Live Performances

2018 Chicago Jazz Festival
Diane Reeves
During the 2018 Chicago jazz festival Chicago NEA Jazz Master Dianne Reeves performance was halted by a fast moving storm.

2018 Chicago Jazz Festival
Macio Parker
Know for his time as a member of the JB's. Macio Parker's saxaphone playing and vocals provided a funky sound to the festival.

2017 Chicago Jazz Festival
Dr. Liston Smith
During the 2017 Chicago jazz festival Chicago NEA Jazz Master Dr. Liston Smith performance with a cane like string instrument , mezmerzied the crowd.

2017 Chicago Blues Festival
Gary Clark Jr.
In 2014 Clark was awarded a Grammy for "the Best Tradional R&B performance . In 2020 he became a Grammy award winner again for "Best Rock Song" and "Best Rock performance".

2018 Chicago Jazz Festival
Charles McPhearson
Alto saxophonist Charles McPherson won once performed with Charles Mingus , preformed with 85 year old pianist Barry Harris during the 40th Annual 2018 Chicago Jazz Festival

2016 Chicago Jazz Festival
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Three-time Grammy Award winner as well as Tony Award-winning actress and NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater kept the crowd on its feet song after song.

2018 Chicago Jazz Festival
Ramsey Lewis
During the 2018 Chicago jazz festival Chicago native born, Ramsey Lewis announced that he would no longer be touring. On September 12, 2022 Ramsey Lewis passed away.

2017 Chicago Blues Festival
Rhianna Gidden
The versatile fiddle, banjo player, violinist and vocalist Rhianna Gidden quickly captured the crowds attention. She won a Grammy in 2011 for Best Traditional Folk album and a 2022 Grammy for Best folk album .

2019 Chicago Blues Festival
Ruthie Foster
Ruthie Foster is an American singer-songwriter of blues and folk music. She mixes a wide palette of American song forms, from gospel and blues to jazz, folk and soul.

Chicago Jazz Festival
Steven Bernstein
Trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader, Steven Bernstein. Steven has won Grammy Awards in 2009 and 2011 for BestAmerican Album. and in 2004 for Best Contemporary Jazz Album

2018 Jazz in the Alley
Maggie Brown
During the summer of 2018, Maggie Brown bellowed out the tunes. She was just one of the artist that performed at the Chicago, South Side "jazz in the Alley".
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2016 Women in the Blues, Petrillo Band Shell.
Shemika Copeland
In 2022 Copeland won the "2022 Blues Artist of the Year" at the annual Downbeat Critics Poll. In 2019 her album won both Album of the Year and Contemporary Album of the Year at the 40th Blues Music Awards in 2019.

Chicago Blues festival
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During the three days of the Chicago Blues festival, there are several other stages going on. There, you can find great performers backing up performers on smaller stages.

Rhymefest
Rhymefes
Each year Chicago Gospel festival kicks off the summers festival season. Rhymfest was just one of the featured artist performing in 2017

2017 Chicago Blues Festival
Theo Huff
Home town favorite, blues singer Theo Huff, always a crowd pleaser. During the 2017 Chicago Blues fest, Theo bumped and grind to the fans delight.

2005 Chicago Blues Festival
Lucky Peterson
My family can remember this artist when he was known as "Little Lucky Peterson". We were living in Buffalo , NY at the time. I still at the vinyl record that he recorded while then, playing the organ at age seven.