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- Ribfest Chicago 2013
Ribfest Chicago features 20 bands, including Bobby Bare Jr. and Mucca Pazza—plus 25 tons of pork.
by Luca Cimarusti
Ribfest returns to Lincoln Square for its 15th year this weekend, bringing a rib-eating contest with some of the nation’s highest-ranked competitive eaters, barbecue from 13 vendors (“best ribs” judges include Reader Key Ingredient columnist Julia Thiel), and two stages of live music. Between them the Bud Light Stage at Lincoln and Irving Park and the Reader Stage (sponsored by your pals here at the Reader) at Lincoln and Berteau host bands from 5 till 10 PM on Fri 6/7 and from noon till 10 PM on Sat 6/8 and Sun 6/9.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] - In Rotation: MCA curator Dieter Roelstraete on Constellation
Current musical obsessions of MCA curator Dieter Roelstraete, painter Lisa Alvarado, and more
by Peter Margasak
Peter Margasak Reader music writer… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] - The Reader’s guide to the 30th annual Chicago Blues Festival
The Chicago Blues Festival features Bobby Rush, Irma Thomas, and more—plus its first-ever Millennium Park concert.
by David Whiteis, Bill Dahl, Peter Margasak and Leor Galil
The theme of this year’s Chicago Blues Festival is “Rollin’ Up the River: Celebrating the Blues With a Musical Journey Up the Mississippi.” The Mississippi River doesn’t come anywhere near Chicago, of course, but in its initial diaspora the blues spread from south to north, as though moving upstream—following a pattern similar to that of the Great Migration of African-Americans in the early and mid-20th century.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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