Jazz and Blues Lounge

Chicago’s Weekend Concerts and Events

by balaspa on June 13th, 2008

Well, the big event this weekend in Chicago is the TOTALLY FREE Blues on the Fox blues festival located in nearby Aurora Illinois. It is right on the Fox River and the big headliner is Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Sadly, I will not be able to attend as this weekend is also my birthday and my family went and made plans for Saturday night that did not include seeing Kenny Wayne Shepherd. From that website linked above, here, again, is the schedule for this awesome event:

Friday, June 13

Time Performers
6:45 pm Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater
8:30 pm Elvin Bishop

Saturday, June 14

Time Performers
3:00 pm Hix Bros Junior All-Stars
4:00 pm Corey Harris
5:30 pm Bettye LaVette
7:00 pm Marcia Ball
8:30 pm Kenny Wayne Shepherd

As for other things going on this weekend, you can check out WDCB as well as here and I want to thank them, as always, for being so on top of things and helping me out.

JAZZ

June 13, 2008
Frank Portolese Trio
Joplin’s Java and Ragtime Cafe, Waukegan

June 13, 2008
Vocalist Petra van Nuis with the Andy Brown Trio
Andy’s, Chicago

June 13, 2008
The Sidemen Big Band Jazz
Bill’s Blues Bar, Evanston

BLUES

June 14, 2008
Ron Prince Blues Band
Bill’s Blues Bar, Evanston

I will keep an eye on the jazz events and performances for you for the rest of the weekend. It looks to be another busy one around here and even WDCB could only post up until what you see listed above instead of the entire weekend.

Enjoy the weekend. Chicago is a great town with lots of great music and we are right at the start of the festival season. I’ll keep you posted!

POSTED IN: Bands, Chicago, Festivals, blues, jazz, jazz clubs