in the Grant Park. Artist are among others
 James “Super Chikan” Johnson
  Erwin Helfer Band featuring Katherine Davis
 Tribute to Robert Johnson: David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Rick Sherry, Rocky Lawrence, Hubert Sumlin and Duwayne Burnside Band
  Sam Lay Blues Band
  Tribute to Pinetop Perkins featuring Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and Friends
  John Primer
  Shemekia Copeland
  Lonnie Brooks with guests Michael “Iron Man” Burks, Rick Estrin Ann Rabson and Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater: 40th Anniversary of Alligator Records 
The line up of the first Chicago Blues Festival
 James Cotton
 Junior Wells
 Jimmy Rogers
 Sammy Lawhorn
 Louis Myers
 Pinetop Perkins
 Calvin Jones
 Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
 Jerry Portnoy
 Carey Bell
 Sunnyland Slim Blues Band w/Louis Myers
 Robert Stoger
 Odie Payne, Jr.
 Willie Dixon & the Chicago Blues All Stars
 Johnny Winter and the Legendary Blues Band with Special Guests Koko Taylor and James Cotton
 Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues
 Lurrie Bell
 Little Ed Williams
 Gloria Hardiman
 Johnny B. Moore
 Sugar Blue
 Valerie Wellington
 Erwin Helfer, Blind John Davis, Estella Mama Yancey and Big Time Sarah
 Buckwheat Zydeco Ils Sont Parties Band
 Bobby Rush
 Texas Guitar Showdown featuring Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland with Special Guest Brother Jack McDuff
 Magic Slim & the Teardrops
 Homesick James, Snooky Pryor, Eddie Taylor
 Jimmy and Syl Johnson
 John Lee Hooker
 Bobby Blue Bland

Past performers
Albert King, B. B. King, Bill Doggett, Bo Diddley, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Bobby Rush, Buckwheat Zydeco, Buddy Guy, Calvin Jones, Carey Bell, Carl Perkins, Chicago Blues Museum All Stars, Chuck Berry, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Dr. John, Eddie Boyd, Eddie C. Campbell, Eddie Vinson, Eddy Clearwater, Etta James, Fenton Robinson, Fontella Bass, Hank Ballard, Henry Townsend, Homesick James, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Jerry Portnoy, Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Rogers, John Lee Hooker, Johnnie Taylor, Johnny Shines, Johnny Winter, Junior Wells, Keith Richards, Koko Taylor, Little Milton, Little Willie Littlefield, Lonnie Brooks, Lowell Fulson, Louisiana Red, Luther Allison, Magic Slim, Matt Murphy, Memphis Slim, Mick Taylor, The Neville Brothers, Otis Rush, Pee Wee Crayton, Pinetop Perkins, Ray Charles, Robert Cray Band, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Snooky Pryor, Son Seals, Staple Singers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sugar Blue, Sunnyland Slim, Taj Mahal, Willie Dixon, Lil' Ed Williams and the Blues Imperials, and Johnny B. Moore
References

Category:Music in Chicago
Category:June events
Category:1964 establishments in the United States
Category:1960s establishments in Illinois
Category:Music festivals in the United States