“ROLLIN’ UP THE RIVER”
30th ANNUAL CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL THIS YEAR, JUNE 6-9
Shemekia Copeland and Bobby Rush Kicks-off the Festival’s Journey Up the Mississippi
The 30th Annual Chicago Blues Festival expands to four days with a special opening night concert at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park the evening of Thursday, June 6 featuring a line-up of the genre’s next generation headlined by Shemekia Copeland. Friday, June 7 the festival moves to Grant Park where Bobby Rush kicks-off the festival’s journey from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago and the world.
The 2013 Chicago Blues Festival is “Rollin’ Up the River” celebrating the blues with a musical journey up the Mississippi. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s there was a “great migration” of African Americans from the southern United States to Chicago. During that period, the “delta blues” landed in the “the promised land,” establishing the foundation for the genre’s electric guitar sound known as the “Chicago blues” style. The voyage will start in New Orleans, Louisiana and Mississippi on Friday then to Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday ending in Chicago on Sunday, where the blues electrified the world.
Celebrating the future of blues music, the festival will open for the first time in Millennium Park on June 6. Shemekia Copeland (crowned the “new” Queen of the Blues in 2011) will headline the evening with special guest, blues guitar prodigy and Buddy Guy collaborator, Quinn Sullivan. The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with openers Blues Kids of America followed by Jamiah on Fire & The Red Machine.
30th ANNUAL CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL THIS YEAR, JUNE 6-9
Shemekia Copeland and Bobby Rush Kicks-off the Festival’s Journey Up the Mississippi
The 30th Annual Chicago Blues Festival expands to four days with a special opening night concert at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park the evening of Thursday, June 6 featuring a line-up of the genre’s next generation headlined by Shemekia Copeland. Friday, June 7 the festival moves to Grant Park where Bobby Rush kicks-off the festival’s journey from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago and the world.
The 2013 Chicago Blues Festival is “Rollin’ Up the River” celebrating the blues with a musical journey up the Mississippi. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s there was a “great migration” of African Americans from the southern United States to Chicago. During that period, the “delta blues” landed in the “the promised land,” establishing the foundation for the genre’s electric guitar sound known as the “Chicago blues” style. The voyage will start in New Orleans, Louisiana and Mississippi on Friday then to Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday ending in Chicago on Sunday, where the blues electrified the world.
Celebrating the future of blues music, the festival will open for the first time in Millennium Park on June 6. Shemekia Copeland (crowned the “new” Queen of the Blues in 2011) will headline the evening with special guest, blues guitar prodigy and Buddy Guy collaborator, Quinn Sullivan. The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with openers Blues Kids of America followed by Jamiah on Fire & The Red Machine.
THURSDAY, JUNE 6 – Millennium Park-Jay Pritzker Pavilion
FRIDAY, JUNE 7 – Grant Park
Bud Light Crossroads Stage
Mississippi Juke Joint Stage
Pepsi Front Porch Stage
Petrillo Music Shell – Headliners
SATURDAY, JUNE 8 – Grant Park
Bud Light Crossroads Stage
Mississippi Juke Joint Stage
Pepsi Front Porch Stage
Petrillo Music Shell – Headliners
SUNDAY, JUNE 9 – Grant Park
Bud Light Crossroads Stage
Mississippi Juke Joint Stage
Pepsi Front Porch Stage
Petrillo Music Shell – Headliners
This schedule is subject to change.
- 6:30 p.m. – 6:50 p.m. Fernando Jones’ Blues Kids of America
- 7:10 p.m. – 7:40 p.m. Jamiah On Fire & The Red Machine
- 8 p.m. – 9 p.m. Shemekia Copeland with special guest Quinn Sullivan
FRIDAY, JUNE 7 – Grant Park
Bud Light Crossroads Stage
- 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Dented Trucks
- 12:45 p.m. – 2 p.m. Toronzo Cannon
- 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Mississippi Heat
- 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Kevin Purcell and the Nightburners
Mississippi Juke Joint Stage
- 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Panel Discussion –The Mississippi Blues Trail with Alex Thomas, Jim O’Neal & Scott Barretta
- 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Terry “Harmonica” Bean
- 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Lightnin’ Malcolm
- 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. Bill “Howlin Madd” Perry
- 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band
- 6 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith Blues Jam
Pepsi Front Porch Stage
- Noon – 1 p.m. Blues In The Schools w/Stone Academy, Eric Noden, Katherine Davis
- 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Donna Herula and Tony Nardiello
- 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. The Jimmy Burns Band
- 4:30p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Cicero Blake
Petrillo Music Shell – Headliners
- 6 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Earnest “Guitar” Roy
- 7:05 p.m. – 8:05 p.m. Irma Thomas
- 8:30p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Bobby Rush and his Blues Band
SATURDAY, JUNE 8 – Grant Park
Bud Light Crossroads Stage
- 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Bobby Slim James
- 12:45 p.m. – 2 p.m. Michael Coleman and the New Back Breakers
- 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Peaches and the Grove Shakers
- 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Mike Avery and West Side Soul
Mississippi Juke Joint Stage
- 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Panel Discussion (Pinetop Perkins 100th B-Day) with Pat Morgan, Barrelhouse Chuck & Kenny “Beedyeyes” Smith
- 1:00 p.m. – 2 p.m. The Peterson Brothers Band
- 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Eddie Taylor, Jr.
- 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Castro Coleman
- 5:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Tribute to Howlin’Wolf featuring Eddie Shaw and friends
Pepsi Front Porch Stage
- Noon – 1 p.m. Liz Mandeville and the Blue Points
- 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Khalif Wailin’ Walter
- 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. Holle Thee Maxwell
- 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Larry McCray
Petrillo Music Shell – Headliners
- 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Ronnie Baker Brooks
- 6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Otis Clay and the Platinum Band featuring Uvee Hayes
- 8:10 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. The Memphis Soul Revue starring The Bar Kays with Eddie Floyd and Sir Mack Rice
SUNDAY, JUNE 9 – Grant Park
Bud Light Crossroads Stage
- 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Willie Buck
- 12:45 p.m. – 2 p.m. Dave Weld & Imperial Flames
- 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Grana Louise & TroubleMaker
- 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Lindsey Alexander Blues Band
Mississippi Juke Joint Stage
- 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Panel Discussion – Delmark Records 60th w/Bob Koester and Steve Wagner
- 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Nellie Tiger Travis
- 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Vickie Baker
- 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Big Time Sarah and Mike Wheeler Blues Band
- 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Jarekus Singleton
- 6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Blues Jam Session with Jarekus Singleton
Pepsi Front Porch Stage
- Noon – 12:45 p.m. Fruteland Jackson
- 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Lurrie Bell’s Chicago Blues Band
- 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. John Primer Trio & Michal Prokop Trio (Czech Republic)
- 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Magic Slim Tribute featuring Shawn Holt & The Teardrops
Petrillo Music Shell – Headliners
- 5:30 p.m. –6:15 p.m. Shirley Johnson
- 6:35 p.m. – 7:35 p.m. Jimmy Johnson Band
- 8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Chicago Blues: Old School, New Millennium: James Cotton, John Primer, Billy Branch, Eddy ”The Chief” Clearwater, Lil’ Ed, Deitra Farr, Demetria Taylor, Matt Skoller, Billy Flynn, Johnny Iguana, Felton Crews, Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith.
This schedule is subject to change.
 |  |
PREVIEW EVENTS
May is “Blues Month” in Chicago featuring a number of performances at various Chicago Park District and Chicago Public Library locations throughout the City. Blues music will fill the halls of the Chicago Cultural Center during May as part of the popular LunchBreak Series each Tuesday and Thursday at 12:15, as well as Thursday evenings at 5:30 p.m. A preview on Daley Plaza is set for Monday, June 3.
The 30th Annual Chicago Blues Festival is presented by the City of Chicago and produced by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events with the following sponsors: Aquafina, Bud-Light, Communications, Pepsi, Mississippi Development Authority Tourism
Division, Louisiana Association of Convention and Tourism Bureaus, 93 XRT, Communications Direct, LaGrou Distribution System and the Chicago Transit Authority.
For more information please call (312) 744-3316 or visit www.chicagobluesfestival.us for updates. To plan your trip to Chicago for the Blues Festival this June 6-9 visit www.choosechicago.com. Join the blues conversation on Facebook (Chicago Blues Festival) and follow us on Twitter, @ChicagoDCASE.
May is “Blues Month” in Chicago featuring a number of performances at various Chicago Park District and Chicago Public Library locations throughout the City. Blues music will fill the halls of the Chicago Cultural Center during May as part of the popular LunchBreak Series each Tuesday and Thursday at 12:15, as well as Thursday evenings at 5:30 p.m. A preview on Daley Plaza is set for Monday, June 3.
The 30th Annual Chicago Blues Festival is presented by the City of Chicago and produced by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events with the following sponsors: Aquafina, Bud-Light, Communications, Pepsi, Mississippi Development Authority Tourism
Division, Louisiana Association of Convention and Tourism Bureaus, 93 XRT, Communications Direct, LaGrou Distribution System and the Chicago Transit Authority.
For more information please call (312) 744-3316 or visit www.chicagobluesfestival.us for updates. To plan your trip to Chicago for the Blues Festival this June 6-9 visit www.choosechicago.com. Join the blues conversation on Facebook (Chicago Blues Festival) and follow us on Twitter, @ChicagoDCASE.
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) is dedicated to promoting and supporting Chicago’s arts and culture sector. This includes, but is not limited to: fostering the development of Chicago’s nonprofit arts sector, independent working artists, and for-profit arts businesses; presenting high-quality, free or low-fee cultural programs accessible to residents and visitors; and marketing the City’s cultural assets to local, regional, and global audiences. DCASE produces nearly 2,000 public programs, events and support services annually, generating millions in economic benefits for the City of Chicago.
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) is dedicated to promoting and supporting Chicago’s arts and culture sector. This includes, but is not limited to: fostering the development of Chicago’s nonprofit arts sector, independent working artists, and for-profit arts businesses; presenting high-quality, free or low-fee cultural programs accessible to residents and visitors; and marketing the City’s cultural assets to local, regional, and global audiences. DCASE produces nearly 2,000 public programs, events and support services annually, generating millions in economic benefits for the City of Chicago.
RSS Feed
