1989

June 9

A 4th Stage was added at the old Navy Pier.

Navy Pier
Maxwell Street Downtown

Crossroads Stage
Blues in the Schools
Art Hodes’ Chicago Jum Band

Front Porch
Buddy Guy and Jr. Wells

Petrillo Music Shell
Tribute to Theresa’s: Memories of the South Side
Joanna Conners
Chicago Legends: Jimmy Rogers, Pinetop Perkins and James Cotton
Buddy Guy

June 10

Navy Pier
Special Guitar Workshop Chicago Blues Festival Performers By Year

1989

Front Porch
Chicago Breakdown
John Jackson
Blues from the Delta
A first reading of Jackie Torrence, Tale of Robert Johnson

Crossroads Stage
Lee Shot Williams
43rd Street Blues jam featuring Lefty Dizz, Johnny dollar, and B.B. Odom

Petrillo Music Shell
Johnny B. Moore Revue
Taj Mahal
A.C. Reed
Lynn White
Solomon Burke

Goin to the Bayou

Navy Pier
African Village-Blues Roots featuring Foday Musa Susa
Poetry Festival

Front Porch
Bois Sec Ardoin
Dr. John

Crossroads Stage
Kanika Kress
Kinsey Report featuring Big Daddy
Saxophone Jam featuring Grady Gaines and Joe Gaines

Petrillo Music Shell
Rockin’ Dopsie
Tribute to Professor Longhair with Dr. John and Allen Toussaint
Snooks Eaglin
Irma Thomas
Allen Toussaint with Ernie’ Mother-in Law” K. Doe, Robert “Barefootin” Parker, and Clarence “Frogman” Henry