The Chicago Blues Festival Sunday June 07 concluded the weekend with Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band, Chris Cain, Sue Foley and an azaming star studded performance Women in Blues Tribute to Mama Yancey and Big Mama Thornton with Mary Lane, Deitra Farr, Katherine Davis, Nora Jean Wallace, Melody Angel, Lee Kanehira and Lynne Jordan & the Shivers. Other blues performances throughout the festival included Jaye Hammer, Mzz Reese & Reese’s Pieces, Fred T, Libby Rae Watson wit

The Chicago Blues Festival was celebrated in the city, Thursday thru Sunday, June 4 - 7 2026. The largest FREE blues festival in the world, features exceptional blues talent performing in Chicago’s Millennium Park and at the Ramova Theatre in Bridgeport. The 2026 Chicago Blues Festival Saturday June 6 celebrated 75 years of Billy Branch featuring Billy Branch and the Sons of the Blues with Kenny Neal and Ronnie Baker Brooks. Other great artists performing at the festival inc