Summer festivals are happening across Chicago this weekend focusing on art, music and food.

Forty years ago last weekend, crowds turned out for the Chicago Blues Festival — an event studded with a roster of stars for a spectacle that's still talked about today.

This Channel 2 News clip includes reports by Bob Wallace and Phil Walters about the opening night of the third annual Chicago ...

Since June of 1984, just a little over a year removed from the death of legendary Chicago bluesman Muddy Waters, Chicago Blues Fest has operated annually in the Windy City as the country’s largest ...

The City of Chicago and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) announced the full lineup and programming highlights for the 2024 edition of the beloved Chicago Blues Festival, ...

Melody Angel and Billy Branch (top left, top center) perform at Bronzeville Blues on Sunday; Mzz Reese and Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials (top right, bottom) play as part of Soul City Blues at Taste of ...

John Dodge is CBS Chicago's Director of Digital Content. John is a veteran Chicago journalist with experience in print, television and online platforms and has been with the CBS Chicago team since ...

If you happened to be at the corner of Wabash and Balbo at 11 p.m. in early February, you would have seen a small crowd gathered around an 87-year-old man with a beaming smile. Nattily attired in a ...

Buddy Guy is one of the most talented living blues players, and his influence on the genre (especially the Chicago blues) has left a mark that is still felt today. It’s not surprising all that newer, ...

James “Tail Dragger” Jones performed regularly at Chicago blues clubs for several decades, sporting a cowboy hat, sometimes chomping on a thick cigar, and singing in a voice the Tribune in 2006 ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...