Aurora’s Blues on the Fox Festival is June 14 and 15 at RiverEdge Park featuring Big Head Todd and The Monsters, Robert Randolph,Toronzo Cannon, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Guy King and Wayne Baker Brooks
AURORA–Chicago’s largest suburban summer blues fest, downtown Aurora’s annual Blues on the Fox Festival is back, Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15 at RiverEdge Park. The Fest promises a two-day outdoor live music jam featuring world renowned blues stars playing live on the banks of the beautiful Fox River.
Friday night starts at 7 p.m. with Chicago blues star and city bus driver Toronzo Cannon, celebrating the release of his new album, “Shut Up & Play!” Friday’s headliner is internationally acclaimed pedal steel guitar blues master Robert Randolph, “One of the Greatest Guitarists in Music History” (Rolling Stone Magazine), at 9 p.m. Tickets for Friday night are $15 early-bird pricing through May 31; $5 starting June 1 through showtime.
Saturday kicks off in big style with the legendary Wayne Baker Brooks, son of Chicago’s legendary Lonnie Brooks, at 3 p.m. Guy King follows at 5 p.m. with his one-of-a-kind blend of blues, jazz, soul, rock and R&B – which includes his full band. Then get set at 7 p.m. for Joanne Shaw Taylor, the UK’s premiere blues rock guitarist who is blowing audiences away on this side of the pond as well. Closing Aurora’s Blues on the Fox Festival at 9 p.m. is one of the most celebrated bands in music, the hard drivin’, dyed-in-the-wool blues-rock revivalists Big Head Todd and The Monsters. Tickets for Saturday’s shows are $20 early-bird pricing through May 31; $25 June 1 through showtime.
RiverEdge Park is located at 360 N. Broadway in downtown Aurora, right across the street from Metra’s Aurora Transportation Center. For tickets and information, visit RiverEdgeAurora.com, call (630) 896-6666, stop by RiverEdge’s satellite box office, Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and until show time on show days, or purchase day-of at RiverEdge Park.
Children 12 and under are admitted free. Children must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older and pick up a free ticket on-site, day-of-show, at any RiverEdge ticket booth. All tickets are general admission and bring your own bag chairs or blankets. There will be limited bench seating (on a first come, first served) near the stage. Fees not included.
Blues on the Fox is sponsored by Rush Copley Medical Center and the Quad County African American Chamber of Commerce.
