Chicago Blues Tour Winter Pub Crawl with Live Music Schedule
Chicago is known as much for it’s Blues and Jazz music as it is for it’s pubs and bars. Lucky for us, these two worlds get to celebrate winter together with the Chicago Blues Tour. This Blues Festival is different than most because rather than setting up in one location, the Blues Tour takes visitors from one venue to another so they can see these Blues singers and performers in their home element and the tour-goers get to experience more genuine Chicago Blues clubs. And you stay a lot warmer inside these clubs or on the bus than you would in Grant Park in January.
I would see the Chicago Blues Tour roll in every winter at Green Dolphin Streetand wonder why the house was packed. It is often the case with many Chicagoisms, Blues is more popular with the people outside Chicago than with most of the people who live here so a packed Wednesday night at Green Dolphin Street was a rarity. Still, it was great to see Blues Music celebrated and a room full of happy people.
This year the Chicago Blues Tour will hit these locations for the shows listed below.
Blues Tour Performers: Cyrus Hayes, Guy King, Johnny Drummer, Larry Taylor
Blues Tour Venues:
Alcock’s Inn: 411 S. Wells Street in Chicago, IL 60607 Phone: 312-922-1778
Saturday January 17th The Chicago Blues Tour – 12 Bands, 9 Clubs
2 Live Bands at Alcocks – continuous music with two bands from 9PM to 2AM
Super Percy & His Soul Clique with special guest The Arkansas Bellyroller
Nathan Graham Blues Trio
LEE’S UNLEADED BLUES 7401 S South Chicago Avenue Phone – 773-493-3477
Johnny Drummer & The Starliters with special guests 7:00 pm
Linda’s Place 1044 West 51st Street Phone: 773-373-2351
Fantastic L-Roy & the Bulletproof Band @ 7:00 pm with special guest: Mz. Peaches
Root Inn 230 West Root Street Phone: 773-268-1525
Tre & the Blue Knights with Lady Kat 8:30 pm
Checkerboard Lounge 5201 South Harper Avenue Phone:773-684-1472
Vance Kelly & the Backstreet Blues Band 9:00 pm
Taste Entertainment Center 6331 South Lowe Street Phone: 773-873-6701
[2 bands - continuous music, alternating bands] 8:30 pm
Taildragger’s Chicago Blues Band
Larry Taylor Blues & Soul Band featuring:Vernon Harrington
For the Good Times Lounge5545 South Damen Phone: 773-865-9938
Killer Ray Allison & the Killer Band 7:30 pm
Rosa’s Lounge 3420 W. ARMITAGE Avenue Phone: 773-342-0452
[2 bands - continuous music, alternating bands] 8:00 pm
Sharon Lewis & Texas Fire
Guy King Band
Wallace’s Catfish Corner 2800 West Madison Avenue Phone: 773-638-3474
Cyrus Hayes & Lady Lee Blues Revue 8:00 pm
You can buy tickets online at ChicagoBluesTour.com.
Tickets include all Bar Admissions and Bus Transportation