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- Chicago harpist Omar Coleman plays Rosa’s Lounge on Sunday.
The city’s blues clubs will be going strong throughout the festival, and at least a few venues that don’t typically focus on the blues will get in on the action. On Saturday, Reggie’s Music Joint hosts Muddy Waters’s son Mud Morganfield, a participant in Sunday’s Muddy tribute at Petrillo; on Sunday evening, Chicago elder statesman Jimmy Johnson will hold forth there. Also on Saturday, Jarekus Singleton headlines at SPACE in Evanston.
Jo Jo Murray 9:30 PM, Hot City Lounge, 7432 S. Racine, 773-224-9583, free
Elmore James Jr. 9:30 PM, the Water Hole, 1400 S. Western, 312-243-7988, free
Toronzo Cannon & the Cannonball Express See Saturday. 9:30 PM, B.L.U.E.S., 2519 N. Halsted, 773-528-1012
Sugar Blue Band 10 PM, Rosa’s Lounge, 3420 W. Armitage, 773-342-0452, $15-$20
Jimmy Johnson, Billy Flynn, Bob Stroger, Marty Binder, Dave Katzman, Brother John Kattke 10 PM, Reggie’s Music Joint, 2105 S. State, 312-949-0120, $15, $10 in advance