Images of the 2017 Chicago Blues Festival by Kurt Swanson and Soulful Impressionsema
Email: kurtswanson@juno.com
THE CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL IS THE LARGEST FREE BLUES FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD AND REMAINS THE LARGEST OF CHICAGO'S MUSIC FESTIVALS. DURING THREE DAYS ON FIVE STAGES, MORE THAN 500,000 BLUES FANS PROVE THAT CHICAGO IS THE "BLUES CAPITAL OF THE WORLD." PAST PERFORMERS INCLUDE BONNIE RAITT, RAY CHARLES, B.B. KING, THE LATE BO DIDDLEY, BUDDY GUY AND THE LATE KOKO TAYLOR, AND KNOLLWOOD SLIM