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(CHICAGO, IL) – Blues fans, the word is out on the street. Buddy Guy will headline this year’s Chicago Blues Festival in Grant Park. This 32nd annual festival promises to be an exceptional music experience, and boasts an impressive lineup. In addition to Buddy Guy, those scheduled to perform include Toronzo Cannon, the Taj Mahal Trio, Shawn Holt & The Tear Drops, Johnny Rawls, The House Rockers, and Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues, with special guest Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater.
Other great artists performing this year are Clarence Carter, Mary Lane, Nellie Tiger Travis, John Primer, Lurrie Bell, Cash Box Kings, Studebaker John and the Maxwell Street Kings, and many more.
This year’s festival will also play host to a Willie Dixon Centennial Tribute, and a Muddy Waters Centennial Tribute.
The Muddy Waters tribute will showcase the talents of Bob Margolin, Mud Morganfield, Big Bill Morganfield, John Primer, Rick Kreher, Bob Stroger, Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith, E.G. McDaniel, Barrelhouse Chuck, Jerry Portnoy and Paul Oscher.
The Willie Dixon tribute will feature Billy Branch, Keshia Dixon, Tomiko Dixon, Bobby Dixon, Freddie Dixon, Alex Dixon, Cash McCall, Sugar Blue, John Watkins and Andrew Blaze Thomas. Also taking place is the “Celebrating Centennials of 1915 -2015” event, honoring Honey Boy Edwards, Brownie McGhee and Johnny Shines, including a Round Robin with Bill Sims, Jr., Paul Kaya, and more.
The festival will unfold in Grant Park June 12th through June 14th.
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Here is the exciting full line-up:
FRIDAY, JUNE 12
PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL
6 p.m. Zora Young
7:05 p.m. Clarence Carter
8:25 p.m. Syl Johnson
BUD LIGHT CROSSROADS STAGE
11:15 a.m. Quintus McCormick
12:45 p.m. Mary Lane
2:30 p.m. Charlie Love
4:15 p.m. Nellie Tiger Travis
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI RHYTHM & BLUES STAGE
11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion with Richard Shurman – “100 Years of Blues Greatness: Honoring
Distinguished Centennials”
1:00 p.m. Scott Albert Johnson
2:30 p.m. Jj Thames
4 p.m. John Primer
5:30 p.m. Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith Jam Session
PEPSI FRONT PORCH STAGE
Noon Blues In The Schools with Stone Academy, Eric Noden, Katherine Davis
1:30 p.m. Studebaker John and the Maxwell Street Kings
3 p.m. Andy T. and Nick Nixon Band
4:30 p.m. Eddie Shaw & The Wolfgang
SATURDAY, JUNE 13
PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL
5:30 p.m. Toronzo Cannon
6:30 p.m. Taj Mahal Trio
8:05 p.m. Buddy Guy
BUD LIGHT CROSSROADS STAGE
“The Next Generation”
11:15 a.m. Jamiah On Fire and the Red Machine
12:45 p.m. Marquise Knox
2:30 p.m. Jarekus Singleton
4:15 p.m. Shawn Holt & The Tear Drops
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI RHYTHM AND BLUES STAGE
11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion – “Essence of Soul Blues: with Alex Thomas and Johnny Rawls
1 p.m. The House Rockers
2:30 p.m. Vickie Baker
4 p.m. Johnny Rawls
5:30 p.m. Jam Session
PEPSI FRONT PORCH STAGE
Noon Austin Walk’n Cane
1:30 p.m. Lurrie Bell
3 p.m. Paul Oscher Trio
4:30 p.m. Cash Box Kings
SUNDAY, JUNE 14
PETRILLO MUSIC SHELL
5:00 p.m. Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues with special guest Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater
6:20 p.m. Willie Dixon Centennial Tribute featuring Billy Branch, Keshia Dixon, Tomiko Dixon, Bobby Dixon, Freddie Dixon, Alex Dixon, Cash McCall, Sugar Blue, John Watkins and Andrew Blaze Thomas
8:05 p.m. Muddy Water’s Centennial Tribute featuring Bob Margolin, Mud Morganfield, Big Bill Morganfield, John Primer, Rick Kreher, Bob Stroger, Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith, E.G. McDaniel, Barrelhouse Chuck, Jerry Portnoy and Paul Oscher
BUD LIGHT CROSSROADS STAGE
11:15 a.m. Chick Rodgers
12:45 p.m. Holle Thee Maxwell
2:30 p.m. Blues Shaking the Fields
4:15 p.m. John Nemeth
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI RHYTHM AND BLUES STAGE
11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion- Muddy Waters & Willie Dixon
1 p.m. Tawanna Shaunte
2:30 p.m. Tonya Boyd Cannon
4 p.m. Patrice Moncell
5:30 p.m. Blues Jam Session with Dexter Allen
PEPSI FRONT PORCH STAGE
Celebrating Centennials 1915-2015
Noon Celebrating Centennials of 1915 -2015: Honey Boy Edwards, Brownie McGhee and Johnny Shines, a Round Robin with Bill Sims, Jr., Paul Kaya, and others
1:30 p.m. Paul Kaye Trio
3 p.m. M.S.G. Acoustic Blues Trio
4:30 p.m. Heritage Blues Orchestra Quartet
