Friday
CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL offers performances on five stages in Grant Park: the Front Porch Stage (Columbus and Jackson), the Crossroads Stage (Jackson and Lake Shore Drive), the Showcase Stage (Jackson and Columbus), the Juke Joint Stage (Columbus and Monroe), and the Petrillo Music Shell. For information call 312-744-3315.
Front Porch Stage
1:00 Otha Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band
1:15 Fernando Jones with Blues Kids of America & My Band
2:30 Katherine Davis & Erwin Helfer with the Chicago Boogie Ensemble
4:15 David "Honeyboy" Edwards
5:30 Howard Armstrong's String Band with Sid Selvidge & Jim Crosthwait
Crossroads Stage
2:00 Frank Frost, Sam Carr, Johnny B. Moore, Aron Burton's Blues Band with Liz Mandville-Greeson, Lovie Lee, Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones & Larry Burton
Showcase Stage
3:00 Charlie Musselwhite
Juke Joint stage
NOON David "Honeyboy" Edwards
1:00 Sid Selvidge
2:00 Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson
3:00 Syl Johnson
4:00 Jimmy Johnson
5:00 Aron & Larry Burton
Petrillo Music Shell
6:00 Syl Johnson
7:00 Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson & the Magic Rockers
8:10 Jimmy Johnson
Saturday
Front Porch Stage
NOON Otha Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band
12:15 Little Whitt & Big Bo
1:45 Homesick James & friends
3:15 Dan Penn (see Critic's Choice) & Spooner Oldham
4:30 Tommy McCracken & the Force of Habit Band
Crossroads Stage
1:00 Anthony Palmer
2:30 Zoom with Maurice John Vaughn
4:00 Robert Ealey & U.P. Wilson
Showcase Stage
2:00 Terry Callier
3:00 Bill Perry
5:00 A.C. Reed
JUKE JOINT STAGE
2:00 Little Whitt & Big Bo
3:00 Homesick James
4:00 Anthony Palmer
5:00 Little Whitt & Big Bo
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00 Mighty Joe Young with Cicero Blake
6:30 J. Blackfoot
7:50 Rufus Thomas Birthday Celebration with Dan Penn & Otis Clay
Sunday
Front Porch Stage
NOON Otha Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band
12:15 Henry Qualls & Hash Brown
1:15 Memphis Minnie Tribute featuring Del Rey, Rory Block & Debbie Davies
4:00 John Campbell
6:00 Fresh Air Recording Session with Terry Gross
Crossroads Stage
1:00 Debbie Davies
2:30 Joanna Connor
4:00 Deborah Coleman
Showcase Stage
1:00 Michael Charles
JUKE JOINT Stage
2:00 Diamond Jim Greene
3:30 Del Rey
4:30 Rory Block
5:30 Henry Qualls
Petrillo Music Shell
5:00 Siegel-Schwall Blues Band
6:20 Coco Montoya
7:40 Peggy Scott Adams
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): Syl Johnson photo by George Howard.
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