Prison walls and a guard tower were the backdrop for Blues Brothers Con at the Old Joliet Prison in Joliet Aug. 19, 2022. About 850 tickets had been sold for Blues Brother Con, according to Peerbolte.

Blues Brother Con will take place August 19–20 at Old Joliet Prison (1125 N Collins St, Joliet). Tickets for the fest start at $60 ($20 for children and students)—you can read through the full ...

The Blues Brothers are throwing a party in the county jail. The prison band will be there as they begin to wail. Everybody in the whole cell block of Old Joliet Prison, the historical site located ...

Planners of last year’s Blues Brothers Con at Old Joliet Prison announced Thursday that fans are invited to a second installment on Sept. 9. As they did last time, ...

Joliet is playing host to Blues Brothers Con: The sequel. The convention is fittingly at the old Joliet State Prison where Dan Aykroyd’s Elwood met John Belushi’s Jake at the beginning of the ...

An inaugural Blues Brothers Con will be held at Old Joliet Prison in August, headlined by a 90-minute “live in concert” performance with Dan Aykroyd and James Belushi reprising the ...

Before he arrived at the Old Joliet Prison south of Chicago, now the Joliet Area Historical Museum, Erik Devereux made sure his ensemble was in appropriate Blues Brothers order. The basics weren ...

The Old Joliet Correctional Center has secured its place in pop culture, with cameos in movies and TV shows such as Blues Brothers and Prison Break. It has also become a destination for paranormal ...