ChicagoFest Lineup 1981
8/1/1981
• Chicago
• Lee Ritenour
• Off Broadway
• Ruffian
• Dirt's Raiders
• Free Wheelin'
• Asleep At The Wheel
• Hotspurs
• The Tennessee Railsplitters
• Sugarfoot
• Lionel Hampton
• Streetdancer
• John Campbell
• Redd Holt Unlimited
• The Neville Brothers
• Short Stuff
• Little Milton
• Madcat
• The Buckinghams
• Synod
• Johnny Star and The Meteors
• The Tom Keith Group
• Woody Herman
• Air Flow Deluxe
• Big Band Machine
• Front Row Center
• Dash of Class
• Tim Settimi
• Jano Brindisi
• Lucky Number
8/3/1981
• Aretha Franklin
• The Four Tops
• Wishbone Ash
• The Roadside Band
• Scraps
• Champion
• The Spitballs
• The Pawns
• Doc Watson
• Kenn Carlysle and The Cadillac Cowboys
• Dave Gibson and Hackenbush
• Risky River
• Flora Purim
• Airto
• The Ribsnatchers
• Matthew Klein Ensemble
• Gloria Morgan Quartet
• Albert King
• Blind John Davis
• Skid City Blues Band
• Jim Brewer
• Sam and Dave
• Amusement Park
• Rumorz
• Onstage Majority
• Marty Piefer Band
• Oscar Lindsey Trio With Paul Grier
• The Gina and Mary Show
• Mark Daniels
• Tierra
8/4/1981
• Air Supply
• Jim Photoglo
• The Ventures
• Take Me
• The Rags
• Desmond
• Bohemia
• Eyz
• Amy Hart
• Carl Perkins and His CP Express
• Country Gazette
• Buck Stove and Range Company
• Stage West
• Ramsey Lewis
• Ken Chaney Experience
• Juggular
• Warren Kime
• Muddy Waters
• Mighty Joe Young
• The Mark Hannon Blues Band
• The Andrew Brown Band
• Jose Feliciano
• Fanfare
• American English
• Reruns
• Shelia McKenzie
• The Dooley Brothers
• Byron Roche
• Char Wells
• Bonnie Koloc
8/5/1981
• Cheap Trick
• Cold Chisel
• The Joe Perry Project
• The Odd
• The Kings
• Loose Lips
• Garrison
• Carl Perkins and His CP Express
• Pork and The Havana Ducks
• Free Wheel
• Sierra
• Ramsey Lewis
• Simon and Bard
• Rainbows End
• Dave Gordon
• The Jack Gallagher Sextet
• Muddy Waters
• Downchild Blues Band
• Aron Burton
• T-Bird Hawk and The Blues Busters
• Jose Feliciano
• Kool Ray and The Polaroids
• The Bel Airs
• Crickle
• Denise Tomasello
• Robert "One-Man" Johnson
• Out Of The Blue
• Fred Kaye and The Travelers
• Klezmorim
• Eddie Blazonczyk
8/6/1981
• Waylon Jennings
• Jessi Colter
• The Crickets
• Sonny Curtis
• Buddy Guy
• Junior Wells
• Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater
• Dr. Bombay
• John Littlejohn Blues Band
• John Waite
• The Odd
• Scrapps
• Chick Corea
• Gary Burton
• Streetdancer
• Matthew Klein Ensemble
• Tunetime
• Joe Sun and Shotgun
• Jump 'N The Saddle Band
• Moondogs
• Brew County Rounders
• The Cryan' Shames
• Kicks
• Stevie Starlight
• Band Of Chicago
• Marty Piefer Band
• Tim Gawron
• Singing Bananas
• Mark Dorroh
• Bonnie Koloc
8/7/1981
• Greg Allman Band
• Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show
• John Prine
• Big Twist and The Mellow Fellows
• Aron Burton Blues Band
• Madcat
• Chicago Slim Blues Band
• Point Blank
• John Hunter and The Hounds
• Third Rail
• Sirenz
• Chick Corea
• Gary Burton
• Chevere
• John Campbell Quartet
• B.O.F.
• Joe Sun and Shotgun
• Pork and The Havana Ducks
• The White Saddle Band
• Tumbleweed
• The Cryan' Shames
• Stone Rhythm Band
• The Tom Keith Show
• On The Rocks
• Rags To Riches
• Al Day
• Gina Lyden
• Terry Collier
• Gamble Rogers
• Stormy Weather