Which company sponsors Chicago Blues Festival 2009?”
The 26th annual Chicago Blues Festival in Grant Park is on five stages spread out around the Petrillo Bandshell on the corner of Jackson and Columbus. It’s the world’s largest free blues festival. Enjoy this Blues Festival picture album of the musicians who play the music that is ageless, timeless, that thumps and bumps with the sound of good times.
Gibson Guitar, the world’s premier musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology, announced its sponsorship of the 2009 Chicago Blues Festival. The Chicago Blues Festival is the largest free blues festival in the world and remains the largest of Chicago’s music festivals. During three days on six stages, more than 640,000 blues fans prove that Chicago is the “Blues Capital of the World.” Past performers include Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles, B.B. King, the late Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy and the late Koko Taylor. Gibson Guitar will be the exclusive guitar sponsor for the festival and the title sponsor of the Crossroads Stage. Gibson’s longstanding history and tradition in crafting the worlds finest musical instruments has been integral in the success of many a blues legend of the past and present. Gibson guitars have helped to inspire the tone of blues greats such as B.B. King, T-Bone Walker, Albert King, Carl Weathersby, Johnny Winter and Joe Bonamassa. Gibson is honored to ta
