Chicago Blues Festival  >  Chicago Blues Festival Schedule — June 9

(schedule is subject to change)

Jay Pritzker Pavilion

• 2:15-2:30pm - National Anthem/Mayoral Proclamation for Delmark Records/Commissioner's Welcome/Tom Marker
• 2:30-3:45pm - Delmark Records 70th Anniversary Celebration
  With Dave Specter, Steve Bell, Larry Williams, Roosevelt Purifoy, Johnny Iguana, Big Ray Stewart, Nick Alexander, Johnny Burgin, Willie Buck, Dave Weld & Monica Myhre, Shirley Johnson, Sharon Lewis, Bob Stroger
• 4:00-5:00pm - Nora Jean Wallace
• 5:15-6:15pm - Jontavious Willis
• 6:30-7:30pm - Jimmy Burns Band
• 7:45-9:00pm - John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band

Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade)

• 12:00-1:00pm - Mzz Reese
• 1:15-2:15pm - Lightnin’ Malcolm
• 2:30-3:30pm - Eddie Cotton
• 3:45-5:00pm - Vasti Jackson

Rosa’s Lounge (North Promenade)

12:30-7:30pm

Emcee: Tony Mangiullo
Daily showcase of Chicago Blues legends and emerging artists that have called Rosa's Lounge home over the last 39 years.

• 12:30-1:20pm - Stephen Hull
• 1:35-2:25pm - Big Mike and the R&B Kings featuring Sierra Green
• 2:40-3:30pm - Melody Angel
• 3:45-4:45pm - Eddie Taylor - 100th Birthday with the Taylor Family "the Taylor Family: Featuring Larry, Brenda, Edna, Demetria and Tim"
• 5:00-6:00pm - Rico McFarland
• 6:15-7:30pm - Last Call with WDCB Radio and The Smiley Tillmon Band featuring Kate Moss

Film Screening: Chicago Cultural Center (Claudia Cassidy Theater)

1pm - Film screening of "Born in Chicago" followed by a Q&A

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Full-length documentary on the Chicago Blues, co‐directed by Emmy award-winner John Anderson with Bob Sarles.