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Chicago Blues Festival
    2007 June 7-10, 2007
    Grant Park in Downtown Chicago

Free Admission
    11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Six Stages of Blues Each day


Click day to see schedule for:

Thursday June 7 Friday June 8

Saturday June 9 Sunday June 10

Entire Schedule

    Festival Website: Click Here

Chicago Blues Festival 2007 Line Up Bobby Rush, Phil Guy & Chicago Machine, Cephas and Wiggins, James Cotton, Zac Harmon, Chainsaw DuPont, John Primer, Magic Slim and the Tear Drops, Muddy Waters Junior, Koko Taylor & the Blues Machine, Jimmy Dawkins, Willie Clayton, Billy Branch’s Sons of the Blues, Barrelhouse Chuck, Carl Weathersby, Mighty Joe Young Jr. featuring Chontella Renee, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Kenny Barker with Big Time Sarah and Deitra Farr, Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Shaw, Abb Locke, Henry Gray, Jody Williams, Smokey Smothers with Lafayette “Shorty” Gilbert, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Lil’ Howlin’ Wolf, Carlos Johnson and the Serious Blues Band, Fruteland Jackson, Erwin Helfer, Katherine Davis and Eric Noden, The Stone Academy All Stars, Aaron Moore, Bobby Slim James with Joanne Graham, Lila Ammons, Edsel Ammons, Sonny Leyland, Renaud Patigny, Bob Hall, Bob Jones, Rip Daniels, Julius Lewis, Willie Clayton, Jimmy Duck Holmes, Dave Specter, Aron Burton, Kenny Smith, Willis Prudhomme & Zydeco Express, Carl Sonny, Charles E. Shaw & Chicago Blues Rebellion Band, Lady Sax, Lady Cat, Osee Anderson & Da Blooze Folks, Muddy’s side men featuring George Mojo Buford, Rick Kreher, Ray Killer Allison, Calvin Fuzz Jones, J.W. Williams and the Chi Town Hustlers, Vernon and Joe Harrington, The No Static Blues Band, Mary, Lynn and Renee Lane, Johnnie Mae Dunson and son Jimi Prime Time Smith, Jimmy Duck Holmes, Terry “T” Williams/Wesley Jefferson, Kenny Smith, Guy King, Darryl Davis, Ken Saydak, Ariyo, Wanda Johnson & Shrimp City Slim, Chicago Harmonica Project Part II with Little Arthur Duncan, Charlie Love, Big D, Jeffery Taylor, Mervyn ”Harmonica” Hinds, Reginald Cooper, Rick Kreher, E. G. McDaniel, Mark Brumbach, Twist Turner, Illinois Slim, Khalif Wailin’ Walter, Terry “T” Williams, Homemade Jamz Blues Band - Runner Up in the 2007 International Blues Challenge, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Dave Drazin, Drink Small, Tony Llorens, Elmore James Jr. with Cadillac Zack, David Dee and Family, The Honeydripper All-Stars featuring Gary Clark Jr., Eddie Shaw, Arthur Lee Williams, Henderson Huggins, and Mabel John, Nellie Tiger Travis, Big Jay McNeely with Jesse Scinto, Irma Thomas and the Professionals, Melvia Chick Rogers and her Gospel Harmonizers, Howlin’ Wolf Birthday Party with family and friends, Chicago Jam Station w/ Dave Specter, Harlan Terson, and Mike Schlick, Henry Gray and the Cats, Katherine Davis Blues Ensemble, Maurice John Vaughn Blues Band, The Disciples Playing for Sunnyland: Sam Burkhardt leads Steve Freund, Bob Stroger