Best Buy Announces Showcase Lineup for Chicago Blues Festival; Best Buy Fun Zone Stage will Feature Top Local and National Blues Talent.

What: The 22nd Annual Chicago Blues Festival will take place in Grant
      Park from June 9 -12, 2005. This is the tenth year of Best Buy's
      partnership with the City of Chicago to provide entertainment
      for the event as the presenting sponsor.

      The four-day event offers the best in local, national and
      international Blues entertainment on six stages with more than
      70 performers, preceded by a month of activities celebrating
      blues music throughout Chicago. The Chicago Blues Festival
      attracts more than half a million people of all ages and is the
      largest, free-admission Blues festival in the world.

      Recordings from select Blues Festival artists will be available
      for sale at the Best Buy tent throughout the event.
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When/Where:
Best Buy Fun Zone Stage (on Columbus South of Jackson)
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Who:  Scheduled to perform:

Thursday, June 9

2 - 2:45 p.m.      Planetary Blues
3:30 - 4:15 p.m.   After Midnight Blues
4:45 - 5:30 p.m.   Madman Blues Band
6:15 - 7:15 p.m.   Steepwater Band

Friday, June 10

2 - 2:45 p.m.      Pat Smillie Band
3:15 - 4 p.m.      Scott Bradbury
4:30 - 5:15 p.m.   Latvian Blues Band
5:45 - 6:30 p.m.   Liz Mandville Greeson
7:00 - 8 p.m.      The Perpetrators

Saturday, June 11

1 - 1:45 p.m.      'Diamond' Jim Greene
2:30 - 3:15 p.m.   Michael Powers
3:45 - 4:45 p.m.   Howard & The Whiteboys
5:15 - 6:15 p.m.   Noah Wotherspoon Band
7 - 8 p.m.         To Be Announced

Sunday, June 12

1 - 1:45 p.m.      Steve Arvey & Kraig Kenning
2:30 - 3:15 p.m.   Big G & The Real Deal
3:45 - 4:30 p.m.   Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
5 - 5:45 p.m.      Matt Besey
6:15 - 7:15 p.m.   Molly Nova & The Hawk

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Media Access: TV crews and photographers welcome. Call contact for
more information.
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