• 2:30-3:45pm – 70th Anniversary of Delmark Records
  • Delmark All-Star Band including Dave Specter, Johnny Burgin, Larry Williams, Roosevelt Purifoy, Johnny Iguana, Steve Bell, and Big Ray
  • Featured performances by Bob Stroger, Sharon Lewis, Willie Buck, Dave Weld & Monica Myhre, Linsey Alexander & Nick Alexander, Shirley Johnson, and Willie Hayes

Chicago Blues Festival Schedule — Friday, June 9, 2023

Chicago Blues Festival  >  Chicago Blues Festival Schedule — June 9

Jay Pritzker Pavilion

• 2:15-2:30pm – National Anthem/Commissioner’s Welcome/Tom Marker
• 2:30-3:45pm – 70th Anniversary of Delmark Records
  • Delmark All-Star Band including Dave Specter, Johnny Burgin, Larry Williams, Roosevelt Purifoy, Johnny Iguana, Steve Bell, and Big Ray
  • Featured performances by Bob Stroger, Sharon Lewis, Willie Buck, Dave Weld & Monica Myhre, Linsey Alexander & Nick Alexander, Shirley Johnson, and Willie Hayes
• 4-5pm – Nora Jean Wallace
• 5:15-6:15pm – Jontavious Willis
• 6:30-7:30pm – Jimmy Burns Band
• 7:45-9pm – John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band

Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade)

• 12-1pm – Mzz Reese
• 1:15-2:15pm – Lightnin’ Malcolm
• 2:30-3:30pm – Eddie Cotton
• 3:45-5pm – Vasti Jackson

Rosa’s Lounge (North Promenade)

12-6pm

Emcee: Tony Mangiullo
Daily showcase of Chicago Blues legends and emerging artists that have called Rosa’s Lounge home over the last 39 years.

• 12:30-1:20pm – Stephen Hull
• 1:35-2:25pm – Big Mike and the R&B Kings featuring Sierra Green
• 2:40-3:30pm – Melody Angel
• 3:45-4:45pm – Eddie Taylor – 100th Birthday with the Taylor Family “the Taylor Family: Featuring Larry, Brenda, Edna, Demetria and Tim”
• 5-6pm – Rico McFarland

Film Screening: Chicago Cultural Center (Claudia Cassidy Theater)

1pm – Film screening of “Born in Chicago” followed by a Q&A
Full-length documentary on the Chicago Blues, co‐directed by Emmy award-winner John Anderson with Bob Sarles.