If you're in Chicago for the Chicago Blues Festival, here are some other things going on there this weekend. (photos from past Chicago fests)

Thursday: Buddy Guy's Legends, 754 S Wabash, Chicago, 6 p.m. WXRT Radio's 12th Annual Blues Breakers Blues Fest Live Broadcast featuring Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland and Larry McCray, free, first come.

Thursday: Legends of Chicago Blues Guitar - Jody Williams, James Wheeler, Billy Flynn with an acoustic set from Lurrie Bell. 8:00 p.m. pm, S.P.A.C.E., 1245 Chicago Ave. in Evanston, http://www.evanstonspace.com

Thursday: Smilin' Bobby at Phyllis' Musical Inn, 1800 W. Division, Chicago

Thursday: Shirley Johnson, Blue Chicago, 536 N. Clark - http://www.bluechicago.com

Friday: Second Annual Blues on The North Shore with David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, Dennis Binder, John Primer, Big Jack Johnson at S.P.A.C.E. in Evanston, 8:00 p.m.

Friday: Buddy Guy's Legends, 754 S Wabash, Chicago 12:00 p.m. - Lurrie Bell

3:00 p.m. - Big James & the Chicago Playboys

5:00 p.m. - Carlos Johnson

8:00 p.m. - Ana Popovic

11:00 p.m. - Carl Weathersby

Friday: Magic Slim & the Tear Drops, Kingston Mines - http://www.kingstonmines.com, 2548 N. Halsted, Chicago

Friday: Lurrie Bell, Rosa's Blues Lounge, 3420 W. Armitage, Chicago - http://www.rosaslounge.com

Friday: Jeremy Spencer, Dave Herrero, Ron Prince, Nick Moss - Reggie's Music Joint - http://www.reggieslive.com/musicjoint

Friday: Vocalist Katherine Davis, piano master Erwin Helfer, and saxmen John Brumbach and Skinny Williams. Katerina's, 1920 W. Irving Park

Friday and Saturday: Jimmy Johnson at B.L.U.E.S on Halsted (with Rico McFarland and Big Ray)

Saturday: Buddy Guy's Legends, 754 S Wabash, Chicago 11:00 a.m. - Blues Brunch with Jimmy Burns - $15 per person.

2:00 p.m. - Nick Moss

5:00 p.m. - Jimmy Johnson

8:00 p.m. - John Primer

11:00 p.m. - Magic Slim

A separate $15 cover charge will be collected at 7:00 p.m.

Saturday: Billy Flynn at the Smoke Daddy BBQ , 1804 W. Division, Chicago - The man who brought you the sounds of Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry in the movie Cadillac Records

Saturday: Mississippi Heat, House of Blues, 10:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., 239 N. Dearborn, Chicago - 2519 N. Halsted

Saturday: Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials, Rosa's Blues Lounge, 3420 W. Armitage, Chicago - http://www.rosaslounge.com

Saturday: Dave Specter & Sharon Lewis, Nick's, 1516 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, 10:00 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

Saturday: Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith with J.C. Smith, Harlem Avenue Lounge, 3701 S. Harlem, Berwyn, IL

Saturday: Tail Dragger with special guests, Rooster's Palace, 4501 W. Madison, Chicago, 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.

Sunday: Shirley Johnson, Blue Chicago, 536 N. Clark - http://www.bluechicago.com

Sunday: Buddy Guy's Legends, 754 S Wabash, Chicago 11:00 a.m. Blues Brunch with Guy King - $15 per person.

3:30 p.m. - Jimmy Burns

7:00 p.m. - Joanna Connor

10:30 p.m. - Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials

Sunday: Nick Moss at the Smoke Daddy BBQ, 1804 W. Division, Chicago

Sunday: Stan Mosley at Rosa's Lounge, 3420 W. Armitage, Chicago