Chicago Pop Festival
Our Cause

The Festival

As a living tribute to the musicians who put Chicago on the map and featuring many of the biggest names in show business, The Chicago Pop Festival will truly bring Dean’s book to life in spring 2010. More than 50 acts of the 1960s and 1970s will be featured in a full day of music on multiple stages. Musicians, radio personalities, celebrities, artists, artifacts and stories all served to make The Chicago Music Scene: 1960s and 1970s a landmark period it was and contributed significantly to Chicago and American culture.

These performers have generously agreed to donate their performances to The Chicago Pop Festival. Stay tuned for updates, links, trivia and recollections from our artists.

The Artists

List of Chicago Pop Festival performers!

ROCK/POP

Blanche & the Blanks
The Cascades
The Cryan Shames*
The Dirty Wurds
For Days & A Night (original band)
Grope
Jamestown Massacre
The Ides of March*
The Mauds
Mesa
Mountain Bus
The New Colony Six
Pentwater*
The Revelles
Ronnie Rice
Jimy Rogers & the Mauds
Rokko & the Hat
Saturday's Children
The Shadows of Knight
The Tony Smith Band
Dennis Tufano* (The Buckinghams)
Wilderness Road

FOLK/ACOUSTIC

Tricia Alexander
Muriel Anderson
John Benischek
Michael Brook
Andrew Calhoun
Fred Campeau
The Casualaires
Ron Crick
Al Day
Mike Dunbar
Chris Farrell
Sally Fingerett
Ed Holstein
Jeff Jones
The Laketown Buskers
Amy Lowe
Jacquie Manning
James McCandless
Michael Miles
Larry Rand*
Byron Roche
Mick Scott

COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS

The Bluegrass Advocates
Heartsfield
Jump 'n the Saddle
Special Consensus (original band)
Greg Trafidlo
Unity Bluegrass
Pony Express*

JAZZ/BLUES

Bob Centano & Friends
Ghalib Ghallab
Josie Falbo
Jeannie Lambert
Audrey Morris
Eddie Piccard & Chicago All Stars
Judy Roberts*
The Roseland Band
Kestutis Stanciauskas- Streetdancer

* unconfirmed

List subject to change

Artist CDs will be available at the festival