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ChicagoFest was a Chicago music festival established in 1978 by Mayor Michael Bilandic.It was a two-week event held annually at Navy Pier that featured sixteen separate stages, each sponsored by a national retail brand and a media sponsor compatible to the stage's format, e.g. Rock WLUP, Chicago Tribune Jazz, Miller Brewing Company Blues and WXRT, that broadcast live from the festival.
After success of the 1925 Chicago Roundup, Soldier Field hosted another Chicago Roundup in 1926. The 1926 Chicago Roundup was also a great success, even managing to draw 35,000 spectators on a rainy day. [1] June: Soldier Field hosted the 1926 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships. This was the second consecutive edition held at Soldier Field.
The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival. Every year it features roughly 3,000 artists from 30-odd countries, more than 650 concerts (including 450 free outdoor performances), and welcomes over 2 million visitors (12.5% of whom are tourists) as well as 300 accredited journalists.
Date Nationality Artists Tours Supporting Acts Attendance Box Office January 7 United States Grateful Dead: Shakedown Street Tour January 8 February 28 United States Parliament-Funkadelic: March 15 Mexico United States Santana: Santana North American Tour 1979: Eddie Money. Al Di Meola. 19,600 / 19,600 $171,000 May 7 United Kingdom The New ...
The Chicago Jazz Festival is an admission-free, four-day annual jazz festival in Chicago's Millennium Park.It is run by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and programmed with the assistance of Jazz Institute of Chicago during Labor Day weekend, integrating international and local artists playing many forms of jazz music.
Blues Festival September 2, 1993 [2] August 31, 1994 [3] Bob Dylan: Shot of Love Tour: June 10, 1981 True Confessions Tour: June 29, 1986 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1988 Never Ending Tour: July 14, 1988 The Alarm: 1989 Never Ending Tour: July 2, 1989 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Against the Wind Tour August 18, 1980 August 19, 1980 The ...
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In addition to normal concerts, the band has performed in both supporting and headlining roles at festivals such as the Reading Festival in 1983 and Montreux Jazz Festival in 1985, as well as many other one-off performances including Carnegie Hall. Critical and commercial response to Double Trouble live performances has generally been positive.