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Formally known as the Chicago Blues Festival, Blues Fest began in 1984 with 165,000 people attending the three-day event held on one stage in Grant Park. It commemorated blues legend Muddy Waters, who had died the previous year. Promoted as the largest outdoor, free-admission blues festival in the world, it is sponsored by the City of Chicago and private donors. The event, which now is held on multiple stages, has grown to attract hundreds of thousands. Headliners have included Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Willie Dixon.
Formally known as the Chicago Blues Festival, Blues Fest began in 1984 with 165,000 people attending the three-day event held on one stage in Grant Park. It commemorated blues legend Muddy Waters, who had died the previous year. Promoted as the largest outdoor, free-admission blues festival in the world, it is sponsored by the City of Chicago and private donors. The event, which now is held on multiple stages, has grown to attract hundreds of thousands. Headliners have included Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Willie Dixon.
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Blues revolt over CD fees
An online brouhaha has erupted over the commissions that blues musicians must pay to sell their CDs at a particular booth at the Chicago Blues Festival, running Friday through June 10 in Grant Park. The website Blues411.com on Thursday published a copy...
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Chicago Blues Fest kicks off at Buddy Guy's
If you are not worried about blues overload before the Chicago Blues Festival next weekend, you'll want to check out the various pre-fest events and activities. The Blues Fest Kickoff Jam at Buddy Guy's is one of them, with performances by Nellie "Tiger"...Tags: Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland, Festive Events, Entertainment Events
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June 9: Chicago Scene - Blues Fest
WGN NewsFernando Jones Appearing: Chicago Blues Festival June 11 1:00 p.m. Pepsi Front Porch Stage (Southwest Corner) Jackson Blvd. & Columbus Dr. www.chicagobluesfestival.us (312) 744-3316Tags: WGN
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Fest Fridays: Lakeview's Mayfest
RedEyeIt seems the idea of a festival in May is just too much to contain to one weekend. Not to be confused with Lincoln Square’s Maifest (scheduled for May 31), this Mayfest aims to get Chicago festival season kicked off with all the classics: Street...Tags: Millennium Park, Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival, Lincoln Square (Chicago, Illinois), Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Festive Events
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Chicago summer festival guide
Summer is almost here, and that can only mean one thing to Chicagoans: Street fest season is so close we can taste the sangria. Check the RedEye 2012 Chicago Festival Roundup for all your fest needs: MAY jump to: JUNE | JULY | AUGUST | SEPTEMBER...
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Alligator's Bruce Iglauer among Chicagoans of the Year
Each year the Tribune recognizes a handful of Chicagoans as its artists of the year. This year, Alligator Records founder Bruce Iglauer is among them. Here's why:
The Chicago Blues Festival reserved its final night last June for a birthday party:...Tags: Johnny Winter, Corey Harris, Mavis Staples, American Civil Liberties Union, Luther Allison
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Is this the twilight of blues music?
They buried Hubert Sumlin two weeks ago at Washington Memory Gardens Cemetery in Homewood, laying to rest the man whose ferocious guitar riffs galvanized Howlin' Wolf's classic recordings of the 1950s and '60s.
Just before Sumlin's casket was lowered...Tags: Concerts, Keith Richards, Art Institute of Chicago, Bee Gees (music group), Mick Jagger
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Grammy winner Mavis Staples to headline Blues Fest
Arts criticMavis Staples will be featured at the 29th Annual Chicago Blues Festival, running June 8 through 10 in Grant Park. The festival will run 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on several stages each day. Staples will close the fest at the Petrillo Music Shell, Columbus...Tags: Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor, Festive Events, Festive Events, Entertainment Events
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21st century blues -- can an ancestral art form survive?
You can't find the blues on radio very easily these days, unless you hunt low down on the dial in the small hours of the morning.
Same with TV -- a vast wasteland, as far as real blues is concerned.
Record stores -- remember those? -- no longer can...Tags: Radio, Beyonce, Music Industry, Michael Jackson, Europe
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