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The largest free blues festival in the world lived up to the hype with a glorious weekend of great blues music across 4 days in Chicago. (OK, there was one hour of rain on Sunday when we waited in the ...

If you know, you know! The Chicago Blues Fest is one of the greatest Blues Fest in the land. Headliners Mavis Staples, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, and Bobby Rush only begin to tap the music available ...

The annual Chicago Blues Festival's 40th year got underway on Friday, featuring a lineup packed with blues legends and up-and-coming musicians. The world’s largest free blues festival, a staple in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. On this week’s edition of the WGN Weekend ...

The City of Chicago and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) announced the full lineup and programming highlights for the 2024 edition of the beloved Chicago Blues Festival, ...

Pierre Lecocque (left) performs with Mississippi Heat at Navy Pier on Saturday; Kat Riggins headlines at Buddy Guy’s that night. Credit: Charles Osgood; courtesy the artist The Chicago Blues Festival ...

“My name is Ivan Singh - this is a dream come true,” said the Argentinian guitarist, kicking off Blues Fest last month in Chicago. Singh now calls Chicago home and stands as a perfect example of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — The Chicago Blues Festival returns ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – There's no way one can listen to the music of blues and not feel it. CBS 2 recently met a woman who tells the stories of blues greats past, present, future and female. It's her mission ...

A band plays at the Checkerboard Lounge. Published May 30, 1977. Photo by Jonas Dovydenas. Courtesy of the Chicago Ethnic Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. For decades ...