The Festival will take place on Saturday, June 26 at Toyota Park in Chicago. Bonamassa is performing on the main stage and is also one of the featured conductors of the Master Guitar Clinics on the Ernie Ball Stage in the Guitar Center Village and will conduct his clinic at 3:30pm.

"I am very honored to participate in such a legendary event and support such a worthy cause," said Bonamassa. "Thank you Eric for inviting me and for keeping the blues alive."

Currently, Bonamassa is working on a side project with new all-star band Black Country Communion comprising legendary vocalist and bass guitarist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), powerhouse drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin), and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater). The band's sound is a devastating head-on collision between American and British rock influences—a true supergroup that delivers a titanic rock experience greater than the sum of its supremely talented parts.