2017 Blues Photos
2017 Summer Blues Jams @ Polk St. Pub
We will be posting a few new photos each time we go to the jam
New photos added from Oct. 1!
DECEMBER
20 @ Navy Pier's Aon Ballroom
NOVEMBER
15 – 19 @ San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel Jazz and Blues Festival
8 @ Rosa's Lounge
FUNDRAISER for The Healing Corner with Tom Holland, Omar Coleman and Brian Lupo
5 @ The McAninch Arts Center, Glen Ellyn
Take Me to the River LIVE with Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite and William Bell
1 @ The Water Hole
BLUES JAM with Low-reen & The Maxwell St. Market Blues Band
OCTOBER
26 @ Motor Row Brewing
John Watkins and the Bell Brothers
13–15 @ University of Chicago
featuring Elvin Bishop, the Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra and much more
8 @ Buddy Guy's Legends
Dave Weld's 65th Birthday Bash
7 @ Horse Thief Hollow
Larry Taylor and the Soul Blues Healers
5 @ Motor Row Brewing Co.
BLUES JAM with the Original Chicago Blues Allstars
SEPTEMBER
14 @ Motor Row Brewing Co.
Motor Row Bob and Freddie Dixon
13 @ Motor Row Brewing Co.
Shirley King Celebrates BB King's 92nd Birthday
8 @ Motor Row Brewing Co.
Jeff Dale & The South Woodlawnerswith Jeff Stone and Charlie Love
7 @ Blues Heaven Foundation
1-2 @ Coal Dock Park, Port Washington, WI
Paramount Music Fest – Centennial Celebration
AUGUST
30 @ Navy Pier's Miller Lite Beer Garden
NuBlu Band and Morry Sochat & The Special 20s
25 @ Buddy Guy's Legends
Kenny Neal, Scott Nev, Mike Wheeler
24 @ Blues Heaven Foundation Garden
The Bell Family Dynasty featuring John Watkins
18 & 19 @ Fern Island Park, Wausau, WI
FESTIVAL: Big Bull Falls Blues Festival
DAY 1: Altered Five, Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin' Altar Boys, Toronzo Cannon
DAY 2: Moreland & Arbuckle, Mr. Sipp, Mike Zito, Samantha Fish, Tab Benoit
13 @ Harbor's Edge, Waukegan
Harbor's Edge Blues & BBQ Festival
with Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames
Low-reen & The Lazy Dogs
Ivy Ford Band
NuBlu Band
Mike Wheeler
9 @ Navy Pier's Miller Lite Beer Garden
3 @ Buddy Guy's Legends
Buddy Guy's 81st Birthday Bash
with a cast of thousands
JULY
27@ College of DuPage's Lakeside Pavilion
24 @ House of Blues
23 @ Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
"Good This Day Only": Signs of Maxwell Street
with Low-reen and the Maxwell St. Market Blues Band
22 @ Buddy Guy's Legends
OPENING ACTS: Michael Ledbetter Band, Fruteland Jackson
20 @ Motor Row Brewing
featuring the Original Chicago Blues Allstars
19 @ Navy Pier's Miller Lite Beer Garden
16 @ Taste of Westmont
6 @ Ravinia, Highland Park
5 @ Navy Pier
Anthony Moser & the Fat Tone Blues Band and Quinn Sullivan
3 @ FitzGerald's, Berwyn
with Common Heart, CJ Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band, Marcia Ball Band and Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones
1 @ Griffith, IN
with Chakalyte Blues, Smiley Tillmon, Jamiah Rogers, Liz Mandeville & The Blue Points, The Original Chicago Blues Allstars and Eddy Clearwater
JUNE
29 @ Motor Row Brewing
BLUES JAM with the Original Chicago Blues Allstars
29 @ Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation
Willie Dixon's 102nd Birthday Bash with Ramblin' Rose and Guests
15 @ Player's Pub, Bloomington, IN
12 @ Millennium Park
Otis Taylor Band with Ben Sollee and Kentucky Native
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2017 Chicago Blues Festival
11 @ Millennium Park
10 @ Millennium Park
9 @ Millennium Park
8 @ Blues Heaven Foundation's Garden and Motor Row Brewing
Lamont Harris Band and The Original Chicago Blues Allstars Anniversary Party & Awards Ceremony
2017 Blues Festival Week Events
June 5 - 11
Chicago Wind @ Daley Plaza
Sam Lay in Bluesland film @ the Chicago Cultural Center
The Blues Doctors @ Motor Row Gallery
AfterFest Party with Rockin' Johnny & Friends @ Reggie's
Rob Stone & Friends @ House of Blues
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8 @ State and Washington
7 @ Chicago Blues Camp
MAY
18 @ Lincoln Hall
North Mississippi Allstars with Danielle Nicole, Reverend Sekou and Alvin Youngblood Hart
17 @ The Water Hole
BLUES JAM with Low-reen and the Maxwell St. Market Blues Band
17 @ City Winery
Wanda Jackson, The Lawrence Peters Outfit
15 @ the Chicago Cultural Center
11 @ City Winery
Samantha Fish and Phillip-Michael Scales
8 @ the Chicago Cultural Center
7 @ Rosa's Lounge
4 @ Motor Row Brewing
The Original Chicago Blues Allstars
3 @ Buddy Guy's Legends
Little Walter Birthday Celebration
APRIL
29 @ Buddy Guy's Legends
John Nemeth, Steve Ditzell, Fruteland Jackson
5 @ The Water Hole
BLUES Jam with Low-reen and the Maxwell St. Market Blues Band
4 @ FitzGerald's
MARCH
23 @ Motor Row Brewing
The Original Chicago Blues Allstars
19@ Buddy Guy's Legends
19 @ The Doggie Inn
Photos courtesy of Lori Lewis
18 @ Buddy Guy's Legends
NuBlu Band Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames
17 @ Smoke Daddy
10 @ Lagunitas Tap Room
7 @ City Winery
5 @ Village Tavern, Long Grove
Ice Meltin' Festival with Rockin' Johnny Burgin
4 @ The Grand opera house, Oshkosh, WI
3 @ Blues Heaven Foundation and Motor Row
Windy City Blues novel debut and afterparty
FEBRUARY
26 @ Harald Viking Lodge, Tinley Park
Marty Sammons' Mardi Gras Fling
26 @ Kelly's Tavern
Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames
18 @ Buddy Guy's Legends
Curtis Salgado and Keithen Banks
15 @ The Water Hole
with Low-reen and the Maxwell St. Market Blues Band
12@ Buddy Guy's Legends
Dave Weld and the Imperial Flames
9@ The House of Blues Foundation Cabaret
with Anthony Moser and the Fat Tone Blues Band
3 @ Studio Winery, Lake Geneva, WI
with special guest Lurrie Bell
2 @ Motor Row Brewing
BLUES JAM with the Original Chicago Blues Allstars
JANUARY
25 @ The Water Hole
LOW-REEN'S BIRTHDAY BASH BLUES JAM
with Low-reen and the Maxwell St. Market Blues Band
22 @ City Winery
Amy Black and the Muscle Shoals Revue
20 @ Rosa's Lounge
Matthew Skoller Band with Deitra Farr
19 @ Motor Row Brewing
BLUES JAM hosted by the Original Chicago Blues Allstars
10 @ Buddy Guy's Legends
9 @ SPACE, Evanston
8 @ Buddy Guy's Legends