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Preview Tue Jan 07 2014
Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival Warms Up Your Chicago Winter
The Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival is back for its fifth year, with 17 shows over three weeks at four different venues across the city. The performances run from Jan. 10 to Feb. 1 at Concord Music Hall, City Winery, SPACE and Tonic Room. We've got a few favorite sets to let you know about, but see below for a full line-up to plan your CBB experience.
Bluegrass composer and mandolinist David Grisman returns for his third year at the wintertime roots festival for two sold-out performances with David Grisman JazzFolk Trio at City Winery. Blues vocalist Shemekia Copeland also performs twice, with The Lucky 3 Blues Band on Jan. 17 and Frank Bang and the Secret Stash the following night, at Evanston's SPACE.
Five-piece bluegrass band Greensky Bluegrass will play at the city's newest venue, Concord Music Hall, which quickly became the go-to place to host concerts in Logan Square after the Congress Theater was shut down. Rusted Root, the dynamic band that is best known for "Send Me on My Way," will also perform there for one of the final shows of the festival.
Chicago Bluegrass & Blues 2014 Lineup
1/10/14
Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater w/ Will Jacobs Band @ SPACE
Leagues & The Autumn Defense w/ The Giving Tree Band and Dick Prall @ Concord Music Hall
1/11/14
Acoustics Anonymous w/ Clusterpluck @ Tonic Room
1/13/14
Jonathan Batiste @ City Winery
1/14/14
Tiny Miles & The Big Kids @ Tonic Room
1/15/14
David Grisman JazzFolk Trio @ City Winery
Great Divide w/ Nick and the Ovorols @ Tonic Room
1/16/14
David Grisman JazzFolk Trio @ City Winery
Evergreen Grass Band @ Tonic Room
1/17/14
Shemekia Copeland @ SPACE
Justin Townes Earle & The Felice Brothers @ Concord Music Hall
1/18/14
Greensky Bluegrass w/ Escondido @ Concord Music Hall
Shemekia Copeland @ SPACE
American Babies @ Tonic Room
1/23/14
Huckleberry Green @ Tonic Room
1/25/14
Rusted Root w/ Donna the Buffalo @ Concord Music Hall
2/1/14
Swear and Shake @ SPACE
Get tickets and see any last-minute updates at the CBB Festival website.