Performers:
B.B. King, Etta James, Otis Clay & Chicago Fire, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Rory Block, Snooky Pryor & John Nicholas, William Clarke Band, John Hammond, Carey Bell & Tough Luck, Joanna Connor Band, Paramount Singers, Queen Ida & Her Zydeco Band, Guitar Slim & the Fillmore Rockers, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Imam Omar Shariff.
Special Guest Appearance by Bobby McFerrin, Robert Cray, Boz Scaggs and Michael Narada Walton.

Downtown kickoff concert:
Johnny Adams, Claudette King, Luther Tucker, Nick Gravenites, Gary Smith Blues Band.