Dates not confirmed yet. This edition is expected in June 2027, based on when it has run before. Check the organizer before making plans.

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Music

Chicago Blues Festival

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Date

Expected June 2027

Location

Millennium Park (Jay Pritzker Pavilion)
201 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60602

Where to stay

The headliners play the Pritzker Pavilion, a five-minute walk from the Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park, one of the Loop hotels.

Organized by

City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

About this happenin

Millennium Park gives itself over to the blues for one weekend each June at the Chicago Blues Festival. It is free, and the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events calls it the largest free blues festival in the world. The park days run Friday to Sunday, noon to 9 p.m. Headliners close each night at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, smaller stages on the North and South Promenades start at noon, and student bands play Wrigley Square. The latest edition opened with a Thursday night show at the Ramova Theatre on South Halsted. Record labels and blues foundations, Delmark Records and Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven among them, set up a Blues Village on the North Promenade. A barbecue pit sells brisket, pulled pork and ribs, cards only. ASL interpreters work every mainstage show.