Windy City Blues Society

Willow Springs Blues Fest JULY 27th FREE

12:00 – 12:25 Joe Doyle Duet

12:30 – 1:10 The John Millard Band

1:25 – 2:45 Women in the Blues Featuring Sonia Astacio, Sheryl Youngblood, w/ Nick Manos

3:00 – 3:45 Robert Kimbrough Sr. Blues Connection

4:05 – 5:05 Demetria Taylor & Her Bad Boys

5:25 – 6:55 John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band

7:10 – 8:10 The Hungry Williams

8:30 – 10:00 Ghost Town Blues Band

Willow Springs Blues Fest Promo Video

This is what the fest was like in 2023  Look for more videos on YouTube  

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Fest Info

The Fest is FREE

You read that correct.  The festival is free thanks to our sponsors, membership, merch sales and  The BEVERAGE sales. WE will pass a tip jar to help cover expenses, please make a donation.

Where do we Park

Look at the Map above.  There is plenty of parking. Park on the other side of Village Hall and more parking on the other side of the bridge.  PLUS there will be people directing you to parking.

Can I bring a Cooler? My Pet ? A Lawn Chair?

Leave your Pet at home, but bring your chair. You can bring a cooler but no outside ALCOHOL is allowed.  The BEVERAGE Sales pay for the festival.  We will confiscate your outside alcohol

0:06 / 1:03:55 Demetria Taylor & Her Bad Boys

7:32 / 8:26 Demetria Taylor @ Fitzgeralds 9/5/2023

  Blues singer Demetira Taylor and the band put on a whale of a concert at Fitzgerald’s  for radio station WDCB’s Bluesday Tuesday 9/5/23. Follow her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DemetriaTayl…  Demetria M. Taylor (born February 28, 1973) is an American Chicago blues singer and songwriter. Her father was Eddie Taylor a legendary Chicago blues musician who helped shape the Chicago sound.   As the seventh child out of eight in a musical family. Demetria began playing drums at the age of 14.  Demetria was the new recipient of the Koko Taylor ‘Queen of the Blues’ Award in 2022, given by the Jus’ Blues Foundation.
 

Live at Buddy Guy’s Legends Demetria Taylor

 38th Annual Blues Festival Kick-off Afterparty at Buddy Guy’s Legends June 9, 2022 

Demetria Taylor Band @ Windy City Blues Fest 9/23/18

 Demetria Taylor Band  at the Windy City Blues Fest 2018, Cermak Woods,  7701 W. Ogden Ave., Lyons, Illinois. Sponsored by the Windy City Blues Society, the Village of Lyons and the Cook County Forest Preserve District. 

Women in the Blues featuring Sheryl Youngblood,

Sheryl Youngblood – Chicago Blues Festival – Main Stage June 11, 2023

  Here is SHERYL YOUNGBLOOD performing at the Chicago Blues Festival .  Sheryl has some great vocals, stage presence and she really knows how to entertain her audience.  This is a real treat to have her in Willow Springs.