Chicago Blues Festival | Chicago, IL
Billed as the largest of the city’s summer festivals, the Chicago Blues Festival draws nearly 1 million people to Grant Park (near to the Lake Michigan waterfront) to enjoy four days and six stages of Hall of Fame performances Chicago blues, swing, boogie woogie and delta blues. Past performers include Ray Charles, Taj Mahal and [...]
Chicago Gospel Music Festival | Chicago, IL
Billed as the world’s largest free outdoor gospel festivals, the Chicago Gospel Music Festival (at Millennium Park) features three days of entertainment and more than 90 live performances on three stages from some of the top gospel acts in the world. See the festival’s offical website for schedule of events and other information.
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Jazz Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Jazz Institute of Chicago was founded in 1969 by a small band of jazz fans, writers, club owners and musicians who came together to preserve the historical roots of the Chicago’s jazz music when rock ‘n roll had become the reigning cultural and financial force in American music. The Institute sponsors the world renown [...]
Harold Washington Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Named after Chicago’s first Afro-American Mayor, Harold Washington Cultural Center is a 1000 seat performance theater located in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago. It was originally to be named the Lou Rawls Cultural Center, but Alderman Tillman changed the name without telling Rawls.
The Center is located on a historical corner in the historical Bronzeville [...]
