Sunday Night Headliner Mavis Staples

The 2012 Chicago Blues Festival is on! Taking place on June 8, 9, & 10 in Grant Park, the Blues Fest is still three, free days at and around the Petrillo Music Shell. There will be five stages beginning as early as 11:15 AM and wrapping up around 9:30 PM.

Watch this space for an announcement coming soon about the annual Blues Breakers Blues Fest Broadcast from Buddy Guy’s Legends the day before the fest begins. Beginning at 6 PM on Thursday, June 7, we’ll be broadcasting live from Legends with some of the best in blues in a no-cover-charge show at Chicago’s premier live blues venue.

Billy Branch headlines the Crossroads Stage on Saturday the 9th.

Friday June 8

Bud Light Crossroads Stage

• 11:15 am – 12:15 pm – The Jimmy Reed Family

• 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm – Quintus McCormick

• 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm – Zora Young

• 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm – Joe Louis Walker

Mississippi Juke Joint Stage

• 11:30 am – 12:30 pm – Panel Discussion (Lightnin’ Hopkins) with Roger Wood, Chris Strachwitz & Alan Govenar

• 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm – Ol’ Skool Revue from the Delta Music Institute of Delta State University

• 1:45 pm – 2:45 pm – Eddie C. Campbell

• 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Vasti Jackson

• 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm – Johnny Rawls

• 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Jam Session with Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith

Pepsi Front Porch Stage

• 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – Blues In The Schools with Stone Academy, Eric Noden, Katherine Davis & Erwin Helfer

• 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Fernando Jones and My Band!

• 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Matthew Skoller Band

• 4:30pm – 5:30 pm - Big James & The Chicago Playboys

Windy City Blues Society Stage

• 11:00 am – 11:45 am – Chicago Kingsnakes

• Noon – 12:45 pm – Steepwater Band

• 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – “Chicago Delta”: Mississippi Gabe Carter & Black Oil Brothers

• 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm – Jimmy Dawkins

• 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Cash Box Kings

• 5:15 pm – 6:00 pm – Earwig Music Review: Rob Stone, Chris James & Patrick Rynn
• 6:15 pm – 7:00 pm – Acoustic Blues Session

Petrillo Music Shell

(A Centennial Celebration of Lightnin’ Hopkins)

• 5:50 pm – 6:35 pm – Rev. K M Williams

• 7:00 pm – 8:05 pm – Milton Hopkins and Jewel Brown

• 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Texas Johnny Brown

Saturday June 9

Bud Light Crossroads Stage

• 11:15 am – 12:15 pm – Tommy McCracken

• 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm – Diunna and Blue Mercy

• 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm – Bob Jones with Ronnie Hicks & The Masheen Company Band featuring Mike Wheeler

• 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm – Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues

Mississippi Juke Joint Stage

• 11:30 am – 12:30 pm – Panel Discussion of Malaco Records (Tommy Couch, Jr., Wolf Stephenson, Brett Bonner & Alex Thomas)

• 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Terry “Big T” Williams

• 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm – Mark “Muleman” Massey

• 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Homemade Jamz Blues Band featuring Ryan, Kyle & Taya Perry

• 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Jam Session with Ronnie Hicks & The Masheen Company Band

Pepsi Front Porch Stage

• 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – Columbia College Blues All Stars

• 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Rev. K M Williams

• 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Sam Lay Blues Band

• 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm – Tribute to Hubert Sumlin featuring Steady Rollin Bob Margolin, Eddie Shaw, Dave Specter, Bob Corritore, Johnny Iguana, Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith & Bob Stroger

Windy City Blues Society Stage

• 11:00 am – 11:45 am – Fernando Jones presents “Blues Kids of America”

• Noon – 12:50 pm – Big DooWopper

• 1:10 pm – 2:10 pm – Sam Lay joins Bob Riedy and Bob Corritore

• 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm – Omar Coleman & Friends: Kenny Smith, Bob Stroger & Billy Flynn

• 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm – Harmonica Blowout: Harry Garner Band w/ many harp guests

• 5:30 pm – 6:10 pm – Nigel Mack Band

• 6:25 – 7:00 pm – Geneva Red’s Original Delta Fireballs

Petrillo Music Shell

• 5:40 pm – 6:10 pm – Paul Kaye (Tribute to David Honeyboy Edwards)

• 6:35 pm – 8:00 pm – Celebrating Muddy Waters Disciples – Pinetop Perkins, Willie Big Eyes Smith & Mojo Buford featuring Steady Rollin Bob Margolin, Mud Morganfield, Kenny “Beedy Eye’s” Smith, Barrelhouse Chuck, Lil Frank , Bob Stroger & Joe Filisko

• 8:25 pm – 9:30 pm – Floyd Taylor

Sunday, June 10

Bud Light Crossroads Stage

• 11:15 am – 12:15 pm – Demetria Taylor

• 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm – Mary Lane and the No Static Blues Band

• 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm – Charles Wilson

• 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm – Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials

Mississippi Juke Joint Stage

• 11:30 am – 12:15 pm – Howlin’ Wolf B-Day/Panel Discussion with Barbra Marks, Sterling Plumpp & Dick Shurman

• 12:30 pm – 1:25 pm – The Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band

• 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Eden Brent

• 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Pat Brown

• 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm – Patrice Moncel

• 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Mississippi Jam Session with Dexter Allen

Pepsi Front Porch Stage

• 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – Homemade Jamz Blues Band featuring Ryan, Kyle & Taya Perry

• 1:30pm – 2:30 pm – Lurrie Bell

• 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Omar Coleman and Friends

• 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm – Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang

Windy City Blues Society Stage

• 11:00 am – 11:45 am – Moonlighters

• Noon – 3:50 pm – Five bands compete in Round 1 of the “Chicago Blues Challenge”
• 4:10 pm – 5:00 pm – Pistol Pete Band
• 5:15 pm – 6:00 pm – Kilborn Alley Blues Band with special guest Deak Harp
• 6:15 pm – 7:00 pm – Liz Mandeville & Donna Herula Duo

Petrillo Music Shell

• 6:00 pm – 7:20 pm – Celebrating Women in Blues – Tribute to KoKo Taylor, featuring Melvia “Chick” Rodgers, Jackie Scott, Deitra Farr, Nora Jean Brusco and The KoKo Taylor Blues Machine Band

• 7:45 pm – 9:00 pm – Mavis Staples

(Schedule subject to change.)

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