Downtown Aurora’s Blues on the Fox will be back for its 22nd year with a lineup of both longtime favorites and fresh talent.
Performances will be Friday and Saturday at RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway in downtown Aurora, the idyllic venue. Jammin’ blues music, cold beer, delicious festival food and a good time will be overlooking the gorgeous Fox River.
Gates will open Friday at 6 p.m. for day one and will feature an all-ladies lineup, Kansas City blues rocker Samantha Fish at 7 p.m., followed by Elle King of “Ex’s and Oh’s” fame at 9 p.m..
Gates will open Saturday at 2 p.m. for day two. At 3 p.m., 14-year-old guitar phenom Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, who starred on Broadway in The School of Rock, will take the stage. CTA bus driver turned international blues star Toronzo Cannon will play at 5 p.m.. Blues on the Fox will rock into the night with slide guitar legend Sonny Landreth at 7 p.m., and climax at 9 p.m. with three-time Grammy Award winner Aaron Neville.
Tickets are $30. per day and all tickets are general admission. Children 12 and under are admitted free to Blues on the Fox, but must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older.
—Jay Kelly PR
