Date: June 5-8, 2008
Cost: Free
Organizer: City of Chicago
What to expect: The world's largest free admission Blues festival: six stages and more than 70 performers will ensure you don't sing the blues.
Why to go: The one, the only B.B. King will headline the final night of this year's fest. Lucille will be there too, of course.
Additional info: James Cotton and Johnny Winter will headline Thursday, June 5. Koko Taylor and Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater will headline on Friday, June 6, and Buckwheat Zydeco and Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials take the stage on Saturday, June 7. Stay tuned for additional information as it becomes available.
For complete coverage of the Chicago Blues Festival, please visit the new www.ChicagoBluesFestival.org or the Official City of Chicago website here.
Centerstage Reviewer: Ben Rubenstein