Chicago Blues Festival : Schedule - June 10 - 12, 2011 - Grant Park - FREE Admission

Chicago Blues Festival 2011 : (schedule is subject to change)

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•Accessible entrance(s)
•Accessible washroom(s)
•Assistive listening devices provided
•Accessible seating area available
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# Chicago Blues Festival Schedule - June 10, 2011

The complete Chicago Blues Festival schedule for Friday, June 10th is listed below.

Bud Light Crossroads Stage
•11:00 am - Guy King and his Little Big Band
•12:45 pm - Eric "Guitar" Davis and the Troublemakers
•2:30 pm - Holle Thee Maxwell
•4:15 pm - The Rockin’ Johnny Band featuring Smiley Tillman and Mary Lane

Mississippi Juke Joint Stage
•11:30 am - Panel Discussion of Robert Johnson w/ Steven Johnson (family of Robert Johnson)
•12:30 pm - Howlin’ Wolf Birthday Celebration panel discussion with Richard Shurman, Bettye Kelly, Barbra Marks, Larry Hill Taylor & Hubert Sumlin
•1:30 pm - D'Mar & Gill
•3:00 pm - Nora Jean Bruso
•4:30 pm - James “Super Chikan” Johnson
•6:00 pm - Festival Jam Session w/ Fernando Jones Band

Pepsi Front Porch Stage
•12:30 pm - Blues in the Schools: Stone Academy w/ Eric Noden, Katherine Davis and Erwin Helfer
•2:00 pm - Erwin Helfer Band featuring Katherine Davis
•3:35 pm - Rocky Lawrence
•4:45 pm - Sanctified Grumblers

Petrillo Music Shell
•6:15 pm - Eddie Cotton
•8:00 pm - Tribute to Robert Johnson: David “Honeyboy” Edwards*, Rick Sherry, Rocky Lawrence, Hubert Sumlin and Duwayne Burnside Band
*Note-David “Honeyboy” Edwards is unable to perform due to illness.

# The complete Chicago Blues Festival schedule for Saturday, June 11th is listed below.

Bud Light Crossroads Stage
•11:00 am - Ronnie Hicks & Masheen Company Band w/ Bob Jones, Cicero Blake, Brown Sugar & Jesi Terrell
•12:45 pm - Dave Herrero and the Hero Brothers Band
•2:30 pm - Duwayne Burnside Band
•4:15 pm - George Stancell and Band w/ Willie Buck

Mississippi Juke Joint Stage
•11:30 am - Panel Discussion of the Mississippi Blues Trail: Jim O’Neal, Scott Barretta, Rip Daniels and Alex Thomas
•1:00 pm - Jarekus Singleton
•2:30 pm - Dexter Allen
•4:00 pm - Zac Harmon
•5:30 pm - Mississippi Jam Session featuring Dexter Allen

Pepsi Front Porch Stage
•1:00 pm - Fernando Jones and The Blues Kids of America
•2:15 pm - Fruteland Jackson
•3:30 pm - Sam Lay Blues Band
•4:45 pm - Tribute to Pinetop Perkins featuring Willie “Big Eyes” Smith

Petrillo Music Shell
•6:00 pm - Dave Specter Band featuring special guest Jimmy Johnson
•7:15 pm - Carl Weathersby’s Blues Band
•8:30 pm - Billy Branch and The Sons of Blues with special guest Magic Slim

# The complete Chicago Blues Festival schedule for Sunday, June 12th is listed below.

Bud Light Crossroads Stage
•11:00 am - Jarekus Singleton
•12:45 pm - Rob Blaine’s Big Otis Blues
•2:30 pm - Bobby "Slim" James Band with Lee Shot Williams and JoAnne Graham
•4:15 pm - Theo Huff and Jeannie Holliday with Ronnie Hicks & Masheen Company Band

Mississippi Juke Joint Stage
•11:30 am - Q & A Panel with Bruce Iglauer and Richard Shurman celebrating 40th Anniversary of Alligator Records
•12:30 pm - Ben Wiley Payton
•2:00 pm - The Jimmy Burns Band
•3:30 pm - Nellie “Tiger” Travis
•5:00 pm - Festival Jam featuring Kenny Smith

Pepsi Front Porch Stage
•1:00 pm - Nick Moss & The Flip Tops with special guest Curtis Salgado
•2:15 pm - Memphis Gold
•3:30 pm - Mud Morganfield Band
•4:45 pm - John Primer

Petrillo Music Shell
•6:00 pm - Shemekia Copeland
•7:30 - Lonnie Brooks with guest, Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater, Michael “Iron Man” Burks and Rick Estrin: 40th Anniversary Celebration of Alligator Records