lues brunch: featuring dave weld & the imperial flames + dave herrero Sun Jun 07 2026 DAVE WELD & THE IMPERIAL FLAMES Dave Weld and the Imperial Flames, an authentic blues band with versatile talent, variety, and a cohesive show that includes original driving blues. The originals are classic in nature, the standards are revitalized with…
SHIRLEY JOHNSON & BTS EXPRESS Nicknamed the “Sweetheart of the Blues” by the staff at BLUE CHICAGO, Shirley has been gracing the stage here since the 1990s with her spectacular performances. Like so many African-American vocalists, Shirley Johnson started out singing in church and then went on to embrace secular music. The Chicago resident, whose influences range…
Johnny Burgin with Noah Wotherspoon – FREE! Start Johnny Burgin grew up in Starkville, Mississippi and went to University of Chicago at 18, but ended up attending blues university in Chicagos blues clubs for the following two decades. Since the early 90s Johnny has toured and recorded with blues legends such as Pinetop Perkins, Sam…
Fri Jun 05 2026 12th Annual Bluesfest AfterParty with Chicago Blues SuperSession. CHICAGO BLUES SUPERSESSION Every performance showcases Chicago’s finest and seasoned Blues Singers and Musicians. Each one is an established Chicago Blues Artist, and could easily carry a whole show on their own. However, by having them all together on the same stage it becomes…
COREY DENNISON Ages 21 and up Friday, June 05 Show: 9 pm $27.30 Buddy Guy’s Legends Online ticket cut off time is 4:00PM day of show. Tickets are available at the door after 5:00PM Acoustic: Billy Flynn — 5:30- 7:30PM Opener: Nicholas Alexander – 8:00PM – 9:00PM Headliner: COREY DENNISON – 9:30PM to Close 21+ After 8:00PM SEATING…
MIKE WHEELER BLUES BAND New Delmark LP compilation – CHICAGO BLUES!!!!! The Mike Wheeler Band Side ATurn Up!! (Wheeler/Williams/Cole/Vollriede, MLCB Music, ASCAP)** Here I Am (Wheeler/Williams/Cole/Vollriede, MLCB Music, ASCAP)* Yeah! (Wheeler/Williams/Cole/Vollriede, MLCB Music, ASCAP)** Chicago Blues (Wheeler/Williams/Cole/Vollriede, MLCB Music, ASCAP)* Side BBrand New Cadillac (Wheeler/Williams/Cole/Vollriede, MLCB Music, ASCAP)** A Blind Man Can See (Wheeler/Williams/Cole/Vollriede, MLCB…
Sunday, June 7 – Maxwell Street Blues Series The blues continues with a neighborhood celebration at the legendary market on Maxwell Street, between South Halsted Street and South Union Avenue, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Schedule Studebaker John Grimaldi was born in an Italian-American section of Chicago and started playing harmonica at age 7. Under…
Special guests including Harrell Davenport- Young Rell! 91-year young legend Bob Stroger with 19-year-old rising star Harrell Davenport on the same stage!!!
Dave Specter 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Dave Specter – Live at Space Volume Two available! Dave Specter – Live at Space Volume Two COMING SPRING 2026 quantity Dave Specter and Delmark Records have been together for over three decades. Dave’s acclaimed double album “Six String Soul” celebrated this amazing journey. “Dave Specter Live at…
BOB STROGER, JIMMY BURNS & SOUL MESSAGE BAND, MISSISSIPPI HEAT, ROOSEVELT PURIFOY, ANTHONY GERACI (upcoming Delmark debut album!) Please click on this image below on the Living Blues Website Here!
